Book of the Hidden Name - Magick of the Shem HaMephorash Angels Paperback – October 16, 2020

Simple and to the point. Probably the best book on the 72 angels. Luckily I have the kindle and print because it seems like it's no longer available.

A very good book in the Shem and its use with Angelic names. The book contains both background as well as practical applications.It also has a good ritual framework for those who are not already familiar with Solomonaic workings.The tables of correspondence are sourced from a variety of old grimores as well as the author’s personal work. I found them very helpful on a practical bases as a source book. A quick Angelic 777 type reference.All in all definitely a good addition to my collection.

There are at beast, a minimum of books on dealing with the Shemhamephorach Angels. This is one of them. Beautifully written. Fantastic graphics. Very well researched. Excellent correlation of correspondences. One or two minimal layout errors on the finished book, but nothing that is not obvious and discernible to a focused reader.Excellent. I highly recommend

Gotta say this book is not my typical fare but VERY well written and interesting subject matter. I like how the author encourages skepticism and presents a very objective and detailed analysis without a bunch of fluff. In fact, the writing is very clear and “matter of fact” while presenting the subject in a manner approachable by someone (like me) who isn’t familiar with this subject.

The Book of the Hidden Name, per the back cover, will "transform your understanding of the world around you forever." While this is somewhat hyperbolic, it is certainly interesting, though not without its flaws.As is noted in some of the reviews, there is serious need of editing in some places, such as under Zadkiel, it says it provides a list of correspondences for Aniel, or several other errors later on that should have been caught by a proofreader. In another location the gender pronouns of a particular angel switch in the middle of the description. While this could indicate a certain gender fluidity, its not actually noted as such, and in fact each angel is listed as possessing "masculine" or "feminine" energies. These mistakes are minor inconveniences, but the more grating to me is the cavalier attitude toward footnotes and citations within the introduction.Speaking as a historian, I live and breath citations, and found myself frustrated by several mentions of information within the historical overview chapters, which I wanted to follow up on, but could not due to a lack of good citations. For example, the author indicates at one point that the infamous Malleus Maleficarum suggests that charms and exorcisms "did [sic] in the Divine Name" should be considered legal... and I wished to check this against my copy of Malleus, but there was not even a chapter cited, let alone page or edition. I found myself frustrated by this frequently in these early chapters.Even the chapter title "Tracing the origins of Angel Magick" I found to be somewhat misleading as the author begins with the a vague sort of history of magic itself, and spends a good deal of time in a rather disconnected narrative not, of ANGEL magick per se, but of magic in its most primitive sense, and he doesn't successfully tie in the concept of invoking or conjuring specifically divine spirits for quite some time. Its a meandering sort of chapter that hints at much, but gives very little real insight or practical references. Often he cites works but fails to give page, chapter, or edition information. This makes it difficult to evaluate some of his conclusions or expand on some of the concepts.His second chapter concerns what "angels" are, and I cannot help but wonder if he shouldn't have reversed the order of these two chapters, and addressed what angels were FIRST, and followed up on that by a more specific look at the history of the magic that involved those spirits. This part is, if anything, even more vague than the chapter on history, but does provide at least a footing on which to understand the rest of the book... another reason it perhaps should have come first.Luckily the next chapters improve, and I particularly found the chapter on the Shem HaMeporash to be interesting and informative. It goes into some detail on how the names of the Shem HaMeporash were derived, and a bit on the history of the book itself. My only real criticism here is that I wish the chapter had gone on longer and went into more detail. It would have even been nice to see the actual text provided here, preferably in translation in order to see the context that the rest of the book gives the details of.This however is not so much meant as a "scholarly" work, and more as a practical manual of magick. The author provides a good basic ritual structure and details of talisman creation and the invocations and summoning of the angels that fill the bulk of the book. The directions are clear and concise, and even provide guidance for such steps as meditations, which are often lacking in these works.Each Angel has several pages devoted to it, and outlines its particular sphere of influence, its correspondences, its invocations, the benefits it provides, and its talisman. Its is by far one of the most comprehensive works on practical angel magic that I have seen.The angels are grouped by choirs under a given archangel. For example, The Cherubim Chorus consists of eight angels and led by the Archangel Raziel. If I have a complaint, it is that not much information is provided about the significance of the choirs themselves. Some details can be gleaned in the descriptions of the archangels, but it could, in my opinion, be expanded somewhat.One thing the book is certainly successful at is that it makes me want to experiment with the invocations of these angels. Reading through the descriptions, one cannot help but to see where they would be of great benefit in every sphere of development, from the spiritual to the physical, and from the material to the emotional. It is practically guaranteed that if you are experiencing a problem, you will find at least one, if not multiple angels that would be of assistance to you. Many times there are subtle shadings on their influences.... For example, both Aladiah and Omael are useful on combatting depression... but Aladiah deals more with depression as a result of lowered self esteem while Omael deals with depression as a result of past events. With 72 angels described, there is a granularity to the spirits that could be of great help to the aspiring Angelic Magician.Overall, I found the book both fascinating and frustrating. As a scholar and historian, I wanted much more from the book than it gave me, but as a magician I found it a rich source of information. This will, no doubt, be a book which many will find useful, and just as many will dismiss. For my part, I want to dig into the magic presented here, but only after I manage to make sense of the historical and cultural information that was more weakly presented in the book.

Deep and well researched. User friendly in that the operations in this book are laid out clearly with an amazing amount of philosophical understanding behind it. Well Done!

Awesome book but you can’t get it anymore because he is running for office!!! Omg That makes me an angry lil magician

The book looks beautiful and is very informative. I have a keen eye for details so, the only thing that has me a little concerned is that I noticed a few misprints. For example when it goes into the invocation of psalms...it would be the incorrect chapter but correct verse, when compared to what is written in the book. Which makes me ponder what else could be written incorrectly. The book is edited by the author himself, but he didn’t do a very good job. (In my opinion, maybe he was sleepy idk) Even in some of the descriptions one sentence would refer to a being as “she” & the next sentence as “he” so It confused me a little. Overall, I think it has helpful information depending on what your are looking into and what you are using the book for but those errors definitely caught my attention. And that’s why I gave it 3 stars.