{"id":5389,"date":"2011-11-03T16:16:25","date_gmt":"2011-11-03T20:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/2011\/10\/10\/"},"modified":"2011-11-03T16:16:25","modified_gmt":"2011-11-03T20:16:25","slug":"the-woman-magician","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/?p=5389","title":{"rendered":"The Woman Magician"},"content":{"rendered":"

“The Woman Magician: Revisioning Western Metaphysics from a Woman’s Perspective and Experience” is a fascinating read. Author Brandy Williams takes the reader along with her on a personal journey accompanied by Lady Tradition, Lady History, Lady Philosophy, Lady Science, Lady Culture, Lady Theology, and Lady Magic. These ladies provide the reader with a comprehensive study of Western occult traditions; their histories, their workings, their philosophies, and how they relate to women, the feminist movement, gender studies, female based theologies and so much more.<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a>Williams uses her experiences as a Dianic Witch, an initiated traditional Witch, a Golden Dawn initiate, an ordained priestess of Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica, and a chartered initiator and former body master of Ordo Templi Orientis<\/a> to full advantage in “The Woman Magician”. Not having had any<\/em> of those experiences, one of my favorite parts of the book is at the beginning where the author not only describes how she performs The Lesser Ritual of the Pentagram of the Golden Dawn, The Star Ruby of Thelema, The Gnostic Mass of Thelema, and The Circle from one of the covens she works with, but she also describes how it feels<\/em> personally to her to be a woman performing those rituals.<\/p>\n

All those experiences and years of research lead the reader to the exciting second part of “The Woman Magician” where you realize everything you’ve read up to this point was in preparation to learn about the Sisters of Seshat. Williams takes all that she’s shared and shows you what it can mean to women who wish to take the journey of Western traditional magic. Sisters of Seshat is a sororal order in Western Traditional Magic. The system draws on Witchcraft, Ceremonial Magic, Neo-Pagan religion and the Women\u2019s Spirituality Movement to create a system of magical and spiritual initiation.<\/a><\/p>\n

It takes a bold woman to endeavor to chart a new path within communities that often pride themselves on their direct lines of tradition, but forge ahead she has. Williams provides the reader with all they need to know if they wish to become an initiate of the Sisters of Seshat. The rituals are beautiful to read and should be of interest not just to women, but anyone interested in the study of Western magical traditions.<\/p>\n

Will Brandy Williams spark a revolution with “The Lady Magician”? With the author’s combination of intellect and heart, I certainly hope so. As Donald Michael Kraig, the author of “Modern Magick”, says in his blurb in the book, “The Woman Magician is coming, and we’ll all be better for it.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"