Blood Magick

I was initially apprehensive at the very short page count, but the book was a pleasant surprise. In its 56 pages, it concisely explains the nature of blood magic for those new to the idea, explains how and why it is useful, gives several potential applications, which are open-ended enough to use in many situations, and concludes with some food for thought and lines to read between. This is a very detailed manual, with near-surgical precision on the writer's part in not wasting any words, and is highly informative even to someone who's got a working knowledge of the subject. I highly recommend it.

While this book is shorter than I expected it to be I have to say it was well worth it. In a time filled with books on magick for teens and so called "occult" magick this book has a very different approach to magick that I found very refreshing compared to the slew of crappy teen magick books out there. (But I won't give away it's secrets! you'll just have to read it.) I would give it to anyone who has a somewhat in depth idea of magick because it is certainly not for beginners.

Finally, an author willing to take risks! Until this book came out, there was a serious lack of information available on the actual practice of blood magick. This book is a bold compendium of magic theory, rituals, philosophy, and detailed how-to sections on the actual use of blood (like how to get it & how to use it safely). The author seems to have specifically left out any overt mention of vampires. Though I think that was done intentionally so that the book would appeal to a wider audience, because the thing reads like a proverbial vampire bible. I see this book becoming a core text for anyone interested in vampirism, witchcraft, or the occult.

I found Blood Magick to be an intriguing and insightful book, that offered up an approach to using blood in magick. I would've liked to have seen a bit more focus on how the author used blood and the AD & D like compedium of spells didn't exactly work for me, but the concepts are very workable and the language is easy to understand.