The Ancient Book of Formulas: The most complete guide to the Occult and Mystic Sciences ever published in the English language. Paperback – July 5, 2014

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Informative.

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To be honest, the ONLY reason I bought this is because it’s legendary author, but since this book is not often (if ever) referenced by other experts, I should’ve considered that. This is only a recipe book for the making of formulas, written for experienced perfume makers and such. It’s not for the layperson looking for recipes/ingredients to blend their own formulas. Unless you’re a chemist, I don’t know if others could make sense of it; I couldn’t really. And I’m no newbie to magical blends.

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The author of this book and the other books published under the pseudonym Lewis (or Louis) de Claremont owned an occult supply shop at the time that this book was originally written and published. By pre-mixing the various "bouquets" and "compounds" that the recipes in this book calls for, and selling them through his supply shop, he had intended the book to help encourage sales. Unfortunately, his shop went out of business sometime during the Second World War. However, the recipes for the bouquets and compounds in these recipes can be found on the Lucky Mojo website. See below...This is from the Lucky Mojo Esoteric Archive's online, annotated version of "The Ancient Book of Formulas":"The uncredited author of "The Ancient Book of Formulas" was the same mysterious Mr. Young who apparently had founded Oracle Products and who wrote several other books under the names Louis de Claremont and Lewis de Claremont, most notably, "Legends of Incense, Herb, and Oil Magic," which was first published by OPC in 1936, then by Dorene in a revised edition in 1938, further revised in 1966. If you've read "Legends," you will find in it references to "The Ancient Book of Formulas." There was also a third companion volume in this series, "The Ancient Book of Magic," also by the pseudonymous Mr. de Claremont. Two other texts by the same author are "Seven Steps to Power" and "Seven Keys to Power.""The Ancient Book of Formulas" was designed as a workbook for OPC's customers who were -- at the time of original publication -- able to buy the named Compounds and Bouquets (Stock Oil Blends) from the OPC and use them to make up their own dressing oils, incense, and so forth at home. This method of marketing blends of essential oils was apparently not successful, for the OPC went out of business sometime during World War II. The proportions of subsidiary ingredients and colouring agents given in the recipes are great -- but you still need formulas of your own for the Compounds and Bouquets -- and they are no longer manufactured.If you wish to acquire a specific recipe for a stock oil ("Compound") named in this book, first check in the page called Lucky Mojo Free Spells Archive: Recipes for Magical Potions used in Spell-Casting; if the formula you want is not there, try asking for it by name (in the subject line) in the usenet newsgroups alt.lucky.w and alt.paranormal.spells.hexes.magic.

I suppose if a person had access to Compound powder #123 for each separate recipe, it may have been a decent book, although it was definitely misnamed. I study quite a bit of cultural material, and this just doesn't measure up to its name. It's like a book that claims to give you the perfect recipe for homemade biscuits, but the first ingredient is Bisquick, which must be purchased separately, and then you add your own milk to complete the formula, while keeping the contents of the rest of the recipe secret.The recipes for the different types of incense are nearly all identical, and a couple even add herbs that, historically, make no sense in the mix, and are evidently added for the aroma.

Informative!