Lilith: Goddess of Sitra Ahra

by Various

Lilith is one of the most well known Dark Goddesses. She’s the Queen of Sitra Ahra, and the Serpent who tempts men with knowledge, encouraging them to look for the Antinomian path of Self Deification. Goddess of Bloody Moon, Sacred Prostitute, and Hag of the Night.

Lilith, the Goddess of a thousand masks and guises, is explored thoroughly in this book through different rituals, ceremonies, poetry and art. This anthology has been written by different magicians of the Left Hand Path – people with a true vocation and dedication to the path of the Red Goddess.

Genres: Occult

148 pages, Paperback

First published July 26, 2014

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Reviews

[Steve Cran · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lilith Goddess of the Sitra Achra.....wait a minute back up the train. Lilith is not a goddess, never was and never will be. In fact she was a demon or demoness if you want to get technical. Widely spoken of in the Judeo Christian world as first a rebel chick and then later a demon who killed children in their sleep, her origins go much further back. This book touched a little bit on those origins but mostly it stayed with in the realm of Judeo-Christian theology and ceremonial laft hand path perspective.

lilt's origin are covered by going back to Mesopotamian times she was analyzed in the Akkadian text. She was part of a class of demons called the Lilin, Layil or lilit. This was translated as a wind demon, a storm demon or a scream. Lilith has been associated with the screech owl and this class of demons was known to seduce men in their sleep and the lil were the males who seduced the chicks. Lilitu was a main demoness who is mentioned as living in a hulaapu tree that belongs to Inanna. Gilgamesh drives her out.  But in reality her origins go back even further. She may have been the Sumerian  Lamasshtu a hybrid demon that haunted women during childbirth and killed new borns feeding at the mothers breast. No mention of that what so ever. No mention either of Pazuzu, king of the wind demons and Lamasshtu's most bitter rival. This book is scant on the history.

Islamic traditions regarding Lilith are absent as well. THis book would have done well to have one of it's several contributing authors go back further into the history and cover some of this stuff because theren is stuff in Islamic lore about Lilith and it is good reading. THe book and it's authors do a terrific job of focusing non the Kabbalistic aspects of Lilith and connecting it to growth on the left handed path. Several authors have done a nice job of plumbing the depth of the Zohar and other kabballistic sources. Bravisimo.

What this book has is plenty of Unverified Personal Gnosis, rituals for invoking the Lilith. Many of the rituals call for drawing blood and coating a sigil with it. II am not one who is up for blood and I wish the authors had found some substitute. If you are into the left hand path and are drawn to Lilith much like I am then you will want to read this book and maybe even make it part of your collection, but you will definitely have to read other books on the subject.  If history is your thing then I am sorry but you will have to go further afield.

This book was composed of essays and rituals compost by a variety of different authors. I will definnitley write these rituals bown andd add them to my Grimoire.

[The Black Hat Writer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Though this is clearly a self-published compilation of many differing views of the enigmatic Feminine entity, I did enjoy learning and reading about the various theories people have on her.

I'll keep my own personal dogmatic details out of this, but I'll just vaguely convey that I have a deep fascination and interest in the being we sometimes call Lilith. I think there is a lot more to her than most people know--or, there are a lot of myths and stories we attribute to other beings that very would could be associated with her.

There are parts of the book that are well written and very informative, and there are others that are rather messy and hard to understand. Beyond needing a serious bout of revision, it also feels like a hodge-podge of random writings. Extensive editing was in need but totally neglected. But, since I am partial to the subject, I found it to be interesting enough.

If occultist theories and subjects about divine feminism interest you, or you're a follower of the Left-Hand Path, I would say go ahead and give this book a whirl.

[Lee Tempest · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a book. A remarkable grimoire featuring the misunderstood and often maligned Goddess. Featuring many authors who are quite established in the study of the Left Hand Path, including Asenath Mason, of Sol Tenebrarum and Edgar Kerval of EMME YA. This is quite the recommended, confronting roller-coaster ride of a book containing poetry, artwork, sigils, experiences, history, essays, invocations and evocations devoted and recommended to those who revere the Great Mother and consort of Samael

[Mik Pearl · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wouldn't recommend this book to someone who's just starting to research Lilith as the writers clearly aimed their work at people who already have a solid base on the matter (which isn't a fault obviously, just a PSA to the people looking for infos about what they are getting themselves into).
Could have used some editing, the overwriting is a serious problem. And I want to precise that though english isn't my first language, I like when authors enrich their texts with complex syntax, metaphors and abstruse technical terms! My issue is that there's a point where embellishments stop adding value to your writings and start making your explanations poor. Which is a shame because the book contains plenty of interesting concepts and valuable infos.