Re: Ice Cream Cones of Power
I've seen a few books marketed as qkcabballah for witches. I'll admit I had not heard of this one. However given the content of the others, I tend to agree with Liam and expect the system presented to be a watered down version of Agrippa's systemization. The author is apparently a wiccan "high priest" in the Alexandrian tradition. So, the influence of Valiente's liturgies may not be as evident as Chris expects.
All that's beside the point, of course. The original GD was known to entertain multiple outer orders (some more successful than others). It's curious to me that multiple wiccan authors wind up right back at those same rituals and correspondences curated by the GD when exploring the deeper mysteries of their tradition. Almost as if the zombie of Mathers is still lurking in the shadows of modern initiatic traditions.
The books are also marketed as "introductory." This might hint at a deeper (Inner?) gnosis. Or maybe it's a bunch of nonsense just trying to substitute historicity for mystery.
I wonder how my fellow practitioners here might define "authenticity" as it pertains to magic. What makes one's practice "authentic"? Supposing Liam's comment about unsure practitioners can be taken at face-value, why would anyone seek validation in books?
A much better response than my “burn it all down” approach