Alexander Cummins
Alexander Cummins, PhD is an historian, cunning-man, and consultant whose practice centres around sorcery, philosophy, medicine, and the dead. In particular, his work focuses on cunning-craft, necromancy, and divination.
His doctoral thesis from the University of Bristol explored the history of magical approaches to the emotions: from mapping personality with astrology, to managing emotionality with herbs and amulets, to the manipulations of aphrodisiacs, the evil eye, and the conjuration of spirits. His areas of research span topics such as folklore and spellcraft, hauntings and ancestor veneration, and handbooks of demonology and ritual magic.
Dr Cummins writes for both academic and esoteric publishers, facilitates a range of workshops and lecture series, teaches in both universities and and virtual classrooms, consults privately with clients and organisations, and speaks at a wide variety of events. Inquiries can be directed to consultantsorcerer@gmail.com
Al co-hosts the podcast Radio Free Golgotha with Jesse Hathaway Diaz, and is a founding editor of the Folk Necromancy in Transmission series. His favourite animal is currently a tie between fox and octopus.
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