Flowers of Blood: Plants in Swedish Folklore
Flowers of Blood is a fascinating exploration of the folklore of plants in pre-industrial Sweden. Through a deep dive into the world of the enchanted flora of northern Europe, the author evokes a dreamlike borderland where the numinous is thought to dwell and where each plant and tree is filled with hidden meanings, arcane knowledge and mysterious powers.
On Lycanthropy
On Lycanthropy is an essential read for enthusiasts of witchcraft, folklore, and the darker corners of history. For the first time translated to English, this medieval pamphlet marked a particular turn in the history of witchcraft and its representations in popular beliefs where demonic metamorphoses and the witches’ flights start to be interpreted through more empiricist and physiological explanations.
Muses No More
Muses No More: Portraits of Occult Women is a meandering ghost train through the lives, work, politics and beliefs of both familiar and lesser-known female occultists from the distant past to the 21st century.
Alraune: The Poisoners Guild
This second edition of Alraune Journal is dedicated to the exploration of the Poison Path with a focus on personal gnosis and practices offering a reification of what has been gained through the Poisoners dealing with the Spirits and Genii of the Verdant, Divine and Daimonic Intoxication.
The Art of Fosco Culto
Fosco Culto became known for her paintings reflecting a continued commitment to the Path and a lasting alliance with the nocturnal and chthonic forces of night-wandering & sabbatic Sorcery.
Cyprian’s Offices of Spirits
This ‘Guide to Grimoiring’ renders the grimoires comprehensible and ‘user friendly’ in a time where they are regaining their deserved prestige as monuments of a tradition preceding the Christian era while nonetheless rooted in it.
Practical Alchemy
A concise guide to the history, theory, and practice of alchemy (the “great work”)—the art of working with the energies of nature for spiritual development, healing, and transformation.
To Glimpse A Hollow Hill (forthcoming)
In To Glimpse a Hollow Hill, Yates presents, for the first time, the complete and unabridged text of The Secret Commonwealth in both its original form and a fully modernised version. This edition offers unparalleled insights and accessibility into Kirk’s work, alongside a comprehensive history of the manuscript’s transmission through time.
Treasures from the Valley of Disgust
In this preliminary essay, we take a look together at the magical function of disgust. Based on fundamental observations from Claudia Reiß's dissertation (Ekel, 2009), we approach classical representations of disgust in both Western and Eastern sources.
JACOB DÜRR - The Shadow of a 19th Century Goês
This essay portrays the obscure historical figure of Jacob Dürr (1777-1840). Remembered primarily for his collaboration with Justinus Kerner (1786-1862), Dürr maintained a shadowy existence both during his lifetime and in the literary memory of his work.
Goetic Common Sense
In this comprehensive essay I am exploring an inside view into the ancient figure of the goês: What does it mean to do spirit-work according to genuine goêteia? Which patterns of practice as well as social positioning do we observe from the time of the Ancient Greek to modern practitioners of this path?
Liber Eximo Carnem: Volume 2 (forthcoming)
In Volume 2 of Liber Eximo Carnem: The Enchiridion for Summoning Familiars of the Proklosis Ring, the sorcerer continues to guide the initiand through a range of actions and interactions with the intention of gradually intensifying every point along the Proklosis Ring.
Aperi Circulus Draco
Codex Ad Limina marks a further expansion of themes addressed in Volume 2 of Book of the Black Dragon. In this volume the author delves into the role the Black Bull has as a totem for the sinistral horn daemon emissary.
Void Sorcery and the Dissolution of Self
The thinking behind wanting to explore this particular title came from the realisation that all magic is fundamentally obscured by physical presence, though it must also be said this is just one way of looking at the relationship.
Ritual Space and the Crooked Path Beyond Volume 3
In this volume we endeavour to explore the relationship we have between a ritual space and our imagination. The premise upon which this book is built proposes a ritual space is demarcated through imagination, as it is this which leads to eventual spirit encounters.
Being & Non-Being in Occult Experience Volume 4: Tarrying with the Impossible: The Aporetic Aphorisms of Andrew D. Chumbley
Tarrying with the Impossible: The Aporetic Aphorisms of Andrew D. Chumbley will explore the metaphysical impasses in Andrew D. Chumbley’s posthumously published, Khiazmos: A Book Without Pages. These metaphysical impasses can be best described as aporias, which defy the law of non-contradiction.
Necromancy - Divination with Spirits of the Dead (forthcoming)
Unveil the mysteries of necromancy with Necromancy – Divination with Spirits of the Dead, a comprehensive exploration of one of the most misunderstood and ancient magical arts.
Hands of Apostasy
Old-style Craft, also known as traditional witchcraft, endures as a distinct body of archaic magical practices in present-day Britain, North America and Australia. Originally nameless, such bodies are related to a variety of historical magical streams, most notably the practices of the Grimoires or ‘black books’, folk-healing, and popular magic of the early modern era.
The Luminous Stone
The Arcanum of the ‘fallen angel’ Lucifer evokes such concepts as heresy, rebellion, pride, liberation from the bonds of demiurgic oppression, and impetus for human evolution.