#mat auryn

[the-trans-folk-witch]

A Warning to new witches

Reading makes you smarter. But reading does not mean you are smart. This applies to those who read occult texts as well. Just because it is about magic and witchcraft, does not mean you are smart to read it. Be discerning of authors, publishers, and wording. You should not judge a book by its cover but you SHOULD judge a book by its title. be cautious of books using words like ____ Magic(k). The overuse of adjectives to describe types of witchcraft are purely used to make books attract crowds who follow trends. An example would be "Lunar Magick" which is a title to over 200+ books on amazon. They use these names to get your money for very little information. Most of these self published books are plagiarized or just watered down versions of actual grimoires with a historical basis. Be perceptive. And if you struggle to discern if a book will be good or not, ask me! I try to read the shitty throw away books just so I can help educate my mentees on what to NOT do. Know your enemies including bad authors. (Matt auryn is one of these bad authors. No matter how popular "psychic witch" is.

Here is my recommended reading list on pagebound (the y2k themed and woman owned goodreads)

Kill God and Become a Witch | Pagebound

My witchcraft favs - dont read them in the order below. Start with Folk witchcraft and all of Roger's books. Then the order is your choosing

[dimensional-tourist]

“Sacred space is not just an external place. It is an internal place as well.”

— Mat Auryn

[iridescent-witch-life]

spiritus_arcanum

Has anyone read this one? It's on my (ever-growing) to-read list!

[lycarael]

Witchy LPT

The common denominator across all religions and spiritual practices is "faith"/belief. Tools and rituals are only a means to reinforce belief. You can use whatever you want AS whatever you want. Eventually, that becomes the ability to manifest with only your mind. No, I'm not just parroting Mat Auryn's grimoire Psychic Witch. I figured this out years before the book was released.

[jasper-pagan-witch]

Jasper Reviews "Psychic Witch" By Mat Auryn - A Fucking Dredge To Get Through

This is a book that's for a very specific audience.

This is a book for Wiccans or Wiccan-adjacent witches who can visualize, who practice "meditation" of some form, who believe in the very specific energy working system that the author describes, and who believe in the same sorts of magic/animism as the author does, i.e.:

four elements plus "quintessence" aka spirit,

a weird mangling of the concept of an inner child and shadow self brought on by modern people thinking that Carl Jung's shadow work was solely about "negativity" and "bad vibes",

everyone having a higher self,

everyone having a divine purpose,

three levels of souls,

auras,

cleansing and protecting before any and all actions even in your own space,

and so on.

I am none of those people. Mat Auryn's approach does not work for me, and I hated having to slog through 7 pages of introduction (aka Mat Auryn's backstory) only to get to the actual content and be sorely disappointed in this book that claims it can "be adjusted" to other people's spiritual/religious/magical viewpoints only to discover that it really can't. A lot of the things claimed to be universal (e.g. definitions of intuition versus psychic ability) are, in fact, not universal. I would argue this author up one side and down the other about this. Not in that the author is inherently wrong in their own definitions, but in that it's somehow universal.

I am also, as usual, docking a point for spelling magic with a K. I'm glad I own this copy, because I could go through with a pen and scribble out the unnecessary K.

This is not a useful book to someone who has already developed their own understanding of energy and energy work. But at the same time, it's so boring and stale (even with exercises all over the place) that I wouldn't want to give it to a beginner either.

Official Jasper Review: 3/10, not what I needed, and I don't want it.

Maybe other people get something from this book, but I just couldn't.

[thefeminineessence]

Sacred space is not just an external place. It is an internal place as well.

Mat Auryn

[booksandwitchery]

I’m sorry for being basic but I just started this and I’m already obsessed with it

[thevirginwitch]

Witchy Book Lovers!

I finished up this cute evil eye bookmark design over the weekend, and it's available now over on my Etsy!

I have limited stock right now, so be sure to grab one ASAP if you're interested!