Eldred Wormwood

A folklorist, antiquarian, folkwitch, and book collector living in London. He is the editor of The Skeptical Occultist, proprietor of Alkahest Press, and author of the book Wyrdwood: Essays Toward an Understanding of the Folkwitch. When not haunting the shelves of various bookshops and private libraries, he can be found digging among ruins for clues to mankind’s forgotten past.

Publications

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Alkahest Press, Eldred Wormwood, Gramarye

Gramarye

Alkahest Press, Eldred Wormwood, 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.

Alkahest Press, Eldred Wormwood, Gramarye

Alkahest Press, Eldred Wormwood, Die Kröte or The Toad

Die Kröte or The Toad

Alkahest Press, Eldred Wormwood, 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.

Alkahest Press, Eldred Wormwood, Die Kröte or The Toad

Alkahest Press, Eldred Wormwood, Wyrdwood

Wyrdwood

Alkahest Press, Eldred Wormwood, 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!

Alkahest Press, Eldred Wormwood, Wyrdwood

Periodicals

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Folkwitch, Jessica Grote, Eldred Wormwood, Guy Debord, Anthony Nine, Jaga Moura, Hermann Hesse, C.L. Nolan, Alkahest Press

Folkwitch: Issue 3

Folkwitch, Jessica Grote, Eldred Wormwood, Guy Debord, Anthony Nine, Jaga Moura, Hermann Hesse, C.L. Nolan, Alkahest Press

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.

Folkwitch, Jessica Grote, Eldred Wormwood, Guy Debord, Anthony Nine, Jaga Moura, Hermann Hesse, C.L. Nolan, Alkahest Press

Folkwitch, Charlotte Rodgers, Jake Stratton-Kent, Anthony Nine, Eldred Wormwood, David Blank, Clive Harper, Jaga Moura, Alkahest Press

Folkwitch: Issue 2

Folkwitch, Charlotte Rodgers, Jake Stratton-Kent, Anthony Nine, Eldred Wormwood, David Blank, Clive Harper, Jaga Moura, Alkahest Press

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.

Folkwitch, Charlotte Rodgers, Jake Stratton-Kent, Anthony Nine, Eldred Wormwood, David Blank, Clive Harper, Jaga Moura, Alkahest Press

Folkwitch, Layla Legard, Phil Legard, Dan Harms, Eldred Wormwood, Anthony Nine, Jake Stratton-Kent, Humberto Maggi, Charlotte Rodgers, Alkahest Press

Folkwitch: Issue 1

Folkwitch, Layla Legard, Phil Legard, Dan Harms, Eldred Wormwood, Anthony Nine, Jake Stratton-Kent, Humberto Maggi, Charlotte Rodgers, Alkahest Press

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.

Folkwitch, Layla Legard, Phil Legard, Dan Harms, Eldred Wormwood, Anthony Nine, Jake Stratton-Kent, Humberto Maggi, Charlotte Rodgers, Alkahest Press

Fiddler's Green, Sin Eater / Matthew Glover, Karima Cammell, Adrienne Rozzi, David D'Andrea, Gerhard, Clint Marsh, Lara C. Cory, Johnny Decker Miller, Muz Murray, Nataša Ilinčić, Eldred Wormwood, Sean Fitzgerald, Kelly Patton, F.J. Bergmann, Alan Cynic

Fiddler’s Green: Volume 2 Number 2 Woodcutter’s Moon

Sixth issue, “Woodcutter’s Moon,” published 2 February 2019, with copper titling, a cover drawn by Matthew Glover of Sin Eater Illustration, and 52 pages of art and magic

Conjure Codex, S. Aldarnay, Victoria Musson, J.M. Hamade, Mani C. Price, Erzebet Barthold, Jack Grayle, Cath Thompson, Humberto Maggi, Gavin Fox, Eldred Wormwood, J. Swofford, Erica Frevel, Verónica Rivas, Anthony Nine

Conjure Codex: Issue 4

The fourth issue of CONJURE CODEX contemplates the occult symbolism and meaning of gold: from treasures to planetary attributions to alchemy. Our fourth issue boasts cover art by S. Aldarnay and interior artwork by Victoria Musson, JM Hamade, Mani C. Price, and Erzebet Barthold.