Ritual Offerings

by Aaron Leitch

Ritual Offerings by Aaron Leitch Ritual Offerings unites 12 practicing occultists who share their knowledge and experience with this fascinating and important subject. Traditions from around the world, such as Solomonic magick, Tibetan Buddhism, New Orleans and Hatian Voudou, Western Hermetic Theurgy and more, are discussed in great detail. Whether you prefer to call them religious sacrifices or spiritual offerings, and regardless of your tradition, Ritual Offerings is the perfect ritual book to guide you in feeding your patrons and familiars safely and effectively, contributing to your overall success and growth as a practitioner. Occult Rituals and Sacrifices Spirits are not merely an option or tool to be utilized when the magician deems it necessary. Spirits are the very heart and soul of all magick. The incantations we use work because the spirits heard them and act. We are not alone when we cast our spells; our patrons and familiars are always present, casting the spells with us. Throughout history, ritual offerings have been a central pillar of all magick and religion. Very often, a magickal ritual consists of nothing more than the making of a prescribed offering to a particular spirit in a specified time and place. Yet in the West, the making of an offering has been equated with the worship of the spirit receiving it. The act of offering a spirit something as payment for services rendered has a close association with the dreaded "pact with the Devil," by which a magician surely sells his soul to damnation. However, to the rest of the world, an offering is intended to feed and empower a spiritual entity, and to pay it fairly for its aid. The art of making proper offerings to the spirits is a complex one, rife with ceremonial magick tools, strict protocols and warnings; but if you take the time to learn this ancient and powerful art, it will supercharge your magick like nothing you've experienced before. Contributors Aaron Leitch : Magickal Offerings in Western Occultism
Aaron Leitch : Liber The Book of Offerings
Zadkiel : The Elements of Making The Offering as Sacrifice
Bryan Garner (Frater Ashen Chassan) : Whispers From a Lessons in Spiritual Offerings From a Conjured Familiar
Brother Moloch : Ancestors & Offering
Frater Rufus Opus : The Back Yard Path Toward the Summum Bonum
Denise M. Alvarado : Ritual Offerings in New Orleans Voudou
Jason Miller : Severed Head Cakes and Clouds of Dancing Offerings in Tibetan Buddhism
Nick Farrell : Offerings in Roman Deity Magic
Sam Webster, M.Div., Ph.D., founder OSOGD : Offerings in Iamblichan Theurgy
Chic Cicero and Sandra Tabatha Cicero : Ritual for the Declaration of Maa-Kheru
Gilberto Strapazon : Offerings in Ceremonial Magick and African Traditional Religions

Genres: Occult, Magic, Nonfiction

288 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2015

About the author

Aaron Leitch (Florida) has been a scholar and spiritual seeker for over a decade. His explorations have taken him into many fascinating areas of human spirituality, their history, and their modern practice. His writings (both in print and on the web) cover such varied fields as Middle Eastern Religion and Mythology, Shamanism, Neoplatonism, Hermeticism and Alchemy, Traditional Wicca and Neopaganism, The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, Thelema, Angelology, Qabalah, Enochiana, Psychology and Consciousness Expansion, Cyberspace, and Modern Social Commentary.

Reviews

[Adam Adair · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mixed. Some sections, such as those by nick farrell, Rufus opus, Ashen Chassan, and Miller are good, and provide some great and refreshing insights. I personal enjoyed Farrell's section on Roman Deity magic the most.

Others, most specifically the section by Brother Moloch, are not good. He speaks in absolutes about almost everything, misses a lot of nuance, and at one point calls Chinese currency "evil Chinese hell money". A cursory glance at his site and previous affiliations make me wonder how on earth he was included in this book.

Leitch's own sections were somewhat boring, however they do cover the basic ground of correspondences and timings of offerings in a western frame.

[Rex · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think this should be in every legitimate occultist (especially those into evocation, ATR's, or that work with deities). All of the essays are clear cut, easy to understand, straight forward, and come from competent adepts from their various backgrounds and traditions. This book has the whose who with Aaron Leitch, Frater Ashen Chassen, Denise Alvarado, Rufus Opus, Jason Miller, Sam Webster, etc etc.Very much worth the $25 asking price on Amazon.

[Progress Erskine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love it. Good read