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According to ancient legends, thousands of years ago a mysterious being known as the Nine Tail Fox taught her devotees the secrets of witchcraft and alchemy. This witch cult survives to this day and is practiced in many Chinese and Japanese communities in relative secrecy.From her origins with the ancient Wu Shamans and the Tantric dakinis, the author explores this unique and often overlooked form of witchcraft. Learn the history of the Fox Immortal and her influence on Asian politics and history. Investigate the Tantric origins of the Fox Goddess. Learn the secret rituals from the Chinese grimoires that invoke the help and aid of the Fox Immortal as a personal magical tutor. Learn the ways of glamour and fascination taught to devotees of the Fox Temple. Investigate the mysterious tantric rites of the Tachikawa Ryu. Investigate the Mysteries of the white branch of death and the red branch of sexuality. Learn some of the many spells used by the Fox cult of witches.

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Fox Magick is both delightful and unusual in that it coversa fascinating and rarely discussed Fox spirit/deity rooted in China and Japanand which is honoured as both. To clarify the Fox goddess began as an animisticspirit which, in various places and forms was later also worshipped as agoddess. I am pleased to review and recommend this fascinating book because Iam particularly interested in this entity because I lived in Japan for fouryears, studied and then wrote a book about Shinto, and became intimatelyfamiliar with the Fox spirit Kitsune and her deity form Inari Sama. Kitsune was seen there as Inari's avatar or familiar butsometimes Inari appeared in the form of the nine-tailed Kitsune fox. I knewthat this remarkable divine spirit had originally come from China, but knewnothing much about its origins and was delighted to get this book and learn somuch more about her and her ancient origins and connections with the Taoistmagick of China. Jason Read has done an expert job walking the reader throughthe vast kaleidoscopic myths, legends and magical practices of the 'Fox Magic'cults and sorcery as well as the beliefs, myths and practices still alive todayin China by a variety of sects and lineages. Spirits and deities do evolve intime and his description of this is well done and fascinating for I am adevotee of such things. The beginning drops us right into the legends of the foxspirit in China and then offers a related segway into the fox spirit in Japan,showing one of the Inari shrines with fox guardians I know so well. As iscommon in Asia, such spirits and deities are not all good or all bad, and thedark fox spirits are discussed both thoroughly and in-depth as entities thatcan possess and manipulate people. Mr Read really dives deeply into the subjectof many sorts of legends and continually broadens and organizes what is clearlyhis vast knowledge of the subject in a clear and interesting manner. He weavesthis with his knowledge of Taoism, Chinese magic and much more. As a Tantric, Iwas surprised to discover that the Fox spirit originated with the Dakini whichhad never occurred to me! This was a fantastic and important interculturalconnection and was riveting. I was also amazed by his explanation of theevolution of the fox spirit as it was elevated to being a deity, the foxgoddess Hu Xian (later Hu Li Jing). As such evolution is common in Shinto andother spiritual practices. The stories about the Japanese Kitsune and thekitsunebi were familiar to me, but seeing the interconnections between earlierChinese beliefs and their spread into Japan was particularly fascinating. MrRead's writing style is clear, concise, full of information and also easy tofollow as he navigates complex myths, legends, practices and histories. A bigplus for me were the rites and spells associated with The Fox spirit/deity inboth China and Japan, all were completely new to me! This final section of thebook is filled with clear, applicable and fascinating glyphs, sigils, rites andclear instructions and explanations of the various magickal systems for theworking with Fox deity. I can not recommend this book highly enough and thisbook should become part of your library. I am thankful to be given a chance to read and interviewthis book! I have recently written books on the animistic wolf spirit and itsevolution into wide-ranging cults and magick and will admit that this bookdelighted me to no end as a fellow devotee of feral spirits and entities

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