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  • Paperback: 440 pages
  • Publisher: Hidden Publishing (1 April 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0955523702
  • ISBN-13: 978-0955523700
  • Product Dimensions: 22 x 15.2 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 261,871 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Mogg Morgan, Mandrake Speaks Newsletter number 201, Summer 2007

"provocative thought provoking ... certainly quite different to any previous history you might have read"


Peter J Carroll, Arcanorium College internal newsletter, Summer 2007

exhibits high standards of research...contains new and previously unpublished material... a work of reference for generations to come.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing book, not what the title promises., 12 Jul 2007
By James Whittaker "Jamiesiam" (Skipton UK) - See all my reviews
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Mr Evans devotes quite a lot of space to telling the reader what he proposes to write about and then seems to go off on a tangent, rambling on about something else, particularly a long diatribe about the left hand path which goes nowhere at all. The book is interesting in parts but in my opinion falls short of providing a comprehensive history of magic(K) in the UK.
He fails to mention organisations like the Order of the cubic stone, and magicians like Madeleine Montalban and references to other practicing magicians are sketchy and incomplete. It concentrates on Kenneth Grant and Amado Crowley who are far from representative of post Crowleyan magic(K) in the UK as any internet search will show. What the book needs more than anything is a good editor to knock it into shape as Mr Evans writing style reminds me of A E Waite on a bad day.
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2.0 out of 5 stars If a little knowledge. . ., 30 Nov 2007
By Petronius (SW England) - See all my reviews
. . .is a dangerous thing, then some knowledge may be positively lethal. A quarter way through this self-regarding tome and I was already losing the will to live. Will I survive before terminal boredom sets in? Probably not. There are certain magicians and occultists who resemble computer nerds in their inability to see the wood for the trees. Sadly, Dave Evans appears to be one one of them, obsessed as he is with his own take on magical history, one which elevates a comparatively minor player - Amado Crowley - into a major figure. See, Dave, here's the thing: magic is not confined to your own circle, or those whom you personally know. And by the way: Alex Saunders had the same sort of influence on magical practice and development as Paris Hilton has on haute-couture: more consumer than originator.
It's this accent on Dave's personal experiences that destroy what could and should have been a landmark book. For example, he spends a long time, some would say too long, in describing the cultural and social background in the UK - with the occasional US reference - post Crowley's death. He isolates those influences that, in his opinion, helped develop something of a magical renaissance which gave forth Chaos, or Kaos, Magic. And somehow in this catalogue, he manages to ignore the movie industry. No mention of Rosemary's Baby, The Omen or The Exorcist. No mention of Hammer's Dracula series. . .movies which may be beneath a modern magician's contempt, but which were hugely influential in their day. Dave Evans also manages to ignore the influence quantum mechanics has had on the whole subject of magic, from The Dancing Wu Li Masters - which compared quantum with the Tao - to M John Harrison's superb novel, 'Light'. It's enough to make a good Gnostic despair. Check out Amazon, Dave, and see how many books there are which combine magic and quantum. Justina Robson would be a good start. Which leads to another point: This book does seem to be, well, just a tad sexist. This is not a PC cri de coeur, only a reminder that a great deal of recent magical development has been undertaken by women. Although come to think of it, those pesky Druids always were ever so slightly chauvinistic. Have beard, will cast runes. Computer nerdish, too. This is a book that promises a great deal and delivers little more than one could divine from the Atlantis Bookshop's noticeboard. All too often it sighs with a breathless oh-wow approach better suited to a review of the latest computer game. It began life as a PhD thesis (what could Dave's supervisor have been thinking?) and it shows: too many unecessary footnotes; far too many student-like jokes and asides; pointless non-sequiturs; points unmercifully belaboured; endless pointed comments about the hapless Amado - like we really care? - which would be more at home in a blog. Oh, and Dave: if you're going to mention JK Rowling (and we do all, actually, know how rich she is), then you really should mention Philip Pullman and his Dark Materials. Discworld has a certain relevance, too. Finally, this book acts as an awful warning to never, ever, try and edit your own work. Or ask friends and relations to help. Hire a professional and listen to them. Learn about structure and syntax. And think about your book from the reader's point of view. We're the ones paying for it.
And what still really annoys is the suspicion that Dave Evans could have written a good, very worthwhile - even seminal - book. So maybe we should blame his PhD supervisor. No, blame Dave. It's his name on the cover.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars all the stuff you WANTED to know..., 1 April 2009
Evan's 'History..' is full of all the information that somehow seems to have been 'missed' by authors presenting the 'occult history' 101 card.
Evan's presents his work clearly, a fact worth mentioning as his 'research' materials are disparate to say the least.
thoroughly enjoyable.
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