Pagan Anger Magic: Positive Transformations from Negative Energies

by Tammy Sullivan

Anger has amazing metaphysical powers that can be used as positive transformations in magic. Emotions are the driving force of magic and the ability to direct one's feelings is a primary concern for successful results. Embracing anger is an essential element to finding balance. By finding the purpose to anger the reader can use it to make important life changes: the destruction of negative habits, protection, an inspiration of deeper understanding...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806526718
• ISBN13: 9780806526713
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Citadel Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

Must-have advanced text for any neo-pagan

This sort of energy work is simply NOT addressed in any other book I've seen, and considering that anger is a form of energy we deal with consistently throughout our lives, shouldn't we acknowledge and claim it? She's spot on with the complexity of ethics and doesn't whitewash any responsibility on the part of the magick worker. At the same time, she's not afraid to address things like hexing or sex magick. Mature, astute, well-written and thought-provoking. Explores all aspects of the topic and includes useful correspondences, spells and recipes. My only complaint is that the chapter on deities consists only of goddesses and includes no gods. It's definitely changed my perspective on my own anger and how I give away my power - but now I'm armed with many ways to harness it. Some of these exercises will no doubt become part of my personal practice.

EXCELLENT!

Excellent book! I can't believe how much this book really has helped me personally to utilize the anger in magic. Much Love & Many Blessings, Thorn Nightwind

One Of The Most Important Books In The Pagan Genre

I'm embarrassed to admit that I've had this book for a little over a year and only read it this past weekend. My sincere apologies to the author, and I will be up front in admitting that I am personally acquainted with her. I'm not writing this review as a favor to her. If that was my intention, I would have made reading it a priority and reviewed it a year ago. I am submitting it now because I am truly impressed with her work although I had a few reservations when she first proposed the topic. My main concern was that Tammy is not a "qualified therapist" - although she doesn't need a degree or license to write about a topic in which she has broad personal experience. I was concerned that this could have an impact on her credibility and may cause her to be attacked. I was also worried about some of the readers that the book would appeal to. In our community, we have steadily attracted a number of individuals who come to check out the path for the wrong reasons - and some of them are a little scary. After much discussion, I did and still do agree that any book dealing with magic falling into the wrong hands could be mis-used. After being given an opportunity to read some of the early drafts, I felt comfortable with the idea. The final product is a fine example of hard work, dedicated research and the consideration of all angles coming together as a highly intelligent and useful reference tool. What impressed me the most is that Tammy explains anger for what it is - a defense mechanism that is a necessary part of the human psyche. Anger is as much a part of the "fight or flight" response as fear is, and anger has its roots in fear. Anger lets us know that something is wrong. It is said that "depression is anger turned inward." Anyone who has experienced deep hurt, tragedy, injury or trauma knows that when anger is consistently stuffed down and bottled up, it eventually has no choice but to attack its host. For some people, when this happens it can literally devour the mind, body and soul, often causing damage to everyone around them. By addressing this, the author validates the reader's feelings rather than reciting the trite little new age spiel that "we create our own reality." To an extent, of course we do, but the majority of gurus who generalize this to everyone have never experienced the level of physical or emotional pain that many people have. We are in control of our emotions to an extent, but some individuals have experienced such deep trauma that those emotions are smouldering even after years of therapy, such as in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Using anger energy in magic provides a healthy outlet for anger when the individual is in a mature enough place to handle it. The most effective magic comes from a place of deep, strong emotion. Emotion is energy. In magic, we manipulate energy. It makes perfect sense to harness the energy of anger toward release, transforming it and directing it toward a more positive, healthy outco

Anger under control

I am always interested in a new topic. Anger Magic is one I have never seen before. Since I seem to have a lot of my own anger bottled up inside of myself this seemed like a wonderful opportunity to do some work on myself as well as review a new book. Ms. Sullivan tackles a touchy subject with great finesse. Many people are afraid to admit to anger much less deal with the consequences of out and out rage. Her book talks about recognizing your anger, where it comes from and how to maintain control over it. That is not to say you never ever get angry, but that when you do get angry that you are the one in charge of your actions, not the emotion of anger itself. The author does spend a lot of time going into the ethics and karma involved in using one's anger in magical workings. At times it becomes overwhelming and repetitive. Since she states herself that this book isn't for beginners, I would think the long chapters and continuous reminders about ethics would be less necessary. I especially liked the chapters that examined various deities and their mythos in relation to the subject matter. Most books shy away from discussing the Dark Gods and Goddesses to such an extent that their full personalities are often portrayed as less than 3 dimensional. This book attempts to give complete profiles on the better-known Dark Ones. The final section of the book is a collection of spells recipes and rituals from the author's own Book of Shadows. The section itself is well worth a look at the book. For the advanced practitioner, this is a good book, but I wouldn't recommend for anyone new to spell casting. The magic presented in this book requires a lot of focus and years of experience. W. Lyon Martin Author/Illustrator of "An Ordinary Girl, A Magical Child"

It's all about control

I never really found a way to control anger that arose from those around me untill I read this book. Now, with help from this book, I can look at those who irritate me and scoff, because I now can control myself in a better way and look past them. Since practicing the exercises for transforming the anger I feel much better and spend alot less time pondering on what has been irritating me.