Tools of the Greater Key
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Tools of the Greater Key

In Tools of the Greater Key author and illustrator S. Aldarnay has endeavoured to render the images found in the popular Mathers edition of the text clearly and cleanly, so that they might be of greater use to the modern magician, either as physical tools, or as a way of understanding the symbolic and ritualistic virtues of the objects contained within this famous magical text.

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The Pentacles of Solomon
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The Pentacles of Solomon

Author and illustrator S. Aldarnay presents each of the Pentacles given in the Key of Solomon, precisely redrawn and with explanations of the divine names, the names of spirits, as well as the vesicles in English, Latin and Hebrew, in order to make the individual’s use of the seals more effective.

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Serpent Songs
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Serpent Songs

Serpent Songs is an anthology of the voices of traditional craft: the words and works of those who remain untamed, cunning folk, exorcists, pellars, sorgin, witches and mystics. A collection of fifteen essays, introduced and curated by Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold.

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Howlings
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Howlings

Comprises fourteen original and extensive essays which explore the Grimoires in passionate, informed and evocative pieces which create a unique testament to the vibrancy of the modern magickal current.

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Devoted
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Devoted

Devoted comprises fifteen essays by fourteen writers on their devotional practice.

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At the Crossroads
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At the Crossroads

At the Crossroads' tells the stories of what happens when the Western Magical Tradition encounters the African Diaspora and Traditional religions, and vice versa. It is a mixing and a magic that speaks of a truly new world emerging.

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Diabolical
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Diabolical

A series of essays on different aspects of the Grimoire tradition, including: The Red Dragon/Grand Grimoire, Grimorium Verum, Lemegeton, The Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, The Testament of Solomon, The Nightside of Eden, The Wisdom of S'lba, Qutub, Liber 231, Liber 325, The Bartzabel, Working The Holy Books of Thelema, The Voudon Gnostic Workbook & The Taufer books

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XVI: Bringing Down the House of God
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XVI: Bringing Down the House of God

Our civilisation is in crisis. As we confront ecological collapse, political control, wars of terror, and wars on our consciousness we are seeking emergence from this state of emergency. XVI proposes gnostic strategy for liberation.

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Mandragora
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Mandragora

Edited by Ruby Sara, Mandragora: Further explorations in esoteric poesis is a companion volume to Datura, comprising nine extensive essays and the works of 48 poets.
Mandragora: Further explorations in esoteric poesis is a companion volume to Datura, comprising nine extensive essays and the works of 48 poets. A chthonic and deeply rooted work.

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Datura
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Datura

Edited by Ruby Sara, Datura: Explorations in esoteric poesis collects the work of 26 leading poets from the occult and pagan communities, accompanied by six essays on the agony and ecstasy of the creative process.

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Imperatrix Aeterna
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Imperatrix Aeterna

Imperatrix Æterna: Magical Stories of the Queen of Heaven includes several stories of Mary’s manifested miracles in the Catholic tradition, originally written by Pope Celestine V, the late thirteenth century monk who founded the Celestine branch of the Benedictine order, here lovingly translated and introduced by Fr Robert Nixon, OSB.

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IMAGO: Body. Vision. Magick.
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IMAGO: Body. Vision. Magick.

In his groundbreaking work, Robert Allen restores the image to its rightful place at the heart of the Western esoteric tradition. He argues that the careful relation of image, vision and understanding holds the power to opening the portals to a magickal practice which is both initiatory and transformative.

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Sharp Practice
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Sharp Practice

Ritual daggers have long been vital accoutrements in the exercise of magic, sorcery and shamanic practice. As a means of subduing demonic forces, their essence is derived from their power to penetrate and transfix.

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Arcanum Bestiarum
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Arcanum Bestiarum

Written in the great tradition of the medieval bestiaries, Robert Fitzgerald's long-awaited new work Arcanum Bestiarum re-imagines the animal menagerie in the context of bestial mystery and atavistic power.

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A Gathering of Masks
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A Gathering of Masks

Aleister Crowley's obscure Liber 231 remains one of his most enigmatic received magical texts, and one whose genesis directly concerns the workings of astral magic and trance-mediumship.

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Codex Maleficarum
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Codex Maleficarum

A work regarding witches and witchcraft. The title is a reference to earlier books on the subject, including Malleus Maleficarum (from the 15th century) and Compendium Maleficarum (from the 17th).

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Earth Magic
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Earth Magic

Artist and photographer Rik Garrett’s Earth Magic explores historical and personal relationships between witchcraft, femininity and nature through a series of images created using the traditional wet plate collodion process.

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Born of Blood and Fire
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Born of Blood and Fire

Richard Ward’s Born of Blood and Fire is a study of the origins, history, practices, evolution and influence of the Petwo rite that was pivotal in the Haitian slave revolts and subsequent revolution.

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Welsh Witches
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Welsh Witches

Spanning two turbulent centuries, Welsh Witches is a stark snapshot of religious madness in a land that was comparatively tolerant of (if not indulgent toward) healers and cunning folk at the time.

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The Infernal Masque
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The Infernal Masque

The Infernal Masque explores the vital interplay between primordial darkness and infernal fire. It is the dynamic tension between these two elements that creates the sublime frisson within the flesh and soul of the Initiate, immersing them in the ecstatic tempest of daemonic reality.

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