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[JENX, Peter] Thai Occult 2 (Deluxe Leather Edition in Clamshell Box)
[JENX, Peter] Thai Occult 2 (Deluxe Leather Edition in Clamshell Box)
Translated by Bon
Laurel, MT: Araxes Press, 2023. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. Bound in full red leather with an image of Kali drawn on a corpse cloth, embedded into the front board of the book with a glass covering. Metal plate to back cover. All housed in a clamshell box, with a cutout to show portion of the corpse cloth. 352pp. Illustrated with color photographs throughout. All components in fine condition.
This work takes the reader on a wild journey, exploring the amazing regional variations of Thai folk magic. What comes to light is not a dusty, monolithic tradition, but a fluid, adaptable system of spirit work that changes with the changing times. The author lets the Thai ajarns tell their own stories in their own words, and what they reveal about the role of initiations, astrology, karma, corpses, and ghost-magic must be seen to be believed. Remarkably, Jenx also gives a detailed guide on how Westerners can participate in this powerful occult system by caring for and communicating with the spirits contained in amulets created by Thai sorcerers. The book also contains a first-ever description of the sacred properties of certain herbs, metals, and alloys, including the occult role of Mercury and the mysterious Leklai.