The Magic of Food: Legends, Lore & Spellwork (Llewellyn's Practical Magick Series)

Rating:
Summary: Excellent idea, executed poorly.
Review: Avoid this book. Poorly researched, with virtually nonexistant footnotes and a hit-and-miss, very small bibliography, this book purports to cover food-related magickal correspondences for all of Europe, the Americas, the Pacific Islands, etc.

Skimming this book, I noted an odd date for the introduction of the potato to Europe - checking the bibliography, I found that he referenced a *tertiary* source, which he admitted didn't have a bibliography of its own!

Any facts presented here are highly suspect due to the secondary and tertiary sources used. I took my copy back to the store and got a refund - save your money

Rating:
Summary: Not Your Average Cunningham Book
Review: This book is a nice addition to any Cunningham collector. Yes, it is a little under on his normal quality, but we have to remember that this was a revision of the original after he passed to the Summerland. His friends and family added additional things which they thought would benefit the book. I love it because it does emmulate Scott in a special way. I never knew him personally, but you can feel him in all his material. If you like other Cunninghams, I think you'll like this one as well, if you keep in mind it's very different from the others.