The Grimoire of Tiamat

by Asenath Mason

Tiamat is the Primal Dragon Goddess, "the first one, who gave birth to the gods of the universe", the Mother of Everything, the self procreating womb, the source of all life and all manifestation. The work described in this book was inspired by the Babylonian epic known as the Enuma Elish, one of the oldest Creation myths in the world.

All Rituals described in this book were performed and tested, and their results have been verified to prove their efficacy.

Genres: Occult, Metaphysics, Reference, Nonfiction

200 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2013

About the author

Asenath Mason is the author of books like "The Book of Mephisto: A Modern Grimoire of the Faustian Tradition", "Necronomicon Gnosis - A Practical Introduction", "Sol Tenebrarum - The Occult Study of Melancholy", "The Grimoire of Tiamat", "Liber Thagirion" and more. Author of many essays on esoteric, religious and mythological subjects, with a particular focus on the Left Hand Path philosophy, Luciferian Spirituality and Draconian Tradition. Founder and coordinator of the Temple of Ascending Flame.

Reviews

[Rammy Chan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall I will have to admit this was a good read. Aside of some minimal spelling errors, it was very well written and comprehensive. It offered a good idea of who Tiamat is, her lore and the 11 demonic entities associated with her. The rituals were well written and not repetitive at all.

I will have to say though, this book is NOT for the average beginner. I started reading this because I was drawn to Tiamat's energy and was interested in working with her. After reading this though, I took a step back and reflected on my current magickal and spiritual abilities and saw that I'm not ready to work with such energies. Working with dark gods in general means breaking your soul apart in order to reform it and not everyone is ready for such an experience, which can end up being traumatic for those who are not 100% certain that's what they want.

I also encountered another problem with this book, which is the mention of "offering life energies", aka sacrificing a living being. This in my opinion isn't something that should be happening at any context as we don't have the authority to take another life, especially for the sake of a ritual. I hated that part and I hope that Asenath Mason is not promoting this kind of criminal activity. Sacrificing an animal is animal cruelty, not a religious practice. I'm all for using your own blood as an offering or sustainability sourcing blood from a butcher for example, but not this.

I didn't appreciate the amount of malicious witchcraft that was given to attack other people's spiritual energy. I'm sure I can't expect much else from rituals dedicated to aggressive and blood thirsty demonic entities, but still I don't find it productive in any way. I believe that these forces should be used to unlock our most primal and dark aspects, but for self growth purposes only. As a witch of my level I don't see a good reason to be malicious.

If you set the whole sacrificing thing aside I think this is a good read. I wanna read more by Asenath to be able to better understand what her way of practicing actually is. I'm conflicted.