Folkwitch: Issue 3
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Folkwitch: Issue 3

Issue three is a volume of fire & rhythm, of soundsystems as laboratories, of the earth screaming at the burning of the forests, of dancing & finding our way in this maddening time of ecological devastation.

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Folkwitch: Issue 2
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Folkwitch: Issue 2

Chock full of incredible essays & pieces by some of the world’s great contemporary occult authors. In a limited edition of 48 copies per print run Folkwitch is meant to be for the discerning witch looking to read work by likeminded authors and artists who explore the path as an active participant in our world.

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Folkwitch: Issue 1
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Folkwitch: Issue 1

Dedicated to the tradition of occult fanzines, esoteric pamphlets, slanderous onesheets & the underground periodicals of anarchists, radicals, and outcasts FOLKWITCH will be an occasional periodical brought to you by Alkahest Press & the Skeptical Occultist, featuring a motley cast of contributors focused on the exploration of folklore, folk witchcraft, & landscape magic.

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The Synagogue of Satan
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The Synagogue of Satan

First published in 1897, “The Synagogue of Satan” is a Satanic Symbolist literary masterpiece by legendary Polish-German author Stanisław Przybyszewski. In celebration of the 150th birthday of Przybyszewski Alkahest Press presents this first critical English translation from the original German with diabolical illustrations by Decadent painter Félicien Rops.

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Gramarye
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Gramarye

A concise anthology of those spells, charms, hexes, curses and other delicious turns of grammatical invocation that have thus far been lost to the sea of time’s dark caress.

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Die Kröte or The Toad
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Die Kröte or The Toad

This text, drawn from an obscure late 19th/early 20th century German occult publication, represents a fascinating look into the German cultural traditions, as well as those of neighboring European countries, surrounding the toad and its role in magic and the occult.

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Wyrdwood
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Wyrdwood

Culled from the pages of the Skeptical Occultist this collection of essays gives form to the concept of the folkwitch. Listing the Tenets of the Folkwitch and outlining various approaches to spirit communication, landscape magic, entheogenic exploration, folklore field work and practical witchcraft. Including an extensive folkwitch bibliography!

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