- Paperback: 190 pages
- Publisher: Capall Bann Publishing (Dec 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 186163188X
- ISBN-13: 978-1861631886
- Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 16 x 1.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,328,729 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This is a book of magic, but also a guidebook on how to survive the natural chaos which plagues those who choose the magical path...or more precisely are chosen by it. With a pinch of humour and a dash of irony, Ms. Hawkins offers us an alternate perspective of the perversities of magic we all know too well, personified as the Monkey, the trickster image which represents the convoluted landscape of life which the magical path leads us through. With some practical advice and basic spells designed to work within the very world of chaos wherein magic finds its direction, this book is a simple yet unequalled sourcebook for dealing with the unpredictability of magic in a multiverse of natural chaos, the realm of the Chaos Monkey.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This Author lost my confidence with her opening statement. "Some people are born to magic" she declares as her opener, the immediate subtext of which being that some, in fact most, aren't.
Straight away she establishes a culture of a magickal elite that you may or may not be part of, but can't change. This seems to be calculated to build on an already common secret aspiration within the young adult target audience...to be, in some way, special. Perhaps you have a propensity to uncanny luck and falling on your feet in difficult situations? Perhaps there were other occasions where great flashes of luck or insight saved your bacon or that of others?
She immediately, of course, establishes her own 'specialness' credentials:- a childhood incident whereby she escaped potential serious injury or death when careening down a hill on her skateboard:- she 'knew' exactly when to put her feet down to stop her progress along a lethal trajectory toward death under speeding car. She then then goes on to declare herself 'monkey born', the self conceived idea of which, is the central premise of the book;- some of us are lucky and special, chosen by the 'chaos monkey' to live a fascinating life of magick which, in best Harry potter style will be tricky and dangerous as well as fabulously exciting...this tome will be your companion in that exceptional life...because if you picked it up, then no doubt you are one of the lucky ones...one of the quick, as it were, as opposed to the dead.
This comes over as an irritating marketing ploy, directed at the young 'misfit' who is looking for a reason to feel special. The truth, of course, is that we are all as special as the next person, and you don't need to be 'touched' or chosen by Ms.Hawkins's mythical chaos monkey to practise the art of magick, which is there for each and everyone of of us, should we decide that we want to go down that path.
The 'magickal' instinct the author spoke of that told her when to when to put her feet down to stop the runaway skateboard of her childhood, is present in each and everyone of us, but the march of modern civilisation has all but buried it, deep in a primitive part of the brain.
If the author could have only shown more of a spirit of inclusivity, and demonstrated how to uncover and listen to the 'magickal' instinct that we ALL possess, rather than create yet another aspirational 'us and them' culture, then she could have created a useful little introduction to the subject of chaos magick...as it is she just gags the monkey, stopping him from speaking his truth; magick is everyman, woman and child's birthright.
Straight away she establishes a culture of a magickal elite that you may or may not be part of, but can't change. This seems to be calculated to build on an already common secret aspiration within the young adult target audience...to be, in some way, special. Perhaps you have a propensity to uncanny luck and falling on your feet in difficult situations? Perhaps there were other occasions where great flashes of luck or insight saved your bacon or that of others?
She immediately, of course, establishes her own 'specialness' credentials:- a childhood incident whereby she escaped potential serious injury or death when careening down a hill on her skateboard:- she 'knew' exactly when to put her feet down to stop her progress along a lethal trajectory toward death under speeding car. She then then goes on to declare herself 'monkey born', the self conceived idea of which, is the central premise of the book;- some of us are lucky and special, chosen by the 'chaos monkey' to live a fascinating life of magick which, in best Harry potter style will be tricky and dangerous as well as fabulously exciting...this tome will be your companion in that exceptional life...because if you picked it up, then no doubt you are one of the lucky ones...one of the quick, as it were, as opposed to the dead.
This comes over as an irritating marketing ploy, directed at the young 'misfit' who is looking for a reason to feel special. The truth, of course, is that we are all as special as the next person, and you don't need to be 'touched' or chosen by Ms.Hawkins's mythical chaos monkey to practise the art of magick, which is there for each and everyone of of us, should we decide that we want to go down that path.
The 'magickal' instinct the author spoke of that told her when to when to put her feet down to stop the runaway skateboard of her childhood, is present in each and everyone of us, but the march of modern civilisation has all but buried it, deep in a primitive part of the brain.
If the author could have only shown more of a spirit of inclusivity, and demonstrated how to uncover and listen to the 'magickal' instinct that we ALL possess, rather than create yet another aspirational 'us and them' culture, then she could have created a useful little introduction to the subject of chaos magick...as it is she just gags the monkey, stopping him from speaking his truth; magick is everyman, woman and child's birthright.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Anyone with an interest in magic from any perspective must read this book. The practical information is invaluable, and the truths about what the magical life brings are sardonically amusing, all the more for being accurate. I'm going to read my copy again and again!
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is certainly not fiction despite the categorisation. The magician may sometimes feel that their life reads like fiction, and it is this that The Monkey addresses. Choosing the path of magic(k) brings many changes and some of them may be challenging or even absurd. A good sense of humour is esential in the negotiation of existence within the world of magic(k), where The Monkey is the Trickster and the Fool, as well as the magician's ally.
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