Planetary Magick by Denning and Phillips [Esoteric Book Review]

[@MsGnor]

Dear Foolish Fish, your voice is so therapeutic and I love your enthusiasm!! 🥰🌈🥳

[@dragonman1346]

Im new here but have been going through all your material and I just wanted to say thank you I appreciate what you do very much.

[@FoolishFishBooks]

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[@jupiteralm5593]

@@FoolishFishBooks I did Jupiter ritual actually frater one after few days of cleaning my aura, it was a success oh my it took exactly 7 days $$$... Then I thought I should be extra fancy and add some sex energy to it expecting it to be even better. Put me in millionaires club 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🙆‍♀️, didn't work at allllll I feel like that bond with Jupiter was interrupted. My birth chart has great potential money wise, I wish I could get the best of it

[@andrewswanson7575]

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[@anyroserose3169]

Hello, my friend, I haven't read the book yet, I'm from Brazil and I don't know how to speak English, I would like you to answer me if this book has planetary magic for success, victory, removing curses and for money, success in business... Is there any ritual I can do to: bring a person back in harmony? annihilate a persistent illness? can you answer me? It's going to take me a while to find out...because I have to translate the entire book via Google. But if you say you have all of this I'll be more excited!! Thanks.

[@buckfred1]

Denning and Phillips broke new ground with this, and their other works! They changed my life on several levels, and sent me on a wonderful quest that’s still going today!! I’ll always be thankful for them and their true teachings! Here’s hoping Vol 1 is in print again soon!

[@BoyDiviner]

I wanted this book since I've started on my path. I got the Seven Spheres first in the end because I saw it on your channel and I'm glad you talked about this one. It's hard to find a good review for this.

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Glad to help! Again, I don't think I'd have understood those first few chapters if it hadn't been for Seven Spheres, but the rituals here blow Seven Spheres out of the water! XD

[@roberthouse4228]

The best Occultic book review channel on KZbin. I appreciate your work!

[@lbrigh6]

I bought Planetary Magick a long time ago on Kindle, but it is so good and with so much useful information, I decided to buy the paperback book too.

[@thanostimestone6813]

Great book. I have to finish reading it. But it has helped me in understanding what Solomonic magic or should I say how Solomon used it to create his guide for planetary and universal magic. I know it’s a direct path for me because I got bucklands book on spiritual communication. A tarot deck I was holding had a card with the Heptagram star. It fell straight onto the book. So I started looking at the Kabbalah and the planets in orders. Got the crystal orders for the sephiroth and am currently waiting for Jupiter and mars to finish my crystal grid. I got some crystal towers for my Heptagram and it’s just been awesome. Magick is real. Anyone who wants to expand their mind. Pick this book up.

[@brad5150able]

I am on the very last lesson 14 aka The Masterpiece of Chris Warnock's Astrological Magic Course. The Picatrix is awesome!! I just might get this. Thanks for the review!

[@jsinmcc92]

I’ve been looking for something exactly like this for at least a month thank you so much

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Ah, nice! Well you've definitely found it 😄 so glad I could help!

[@tanys9339]

This is one of my favorite books, and there is so much to practice within. I particularly like the Egyptian Rituals, and use them often, with the Setting of the Wards the Aurum Solis uses now. The previous edition is worth buying as well, because it has illustrations of various planetary Spirits and Deities, some in full color. Also, previous Llewellyn books often had spoken lines in bold (easy to read in Ritual) whereas in this new edition, they are lighter and in italics. For me, the new edition is good for study, the previous is good for use in Ritual. Thanks for another excellent review!

[@tanys9339]

@@LM-qv7cy Not really. Praising, yes; identifying with, yes: one could see the practices as using Divine Images for understanding/internalizing planetary energies, or (more in line with Aurum Solis practices) union with Divinity through planetary symbolism and energies.

[@elineeugenie5224]

I made a rune card set where the cards are heptagonal, then 'attributed' the 7 planets to each angle, with the planets at the top of the card being most relevant to that rune. Example: the Sula/Sigel rune has the Sun symbol at the top. It was really easy to do for some reason. Strange.

[@BrianCormackCarr]

Wonderful review. I’m intrigued to know how the five volumes of Denning & Phillips original ‘Magical Philosophy’ series mapped across onto the paperbacks. I guess The Robe and The Ring and The Apparel of High Magick (HB) were gathered into The Foundations of High Magick (PB)? But that being the case, if the HB’s of The Sword and The Serpent and Mysteria Magica got their own PB editions, where did The Triumph of Light go? (It was the original Book IV in the HB series) Was it absorbed into one of the other paperbacks? I agree it would be great to see the whole series in print again. Can’t understand why it isn’t!

[@SlowPursuit]

Oh not again.... Stop making me buy stuff dude! I do like a bit of planetary magic. So like a fluffy bunny into the trap I trod... I think Im gonna need a bigger boat...

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Hehe! Sorry-not-sorry XD

[@kobalt77]

Thank you very much Denis, greatly appreciated as always !

[@jupitreal1089]

I have got a nice Fairy Tale book you should get, it's called Tales of Japan : Traditional Stories of Monsters and Magic by Kotaro Chiba, and I really recommend the book!

[@suncat5160]

I’d love to buy this but I know I’ve got more than enough on my plate already. Sounds great though!

[@FoolishFishBooks]

I've seen you've alread got hold of a few gems there, @Sun Cat!! :D

[@suncat5160]

Foolish Fish I’m feeling like one lucky cat! 😸

[@dariencross2005]

Foolish Fish. I did manage to acquire volume One of this set per your recommendation. I found Foundations of High Magic on eBay for a reasonable price for a used copy. There may be a new copy, also for a reasonable price. Good hunting. Hopefully upon acquiring such, you migh the able to review the whole set

[@SerpentLight213]

Might seem like an odd question, but if I'm considering making a big change in my life like moving/selling my house, what planet should I consult or otherwise imploy? Mercury brings up ideas of direction, but Venus is prosperity... and yet Jupiter keeps coming to mind for its expansion. Then wolves keep popping up in my life and in dreams, more canines in dreams for about a year now... mars?

[@auriellenazro2516]

Use Jupiter. Jupiter can help you the best....

[@LoreMIpsum-vs6dx]

Holy Cats! I think I have first edition hardbacks in pristine condition. I searched out everything I could find by Denning and Phillips back in the 1980-90's. I think there was some discrepancy when they moved to paperback. The hardback volume numbers didn't seem to completely map to their paperback counterparts.

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Yes, the paperbacks compile two books per volume.

[@TheZephyr2000]

Hi, I am new and beginner with these studies. I have just started learning and examining the "Tree of Life" and how it works. I am interested in how the serphiros are connected to the zodiac. As shown briefly in one of your previous videos... I would like to further learn about this. There might be 3 books I've seen from your video's that may contain this information, please advise me which might be the better choice for me and add any extra books as well, that I may have missed. 1)Seven Spheres by Rufus Opus 2)Arbatel: Concerning the Magic of the Ancients 3)Planetary Magick: Invoking and Directing the Powers of the Planets --Melita Denning and Osborne Phillips. Thanks in advance

[@A.Good.Steward]

Great book review! I will definitely be purchasing at some point. Your videos are great and are precisely what I need on my journey. Keep up the good work!

[@L3onking]

Phenomenal review, I really appreciate this!

[@Kampfwageneer]

Great review I am thinking of picking this up.

[@Lydisquidie]

Oh wow!! This book really looks amazingly helpful.

[@FoolishFishBooks]

It really is!

[@readingsbycara]

*Rather new to your channel,* but _captivated_ by your content. ♥️

[@readingsbycara]

Thank you for sharing this review. ♥️ #staywell

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Thanks for your kind words! 🙏

[@kylerobison1425]

I have the Kindle edition. Watching this makes me want to order these three paper backs.

[@MADdabber710OIL]

Do you have the book "The Light of Egypt: The Science of the Soul and Stars"? I want to know what Foolish Fish has to say about this book. It seems so pure to me so far. I have not heard anyone talk about it though....

[@MADdabber710OIL]

@@ian_occultist Oh you read it? Awesome! Yes it is very heavy material for sure. I think that is why it feels so much like reading a bible to me.

[@TigerXeN]

Hey I’m interested in this book, which version do you recommend, the 2 in one black cover, or the individual books volume 1 and 2 with green/blue cover ?

[@brood1658]

Great review, added to my expanding list...

[@pedrodias66]

A really, really wonderful book! Thank you!

[@jamie7727]

Love This video! Thank you so much ! Very helpfull 😊

[@moxygenpathogen7678]

The rituals are hard to do. It's a great book though. Very much high magick.

[@ambrosemorningstar2025]

I'm catching up with you just got my copy today!!!!! 😭 it's so beautiful

[@arkhamangel959]

If I buy the book, read it and do what it says, what's the gain to be had?

[@TripDarlin]

Are these the same Angels of the Heptarchia Mystica found in this title?

[@saturniansun8110]

Wow... I used to draw this symbol... This star...

[@invisigoth777]

here is an idea, maybe you can explain the ogdoadic system i have a few of the books, by them, and different authors like Kraft and De Biasi.....but they really don't explain much, the books are more like a manual, than a teaching tool...like they don't say what the words of power mean, it took me years to find out what an archon is even after reading the books, i actually learned most of what i know about the system, from the journals i can read on scribd

[@tanys9339]

In brief, the Tradition is based on the Eight (Ogdoad) from Hermopolis, the city of Thoth, in Ancient Egypt. While Denning and Phillips were the leaders of Aurum Solis, the Order was more Qabalistic, with a Rennaisance feel (at least in public offerings), and since Jean-Louis de Biasi was chosen to be Grandmaster in 2003, Aurum Solis is more Theurgic, with a Ptolemaic Alexandria feel. Both are High Magick, that is, to assist the soul's evolution. The teachings of the Grand Masters are very complementary, and IMO the best books to read about the practices of the Order are Rediscover the Magick Of The Gods and Goddesses by Jean-Louis de Biasi, and Mysteria Magica by Denning and Phillips (already reviewed by Foolish Fish).

[@invisigoth777]

@@tanys9339 i get that, but for me, they don't have real explanations of the why behind the methods...the stuff they probably explain in physical meetings, the god names they use are greek, but why those, , what would be an english or whatever meaning for special terms

[@tanys9339]

@@invisigoth777 A very good point, and it took me a while to find at least some of the origins of the Names of Archons etc. used. In my experience, the best thing is to do the Rituals and meet Them yourself. I have found the Aurum Solis Tradition to be an effective way to safely (and enjoyably) meet with Deity. Some of the words and Names in Greek/Latin/Hebrew are defined in the book, say Mysteria Magica, but Internet searches really helped, as well as cross referencing other Aurum Solis books. As it is said in an Aurum Solis recorded lecture "Theurgia" the Ogdoadic Tradition is vast. There are other Ogdoadic Orders with websites as well that can help.

[@ronpipes1988]

I once had a discussion with a Commander of an Ogdoadic lodge concerning the Gnostic Words of Power used in the rites. My question to this person was just where it was that the tradition obtained these names. I had scanned, searched, and read through a great many texts, including the corpus of the Nag Hammadi texts and, although I could find reference to some of these names, a great many others I just couldn't find anywhere. What I was told was that this remains one of the many great mysteries of the system. No one really knows where many of these names originated from, and if they do know they aren't saying. This was from a Commander of a major Lodge working the system, so I would have thought that if anyone would know, this person would. But they didn't know, and it was firmly believed that no one truly does know. As for learning the system itself, I would suggest the following. If you have Volume 1 of The Magical Philosophy (Foundations of High Magick), there is an appendix that gives a program for working through the material. Follow it. When it comes to certain items that are unclear, use meditation and dreamwork to see if anything can be discovered in that manner. I know that sounds like a cop out answer, but this system does seem to truly stir something within what they call the deep mind. At some point certain links to books or other material will likely shed light upon the items you have meditated upon, and this can come up in a rather bewildering manner. The key here is, I believe, to allow it to happen naturally. Just work with the material, take your time, do a great deal of meditation on the various topics and items, and allow the threads of it to all to come together naturally.

[@tanys9339]

@@ronpipes1988 A fairly comprehensive list of the Names used is in Mysteria Magica pages 96-100. Like you, I haven't found all the sources or meanings of them, but many will be familiar, such as Azoth, IAO, and Theos to most Magicians. Like most Magical Orders, AS material comes from several primary sources such as the Greek Magical Papyrus, Chaldean Oracles, the Hermetica, Gnosticism, and some are Greek (and not modern Greek at that) words for "nicknames" of Divinities on down. Many that I found were defined in The Ogdoadic Journal" which I found online. Some are defined in the public works of Jean-Louis de Biasi and Denning and Phillips. Admittedly, I paused my own searching after a while because there are so many, but searching the ones most commonly used is certainly helpful.

[@ItsMillie]

I love these books and this page.... what do people use as battery's? I sing.. I just wounder if it has to be a tone... thanks

[@pedrodias66]

I've been just clapping...

[@jamiedunnett7943]

Great video. Glad I found this channel

[@travisgriffith8621]

Great video. With planetary magic, is this book better or the seven spheres?

[@FoolishFishBooks]

No comparison, really, 7 Spheres is a single working to make talismans. This is the complete guide to planetary magick.

[@travisgriffith8621]

@@FoolishFishBooks thanks for the feedback.

[@trinityharton1284]

I want to do planetary magick but I’m wanting to incorporate my art into my rituals.

[@cooperradley]

That is exactly what I thought reading the introduction too. Very wordy and wondered if I had made the right decision purchasing it. Turns out I did. :)

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Ah!, I'm glad I'm not the only one :D

[@tamaracoba]

I have this book. It’s so GOOD!

[@KP1YT]

I hope someone sees this! I have this book but I have so many questions and I can’t find any answers on the Internet for my questions. If anyone used this book can you reply and I’ll ask my questions

[@cursedgypsy3131]

What comes with the Foolish Fish membership on here?

[@FoolishFishBooks]

If you click the "Join" button it only gives you information, there are several steps before you actually _join_ . In short, you get the badge next to your name in the comments you make on my videos, and a couple extra emojis; you get access to the Discord chat where members chat about esoteric subjects day and night (!) and I join them as often as I can; you get the Saturday videos one week in advance; and you get The Foolish Fish News segment every Thursday where I go over what new books are announced or what luxury editions are available that no-one can afford, as well as any popular culture releases that have caught my attention. There are some higher tiers where you get to ask questions for Q&A videos and I add you to my daily ritual to the planetary sphere of the day. Ultimately, these are just tokens of gratitude for your support ;)

[@cursedgypsy3131]

Foolish Fish neat! Thank you for explaining that. That was very kind of you. ❤️⭐️

[@georgigulliksen2047]

I’ve been wating for this one😉

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Hehe! Happy to oblige! Very high quality material right here...

[@MrGunwitch]

An excellent review and another book for the list!

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Good choice, for sure! Again, is worth taking your time with those intro pages, they've got a lot to offer in a very compressed package. It's definitely worth the effort.

[@bleepneep]

I love excited you sound, enjoyed this review! Will purchase it, thank you.

[@Zack12259]

Hello, I'm from Taiwan. I like your accent. You must be a handsome guy. : D

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Hahaha!

[@Ma-gx1ql]

I read the first chapter of this a while back and it been sitting on my self. I meant to check to see if the correspondences were correct. Glad to hear it's accurate and that it gets better.

[@zoejaneZJ]

i have always done my stars like that :3

[@magicalcrystal]

POWERFUL

[@aaryantejus1491]

Thanks 🎉

[@iBlagg8]

It's always Book 4 that's the important one.

[@FoolishFishBooks]

hehe! ;P

[@DukeusMostchillius]

i got the first book in hardcover a little over a year ago for under $30..count myself lucky

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Ooh! very lucky! :D

[@DukeusMostchillius]

@@FoolishFishBooks Luck or fate? In truth 95% of the book was soo far over my head that reading it was a bit of chore..perhaps it was destined to be on my shelf for future bibliomancy practice

[@DukeusMostchillius]

i stumbled on the sales receipt and it was actually $9..a total of 13 with shipping..right place right time

[@duantorruellas716]

Great review , thx

[@goodbrowngravvy]

Awesome! Been working with RO's Seven Spheres recently. I'll have to pick this one up!

[@FoolishFishBooks]

RO's introduction is a lot more reader-friendly, and nicely replaces the introduction here. But the rituals here blow Seven Spheres out of the water! 😅

[@zuluzero4659]

Are you a practising wizard?

[@Dylan-sh4zn]

What's your top 10 recommend reading list?

[@SlowPursuit]

Hows about his "top ten books on magical initiation"? kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5rZnIdrprCrftk&ab_channel=FoolishFish

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Slow Pursuit's link is a good one (Thanks! :) ) It depends where you are on your journey. I also made a top ten esoteric books for beginners, with books that give a great base-layer magickal view of the world without going into the specifics of magick. Magick is useful or interesting _because_ the world works like this, kind of thing. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpSYoGCGncain5o There's also one on 10 essential grimoires: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6CkimtsmLqkrq8

[@riarising8630]

I where a septagram every dayyyyy

[@luiscruz-carrion123]

Honestly I don't see this as much as a review

[@madmonkee6757]

How can 10 pages be "incredibly wordy"? 10 pages is barely more than a haiku!

[@FoolishFishBooks]

It's not the total number of words I'm talking about. It's the average number of pages per sentence 😜

[@imremogheri5493]

The strongest book I can recommend it's The Holy Bible. Enjoy