Michael Howard

(Deceased)

Michael Howard (1948-2015) was an Anglo-Irish writer, researcher, magazine publisher and editor, and member of the Folklore Society. As a writer and editor, his career began in 1974 when he launched the esoteric magazine Spectrum. This ceased publication after ten issues in 1976, when he inaugurated the witchcraft magazine The Cauldron, which was published for 39 years. In the early 1970s he also began contributing feature articles and book reviews to the US magazine Fate and the British astrological journal Prediction. In 1975, his first book on candle magic was published. Following that, he wrote forty books on the runes, folklore, herbal remedies, faerie lore, traditional witchcraft, Earth Mysteries and the Luciferian tradition. He has also edited books by E.W. Liddell on the Pickingill Craft, and by Evan John Jones on the Robert Cochrane tradition.

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Three Hands Press, Lexicon Lamiarum, Daniel A. Schulke, Adrienne Rozzi, Michael Howard, A.D. Mercer, Júlia Carreras-Tort, Andrew D. Chumbley, Corinne Boyer, Robert Fitzgerald, Forthcoming

Lexicon Lamiarum (Forthcoming)

Three Hands Press, Lexicon Lamiarum, Daniel A. Schulke, Adrienne Rozzi, Michael Howard, A.D. Mercer, Júlia Carreras-Tort, Andrew D. Chumbley, Corinne Boyer, Robert Fitzgerald, Forthcoming

The Lexicon of Witchcraft is an illustrated compendium of witchcraft terminology, encompassing rituals, symbols, spirits, objects, and other specialized concepts of witchcraft.

Three Hands Press, Lexicon Lamiarum, Daniel A. Schulke, Adrienne Rozzi, Michael Howard, A.D. Mercer, Júlia Carreras-Tort, Andrew D. Chumbley, Corinne Boyer, Robert Fitzgerald, Forthcoming

Three Hands Press, Michael Howard, By Moonlight and Spirit Flight, Three Hands Press Occult Monographs

By Moonlight and Spirit Flight

Three Hands Press, Michael Howard, By Moonlight and Spirit Flight, Three Hands Press Occult Monographs

As has been established by historians such as Dr. Carlo Ginzburg and Éva Pócs, the topological elements of the medieval Witches’ Sabbat –the ecstatic nocturnalia of the lamiae — carry relics of the ancient spirit-cults and localized folk-beliefs of Europe.

Three Hands Press, Michael Howard, By Moonlight and Spirit Flight, Three Hands Press Occult Monographs

Three Hands Press, Michael Howard, Children of Cain

Children of Cain

Three Hands Press, Michael Howard, Children of Cain

The mid-twentieth century witnessed the birth of popular occultism in the West, including an interest in witchcraft. At the forefront of popular witchcraft was Wicca, a recension of ceremonial magic and nature worship advanced by Gerald Gardner and Alex Sanders, now widely regarded as a religion.

Three Hands Press, Michael Howard, Children of Cain

Three Hands Press, Michael Howard, East Anglian Witches and Wizards, Witchcraft in the British Isles

East Anglian Witches and Wizards

Three Hands Press, Michael Howard, East Anglian Witches and Wizards, Witchcraft in the British Isles

In 1643 several men and women appeared in court at Chelmsford, Essex, charged with practicing the curious combination of ‘conjuration, magic and lechery’. The chief witness was a servant woman, Martha Hurrell, who claimed that she and a group of other people met regularly in various country houses to practice magic

Three Hands Press, Michael Howard, East Anglian Witches and Wizards, Witchcraft in the British Isles

Three Hands Press, Michael Howard, Witchcraft in the British Isles, Scottish Witches and Warlocks

Scottish Witches and Warlocks

Three Hands Press, Michael Howard, Witchcraft in the British Isles, Scottish Witches and Warlocks

n the village of at Cullen in Forfarshire, an arrest warrant was served in January 1657 for one Margaret Philp, accused of practicing witchcraft. Her servant, Isobel Imblaugh, testified she had seen her mistress have dealings with a spirit taking the form of a talking hare.

Three Hands Press, Michael Howard, Witchcraft in the British Isles, Scottish Witches and Warlocks

Three Hands Press, Michael Howard, Witchcraft in the British Isles, West Country Witches

West Country Witches

Three Hands Press, Michael Howard, Witchcraft in the British Isles, West Country Witches

In 1930 a correspondent writing to the Western Morning Post newspaper confidently asserted 'We live in an age when those old twilight beliefs are disappearing'. The beliefs in question were various aspects of popular superstition and the supernatural once widely accepted by people in the West Country.

Three Hands Press, Michael Howard, Witchcraft in the British Isles, West Country Witches

Three Hands Press, Michael Howard, Welsh Witches and Wizards, Witchcraft in the British Isles

Welsh Witches and Wizards

Three Hands Press, Michael Howard, Welsh Witches and Wizards, Witchcraft in the British Isles

The widespread belief in witches and wizards in Wales reflects a land steeped in legend and myth since ancient times. The witch’s power to harm people, livestock, and crops was greatly feared; for this reason country people consulted with so-called ‘cunning men’ and ‘wise women’ who had the power to negate their spells with counter-magic.

Three Hands Press, Michael Howard, Welsh Witches and Wizards, Witchcraft in the British Isles

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Ash Zine, Alex Langstone, Ian Dawson, Jim Kirkwood, David Hunt, Rebecca Tillett, Michael Howard, Andy Porter, Blair Wilkins

ASH - Albion’s Sacred Heritage - Issue 4 - Summer 89

Ash Zine, Alex Langstone, Ian Dawson, Jim Kirkwood, David Hunt, Rebecca Tillett, Michael Howard, Andy Porter, Blair Wilkins

ASH Magazine was a quarterly magazine covering esoterica, earth mysteries and folklore, published in Essex between 1988 - 1997. It was produced by a divergent editorial cooperative, who met regularly to garner intentions and creativity. The team had been gathered by stalwart Essex earth mysteries researcher and cunning man Dave Hunt, recruiting team members from some diverse sources, including Earthquest, the local witchcraft scene, from his own Earth Mysteries group 'New E.R.A' and from the esoteric Christian community. The idea was, in part, inspired by other ‘zines of the day, including Essex Landscape Mysteries and Lantern. The ASH Magazine editorial team were Dave Hunt, Ian Dawson, Claire Capon, Jim Kirkwood and Alex Langstone. At the magazine's height, two successive and successful 'Esoterica' conferences were staged. You can find out more from the official online archive here:

Ash Zine, Alex Langstone, Ian Dawson, Jim Kirkwood, David Hunt, Rebecca Tillett, Michael Howard, Andy Porter, Blair Wilkins

Clavis, Tom Allen, Henrik Bogdan, Andrew D. Chumbley, Austin Coppock, Billy Davis, Raven Ebner, Gordan Djurdjevic, Gemma Gary, Lloyd D. Graham, Robert V. Hull, Michael Howard, Richard A. Kirk, John Kleckner, Melinda Kumbalek, Brigid Marlin, Arantzazu Martinez, Carlos Melgoza, Mitchell Nolte, Ilyas Phaizulline, Aaron Piccirillo, Jamie Sweetman, Benjamin Vierling, Madeline von Foerster, Hagen von Tulien, Felix Wolf, Joseph Uccello, Carolyn Hamilton-Giles, J. P. Munro

Clavis: Volume 2 - The Cloister Perilous

At 216 pages, the new volume of Clavis features an outstanding grouping of authors and image-makers.

Michael Howard

(Deceased)

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