[…] So that to experience them in their fullness, re-stored and re-furbished and stripped of historical accretions, is to immerse oneself in a holistic and systematic path of spiritual development with little if no unnecessary baggage. In other words, a literal pilgrimage. I cannot recommend Black Pilgrimage too highly; it is a defining and definitive text of modern esoteric thought and practice. 

[…] George’s engagement with the material is never merely academic. She identifies as an active herbalist and “potion maker” who views her spiritual path as a journey from “the dirt to the divine.” This unique work is to be commended in its presentation of a structured program of magical work based on two intersecting axes.