As a co-illustrator of this book, I can't thank you enough for all the love! Best and most informed review we've had yet! Much obliged, Great Enchanter! 🌙 🐍
I trust Danny's judgement (which I really can't say of many people), and his exuberant review convinced me to purchase a copy. Thank you for creating such a gorgeous and well-thought-out work! Looking forward to diving-in myself!
@@benwickey6661 Oh, I apologize... You did the wonderful illustrations for, "Old Moores' Lives of the Great Enchanters." My weary eyes misread the star/asterisk symbols indicating the artists. Your work is quite evocative and detailed...!✒️🖌
I'm currently working through this book (from a library copy that may or may not be overdue in the near future, until I can secure my own copy), and it is every single thing I wanted it to be. I'm one of those people who were curious about magic and the occult with not much to go off of, and this book straight-up opened my mind from page 1. Every part of this book has been beautiful, as a deliberate working in and of itself. The Kabbalah section has been changing my life since I started reading it. Genuinely transcendental stuff in here.
Dear Readers, I've been waiting for this for over a decade, elated to receive my copy a few days ago. A sumptuous corker of a book, a grimoire for these times, a beautiful artefact to treasure for ever. It is everything it says it is on the back cover and much much Moore. Thank you for a marvellously enthusiastic review!
Moore's wonderful Promethea turned me on to Kabbalah. I've read up more on it, and the discussion of it here is quite enriching. A lovely book. Great review.
So I just picked this up at my local-ish Barnes and Noble. I couldn’t find it at first, so I asked the girl at the desk. She said sure enough they had it, and I could find it in the graphic novel section. I told them that just maybe they should reconsider how this book is classified in their system, being it’s about adult concepts of magic, demonology, spiritualism, etc… and not an up and coming manga classic. She was baffled.
Being published by a comic company and presented like a kids book I suspect Alan Moore never wanted it to shelved in the Occult/New Age section alongside fluffy unicorn fart guides to Reiki
I’ve been reading this for the last two months (slow reader here) and it feels as if the last decade of occult reading is all culminating into this one lovely place. As with Promethea, Moore’s work is always truly enchanting. Thank you for this video!
As someone who followed TST around for 5 years and wrote a book about that I really appreciate “He’s here! He’s fake! He’s got a talking snake!” as a rallying cry for Alan’s brand of shenanigans. I wrote a short a couple months ago that I bet would give him a good chuckle.
Fabulous to have you back.. please more content... its universal mystery why your not a you tube superstar already... quality over quantity... oh no seems I missed a magic in person workshop? though I not looking for card trips.. more the "tripping" around universal matters.. Wow Japan.. what an adventure.. as always for you.. even the Covid times adventures with more content was an adventure for us die hard fans... that content was an actual life saver for me.. this book gonna be my present to myself
I truly enjoy your videos -- your exuberance, your style, your knowledge, and your surprising level of modesty. I mean, honestly - it caught me off-guard. You're obviously well-read, and most will boast, yet you "keep it real" as they say here in the States, and admit that your knowledge has bounds. I feel very much the same -- although I've studied, read, and practiced for decades, I feel I'm just starting out, until I try to place myself with a book such as this that makes me realize just how much information I've exposed myself to. I loved when you said that this might be difficult for "beginners" and stated that you had difficulty placing yourself in their shoes. I do as well. So much seems "old hat" and yet, without decades of dedicated studying and searching, that wouldn't be the case. All this to say thank you for yet another great video, and for sharing your excitement with us. Best.
I totally agree with you. I've read various books casually on magic and have always skimmed over anything to do with Kabballah and this was the first time it was made remotely interesting or understandable. And likewise I paused my reading of The Great When, when I reached the meeting with Spare because I knew this book might add something to the experience. It also adds insights to Moore's Jerusalem .
Thanks for bringing awareness to this book. I'm excited to get it. I trust your opinion on this book. It's rare that I read a great book on Magick. It's usually disappointing or middle of the road. Cheers! 🔥
I've been checking from time to time to see when this will be out then forget for a while. Somehow youtube got over recommending transexual Jordan Peterson impersonators doing disco covers of Deep Purple and managed to feed something I wanted to know about
I'm a cynical old thing, but that book looks fantastic, and your enthusiasm is contagious. I know you're sore the Moore stan, but even factoring this in this book has clearly had a deeply profound affect on you. One question: you mentioned the density but also chose to read this in what feels like a quite all absorbing way; making a ritual out of it, couldn't put out down etc. Do you think that this approach added to the feeling of denseness? Would reading it in a 'I'll do an hour and a half and then leave it alone and let it percolate' way possibly maybe it fell more manageable? Asking for my own sanity.
Is it still worth a look if you're more-or-less a skeptic so far as magic/witchcraft/occultism/Magic(k)/will-working/whatever-the-community's-calling-it-this-week goes?
@@quelltech I believe so, if you’re more interested in the philosophical aspects and cultivating a relationship with your own consciousness and imagination (which I am) over woo.
I just read the google books preview. The style is refreshing, and while I like Alan Moore, and enjoyed the first part of the pulp story about Adeline Carr, all the kabbalah stuff just bores me to death. I suppose ceremonial magic just isn't my thing? I'm more ambivalent about tarot, but the preview didn't touch on that.
@@firmanchristiansianturi4794 if they have an interest in the subject, yes - plenty of historical stuff and if your interested in theories of mind and consciousness there’s lots.
I bought it just because I am interested in the stories of Alan Moore. I see the book as just containing more of them and as a primer on exercises for expanding your imagination. For thats what it is.
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As a co-illustrator of this book, I can't thank you enough for all the love! Best and most informed review we've had yet! Much obliged, Great Enchanter! 🌙 🐍
@@benwickey6661 wow! Thank you Ben!
I trust Danny's judgement (which I really can't say of many people), and his exuberant review convinced me to purchase a copy.
Thank you for creating such a gorgeous and well-thought-out work!
Looking forward to diving-in myself!
I love your wild and detailed illustrations on the life of Alexander. 👍
@@StevenErnest Thanks, but that praise should go to the late, great Kevin O'Neill who did all the marvelous Alexander pages.
@@benwickey6661 Oh, I apologize... You did the wonderful illustrations for, "Old Moores' Lives of the Great Enchanters." My weary eyes misread the star/asterisk symbols indicating the artists. Your work is quite evocative and detailed...!✒️🖌
This book is blowing up right now in the occult circles! And rightly so! I just got my copy today… incredible, I wish I had this when I first started
I'm currently working through this book (from a library copy that may or may not be overdue in the near future, until I can secure my own copy), and it is every single thing I wanted it to be. I'm one of those people who were curious about magic and the occult with not much to go off of, and this book straight-up opened my mind from page 1. Every part of this book has been beautiful, as a deliberate working in and of itself. The Kabbalah section has been changing my life since I started reading it. Genuinely transcendental stuff in here.
Dear Readers, I've been waiting for this for over a decade, elated to receive my copy a few days ago. A sumptuous corker of a book, a grimoire for these times, a beautiful artefact to treasure for ever. It is everything it says it is on the back cover and much much Moore.
Thank you for a marvellously enthusiastic review!
@@cosmictrigger222 thank you! It’s such a good book!!
Such a brilliant review. Can’t wait to get it. Thank you Danny for all of your magickal wisdom this weekend at your amazing magic workshop 🥰
A superb review, and your passion is infectious. Thank you.
Moore's wonderful Promethea turned me on to Kabbalah. I've read up more on it, and the discussion of it here is quite enriching. A lovely book. Great review.
So I just picked this up at my local-ish Barnes and Noble. I couldn’t find it at first, so I asked the girl at the desk. She said sure enough they had it, and I could find it in the graphic novel section. I told them that just maybe they should reconsider how this book is classified in their system, being it’s about adult concepts of magic, demonology, spiritualism, etc… and not an up and coming manga classic. She was baffled.
Being published by a comic company and presented like a kids book I suspect Alan Moore never wanted it to shelved in the Occult/New Age section alongside fluffy unicorn fart guides to Reiki
You’ve made me want this so badly 😭
I’ve been reading this for the last two months (slow reader here) and it feels as if the last decade of occult reading is all culminating into this one lovely place. As with Promethea, Moore’s work is always truly enchanting. Thank you for this video!
@@wohroneverything3998 it’s so good right?!
Looks beautiful - I just bought a copy.
As someone who followed TST around for 5 years and wrote a book about that I really appreciate “He’s here! He’s fake! He’s got a talking snake!” as a rallying cry for Alan’s brand of shenanigans. I wrote a short a couple months ago that I bet would give him a good chuckle.
Fabulous to have you back.. please more content... its universal mystery why your not a you tube superstar already... quality over quantity... oh no seems I missed a magic in person workshop? though I not looking for card trips.. more the "tripping" around universal matters.. Wow Japan.. what an adventure.. as always for you.. even the Covid times adventures with more content was an adventure for us die hard fans... that content was an actual life saver for me.. this book gonna be my present to myself
@@BSEgameZ what a lovely comment! Thank you! And yes, the book is wonderful
I was SOLD within the first 20 seconds lol. Placed my order.
My copy is coming on November 7. Can't stand the wait, after 13 years of waiting!
I truly enjoy your videos -- your exuberance, your style, your knowledge, and your surprising level of modesty. I mean, honestly - it caught me off-guard. You're obviously well-read, and most will boast, yet you "keep it real" as they say here in the States, and admit that your knowledge has bounds.
I feel very much the same -- although I've studied, read, and practiced for decades, I feel I'm just starting out, until I try to place myself with a book such as this that makes me realize just how much information I've exposed myself to. I loved when you said that this might be difficult for "beginners" and stated that you had difficulty placing yourself in their shoes.
I do as well. So much seems "old hat" and yet, without decades of dedicated studying and searching, that wouldn't be the case.
All this to say thank you for yet another great video, and for sharing your excitement with us.
Best.
@@GrantusM thank you GrantusM, that’s a lovely comment to read. Best to you too mate
I'll add it to the list. Your book recommendations have not had a miss yet.
@@jackflashman3322 you’ll love it Jack!
@@therightsideofmad I found a physical copy at a local bookstore this week, and you're right. I do love it!
I totally agree with you. I've read various books casually on magic and have always skimmed over anything to do with Kabballah and this was the first time it was made remotely interesting or understandable. And likewise I paused my reading of The Great When, when I reached the meeting with Spare because I knew this book might add something to the experience. It also adds insights to Moore's Jerusalem .
@@wayneclayton5426 The Great When is wonderful isn’t it? I love his stuff!
This looks fantastic. Still got to get through Jerusalem though, and Illuminations, and Steve Moore's Somnium though... phew!
That…is a lot…
@@therightsideofmad Hundreds of pages. But I've done almost all of the comics, so they will get read.
At some point.
Jerusalem is dense, that's for sure. But worth it!
@@Aphercotropes well done! I’m still too scared to start it
Thanks for bringing awareness to this book. I'm excited to get it. I trust your opinion on this book. It's rare that I read a great book on Magick. It's usually disappointing or middle of the road. Cheers! 🔥
Hope you enjoy it as much as I am Jay!
Danny you should do some affiliate links 🔗 to all the Magick books you recommend us 👌🏻
Can’t wait to see your adventures in Japan! 🇯🇵
Im a beginner and its incredibly approachable. It's a fabulous, beautiful book.
I'm loving mine too, definitely a desert island book 👌✨
As a kid, u waited eagerly for ur bumper book) Dandy, Beano etc) at Xmas.
With this book EVERY day is Xmas!
I've been checking from time to time to see when this will be out then forget for a while.
Somehow youtube got over recommending transexual Jordan Peterson impersonators doing disco covers of Deep Purple and managed to feed something I wanted to know about
😅
I'm a cynical old thing, but that book looks fantastic, and your enthusiasm is contagious. I know you're sore the Moore stan, but even factoring this in this book has clearly had a deeply profound affect on you.
One question: you mentioned the density but also chose to read this in what feels like a quite all absorbing way; making a ritual out of it, couldn't put out down etc. Do you think that this approach added to the feeling of denseness? Would reading it in a 'I'll do an hour and a half and then leave it alone and let it percolate' way possibly maybe it fell more manageable? Asking for my own sanity.
You can absolutely do that - it lends itself to a section at a time, with breathers
Cheers.
Thanks
I thought he never wrote it/finished it! A friend online told me last year that he never WAS going to publish it..
Is it still worth a look if you're more-or-less a skeptic so far as magic/witchcraft/occultism/Magic(k)/will-working/whatever-the-community's-calling-it-this-week goes?
@@quelltech I believe so, if you’re more interested in the philosophical aspects and cultivating a relationship with your own consciousness and imagination (which I am) over woo.
At last!
Thanks,now I can dive into a fine piece of art magique.
I just read the google books preview. The style is refreshing, and while I like Alan Moore, and enjoyed the first part of the pulp story about Adeline Carr, all the kabbalah stuff just bores me to death. I suppose ceremonial magic just isn't my thing? I'm more ambivalent about tarot, but the preview didn't touch on that.
Is this book recommended for people who are not practising and are not planning to practise magick?
@@firmanchristiansianturi4794 if they have an interest in the subject, yes - plenty of historical stuff and if your interested in theories of mind and consciousness there’s lots.
I bought it just because I am interested in the stories of Alan Moore. I see the book as just containing more of them and as a primer on exercises for expanding your imagination. For thats what it is.
I didn’t know Mr M had disowned Promethea. That feels a real shame, it’s a special book. Do we know what prompted that?
I think over who ‘owns’ it, the intellectual property rights - he’s disowned almost all his comic book output.
The character is owned by DC Comics who Moore sees as despicable villains for their shady business practices.
Hi Danny! So happy you made this video! It means a lot!
I can’t wait to get my hands on the bumper book of magic! 🪄 ✨ 📕
You won’t regret it!
@@therightsideofmad Brilliant 🤩 👏🏻 truly Magical! 🧙♂️ 🪄 ✨