Paralibrum.
Independent reviews of bibliophile occulture.
‘Making Sense of Tantric Buddhism’ by C.K. Wedemeyer
Wedemeyer advances insightful interpretations based on his general argument that the texts need to be understood connotatively. He thus suggests that stories about wild ascetics roaming freely throughout the country engaged in transgressive practices in fact exemplify what he calls “contrived marginality.”
'Heinrich Tränker' by Volker Lechler
How do you review a book that begins to dismantle the myths of an entire tradition? A tradition that depends so much on the numinous, the ill-defined such as Western Ritual Magic. A tradition that was only able to develop in the absence of books like this.
‘Magic of the North-Gate’ by Josephine McCarthy
Josephine McCarthy is offering us a book that is empowering us to work in union with the forces of Malkuth - not to exploit or escape from them. It is offering a practical path to earn the privilege of growing our own magical roots into the physical matter we are made of. A book that is the ultimate antagonism to any magical escapism you might have come across in new age occulture.
