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tombs's review against another edition
2.0
I must confess.. I only read this because Grant Morrison was in it.
curgoth's review against another edition
2.0
Apparently, the only people who have untold secrets about the occult are white dudes, or are famous because of their connection to white dudes.
There tiny nuggets of interesting buried in this collection of essays, but most of the writers were self-absorbed misogynist asshats whose ideas deserve to be forgotten. From the essay about why Wiccans should shut up and obey the writer because he's Crowley's heir, to some very baffling essentialist messes, most of this was a waste to time to read.
I gave this two stars because I loved the Grant Morrison essay on Pop Magic that opened the book. The rest of the book was about 50% terrible, though the bits on the history of the modern occult were interesting - I especially found the part on Jack Parsons to be good.
There tiny nuggets of interesting buried in this collection of essays, but most of the writers were self-absorbed misogynist asshats whose ideas deserve to be forgotten. From the essay about why Wiccans should shut up and obey the writer because he's Crowley's heir, to some very baffling essentialist messes, most of this was a waste to time to read.
I gave this two stars because I loved the Grant Morrison essay on Pop Magic that opened the book. The rest of the book was about 50% terrible, though the bits on the history of the modern occult were interesting - I especially found the part on Jack Parsons to be good.
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