Encyclopedia of Spirits: The Ultimate Guide to the Magic of Fairies, Genies, Demons, Ghosts, Gods Goddesses
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- Author：Judika Illes
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Summary
Enter the World of Spirits！
The Encyclopedia of Spirits is a comprehensive and entertaining A to Z of spirits from around this world and the next。 Within these pages meet love goddesses and disease demons， guardians of children and guardians of cadavers。 Discover Celtic goddesses and goddesses of the Kabbalah， female Buddhas， African Powers， Dragon Ladies， White Ladies， Black Madonnas， the Green Man， the Green Fairy， lots and lots of ghosts， djinn， mermaids， fairies， and more。 From the beneficent to the mischievous， working with these spirits can bring good fortune， lasting love， health， fertility， revenge， and relief。 Discover:
The true identities of over one thousand spirits （as well as their likes and dislikes）
How to communicate with specific spirits for your own benefit
How to recognize these spirits when they manifest themselves
The mythological and historical events associated with specific spirits
The colors， days， numbers， and astrological signs associated with specific spirits
The Encyclopedia of Spirits also provides an overview of the role of spirit communication throughout history and a general guide to working with spirits。 No matter what your life's problems or desires， this book can guide you to the right spirits who can help fulfill your dreams。 For the spiritual adept， the amateur， or the simply curious， the Encyclopedia of Spirits will inform， inspire， and delight。
The Encyclopedia of Spirits is a comprehensive and entertaining A to Z of spirits from around this world and the next。 Within these pages meet love goddesses and disease demons， guardians of children and guardians of cadavers。 Discover Celtic goddesses and goddesses of the Kabbalah， female Buddhas， African Powers， Dragon Ladies， White Ladies， Black Madonnas， the Green Man， the Green Fairy， lots and lots of ghosts， djinn， mermaids， fairies， and more。 From the beneficent to the mischievous， working with these spirits can bring good fortune， lasting love， health， fertility， revenge， and relief。 Discover:
The true identities of over one thousand spirits （as well as their likes and dislikes）
How to communicate with specific spirits for your own benefit
How to recognize these spirits when they manifest themselves
The mythological and historical events associated with specific spirits
The colors， days， numbers， and astrological signs associated with specific spirits
The Encyclopedia of Spirits also provides an overview of the role of spirit communication throughout history and a general guide to working with spirits。 No matter what your life's problems or desires， this book can guide you to the right spirits who can help fulfill your dreams。 For the spiritual adept， the amateur， or the simply curious， the Encyclopedia of Spirits will inform， inspire， and delight。
Reviews
M。A。 Stern
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This book is a great primer on spirits and deities。 My two critiques are as follows: 1） I was expecting more about non deity spirits from the title and 2） some information here is inaccurate。 Great reference just know what you’re getting and double check information in here。
Aly Cardinalli
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Honestly the best book ever on spirits， gods， goddesses， and entities。
Lia P
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This is a good book to have a quick start on entities and identifying， it is best to go into more details and cross reference about the entities since the book is a bit old and should always be fact checked
Beth Reilley
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Detailed and definitely inclusive！I've seen reviews stating that this book paints all spirits out as a free for all， all benevolent， etc。 If you read the whole book （and not just the spirit names）， it's spelled out very clearly that some spirits are in fact not "Benevolent"。 While I honestly can't remember if the author has a disclaimer about "closed practices"， she does note which cultures each deity comes from。 I hope that the rest of the metaphysical community is putting enough emphasis on th Detailed and definitely inclusive！I've seen reviews stating that this book paints all spirits out as a free for all， all benevolent， etc。 If you read the whole book （and not just the spirit names）， it's spelled out very clearly that some spirits are in fact not "Benevolent"。 While I honestly can't remember if the author has a disclaimer about "closed practices"， she does note which cultures each deity comes from。 I hope that the rest of the metaphysical community is putting enough emphasis on the importance of respecting closed practices that readers that are new to this stuff would have an idea of what's appropriate and what's not。 I do recall that some deities were noted to only respond to their own people/those whose ancestors would have worshipped this deity or come from the deity's homelands。 I found this encyclopedia was easy to use， despite a few formatting errors/typos。 I personally deal with the Celtic pantheon and do my best （with the limited information we have） to practice as similarly as reasonable to the ancient celts that are my ancestors。 It was very easy for me to keep track of the deities that are relevant to this pantheon。 Some stem from Ireland， specifically。 Others are used extensively throughout the Celtic empire （which spanned quite a few people）。 Still， others popped up from other communities from within the Celtic empire。 It was really easy for me to tell who was from where。 New Witches: This book is not one I would recommend you read the first week of exploring witchcraft because I don't recommend dealing with spirits until you've got a firm grip on cleansing， protecting， and banishing。 However， for those who have a wee bit of experience with those things， I do think this is helpful as a starting place to including spirits in your practice in various ways。 Just remember not to involve yourself with spirits from closed practices （if you don't know what those are， it's a simple google search away）。 Non-Magick Practicing Pagans: For you who are simply worshippers of gods， this can be a great resource in learning more about the pantheon you currently subscribe to as well as seeing as how they fit into the worldwide picture。 It's wonderful to see how other cultures have spirits that function similarly to mine （this has actually been a valuable tool for me as I've endeavored to de-colonize myself） as well as learn about the spiritual beings who are completely foreign to the concepts found in the cultures that have made me who I am today。 General Spirit Nerds: For those of you just looking to learn about spirits across different cultures without the intent of worshipping them or incorporating them into any sort of spiritual practice， this will also be an enjoyable resource for you simply due to its volume of cultures and spirits。 Back to the practitioners， another note: For every area of practice， you should absolutely be cross-referencing and using multiple resources to learn。 Always。 The more resources you have， the better！ Please do not end your study of spiritual beings here！ As great as this is， it's crazy to stop at one resource for this subject。 。。。more
Kaylin
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Rachel Sykes
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Great reference book for anyone interested in things magickal and mystical。
Lusete Wiccan Life
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A great book to start you off finding out more。 Very comprehensive， really easy to find the information you need。 A great beginners book。
isa
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Um bom resumo com ótimas explicações para os novatos。 Apesar de não ser aprendiz， consegui adicionar certos pontos em meu caminho e me serviu muito。 Poderia adicionar outros espíritos， a maioria que eu procurei não estava lá。
Elyse
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So I’ll start by saying I haven’t read this in it’s entirety yet。 There seems to be a lot of great info， but also a lot of things I consider to be actually quite dangerous。 The author makes it seem that any and all spirits are up for spiritual grabs， that spirits are basically benevolent no matter what， and that simply is not the case。 I’m particularly alarmed by the repeated examples in the introduction of summoning/working with Voodou entities like Baron Samedi and Papa Legba。 Under NO circums So I’ll start by saying I haven’t read this in it’s entirety yet。 There seems to be a lot of great info， but also a lot of things I consider to be actually quite dangerous。 The author makes it seem that any and all spirits are up for spiritual grabs， that spirits are basically benevolent no matter what， and that simply is not the case。 I’m particularly alarmed by the repeated examples in the introduction of summoning/working with Voodou entities like Baron Samedi and Papa Legba。 Under NO circumstances should you summon these entities unless you are a Voodou practitioner。 It’s not that they are malevolent， but they are essentially from closed practices and unless you are initiated into their ways and lore it can be dangerous to open yourself up to them。 The New Agey belief that all spirits are good spirits/benevolent/up for grabs by anyone is a dangerous one。 。。。more
Melany
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Great book！I really enjoyed reading this book。 It's so full of information， wisdom and lore， it's just amazing。 Thank you， Judika Illes for this wonderful work！ Great book！I really enjoyed reading this book。 It's so full of information， wisdom and lore， it's just amazing。 Thank you， Judika Illes for this wonderful work！ 。。。more
Occultorum
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This is incredibly useful book。 While I've heard some reviews that say there is a lack of information on some spirits， I would argue， that the point of this book is not to go in great depths， as one could write a separate book for every spirit in there。 The point of this encyclopedia is to help you find some basic information about many spirits。 I personally know many of these spirits and use this book to refresh my memory， especially when writing on certain topics。 It is an excellent book， cove This is incredibly useful book。 While I've heard some reviews that say there is a lack of information on some spirits， I would argue， that the point of this book is not to go in great depths， as one could write a separate book for every spirit in there。 The point of this encyclopedia is to help you find some basic information about many spirits。 I personally know many of these spirits and use this book to refresh my memory， especially when writing on certain topics。 It is an excellent book， covering many spirits and I would definitely recommend it to everyone interested in magic， witchcraft and the occult。 。。。more
Patricia
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Basic information。 If you never worked with spirits， maybe this book is a good start。
Anastasia MK
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I absolutely love this massive tome of information！ I was curious about how Judika knows all of this information and so I did a very brief cross reference。 I was pleased to find that her sources and research are based off many different avenues like cultural scholarly resources， ancient texts， and religious reference， just to name a few。 I wanted to know for sure that I could put some trust in what I was reading， and not just just be observing someone's long-winded attempt to impress beginners w I absolutely love this massive tome of information！ I was curious about how Judika knows all of this information and so I did a very brief cross reference。 I was pleased to find that her sources and research are based off many different avenues like cultural scholarly resources， ancient texts， and religious reference， just to name a few。 I wanted to know for sure that I could put some trust in what I was reading， and not just just be observing someone's long-winded attempt to impress beginners who have no idea what they're looking at。 I love Judikas book， and I can't wait to add more of her work to my little esoteric library。 。。。more
Tierra Cox
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Extremely informative and definitely insightful I will be buying the hardcover version of this book。
R。B。
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More than reading it I consulted this， because as the title says it's an encyclopedia。 It's interesting to see the connection between spirits in different cultures， I believe most dieties are interpretations of more ancient ones， but I'm not too interested in exploring all those cultures so I tend to only read those I'm already interested in and closer with。I would have liked to see the spirits categorized per culture or qualities instead of just a list in alphabetical order。 Sometimes I wish th More than reading it I consulted this， because as the title says it's an encyclopedia。 It's interesting to see the connection between spirits in different cultures， I believe most dieties are interpretations of more ancient ones， but I'm not too interested in exploring all those cultures so I tend to only read those I'm already interested in and closer with。I would have liked to see the spirits categorized per culture or qualities instead of just a list in alphabetical order。 Sometimes I wish this was a webpage with a search function， searching on a kindle isn't always accurate and impossible if you own a printed copy， if you're looking for a specific type of spirit you still need to browse through the whole thing。 。。。more
Juli Anna
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A very thick volume， with much interesting information。 I enjoyed the authorial voice much of the time， and particularly appreciated that many versions of popular myths are recounted here， rather than focusing on singular， well-known versions。 However， I found that the lack of consistency in entry format was irritating and， as usual for this kind of book， I found that the subject matter was not comprehensive enough in terms of geography or culture。 But all in all， I enjoyed piecing my way throug A very thick volume， with much interesting information。 I enjoyed the authorial voice much of the time， and particularly appreciated that many versions of popular myths are recounted here， rather than focusing on singular， well-known versions。 However， I found that the lack of consistency in entry format was irritating and， as usual for this kind of book， I found that the subject matter was not comprehensive enough in terms of geography or culture。 But all in all， I enjoyed piecing my way through this for the last few weeks！ 。。。more
Ella Yoder
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A great reference book to unders tr anding the gods and goddess， spirits all around us
Marysloane
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Great research tool for authors， or anyone。
Alexandra
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I really enjoyed this。
Oliver Golubev
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It is over 1，000 pages of detailed information， it is not an easy read and is a little overwhelming， but it is well worth its money。 An easy 5 stars。
Eve
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This book is a wealth of obscure information that is both intriguing and enlightening。 It's a substantial about of information and Judika Illes definitely put in a lot of time and research into this encyclopedia。 I've never regretted this purchase。 This book is a wealth of obscure information that is both intriguing and enlightening。 It's a substantial about of information and Judika Illes definitely put in a lot of time and research into this encyclopedia。 I've never regretted this purchase。 。。。more
Nadine
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Useful guide for religious spiritual a characters。 I borrowed it from the library three times and I want to buy it adding it permanently to my personal library。
Mary Luong
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I'm in the N's！ I haven't had the time to finish it， and I'm on 'Njord。' I'm in the N's！ I haven't had the time to finish it， and I'm on 'Njord。' 。。。more
Claudia Loureiro
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Another wonderful referencve book by Judika Illes :）
Cal
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This is a book that can best be described as hit or miss。 While there is a lot of information， there is also a good amount of misinformation （see the entry for Lilith）。 There are also entries that you would think would fit into this work， but just aren't there （such as Ra）。 It also treads on the line of cultural appropriation as Illes isn't clear enough about which entities are from closed cultures， and which are from open cultures。 It is by no means an essential purpose， but it may give people This is a book that can best be described as hit or miss。 While there is a lot of information， there is also a good amount of misinformation （see the entry for Lilith）。 There are also entries that you would think would fit into this work， but just aren't there （such as Ra）。 It also treads on the line of cultural appropriation as Illes isn't clear enough about which entities are from closed cultures， and which are from open cultures。 It is by no means an essential purpose， but it may give people starting points to further research some of the spirits in this text。 Illes is one of the better authors in the witchcraft， and spirit worker communities， but as with everyone else， her work must be taken with a grain of salt。 。。。more
Michelle
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I think this is a great book that everyone should have in their library if they are interested in the subject。
Ce
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Bought this as a writing reference。 Some good information， plenty of obscure otherworldy entities， but the organization was very poor。 The entities themselves are all organized alphabetically， which just does not work for such a huge compilation from around the world。Organization would have been better if one could look up entities by world location and then alpha， so one could for instance， choose to write a story based in China or Australia， and find just those things。The Forward is geared tow Bought this as a writing reference。 Some good information， plenty of obscure otherworldy entities， but the organization was very poor。 The entities themselves are all organized alphabetically， which just does not work for such a huge compilation from around the world。Organization would have been better if one could look up entities by world location and then alpha， so one could for instance， choose to write a story based in China or Australia， and find just those things。The Forward is geared toward spirit-raising， worship， and Wiccan theologies; important to note， because the Index is arranged much the same - towards types of spells or worship to be performed。I still find the book useful to spur story ideas as I flip through the contents， and due to the obscurity of some information which I follow up with a search on the internet， so I gave it three stars。 。。。more
Amy Pfleegor
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As a novice regarding almost everything contained in this book， I very much appreciated the organized and concise overviews。 A great place to begin learning and a lovely reference。
Alice Wulf
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SAVE YOURSELVES。The majority of the information in this book can be found elsewhere。 It is not worth reading， if only for the horrible organization and unnecessary crap （there's an actual thing about how to summon Hades）。If you want to search for Roman Gods or Goddesses， first of all， the whole alphabet is lumped together， which。。。WHY？ But also， the author is incredibly inconsistent in her labeling。 Some Gods are considered to have "Origin: Rome" and some have "Origin: Roman" which pisses me off SAVE YOURSELVES。The majority of the information in this book can be found elsewhere。 It is not worth reading， if only for the horrible organization and unnecessary crap （there's an actual thing about how to summon Hades）。If you want to search for Roman Gods or Goddesses， first of all， the whole alphabet is lumped together， which。。。WHY？ But also， the author is incredibly inconsistent in her labeling。 Some Gods are considered to have "Origin: Rome" and some have "Origin: Roman" which pisses me off as there is no difference between the two。 If you're looking for Irish folklore， be prepared to also search for Ireland/Celtic/Welsh and so on and so forth。 *shrieks in anger* 。。。more
Valentina
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