SKU: BGARGOY

Picture an old, Gothic cathedral. Now lift your eyes to the eaves and the ridgelines. What are those creatures clinging to the building or balancing atop a spire? They are gargoyles, mysterious figures used to ward off evil or frighten away fear. This book takes you into their strange world through bestiaries and traveling menageries, past grotesques and chimeras, through medieval cities and guilds. Gargoyles introduces you to stone faces, misericords, Janus heads, corbels, Sheila-na-gigs, hagodays, and other members of the gargoyle family. The book also delves into the history of their craftsmanship, why gargoyles came into being, and the legends of the gargoyle. For modern magick users, Gargoyles explores the role of the gargoyle in magickal practice, including gargoyle use in elemental correspondences, stone magick, protection, warding, egregores, talismans, animal associations, rituals, and spell work. It also includes a "field book" of gargoyles, both old and new, that can still be seen and appreciated today. This is a 239 page soft cover book.