Caliban and the Witch, Silvia Federici – a review
Anyone who knows me knows I have an interest in both magic and women’s rights, making me the ideal audience for this historical analysis...
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carmillavoiez
- Oct 19, 2018
- 2 min
The Book of the Damned, Tanith Lee – a review
The three stories in this book are set in the town of Paradys (Paradis) in Northern France over a time period that spans from the Middle...
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carmillavoiez
- Jul 30, 2018
- 1 min
Banquet for the Damned, Adam Nevill - a review
There are two aspects of Adam Nevill’s stories that I love, and “Banquet for the Damned” has both – his preoccupation with the occult...
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carmillavoiez
- Apr 10, 2018
- 2 min
By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept, Paulo Coelho - a review
Too often we encounter a thing of beauty at the wrong time in our lives and its layers of splendour and meaning are lost on us. Yesterday...
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carmillavoiez
- Apr 5, 2018
- 2 min
The Art of Dreaming, Carlos Castaneda - a review
Magic and perception are two of my special interests, so this book might easily have been written for me. As well as providing an...
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carmillavoiez
- Apr 4, 2018
- 1 min
The Inter-Relatedness of Perception and Reality
Is perception reality? Is magick simply madness? Is there a point in space, time or perception we can access that allows us not only to...
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carmillavoiez
- Jan 3, 2018
- 2 min
Witches Sluts Feminists, by Kristen J Sollee - a review
Witches Sluts Feminists is a slender volume. It positions itself as a primer on the connections between the three subjects in the title...
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carmillavoiez
- Dec 11, 2017
- 4 min
Science, Magic and Time Travel in Netflix’s Dark
The premise of Dark is that every 33 years there is a solar and lunar alignment and that time travel is possible between those moments....
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carmillavoiez
- Dec 4, 2017
- 2 min
Dance of the Butterfly, by Scott Carruba - a review
Dance of the Butterfly is set in an unnamed city in central Europe. It is a place where organised crime, represented by the cruel and...
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carmillavoiez
- Oct 12, 2017
- 3 min
Adam Nevill, six days of October Frights, day three
That wonderful feeling when someone you’ve thought of as a contemporary and peer makes it to the big time. With the release on Friday...
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carmillavoiez
- Sep 2, 2017
- 2 min
England's Hidden Reverse, David Keenan - a review
Photo : Tibet and Stapleton, 1991. (photo Ruth Bayer) England’s Hidden Reverse is an impressive, illustrated, hard backed volume coupled...
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carmillavoiez
- May 30, 2017
- 2 min
The Winged Bull by Dion Fortune, ritual magic, racism and misogyny
The title “The Winged Bull” refers to a ritual and the hero of the story, Murchison. Murchison is engaged by Brangwyn to help cure his...
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carmillavoiez
- Apr 24, 2017
- 4 min
Umberto Eco, Foucault's Pendulum, and the interpretation of texts
Foucault's Pendulum demonstrates the earth's rotation around a fixed point. From this premise Umberto Eco created an intricate novel,...
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carmillavoiez
- Apr 12, 2017
- 3 min
Excerpt from The Starblood Trilogy
The white-haired man plants kisses on his lips, but the boy shakes his head. Letting his lover sleep, the man sits naked on top of the...
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carmillavoiez
- Mar 17, 2017
- 2 min
Lovecraft v Crowley comic, issue 1, a review
H.P. Lovecraft vs Aleister Crowley, issue 1, written and illustrated by Monty Borror. Published by Geeksville Ent. Pro. This 26 page...
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carmillavoiez
- Mar 9, 2017
- 5 min
Song of the Death God, by William Holloway, a book review
I was sent an advance copy of Song of the Death God by the publisher in exchange for a review. The book is to be released late April...
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carmillavoiez
- Mar 7, 2017
- 2 min
NOS 4R2, by Joe Hill, a book review
The yellow sticker on the front claimed this would be the most terrifying book I will read this year. I tend to be terrified by more...
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carmillavoiez
- Mar 6, 2017
- 4 min
Freya is one hell of a fucked up character
Freya – isolated and alone after a family tragedy, falls in love with her brother, and begs Lilith to save her. Perhaps the most...
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carmillavoiez
- Mar 5, 2017
- 2 min
Spook Lights 2, by Eden Royce, a book review
Eden Royce writes beautifully. Her descriptions are rich and evocative, and her tales magical and strange. Spook Lights 2, like the first...
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carmillavoiez
- Mar 4, 2017
- 3 min
Paul's journal
An extract from Paul's journal (Satori's magical friend in Starblood) with illustrations by Anna Prashkovich from the webcomic "Sex...
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