Werewolf Magick: Authentic Practical Lycanthropy

by Denny Sargent

Unleash the Wolf Within Raise your confidence, connect to your primal self, and deepen your spirituality with this empowering book of lycanthropic magick. Featuring authentic shape-shifting rituals, spells, meditations, and folklore, Werewolf Magick shows you how to awaken your inner wolf and transform into a happier, braver, and freer person. Denny Sargent leads you on a life-changing journey into the world of primal magick. This practical book reveals how to embrace your fearless Animalself through dozens of hands-on exercises and ancient techniques. Learn to shed the restrictions of modern society and answer the call of your feral being. Master spiritual shape-shifting and meet wolf deities. Discover effective tools, invocations, and symbols to enhance your practice. This ecstatic guide helps bring forth your powerful werewolf self and reach your full, natural potential.

Genres: Witchcraft, Nonfiction, Magick, Werewolves, Spirituality

240 pages, Paperback

Published September 8, 2020

About the author

Aion 131 (Denny Sargent), writer, teacher and practicing Ecclectic Ritualist, was first introduced to Mythology & Magick in the suburbs and center of New York City where he grew up. He has since his early teens been accepted as a member of a number of initiatory groups including Pagan Way (and various other Pagan groups), Welsh Traditional Wicca, The GSS, the Typhonian OTO, QBLH, Order of Chaos, Cult of Tara and the Adinath and Uttara Kaula Lineages of Tantrika. He is one of the founding members of the Horus/Maat Lodge and various other arcane cults too hideous to mention.

In 1979 he received his BA in Education from Oneonta college, New York. During this time he was one of the founding editors of Mandragore, a journal of magick and ecclectic ritualism published in New York City.

Denny has spent ove r30 years as a ceramic artist and sigil artist, having many one-man and group shows of his ceramic work. His ceramic work is currently on display in Seattle. His Sigils have appeared in a wide variety of esoteric magazines and journals. In 1981 he was awarded an MA in Ancient History from Western Washington University where he also taught History for three years. His research has included the magickal/religious traditions of Egypt, Sumeria, Greece, Rome, China, India, Europe and Pacific Northwest Indians (Kwakiutl). In the early 1980’s he helped found, write and edit Aeon and Kalika, journals that were concerned with contemporary ritual practice and creative mythology.

Informally, he has taught seminars on The History and Use of the I Ching, Natal Hexagrams, Tantrika, Jungian Mandala Symbolism, Ceramic art, Comparative Mythology, Cross-Cultural Communications and, most recently, on Shinto and it’s Festivals. He has written for many different Pagan and magickal magazines and currently writes a regular column in Pan Gaia magazine on magickal religions about the world. He was and still is a committed member of a number of Green organizations and is politically dedicated towards environmental goals. In 1984, after working for three years at a ski area in the Cascade Mountains.

Denny taught and lived and wrote for four years in Japan from 1989-93. In Japan he had an ecological textbook published called Heal the Earth!, (Dawn Press, Nara, 1991) and he was also a journalist for Eye Ai Magazine, City Life News, Via Magazine, Tokyo Today, The Japan International Journal, and The Japan Times Weekly. He wrote regular columns on festivals and travel for The Tokyo Weekender, Mini-World and the Asahi Evening News. In Tokyo he began doing technical writing and software text-writing for the Tec Tek Company, as well. Denny has engaged in extensive traveling and on-site research in Australia, China, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea, Hawaii, Mexico, Thailand and America. A book resulted from all of this: Global Ritualism, Myth & Magick Around the World

Reviews

[Steve Cran · Rating 4 out of 5]

Prepare to unlock your inner beast. This book on lycanthropic Magick will show you how. Wolf have been venerated at deity since man;s beginning in some for or other. Some of the original Greek Gods were depicted as wolf like. The founders of Rome were raised and suckled by a she wolf. Lupercalia would have priests or Lupercal dress up in wolf skins and strike women with whips in order to unsure fertility. Hekate, is depicted with a wolf;s head. Odin is a wolf god who can shape shift into anything. He has two wolves that accompany him. Apollo himself was depicted in wolf like form. The first werewolf might have been in Mesopotamia where in a follower of Ishtar was turned to a world for entreating her too much.

Over the centuries there have been many werewolf cults. The warriors would don the skins and shapeshifter metaphorically into wolves. These warriors were dedicated to Odin in the North of Europe. The book delves into the history of werewolf cults and wolf magic. The book then goes into rituals designed to help you find your inner wolf . Remember that we human evolved from wolves and dogs at one point and we are accessing our animal brain. The exercises then tell how to raise wolf power and finally shape shift into a wolf. Now mind you , people do not physically turn into wolves this is a spiritual change. Sort of like going on beast mode.

This energy is later raised and focused toward growing your fetch and feeding it. The fetch or your double can be sent to do errands, give you information or house your consciousness . Other rituals include spells for obtaining love, money and finding other werewolves.

Denny Sargent culls many of his techniques from shamanism and European witchcraft. There are lots of yips and howls on this paradigm. While one is not forced to use them I would have found some words in place of growls more beneficial.

[Larissa Lee · Rating 3 out of 5]

Actual Rating: {2.5/5 stars}
First Glance:
As a therian and animist, I enjoy any opportunity to delve into magic related to shapeshifting and spirit work. This book clearly focused on wolves, which happen to be one of my favorite animals, so I decided to ask for a first look. I received an advanced readers’ copy (ebook) through NetGalley. As usual, I get paid nothing to give my honest opinion.

Positive Bits:
The overall idea behind werewolf magick is that we need to (and can) embrace our wild side and go a little feral if we want to really connect to our own power. I’ve written and participated in several different versions of this kind of magic, where you reach deep down to find your inner wildness; it’s a powerful piece of energy work.

The author clearly runs with this wildness, as the majority of the rituals included are wordless. Howls and yips and growls are the only magical words used, and I think that’s a smart approach. It makes it a little harder to plan your ritual, as there are no cue cards, but sound is a good carrier of energy regardless of its form.

I appreciated the notes on animal parts and meat usage throughout the book. As someone who prefers to be an ethical omnivore rather than a vegetarian, I respect the balancing act it takes to honor the animals who obviously had to die in order for you to eat or wear them. There are different ways to approach animal parts (fur, bones, or meat) and they all start with an acknowledgement of death and your role in the process.

Less Enjoyable Bits:
I’ll admit that this book is too eclectic for me. There are repeated notices that the author makes no claim at being a shaman, which is all well and good. But then there are random pieces of the Greco-Roman pantheon, modernized versions of old Nordic ritual, and a surprise visit from an Egyptian god. Throughout that mix, we have Gaia used as a name for the Earth as a being (but not as Gaia, the Greco-Roman goddess) and a liberal smattering of mantras from Hindu practices (without any explanation about their source or purpose). The author could’ve used a bit more explanation between rituals to tie together his eclectic pieces, but they were presented as disjointed mosaic pieces.

In the history of werewolves presented, the author travels a familiar and well-worn path of pretending that witches (and, therefore, werewolves) have always existed and were hunted down during the Burning Times. And yet, enough witches and werewolves hid to bring their practices to us today. The truth is, we’ve recognized as a community that the “history” we were taught was a tool to loan authenticity to new practices. After all, everyone respects an ancient teaching, right? Each example of werewolves in the past is dubiously tied together in a string, and it’s supposed to guide us from ancient werewolves to today’s shifters in an unbroken line… that I’m not buying.

Based on personal studies and experience, I found his entire section on Fetches to be misguided. Take it or leave it as you will, but I find that a Fetch or similar thoughtform isn’t an alter ego (wolf or otherwise) of myself. Rather, it’s a separate and directed entity. The author treats the animalself (his word for your animal side) as both a part of you and something apart from you, depending on the working presented. I feel there’s no ambiguity in what is Self versus what is outside of Self, and this makes the entire use of animalself as a Fetch an impractical process – one that I would expect to cause you some discomfort, if not exhaustion. There’s a reason we practice magic with the help of external energies and items other than ourselves.

Is it worth the coin? No – there are other resources on wolf mythology and shapeshifting that can be found, and I would pick up something more focused if I were studying either topic.

[Anubis Wolff]

Absolutely terrible book written by a scam artist. First, the red flags; the author claims to have grown out his beard after starting werewolf magic, yet barely has a five o'clock shadow in his picture. He claims to be a member of the Lodge of Horus and Ma'at, an Egyptian based system, yet admits that he had NO IDEA about Anubis, literally of the oldest and most important gods in Egyptian mythology? I also found it EXTREMELY lazy and flat out deceptive to claim to have just found Anubis, a shape shifting canine (werewolf) god that predates Roman culture by several THOUSAND years, and NOT change his book to reflect this fact that it was the Egyptians that started out with wolf gods; NOT the Romans.

The "spells" are ridiculously stupid. One of the spells, for getting someone to be quiet, is literally putting your finger over your mouth in the "shush" position and growling. It's a joke. It's such a joke that me and my husband were wondering if there would be "werewolf eyes" somewhere in there. We busted out laughing when we finally found it. He doesn't use any words in the "spells"; no speaking parts. I guess it made his job easier, one less thing to have to make up.

My honest opinion? This guy is a liar and a scam artist that is capitalizing on the popularity of magic and wrote a crap book just to make a few bucks.

[Carrie (The Butterfly Reader) · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 stars - Thanks to NetGalley for this title in exchange for an honest review

You ever finish a book, close the page and place it on the shelf, and think to yourself, you know, I'm glad I read that book but it wasn't for me at all? Well, that's how I felt with this one. I've never read a book about werewolf magick before so when I saw it, I just knew I had to give it a go. Werewolf magick is not for me at all. Some parts of this book just had me blinking and wondering how it even worked but it takes all kinds to make the world go round.

It's well written the author seems very down to earth, very in touch with his animalistic self. Sometimes it's good to simply focus on our base needs most problems can be found in these simple areas we often overlook. That was something I took away from this book personally.

So if you're into werewolf magick, are just curious like I was, I do say give this a try, you might learn something nifty.

[Scott Wilde · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was the best book I've ever read on werewolf magick.

[Joey Madia · Rating 5 out of 5]

For those who follow my blogs, read my novels, and listen to my podcast, it will come as no surprise that I embraced the opportunity to read and review this book and get to communicate with its talented author. I have been fascinated since I was a boy with all things werewolf and lupine. It of course began with films like The Wolf Man, although, as I got older and embarked on my journey as a writer and spiritual practitioner, I began to explore in increasing depth the history of European werewolves, Viking berserkers, Celtic/Teutonic werewolf lore, Absaroka and Navajo skinwalkers/shapeshifters, and animal totems. I also have a child who, during their teenage years, identified as a therian with a special relationship to the wolf—even wearing a two-foot faux wolf fur tail everywhere they went.
First and foremost, I want you to be aware that Werewolf Magick is a serious work of scholarship and magickal practice. Sargent, who practices what he promotes, has done an impressive amount of study into the history of werewolf lore and mined ancient documents for some of the rituals presented. He created and adapted others. The invocations, often written in easy to remember rhyming couplets, are beautifully rendered, with an energetic, no doubt carefully considered, sibilance and assonance akin to Sanskrit mantra. There is also a touch of humor and that essential mix of prescription and opportunity to improvise that is the mark of a master teacher.
I have worked with nearly all of the rituals Sargent offers and have reaped abundant benefits. I am lucky to have a reasonably secluded outdoor space near a creek that offers me the opportunity to take full advantage of the various steps and practices contained in the werewolf rituals. I also found it helpful to have two decades of practice with visualization, astral travel, and shamanic, ritual, and dream work. I spent two years engaging in sweat lodge on three acres I owned in a holler in West Virginia under the guidance of Lakota holy men and their students. Visualization is a key skill to have in any of these practices, as is a background in the procurement, care, and proper use of ritual items (stones, knives, chalices, bones, fur, and flora) and the creation and maintenance of sacred spaces.
There is not time, space, or necessity here to describe the rituals in detail. Instead, I will give you an overview of the types, their function, and a bit of how I experienced them. First, I want to highlight the fact that Sargent, as a master teacher, scaffolds the exercises beautifully. The exercises and rituals build on one another in not only the sense of bringing certain experiences, ritual items you’ve created, and wolf-aspects you’ve conjured and cultivated with you into later ones; the scaffolding ensures you have the skills and experience to handle increasing complexity while remaining safe and honoring the intentions of the work. As you’ll read in my closing, experienced as I am in many of these practices, I am not yet ready for some of the most advanced rituals in Werewolf Magick.
Sargent offers a good bit of terminology as part of his carefully crafted wer-riculum. I took quite a few notes, but, in time, the terms became ingrained. The distinctions between invoking and evoking, for instance, are important. He also structures the principles and practices in interlocking triads, such as Wilderness, Wyrd, and Way and Instinct, Intuition, and Insight. He complements and energizes these pillars with three moon phases (full, new, dark) and the goddesses Artemis, Hekate, and Selene. Sargent then brings all of the triads together in the Triskele symbol (one of many runes and images that will comprise your ongoing wer-work). I enjoyed mapping these triads and creating several sigils.
If you find this all of increasing interest, you will just be getting started. Sargent defines the different types of wolf growls and howls, which are a major part of the work. I am using these growls (sometimes silently or softly, other times with all of my considerable actor-trained volume) every day, the way I have long used mantra. Sometimes for energy, sometimes for protection, sometimes to quell anxiety or to increase my focus. After practice, depending on the growl or howl employed and the number of times you use it, there are distinct vibrations, resonances, and buzzing in the head, heart, and lower chakras. Not only do they alter the energy flow in my chakras—these energy shifts echo back to the wer-work previously done.
Knowing the path and tools, you are now ready to unleash your inner wolf. Sargent begins strategically with dream work. Not only will this ground you in the mental–spiritual keys to these principles and practices, the liminal space is a safe environment in which to go exploring. Writing as I do about wolves and werewolves in my fiction, and having always employed dream work to generate and flesh out my literary inspirations, I was very at home at the start, which translated to all of the other exercises and rituals that followed.
Next is shape-shifting, beginning with the Praxis Shifting Rite. This will bring you into proximity with Native American and other practices with which you may be familiar. Facility with imagination and visualization, coupled with being in nature and using the spells and runes provided, generates memorable results.
Once you are adept at shape-shifting, it is time for Fetch work. Instead of becoming the werewolf, this is about conjuring a wolf entity separate from yourself; a form of astral Double. This, again, is serious work. You’re expected to honor, name, and feed your Fetch. I’ve been doing this for weeks. A Fetch is worthy of a shrine. My Fetch is an arctic wolf. He asked me to call him Fellun. Doing a little research, I learned that Fellun means capability, strength, and a strong personality. My Fetch work recalled a cautionary tale: that of Dion Fortune, who, in a fit of anger, conjured a vicious tulpa of the Norse wolf Fenrir. Fellun is far from a reckless thought form. I work with Fellun both in ritual and dream work. As Sargent suggests, I have ridden Fellun, and we have run together. I am honoring Fellun by making him the companion of a lead character in my fantasy series, The Ambir Dragon Tales (although a wolf was in the outline 20 years ago, he now has a name, and a distinctive face and personality).
For those of you worried about doing this work at night, there is a solar ritual, which produces palpable energies. It is one of my favorites. Wer-work is not just for nighttime.
I mentioned my working with most of the rituals in Werewolf Magick. I intend to practice more with the Shape-Shifting and Fetch rituals before attempting to work with the dead or cast a spell. Each reader/practitioner should work at their own pace and comfort level. I am sure Sargent will agree that contacting/visiting the dead and casting spells takes a high degree of practice and clear intent. I intend to apply my fourteen years of study and fieldwork in communication with the dead when I feel ready to work with those rituals.
If all of this sounds a little overwhelming, it needn’t be. Sargent gives you plenty of guidance along the way, even suggesting substitutions for certain items and practices depending on your level of commitment and opportunity to have a private, outdoor space and the means to procure various ritual items. Many if not most of the rituals and exercises you can do indoors. Again, this is about imagination, visualization, and intent. Although it is worth it to wait for the proper phases of the moon, as suggested in each section, it is not required.
As I was finishing this review, the author kindly sent me a copy of his follow-up book, Werewolf Pack Magick, which I (and Fellun) look forward to working with—and writing about—soon.

[Eliza · Rating 2 out of 5]

Animals and animal magic interest me. I consider myself a spiritual therian, and my theriotype is the Asian small-clawed otter. Animals have always been important to me in many different ways, including magically.
So, naturally, any book on the subject piques my interest. I’d been looking forward to this new book by Denny Sargent, Werewolf Magick, for quite some time.

I’m sorry to say that I found this book somewhat disappointing. The book begins with the author describing his own journey into animal (specifically wolf) magic.

That part was interesting, even though it was prefaced by a strange disclaimer about not eating raw meat.

Sargent acknowledges that much of the book comes from first-hand experiences and unverifiable personal gnosis, which is refreshing in books these days. Still, beyond the author’s autobiographical parts, I didn’t get a lot out of this book.

While there’s not really many books in print about therianthropy specifically, most books on animals and animal-related magic at least mention it briefly. Not so with Werewolf Magick.

The author never mentions otherkin or the concept of therianthropy, though his subject matter pairs well with that sort of belief. Instead, he refers to practitioners of his own variety of “werewolf magick” as “wers.”

I thought this was a little awkward. Since I received a review copy, it’s possible that this was simply a reoccurring typo for “were,” which makes more sense.

The author has obviously done his research - he mentions Lecouteux and a few other sources. He must be aware of therians, and while there’s few books as sources on that, internet resources are plentiful.

Given that therianthropy exists as an established concept, I found it odd that he wouldn’t mention it, particularly since so much of what he’s written resembles and relates to the therian experience. It just seems like a particularly glaring omission.

I wanted to like this book. The focus on wolves at the exclusion of other animals put me off. I also found a lot of the exercises would really only be helpful if you had an affinity towards wolves.

The author refers to the “animalself” but focuses exclusively on the wolf, going as far as to argue that it’s natural for humans to identify with wolves. This is true of a lot of witches and pagans, but hardly all. I would have liked more material in the book addressing other animals and their magic.

Overall, I’ve got to give this book two stars out of five. It has numerous issues, but I could see someone who does connect well with wolves finding it useful. I myself was just disappointed.

[Jenna Deaton · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book managed to far surpass anything I had expected when I read the title Werewolf Magick. Focusing on ritual and reflection to connect with one’s inner beast this book is a beautiful blend of magic information and application.

What I liked
1. Exercises were provided directly after pertinent information so it provided.

2. The idea of working with rather than against the power of one’s inner beast harkens back to Carl Jung’s shadow work concept in a rather enjoyable way.

3. Werewolf magick and lore isn’t something there are a lot of pagan books written on so this will fill a gap in many esoteric collections.

What I didn’t like

1. I would have liked to see a little more werewolf lore and maybe reflection work connected to each cultures lore surrounding the beast.

2. Some of the book feels like a rehash of 101 books I have already read for other magical topics. This will be good for new workers but really slowed down my reading experience:

Who would I recommend this book for ?

Practicing witches both new and old who have not worked much with the archetype of the inner beast may enjoy giving this book a read through.

[April Taylor · Rating 3 out of 5]

There are three types of people who will be the most likely to read this book:

1. Those who have a genuine belief in magic and also want to learn how to incorporate werewolf symbology into their rituals.

2. Those who enjoy werewolf myths and legends (like myself) and are drawn in by the awesome cover and the section on werewolf cults throughout history.

3. Those who truly believe they have the spirit of a wolf or werewolf inside them.

I was drawn to this book based on a lifelong interest in werewolves, ranging from ancient myths to modern cinematic depictions. Although I do not believe that werewolves are real in any sense, I also thought I owed it to my 8-year-old self (who wanted so badly for werewolves to be real) to check Werewolf Magick out.

Toward the beginning of the book, the author says: “One thing I can guarantee, you have never read a book quite like this.” This is a bold claim, but it’s definitely true.

The writing is decent and easy to read. It does gets repetitious at times, so I ended up skimming past some of that. As to the subject matter... well, the werewolf cult history was fascinating. It was way too hard for me to take the author seriously otherwise due to his repeated commentary on werewolves being real (at least in the metaphysical sense), along with his constant urging to use a variety of growls, howls, yips, etc. as werewolf lingo.

I know this isn’t what the author was looking for, but some of his stories made me crack up laughing. And in today’s world, laughter is a gift. For that, the folklore section, and the fact that the author can write, I’m giving this book 3 stars. If you’re into magic and open to growling naked in the woods while letting your wolf-self take over, you may be more impressed. On the other hand, if you’re a skeptic who can’t even allow yourself to be entertained by the topic, you’re going to want to steer clear, despite the awesome cover.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for providing an ARC. This review contains my honest, unbiased opinion.

[Lori Schiele · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sargent is a member/initiate of many pagan groups as well as an author of many books and articles on Paganism, folklore and magick. In this book, he offers "authentic shapeshifting rituals, spells, meditations and folklore" and "shows...how to awaken your inner wolf and transform into a happier, braver and freer person."
I have to point out, when the author discusses shapeshifting using, what he calls, your "inner Animalself" (done partially by quieting your human thoughts--the ego and cerebral cortex--and tapping into the wild animal that still lurks in our DNA--in the "pre-language, pre-civilized lower cortex"), he does *not* refer to actually *physically* shifting. And he is not necessarily discussing mentally, emotionally, or even astrally, shifting into a werewolf. He is speaking of the animal that still resides deep inside each of us (not all are wolf, of course) and is, more often, closer to an actual wolf, altho it is up to, as I read it, the actual practitioner of the rituals and spells offered in this interesting and unique book.

[Peter David · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very interesting. While the primary focus is (obviously) upon Werewolves and lycanthropy, I'd recommend this to any individual interested in primal/shadow work or with any kind of anthropological interest in lycanthropic subjects.

The author goes into depth about various shamanistic and animistic practices and rituals worldwide, before distilling his findings into functional magickal practice. The focus is very much upon unleashing one's more primordial essences, intended to enhance and develop one's more primal nature and understanding of place in the natural world and cycle.

Some of it might seem like it stretches a bit, but there's enough quality occult information and foundation behind the offered spells, rites and rituals, I have no doubt this will be invaluable to any chosing to purse this primal path.

So in closing, embrace your inner monster, howl into the face of the heavens, and go wolf with it.

[Susan Schubert · Rating 4 out of 5]

The reason I gave the book 4 stars instead of three is that even though I feel a certain way about the book’s contents, I’ve realized that it’s just not for me. I like my spells and such to be small and easy to arrange at almost anytime. A lot of the things the book wants are super involved and sometimes wildly embarrassing. They do offer safer, less grand options like doing this stuff in your home instead of the great outdoors, but I feel like to really get something out of this magic, you gotta go all the way: go out into the deep wilderness with camping gear, get nude, eat raw meat, howl and growl much more then you would expect a wolf to do. So if you are comfortable with doing that, go for it!
But once I realized it wasn’t for me, it’s been kind of hard to get through. I would actually give it a 3.5 if I could.

[Lora Milton · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Embrace your monster." That line in the Preface really appeals to me. The author explains how he came to develop his own system of werewolf magick and though it may seem a little weird, it actually makes sense.

This could have gone airy-fairy, but instead the author gives us history of Shamanic practices where the essence of animal mind gets induced by ritual. He emphasises that he is not a Shaman himself, but the history is well-researched and he relates some personal experience of meeting with genuine Shamans.

I was impressed with the amount of research that went into the history of animalistic ritual in different cultures and the serious approach. I found it extremely interesting and may well refer back to it sometimes as an academic work.

[Paola Dunbar · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 ☆
The first half of the book went through some of the history of werewolfs and some correspondences. It did feel a bit repetitive at times and took me a while to get through it as I felt a bit bored. The second half got a bit more intresting and saved the book quite alot, getting more into the techniques used like shape-shifting and fetch work. Then into the rites, rituals and spells which were really good, apart from all the growling I don't think I could get into that. They were explained easily enough to get stuck straight in. Alot of the spells, rituals, etc. are to be completed on the full moon, which is understandable, so they will definitely take a while to complete and keep you busy.

[B · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ok, first off I will say I absolutely love wolves and have always been fond of and fascinated by this beautiful animal. The myths/lores of werewolves are interesting (no, I do not believe werewolves are real, but hey that's just me) and the idea of working these into tour Magick was quite intriguing to me.

The book is a bit repetitive, which I didn't like, but if you are into Magick work and incorporating wolves and werewolves into your work then you may want to pick this little gem up!

I will be going through this more in the near future because I just dig the material.

Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for the eARC. All opinions are my own.

[Tai Reed · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very empowering and enjoyable guide to contemporary lycanthropy. Delivered in a very straightforward and practical way, it offers a great primer for those wanting to incorporate lycanthropy and werewolf lore into their spirituality. Some the rituals do seem quite specific to those with ample access to the outdoors and it would have been great to get more guidance on how urban practitioners could use this type of magick. I would have also liked it to go into a little more depth around werewolf mythology and lore in relation to the rituals presented. However, I'm very happy to add this to my occult library and I look forward to attempting some of these rituals in the future.

[Daniel Jansky · Rating 3 out of 5]

The history within the book about various culture's legends of werewolves was very interesting. The psychological aspects of the werewolf mythos was also fascinating, and in some ways similar to Carl Jung. The parts that brought down the rating for me were attempts to craft new invocations or incorporate spellcraft. I am much more interested in the psychological aspects of this particular worldwide mythos. If the book had been soley that, probably would be rated higher. But if the spell aspects are what you looking for, then you would probably enjoy this book more fully. As it stands, this is probably the most exstensive book on werewolf psychology, and glad to have read it.

[Marie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Werewolf magic is radical and intense. It is not for children or the faint of heart. Being in the wilderness or as close as you can get is part of the reason for the magic. You can use your house if that's all you have but doing the rituals out where you can connect with nature is best. Some of the rituals involve body fluids and sex may be part of it as you shape shift to your natural self. I liked this book and the feelings that it brought out. Howling, growling and connecting to your pack is very intense. I received this book from Net Galley for a honest review. This is that review.

[Andre · Rating 5 out of 5]

While the topic of training werewolf shape-shifting, itself, is rarely depicted as much in detail as in this book in the magical sense, there is a topic is even more uncommon, where you are reading about ritual magick not to become or call in or out the werewolf, but of ritual magick for established werewolves. This will make your animal self as complex as your human self without your animal self ever losing its characteristics.

[Natalie Malone · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an interesting book. One that I would love to check out at my local library. If you are into the a Occult than this book is for you. This book is about releasing your inner beast. In this particular story, his inner beast is a Werewolf. He gives you detailed chapters about what you need do. I personally thought this book was fascinating.

[Alexandra · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wanted to learn a bit about this type of magic - even though I know it is not for me. I would have liked to see more information. and maybe the exercise/rituals in own section. But they do work when it is right after the information referenced.

Good for those who do want to this type of magic or have that connection.

[Annalisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a great book. It really let me focus on my feral side. I am interested in magic, all magic. It was very helpful explaining about shamanic magic. It was easy to read and understand. I definitely recommend this book.

[Brandy Williams Author · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you've ever wanted to run with the wolves, this book will tell you how to do it. Get in touch with your wild self and howl!

[Kristin · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an okay read, but I got a bit annoyed with all the repetition at times. I did however enjoy the folklore section of the book.

[Charles Oppenheimer · Rating 5 out of 5]

well written

This book is insightful a few tweak ups needed for the workings, but I also am super experienced with magic.