Richard Ward

For the best part of 30 years, Richard has practiced and researched various occult traditions, with a particular emphasis on English folk magic and Haitian Vodou.

He lives in his native Essex where he sells second-hand books on esoteric subjects via Man, Myth & Magic. His published work have appeared in a wide variety of anthologies, journals and magazines, including Starfire, The Cauldron, Talking Stick, Lovecraft Studies, Pagan Dawn, and Devoted and At the Crossroads by Scarlet Imprint. Born of Blood and Fire is his second book, the first, Echoes from the Primal Grimoire was published by Von Zos in 2016.

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Devoted
Scarlet Imprint, Devoted, Stephen Grasso, Peter Grey, Mogg Morgan, Jake Stratton-Kent, Richard Ward, Levannah Morgan, Ruby Sara, David Blank, Mark Alan Smith, Charlotte Rogers, Mordant Carnival, Tony Elliot, Alkistis Dimech, Dr. George J. Sieg
Devoted
Scarlet Imprint, Devoted, Stephen Grasso, Peter Grey, Mogg Morgan, Jake Stratton-Kent, Richard Ward, Levannah Morgan, Ruby Sara, David Blank, Mark Alan Smith, Charlotte Rogers, Mordant Carnival, Tony Elliot, Alkistis Dimech, Dr. George J. Sieg

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

Scarlet Imprint, Devoted, Stephen Grasso, Peter Grey, Mogg Morgan, Jake Stratton-Kent, Richard Ward, Levannah Morgan, Ruby Sara, David Blank, Mark Alan Smith, Charlotte Rogers, Mordant Carnival, Tony Elliot, Alkistis Dimech, Dr. George J. Sieg
At the Crossroads
Scarlet Imprint, At the Crossroads, Peter Grey, Jake Stratton-Kent, Aaron Leitch, Erik K. Lerner, Stephen Grasso, Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold, Richard Ward, Drac Uber, Ivy Kerrigan, Michael Cecchetelli, Humberto Maggi, Ryan Valentine, Hagen von Tulien, Kyle Fite, ConjureMan Ali, Christopher Bradford, Chad Balthazar, Angela Edwards
At the Crossroads
Scarlet Imprint, At the Crossroads, Peter Grey, Jake Stratton-Kent, Aaron Leitch, Erik K. Lerner, Stephen Grasso, Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold, Richard Ward, Drac Uber, Ivy Kerrigan, Michael Cecchetelli, Humberto Maggi, Ryan Valentine, Hagen von Tulien, Kyle Fite, ConjureMan Ali, Christopher Bradford, Chad Balthazar, Angela Edwards

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.

Scarlet Imprint, At the Crossroads, Peter Grey, Jake Stratton-Kent, Aaron Leitch, Erik K. Lerner, Stephen Grasso, Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold, Richard Ward, Drac Uber, Ivy Kerrigan, Michael Cecchetelli, Humberto Maggi, Ryan Valentine, Hagen von Tulien, Kyle Fite, ConjureMan Ali, Christopher Bradford, Chad Balthazar, Angela Edwards
Born of Blood and Fire
Scarlet Imprint, Richard Ward, Born of Blood of Fire
Born of Blood and Fire
Scarlet Imprint, Richard Ward, Born of Blood of 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.

Scarlet Imprint, Richard Ward, Born of Blood of Fire

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