A practical guide to creating effective and meaningful relationships with spirits and entities.
 
Jason Miller's books are popular for a good reason: they are practically-minded, setting out useful principles that practitioners of every stripe can benefit from. Consorting with Spirits deals with an essential part of nearly every occultist's arsenal: spirit work. Much like Miller's previous books, this book is not in any way a simple collection of rites or rituals; instead, it explores the deeper things that make spirit work effective or ineffective: the practitioner's attitudes towards the entities, and their relationship with them; the 'meta' models and cosmologies that help the practitioner orient themselves more clearly to these spirits and their place in the universe; questions of mindset, ethics and pitfalls that come up when dealing with otherworldly beings. For those who are looking to troubleshoot their magical practice and improve their occult work, this book should not be overlooked. 
 
Newburyport: Red Wheel/Weiser, 2022. Paperback, 240 pages. New.