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?
Cyprian of Antioch
Cyprian of Antioch: a Mage of Many Faces is a detailed analysis of some of the lesser-known strands of myth, history, evidence, and magical hearsay that surround the enigmatic Cyprian of Antioch. It moves beyond the well-known territory of St. Cyprian and peers into some of the more hidden areas of the Mage's history and legend, unearthing a complex and beautiful path that leads, ultimately, back to one man.
Rosicrucian Magic
Rosicrucian Magic is a book of magical reformation that lays a path of contact with spirits and beings through a lens of integrity. Drawing upon wisdom and knowledge from the ancient world through to eighteenth century influences and beyond, Frater Acher takes us on a journey of discovery on Becoming Alike to the Angelic Mind as originally articulated by Johannes Trithemius.
Ingenium
Written for the magical beginner just as much as the long-term practitioner, INGENIUM: the Alchemy of the Magical Mind, is Frater Acher’s most radical book yet. A beautiful book that is both a work of magic and a work of art with the illustrations of Joseph Uccello, Ingenium reaches through common misconceptions in western magic and shines a light along the path of genuine respect for beings and ways of being. INGENIUM takes the reader on a journey not to find magic, but to become magic.
Collectanea Goetica (forthcoming)
The collected works of Frater Acher on Goêteia.
Publication 2025.
The Olympic Spirits (Forthcoming)
The book examines the ritual magic and spiritual frameworks of the renowned Swiss alchemist Paracelsus (1493–1541). Its approach to the subject is divided into three categories: biographical, historical and practical.
Trutmezzer
Trutmezzer traces the function of the magical blade as a hidden key of the spirit world, and contemplates its array of powers, which extend far beyond its better-known functions of cutting and division.
Speculum Terrae
Speculum Terræ: A Magical Earth-Mirror from the 17th Century presents a detailed analysis of one of the rarest kinds of magical paraphernalia: an authentic magical earth-mirror from 17th century Germany
Clavis Goêtica
Clavis Goêtica presents a reference to the 16th-century tale of the first white magician, Johannes Beer, who is brought back from the dead in this book.
Goetic Atavisms
Written in mutual exchange between practitioners Frater Acher and Craig Slee, two radical views and explorations of applied goêteia emerge.
Holy Heretics
Holy Heretics is the third and final volume in the Holy Daimon cycle. Blending occult philosophy, magic and mysticism, Frater Acher guides the reader through the centuries with a series of practical exercises and rites which ultimately restore the powerful Olympic spirits to their original magical context.
Black Abbot - White Magic
Black Abbot · White Magic: Johannes Trithemius and the Angelic Mind is the second volume of Frater Acher’s Holy Daimon cycle, and focusses on the magical legacy of Johannes Trithemius.
Holy Daimon
Holy Daimon is issued in a new edition, with 18 illustrations by Jose Gabriel Alegría Sabogal. This first volume of Frater Acher’s Holy Daimon cycle is the result of more than ten years of ritual and theoretical magical research,