This collection of essays all deal with getting in contact with the Holy Guardian Angel, a mysterious entity that figures largely in many magickal systems and rituals. Most notably in the Greek Magical Papyri and The Book of Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. According to the introduction by the editor, Michael Cecchetelli, the idea for this collection came about from the great response he received after a particular blog post on the subject. The content and some of the responses of this blog p

This collection of essays all deal with getting in contact with the Holy Guardian Angel, a mysterious entity that figures largely in many magickal systems and rituals. Most notably in the Greek Magical Papyri and The Book of Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. According to the introduction by the editor, Michael Cecchetelli, the idea for this collection came about from the great response he received after a particular blog post on the subject. The content and some of the responses of this blog post in question make up the final part of the book. All this made him realize that there were many misunderstandings as to what achieving the Knowlege & Conversation entailed, and this was probably due to lack of modern, readily available accounts from those with genuine experience. The essays included within are presumably from people that have been successful in gaining knowledge and Conversation with their Holy Guardian Angels. The practitioners also follow different magickal systems and as such have different views on what this mysterious and much-exalted entity actually is. These make for essays with sometimes conflicting advice and opinions, but these should not be seen as a negative, rather it highlights the multifaceted interpretation of what the HGA actually is. The book is divided into 4 parts. Part 1 deals with getting in contact with your HGA, advice as to how to begin and such, as well as an inquiry as to what the HGA could possibly be. The essays in Part 2 detail what happens after you've made initial contact, with the clear message that once you are able to contact your HGA, it only signifies the beginning of your new magickal alliance. Part 3 looks at the HGA filtered through the lens of particular magickal schools. The information in these essays are more of a theoretical nature rather than practical, but still no less interesting. And the final part reprints the blog posts that served as inspiration for putting together the book itself. The version I read was the paperback edition, which was released a while after the initial beautiful hardback edition. As such, I think the editing and writing errors were cleaned up a bit since the first release. It is not perfect, but that is to be expected from smaller publishing houses like Nephilim. I was already familiar with some of the contributors from other publications so I already had some idea of what to expect. I was not disappointed. There is plenty of practical advice to be found in the pages of this book regardless of how slim it looks. Overall, the book was very encouraging in continuing my own spiritual practices. I was left with the general message being that yes it is difficult to gain Knowledge & Conversation with your HGA, but definitely not impossible.