Urban Primitive: Paganism
in the Concrete Jungle
Raven Kaldera & Tannin
Schwartzstein
Llewelyn Publications
St. Paul, MN
268 pgs
$ 14.95
ISBN: 0-7387-0259-5
Reviewed by BL Kennedy
City Witch Song
In the long ago and the far away
We tilled and toiled and worked the clay
We danced the cycle from day to day…
We wanted in the patterns of moon and sun
The Earth’s deep rhythm in our blood would run
‘til the foul wind swept it away…
Alright, just put this
image in your head: you’re living in New York city, and in the East Bronx, and
you’re trying to practice form of ritual magick. You see, you’ve just
discovered Aleister Crowley, and have become very curious about magick. So what
do you do? I mean, you live in the fucking Bronx. Where the hell is there room
to make an altar, in the alleyway where all the neighbors can watch? How about
a used car lot? It’s just what do you do?
Is there some damn instruction manual (and in your case, there wasn’t.)
But there is now. Urban
Primitive is the closest thing I can find to Magick
and Theory in Practice that can best serve the
urban magician. Here, as the back of the book proclaims, you will learn to cast
spells using things you can find about any sidewalk. You will cultivate the
properties of common city weeds. You will learn to call upon the triple urban
goddess and triple urban god to help you in a pinch. You will learn slick and smooth
talking and how to protect yourself, your children, your home, and your vehicle with quick urban
charms, spells and rituals. Urban Primitive
has it all there, in one clearly written and concise manual for the urban
magician.
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