Publisher/Bookshop Gallery of Magick cursed books

[Valmontmous]

Hi everyone!
It is said that Damon Brand's books from the Gallery of Magick are protected by a curse. How come ? Does that mean if I download the book for free on internet the content will not work for me ?

 

[Robert Ramsay]

The first copies of GOM books I found online in the most popular free ebook services had weird or special characters that replaced much of the Hebrew. Perhaps that's the "curse"?? GOM uploaded bad copies intentionally. Interestingly, those worked better for me than the real deal.

It's more likely that the people who uploaded the books didn't bother to check if they had the correct hebrew fonts available. Or they scanned the books and the scanning program came across the Hebrew and said "what fuck this?"

 

[HoldAll]

It's more likely that the people who uploaded the books didn't bother to check if they had the correct hebrew fonts available. Or they scanned the books and the scanning program came across the Hebrew and said "what fuck this?"

Those are all e-books so they should be ok unless something went wrong during conversion from epub to pdf, for example.

 

[Crows&Ravens]

Eventually, you'll (most likely) get bored of any occult library. We are creatures of novelty and need the prospect of endless new possibilities and never-ending mysteries in front of us, just to stay sane and functional. So the collection of life-handling recipes no matter how great and ancient, does not help. For example, imagine a world in which absolutely everything goes your way. You read all the books and became omniscient. As defacto a God of that reality, you would have total control over everything. Of course, you would have a blast for a while, enjoying everything you would find enjoyable. But sooner or later that ultimate satisfaction would fade away and you would find yourself entrapped by the "Universe of known things and phenomenons". No more uncertainty, no problems, no randomness and mystery, no more challenges. Just your total control over everything. Although what is described is every billionaire's wet dream, that is not a good place to be, because it hides a seed of madness and self-destruction.

I'll probably find a cure for all ills, then open a portal to explore other realms. There's quite a bit that I will do.

But perhaps you're right.

 

[Blackrose00]

I thought this too.

Despite living in a relatively scientifically advanced age, we still keep a lot of things from ages ago, like the fear of curses(which could coincide with natural disasters or spread of diseases back then).Makes sense to give a try to psychologically influence people by making claims of a curse, since most people tend to believe in curses due to them also being religious.

most likely this is the case

 

[Wildchildx11]

Just don't believe in curses and they won't come true.

The reason why they work is because people believe in them. Spirits are completely fine with piracy.

 

[Jsinclair]

What exactly are Gallery of Magick book curses? I'm completely unfamiliar with such a thing.

 

[frsfmcs]

Bullshit. If you really believe it, you gonna screw up your magic. That's all. If you still believe in it anyways. Buy the cheapest book of theirs. Even if the curse was real, it would stop it. I doubt curses could have search options tho. But this move would probably mitigate it if it was real. Not a curse expert or anything so this is just my opinion.

 

[occult_noob]

I'm not worried about the curse on regular books , but is it true their empowered versions will only work if you're a member of their patreon?

 

[PinealisGlandia]

I'm not worried about the curse on regular books , but is it true their empowered versions will only work if you're a member of their patreon?

Belief is the engine that drives majique, so the answer is that it depends on the person. If you believe that you need to pay up to reap, then you do. If you believe that's phooey and it will still work as long as you believe in the ritual, it will. I'm inclined to think one's ability to pay has an impact too. If you know you can't afford it, you won't feel the guilt that would inhibit the working.

That said if someone made an egregore to power their spells, like the sigil in this Damon Brand book, I wouldn't use it if it's based on people having bought the book if I haven't. In the Damon Brand book I linked, when I read the working, I read the part saying to use that sigil as saying "add some sort of energy to the spell". I honestly laughed aloud at the part where it said the sigil worked for members of the Patreon only. It's just a funny way to approach magic to me.

 

[St. Stephen]

What exactly are Gallery of Magick book curses? I'm completely unfamiliar with such a thing.

You could always find another book on here that tells you how to break curses and be on your merry way. Their magic is very user friendly, so in the true spirit of a magician, embrace the process of trial and error and find out for yourself. I haven't had any issues, nor have I had many results in general with their stuff but that's probably user error anyways.

 

[Jsinclair]

Thanks to those who replied. I simply found the notion interesting, having not heard of the author or the alleged curse.

 

[Yvonne]

Belief is the engine that drives majique, so the answer is that it depends on the person. If you believe that you need to pay up to reap, then you do. If you believe that's phooey and it will still work as long as you believe in the ritual, it will. I'm inclined to think one's ability to pay has an impact too. If you know you can't afford it, you won't feel the guilt that would inhibit the working.

That said if someone made an egregore to power their spells, like the sigil in this Damon Brand book, I wouldn't use it if it's based on people having bought the book if I haven't. In the Damon Brand book I linked, when I read the working, I read the part saying to use that sigil as saying "add some sort of energy to the spell". I honestly laughed aloud at the part where it said the sigil worked for members of the Patreon only. It's just a funny way to approach magic to me.

The curse is nonsense . It's the occultist's mind. If they do not consider piracy wrong nothing DB can do will stop it working . I think patreon is a scam. If he is as rich as he claims why would he need patreon . It's a bit of a cult really .

 

[Sharky]

Apparently, DB deliberately put some corrupted versions of GOM books on sharing sites. Following those spells will give the opposite to what the reader wants. He is very adamantly against sharing sites.

As for the Patreon being a scam, it seems genuine to me. The four GOM members who have published books (and music) seem very sincere. Indeed the wonderful music can be downloaded for free. Having said that I have had mixed results and not as good as I was convinced I would get.

 

[Yvonne]

Apparently, DB deliberately put some corrupted versions of GOM books on sharing sites. Following those spells will give the opposite to what the reader wants. He is very adamantly against sharing sites.

As for the Patreon being a scam, it seems genuine to me. The four GOM members who have published books (and music) seem very sincere. Indeed the wonderful music can be downloaded for free. Having said that I have had mixed results and not as good as I was convinced I would get.

Not sincere enough to identify themselves though . Your mixed results ,doesn't say a lot for their empowerment

 

[MagickalStudent569]

Does anyone here actually have any stories from people you've heard from, come across, or actually experienced yourself as far as a curse? I've heard of bad things that have happened to people who actually bought his books. For others they work "like magic" (no pun intended). In my case I can attest that some of his books that I bought have worked and have saved my neck more than a couple times. In fact the only reason I've survived thus far in this economy is because some of his books and competitors books. I can't really explain why it fantastically backfires for some people other then perhaps said spirits just don't like them personally.

 

[HoldAll]

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[Yvonne]

Damon Brand writes books for a living under another pen name, this is why he's so fanatical about copyrights. He also says somewhere that the publishing industry was "deeply flawed", so probably author royalties aren't what they used to be.

So he says but anyone could say they write books for a living . Curse is nonsense it's the person's own mind. Of course one could always create a patreon and get people to pay a monthly fee to remove the curse .

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Also Brand doesn't own magick, he doesn't own the angels and he doesn't own the pronunciations . He only owns the copyright on his words and drawings. . Draw the sigil yourself and you own the copyright . Invoke the angels in your own words. Probably work better

If he was a famous writer of novels do you think the media and newspapers wouldn't have written about a novelist who is a magician with a curse on his book...?

 

[jovirone]

Nah... deep bullshit. He's using this to grab money from desperate people who'll do anything for pocket money.

I downloaded, used with sygils on my own, it worked, and even made random sygils to swap with his and sell a Thai translated version of the book. And even applied a "curse of my own"->You'll gain the money you need to buy this book+ 20USD. If you don't buy before or after reading, you'll get X-5 USD every time you perform the ritual. ".

If you wanna curse someone in need of money, at least make them try the thing before. If they see it works, of course they'll support the content and be grateful. And even if they do not want to give you money, they'll receive money anyway.

The issue with Damon Brand is that is just another NA/EU guy that has never seen what real povertylooks like. Never saw a mother carrying her baby in the rain while asking for milk (not even money. Milk) for cars stopped at a traffic light. Nor even children working in a dumpster, trying to find plastic to recycle and eating food they found there.

It's just another white guy lifting a money wall while saying: "Here is why you're poor."

So, yeah, read the content, make sygils on your own, try the ritual and see if it works for you. To me, it worked for small numbers, like finding 10USD in the streets everyday for 2 months, or getting a 55USD voucher in a store... things like that.

 

[Yvonne]

Nah... deep bullshit. He's using this to grab money from desperate people who'll do anything for pocket money.

I downloaded, used with sygils on my own, it worked, and even made random sygils to swap with his and sell a Thai translated version of the book. And even applied a "curse of my own"->You'll gain the money you need to buy this book+ 20USD. If you don't buy before or after reading, you'll get X-5 USD every time you perform the ritual. ".

If you wanna curse someone in need of money, at least make them try the thing before. If they see it works, of course they'll support the content and be grateful. And even if they do not want to give you money, they'll receive money anyway.

The issue with Damon Brand is that is just another NA/EU guy that has never seen what real povertylooks like. Never saw a mother carrying her baby in the rain while asking for milk (not even money. Milk) for cars stopped at a traffic light. Nor even children working in a dumpster, trying to find plastic to recycle and eating food they found there.

It's just another white guy lifting a money wall while saying: "Here is why you're poor."

So, yeah, read the content, make sygils on your own, try the ritual and see if it works for you. To me, it worked for small numbers, like finding 10USD in the streets everyday for 2 months, or getting a 55USD voucher in a store... things like that.

You found ten dollars every day for 2 months ?

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I don't know how any of them make money . All the books are online free even DB patreon only publications .

 

[Djnenas]

I've never read of such curse...maybe on Patreon he wrote it?? I haven't seen it. The mind is a powerful thing, so powerful is sensitive to whatever it reads or accepts as truth... if you believe the curse guess what? It will accomplish its target. GOM books aren't that expensive (except those new ones for the patreon members). And the magick you get it's top of the line. Besides, if you're Tru key considering practicing it, you're better off having it in print. I believe their books are worth every penny.