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A review by schinko94
The Tao of Craft: Fu Talismans and Casting Sigils in the Eastern Esoteric Tradition by Benebell Wen
challenging
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
5.0
This book is absolutely invaluable. I'm a huge fan of Benebell's youtube channel and this book proves the profound extent of the knowledge that she has gained through her experience as an occult practitioner.
If you're a westerner and you're looking for a very effective way to execute spellwork, look no further than this book. It contains literally everything you need for starting a magickal practice. I myself am a Tibetan Buddhist, and Fu sigils are so compatible with Buddhist practice that I may have to give them a try myself. They seem like a very effective esoteric method for alleviating the various sufferings of samsara.
I haven't even looked through all of the appendices in detail yet, but they comprise the latter half of the (616 page!) book. So, if you're keeping count, that's around 300 pages of appendices, not including the rest of the footnotes. They are full of relevant information, explanations, and correspondence tables, and they will guide you through the nitty-gritty of Fu sigils with precision.
Again, I just cannot speak highly enough about this book. If you're engaged with esotericism in any form, this book stands to enhance your practice in a way that few other resources can. I'm also looking forward to reading Ms. Wen's translation of the I-Ching at some point in the near future, which I'm certain is just as informative as this manual was. Daoism has a vast scriptural corpus, and we in the west are very lucky that we have someone so knowledgeable about the tradition who shares her knowledge with an open hand.
If you're a westerner and you're looking for a very effective way to execute spellwork, look no further than this book. It contains literally everything you need for starting a magickal practice. I myself am a Tibetan Buddhist, and Fu sigils are so compatible with Buddhist practice that I may have to give them a try myself. They seem like a very effective esoteric method for alleviating the various sufferings of samsara.
I haven't even looked through all of the appendices in detail yet, but they comprise the latter half of the (616 page!) book. So, if you're keeping count, that's around 300 pages of appendices, not including the rest of the footnotes. They are full of relevant information, explanations, and correspondence tables, and they will guide you through the nitty-gritty of Fu sigils with precision.
Again, I just cannot speak highly enough about this book. If you're engaged with esotericism in any form, this book stands to enhance your practice in a way that few other resources can. I'm also looking forward to reading Ms. Wen's translation of the I-Ching at some point in the near future, which I'm certain is just as informative as this manual was. Daoism has a vast scriptural corpus, and we in the west are very lucky that we have someone so knowledgeable about the tradition who shares her knowledge with an open hand.