Guides to the Underworld
Hadean Press
Pamphlets, said to have appeared in the late Elizabethan period in a form recognisable to us now, are considered scurrilous bits of paper filled with subversions and remonstrances. Hadean Press adheres to
‘the second idea of the radix of the word Pamphlet... that it takes its derivations from παν, all, and φιλεω, I love, signifying a thing beloved by all; for a pamphlet being of a small portable bulk, and of no great price, is adapted to every one's understanding and reading.’ (Curiosities of Literature, and the Literary Character Illustrated, Disraeli & Griswold, 1846, p. 91)
Those days are long gone, but we at Hadean intend to keep the pamphlet tradition alive within the occult community, where 'subversions and remonstrances' thrive in discourse and in print. Shown here are a few of our first edition pamphlets, which have since been rebranded.
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In Magical Amulets: A Personal View of Thai Buddhist Esoterica, Sheer Zed invites the reader into the enclosed environs of his private shrine or special room (hong phra) to share some interesting examples of Thai Buddhist esoterica.
Included are the Baphomet Prai Amulet and the Ong Kru Ghost Bone Phra Pidtaa Prai Amulet by Ajarn Apichai, the Nine Tailed Fox Amulet by Phra Ajarn O Putthoraksar, the Ong Kru Amulet Dedicated to the Necromancer Phor Sala Tan by Phor Noi Tan, and more.
One can identify the unending esoterica associated with Thai Buddhist amulets as something of a cult, a craze, an industry, and indeed a deep fetish-driven wormhole which Sheer Zed willingly and quite happily fell into. Amulets come in an encyclopaedic and panoramic variety of shapes, sizes, and lineages, as well as spiritual and/or magical functionality. They are worn on various parts of the body, hidden under clothes, secreted in pockets, and sequestered in all manner of ways.
Magical Amulets: A Personal View of Thai Buddhist Esoterica
Sheer Zed
ISBN 978-1-914166-98-3
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published May 2023.
24 pages. -
De Arcano Rosari Lunae: On the Secret of the Lunar Rosary welcomes you into the lunar zodiac known as the Mansions of the Moon
In this short tract you will find all the necessary instructions to begin a daily practice, aligning oneself with the lunar sphere and the spirits which rule her twenty-eight mansions.
De Arcano Rosari Lunae: On the Secret of the Lunar Rosary
Maria Miles
Cover art © Kearyn Jardine
ISBN 978-1-915933-00-3
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published June 2023.
20 pages. -
In Venus as Mother: to Soothe a Grieving Heart, Ivy Senna draws on Venus as the Great Mother, a ‘vital principle of the visible universe’, to offer a rite to soothe our grieving hearts, calling upon Socodiah through the usage of the First Pentacle of Venus as a vessel of communication, along with additional rites to form a pact with a weeping tree and a river of your choice.
Venus as Mother: to Soothe a Grieving Heart
Ivy Senna
ISBN 978-1-914166-67-9
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published August 2022.
12 pages. -
In Ars Rosaria: The Rosary Art of Conjuration, rosary beads are used in combination with adaptations of the Holy Rosary, a Marian exorcism, and various goetic conjurations to conjure and form pacts with the demons of Goetia.
Rosary beads are more commonly considered a devotional tool than a magical one, yet from a magician’s perspective they are unambiguously both, and can be used as a ward against evil as well as a means of ensuring that wishes will be granted.
Ars Rosaria: The Rosary Art of Conjuration
Simon Dyda
ISBN 978-1-914166-53-2
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published July 2021.
24 pages. -
The Wizard Popes of the 11th Century offers for the first time an English translation of the remarkable passage from the writings of pseudo-Cardinal Beno in which he deals with the alleged involvement of a whole series of Roman pontiffs in the occult arts.
It is not generally known, even to students of history, that Cardinal Beno directed his accusations of sorcery not only at Sylvester II, but also at Benedict IX, Gregory VI and Gregory VII. While Benedict IX is almost universally regarded as one of the most corrupt and depraved popes ever, Gregory VII, whom Beno portrays as the apex (or nadir) of this strange circle of necromant-pontiffs, is today venerated and revered as a canonized saint in the Catholic Church.
Through his translation, Fr. Robert Nixon offers a fascinating insight and illuminating perspective into both the history and legend of those dark and distant times.
The Wizard Popes of the 11th Century by Pseudo-Cardinal Beno
Translated by Fr. Robert Nixon, OSB
ISBN 978-1-914166-50-1
A Guide to the Underworld.
12 pages. -
In The Red Dreaded Spindle, author Sasha Ravitch forges a pact negotiated at the crossroads of Astrolatry and Stellar Witchcraft, defined by a living relationship between the Witch and her initiation into the cultus of the Stinger Stars of Scorpius.
This devotional guide weaves sanguinated silk threads into a web of research and observable phenomena, case studies and pattern-tracing, scried-spirits and gnosis from visionary ecstasies. The scarlet ligatures of folklore and spirit-work featured within these pages trace a celestial blueprint through which one crafts and consecrates a devotional stellar fetish via the light-refracting arte of starry witchcrafting.
The Red Dreaded Spindle: An Astrolater’s Guide to the Stinger Stars of Scorpius
Sasha Ravitch
Cover and interior art by J. M. Hamade
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published October 2022.
20 pages. -
In A Wondrous Spell: Necromancy in the PGM, MHH offers an analysis of PGM IV. 296-466 including the materials used in it, as well as a revised version adapted for the modern magician.
Inspired by work with the Titans Hekate and Helios and various Necromantic workings both modern and archaic, MHH presents ‘A Wondrous Spell’ taken specifically from PGM IV. 296-466. This spell, like many found in the Greek magical papyri, contains rich examples of ritual techniques that were prevalent around the Mediterranean during the second century BC to the fifth century CE, and highlight the methods whereby the dead could be moved into action to achieve the goals of the sorcerer.
A Wondrous Spell: Necromancy in the PGM
MHH
ISBN 978-1-914166-56-3
A Guide to the Underworld
Published October 2020.
16 pages. -
A 21st Century Pentagram Ritual is a naughty little rewrite of the old LBRP, completely non verba hebraica.
The skeletal frame of Regardie’s neglected ritual has been given a long overdue makeover through the lens of the English Qaballa. The revised pentagram is an alchemical layer cake compounded of the traditional elemental and planetary materials and engineered in real space-time using the most up to date magical technology.
Step-by-step instructions and a diagram are included.
A 21st Century Pentagram Ritual
Cath Thompson
ISBN 978-1-914166-54-9
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published February 2021.
8 pages. -
In Balkan Folk Magic: Zmaj, author Katarina Pejović explores the enchanting folktales and legends of the zmajs: lovers of mortals, soldiers of saints, draconic fathers of witch-blood.
Within Serbian folklore, the zmaj is a kind of dragon spirit entirely unlike the beast slain by St. George. Descending from the stars in the form of meteors and lightning bolts, transforming the animals, spirits, and landscapes they embrace, the zmaj is not only a powerful protector of the people but a mythic ancestor. Known for their legendary lust, they marry young virgins, teach them witchcraft, and sire offspring known as the zmajevit: humans with zmaj souls. Syncretized with the Nephilim and protected by the Prophet Elijah, many of Serbia’s most distinguished tsars, princes, and knights are counted among their ranks, with songs of their zmaj heritage still sung to this day.
Balkan Folk Magic: Zmaj
Katarina Pejović.
ISBN 978-1-914166-84-6
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published in August, 2019.
15 pages. -
In Celtic Christianity & Loricae: The magical foundations of Celtic protection prayers, Christy Millar Grattan introduces a form of Celtic protection prayer which can be very useful to the magician: the Lorica.
Included is a discussion on the context of Early Irish Christianity, addressing some common misconceptions and showing that far from being an insular culture, Ireland was in dialogue with broader European magical currents. Grattan attempts to show how the Loricae represent a distinctly Celtic example of the Christianisation of magical practice most notably exemplified in the grimoires, while providing a cultural lens which may prove useful for practitioners who struggle with the Christian dimensions of grimoire magic. Finally, he cites an analysis of the structure of these Loricae, so that the reader can compose their own.
Celtic Christianity & Loricae: The magical foundations of Celtic protection prayers
Christy Millar Grattan
ISBN 978-1-914166-99-0
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published January 2023.
12 pages. -
Rewritten under magical inspiration as a rudimentary Operation to achieve the Knowledge and Conversation of Lucifer Rex and the Star and Serpent Spirits, The True Red Dragon rescues the first chapters of the original grimoire in a spirit friendly approach intended to be performed as a presentation of the magician to the spirits.
The True Red Dragon: or the Art of Invocation of the Infernal Spirits
H.M.
ISBN 978-1-914166-76-1
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published August 2017.
20 pages. -
This short work is a collection of simple tools and charms attuned to the realm of Lord Hades, for even the purest, most noble of souls must at some point enter the caverns of Avernus. Some are lost forever, whilst others rise renewed, strengthened and full of knowledge granted by the gods themselves.
Tools of Avernus
S. Aldarnay
ISBN 978-1-914166-62-4
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published May 2010.
16 pages. -
In The Devil’s Bestiary: The Magpie, author Khamai Yinepu provides an overview of the Magpie’s appearance in folk lore and song, its nature and powers, and explores its special relationship with the Devil.
Learn the Great Secret of the Miraculous Magpie’s Foot, for wealth and fortune in all things. Included are instructions for an operation to create an empowered magpie foot fetish by making a pact with Mr Magpie himself.
The Devil's Bestiary: The Magpie
Khamai Yinepu.
ISBN 978-1-914166-39-6
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published November 2017.
12 pages. -
In Stoking the Witchfire: Yoga Cultivation for Sorcerers, Vijnananath draws from his experience with a variety of yogic traditions to present a series of simple and effective exercises for not only cultivating the Inner Fire, but also for using its power.
Many traditions of magic and mysticism speak of an Inner Fire, a power that interfaces with spirits, enlightens the subtle senses, and fuels magic. Very often, instructions for stoking this Witchfire are lacking or left vague. Included are some core tips which will improve meditative practices of all kinds.
Stoking the Witchfire: Yoga Cultivation for Sorcerers
Vijnananath
ISBN 978-1-914166-69-3
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published December 2022.
12 pages. -
In The Venerable Doña Sebastiana de Caso: the original Santa Muerte, Robert Nixon offers compelling evidence drawn from the Vida del la Beata Marianna of Jacinto Morán de Butrón to support Doña Sebastiana’s identity as the original figure of Santa Muerte, or Saint Death.
The popular veneration of the figure of Santa Muerte in Mexico and elsewhere in the world is one of the most curious spiritual and cultural phenomena of our age. In recent times, a vast corpus of secondary literature treating the subject has emerged, yet the original figure on which Santa Muerte is based has remained garbed in mysterious shadows.
The Venerable Doña Sebastiana de Caso: the original Santa Muerte
Translated by Fr. Robert Nixon, OSB
ISBN 978-1-914166-58-7
12 pages.
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published June 2022. -
The Secrets of Helios: Unlocking the Practical Uses of PGM IV.1596-1715 seeks to help the reader understand the cultural context and nature of the spell, while also providing directions for the modern practitioner to perform this practical and well-tested magic.
PGM IV.1596-1715 is an invocation of the sun as eternal lord and ruler of the cosmos and a request for various blessings to be granted contained in the larger collection known as the Greek Magical Papyri (Papyri Graecae Magicae, or PGM). It was written sometime during the third or fourth century C.E. in Thebes as part of a larger document known as the Great Magical Papyri of Paris, which is believed to have been a manual for the professional practitioner of magic. An example of Egyptian heka for personal use, this spell draws on the original and daily vivifying forces of the sun from Egyptian theology, combined with astrological lore surrounding the changing benefits of the sun in the hours, which are found in several other spells of the Greek Magical Papyri.
The Secrets of Helios: Unlocking the Practical Uses of PGM IV.1596-1715
Alison Chicosky
Original translation by Cory C. Childs
Artwork by Adaline Soothtell
ISBN 978-1-914166-70-9
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published November 2022.
20 pages. -
The Magick of the Ghebers shows that Living Traditionalism, which builds on the strengths of modernist and traditionalist approaches to the occult arts, is the only formula capable of truly reconciling these two apparently disparate approaches to magic.
Modernist and traditionalist approaches to the occult arts appear to be irretrievably polarised. A more penetrating analysis reveals that the shortcomings of each are responsible for sustaining the division, rather than their strengths. It is in their strengths, of course, that the potential for progress resides.
First Published in VII 9 of The Equinox: British Journal of Thelema, Hadean Press, 2009, and revised for publication in 2018.
The Magick of the Ghebers
Jake Stratton-Kent.
ISBN 978-1-914166-96-9
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published April 2018.
24 pages. -
In The Art of Cyprian’s Mirror of Four Kings, Alexander Cummins illuminates the Cyprianic dimensions of the directional courts of the various cardinal kings and their messenger-king attendants in the grimoiric corpus.
The Art of Cyprian, found in MS Sloane 3850, contains instructions for the construction and use of a magic mirror attributed Saint Cyprian of Antioch. Along with the preparation of the mirror itself – which includes making and consecrating a particular ink for drafting certain figures of Solomon – come instructions detailing a conjuration of the ‘four worthy princes of the earth’, including a special appeal to the King of the East as their primus inter pares, and a dismissal of these same ‘four kings of the four parts of the world’.
The Art of Cyprian’s Mirror of Four Kings: An Early Modern Experiment of Cyprianic Conjuration
Dr Alexander Cummins
ISBN 978-1-914166-75-4
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published November 2021.
28 pages. -
Tantric Conjure: The Magic of Mantra & Yantra includes an invocation to the elephant-headed lord, following which the author describes the Ganapati yantra practice, as well as the Bhairava Bhūtkāya mantra practice with spells for road opening, petition papers, and necromancy and exorcism.
Eschewing both the academic distance and the marketable whitewashing of much English language Tantric literature, Vijnananath presents folk Tantra based in lived practice. Resembling witchcraft and folk magic from other parts of the world, it yet retains the devotional and yogic core which makes Tantra what it is. Tantric Conjure is an invitation to experience the spirituality and sorcery of this multifaceted tradition.Tantric Conjure: The Magic of Mantra & Yantra
Vijnananath
ISBN 978-1-914166-49-5
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published February 2020.
12 pages. -
Spiritual Baths offers recipes for baths, salt scrubs, and oils, along with corresponding candles, stones, and incense selections. The beauty of the recipes is that with no more effort than a normal bath, you can incorporate spiritual health into your routine.
In a world that is increasingly hectic, it can be difficult to find the time to cultivate spiritual health; however, one must remember that like a garden, if left untended, our spirituality will wither from neglect. The spiritual bath offers a simple and effective way to tend that garden.
Spiritual Baths
Andrea Bradford
ISBN 978-1-914166-60-0
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published June 2012.
24 pages. -
Drawing from folk tradition to formal ceremonial ritual magic and from grimoiric texts to biblical apocrypha, Saint Raphael the Archangel provides prayers and formulae, as well as guidelines for shrine-building, offerings, correspondences, and magical workings for developing a relationship with this powerful Archangel.
Archangel Raphael – whose name is sometimes translated as ‘the Medicine of God’ – is a patron of all matters related to medicine and healing. Scripture attests Raphael to be a powerful teacher, a protector of travelers, a binder of demons, and a psychopomp.
Saint Raphael the Archangel
Vanessa Irena & Alexander Cummins.
ISBN 978-1-914166-92-1
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published July 2018.
20 pages. -
The curious treatise which is presented in Brontomantia: Prognostication by Thunder is the first English translation of the Latin work entitled De Tonitruis (On Thunder), by the Venerable Bede, which outlines a method of brontomantia, or prognostication of the future based on the observation of thunder.
Included also in this volume are some short fragments on divination by means of the observance of days, from other works attributed to Bede. This translation was taken from Volume 90 of the monumental and ubiquitous Patrologia Latina of J.P. Migne.
Brontomantia: Prognostication by Thunder
Translated by Fr. Robert Nixon
ISBN 978-1-914166-91-4
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published October 2021.
12 pages. -
Saint Michael the Archangel provides information on shrines, offerings and Hoodoo recipes for working with the patron saint of those who act to defend the masses, as well as being an intercessor in matters of personal justice.
Saint Michael the Archangel is a powerful spiritual force, acknowledged by many religious groups as one of the holiest of beings in creation. He is one of the most well known angels within the celestial hierarchy and he is one of the few to be named in the Bible and the Koran.
Saint Michael the Archangel
Jamie Alexzander and S. Aldarnay.
ISBN 978-1-914166-73-0
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published June 2011.
16 pages. -
Saint Mary Magdalene contains chaplet prayers, recipes, charms, and spells for matters involving romance, family, pregnancy, and spiritual guidance.
No other Saint possesses as disputed a history as Mary Magdalene. In spite of the confusing and often conflicting versions of her legend, the spirit that we work with when we call her name in prayer is one of true love.
Saint Mary Magdalene
A. Solanaceae.
ISBN 978-1-914166-82-2
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published August 2016.
12 pages. -
The narration offered in Saint Maria of Antioch tells of a certain young woman named Maria, who lived in Antioch in Syria, within whose story are manifest parallels in the story of St. Maria, Anthemius, Magnus, and to that of St. Cyprian and St. Justina, similarly associated with Antioch.
One can readily see Maria, Magnus, and Anthemius as corresponding respectively to the characters of Justina, Cyprian, and Aglaidus, yet the dynamic here is subtly and intriguingly distinctive.
The present text has been translated by Robert Nixon from a Greek hagiographical sketch, the sole extant copy of which is to be found in a manuscript of uncertain antiquity held at the Medici Library at Florence, and which was reproduced in the Acta Sanctorum for May 29, published in 1688. The story of Saint Maria is a wonderful tale exhibiting in striking colors the capriciousness of the human heart, the presence and potency of spiritual forces, and the unpredictability of all earthly affairs.
Saint Maria of Antioch
Translated by Fr. Robert Nixon, OSB
ISBN 978-1-914166-59-4
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published June 2022.
12 pages. -
Saint John the Baptist covers the history of this saint, his feastdays and icons, shrines, offerings, and formulas for incenses and recipes for baths, washes and oils in the Hoodoo tradition.
John the Baptist is one of the most well known Saints, being venerated in many branches of Christianity, as well by those who practice Islam, Mandaeism, the Bahá’í Faith and numerous other spiritual traditions.
Saint John the Baptist
S. Aldarnay.
ISBN 978-1-914166-80-8
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published in May 2013.
28 pages. -
Saint Gabriel the Archangel contains recipes for baths, mojo bags, and oils for working with the Archangel Gabriel, as well as an overview of his history and prayers and litanies to petition this most powerful saint.
As a messenger of God, Gabriel is considered the patron saint of all aspects of communication, and is also one of the patrons of messengers and all people who relay information. In the hoodoo magical system, he can be called on to assist in matters of fertility and conception, and for help with dream interpretation and psychic matters.
Saint Gabriel the Archangel
S. Aldarnay
ISBN 978-1-914166-71-6
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published in November 2012.
20 pages. -
Saint Expedite explains how to begin working with this unofficial saint of emergencies, businesses, shop keepers, examinees and anyone in need of a rapid solution.
Expedite is one of a growing number of ‘folk saints’, one chosen by the people as opposed to those saints canonised by the Holy Roman church. Call on Expedite with confidence, knowing he will provide those who petition him with exactly what they need, and remember, spreading his name about always wins his favour.
Saint Gabriel the Archangel
S. Aldarnay
ISBN 978-1-914166-71-6
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published in November 2012.
20 pages. -
A Prince among Spirits explores the significance of the universality of the name Foras and its variants, and the common identity of the figure behind these names.
The spirit discussed here has been variously known as Foras, alias Forcas; as Furcas, Parcas, Forcase and Lewteffar aka Falcas. He may also rightly be called Abarak, and appears in the Grimorium Verum as Surgat, a name also prominent in the Grimoire of Honorius where he is also known as Acquiot and Aquiel, the latter also known from Faustian grimoires and The 6th & 7th Books of Moses as Aciel and Aziel. From this alter ego the trail leads to the ancient Jewish apocalyptic literature, and to the earliest known Solomonic text, the Testament of Solomon.
A Prince among Spirits
Jake Stratton-Kent
ISBN 978-1-914166-38-9
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published in June, 2016.
20 pages. -
In Conjuring the Planetary Intelligences: A Series of Conjurations found in Sloane 2831, David Rankine presents the conjurations for the Planetary Intelligences along with an appendix of the Shapes of Spirits from the Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy and the kameas.
The Planetary Intelligences (or Angels) first appear in Cornelius Agrippa’s Three Books of Occult Philosophy, published in 1531-3, though he drafted it around 1508-9. From Agrippa onwards, the Planetary Intelligences have usually been associated with talismanic work. The series of conjurations presented in Sloane 3821 (and partially in Sloane 3825) indicate that they were also conjured in the manner of angels and demons.
Conjuring the Planetary Intelligences: A Series of Conjurations found in Sloane 2831
David Rankine
ISBN 978-1-914166-77-8
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published in October, 2018.
31 pages. -
Papa Legba: A Workbook describes Legba’s origins, temperament, songs, colours, and gives recipes for libations and baths. It also describes Legba’s mirror and opposite, Met Kalfou, with songs and workings to aid one in working with this spirit.
Papa Legba is the Haitian Vodou Lwa that guards the doorway between the physical world and the spiritual world, who decides who and what can enter. This booklet should be used as an early way through the dark, not as a substitute for traditional education within an oral tradition.
Papa Legba: A Workbook
Ya sezi Bo Oungan
ISBN 978-1-914166-78-5
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published in July, 2019.
24 pages. -
In Opening the Book of Lambspring Christopher Bradford reveals the meaning of the emblems in The Book of Lambspring.
The Book of Lambspring is a series of emblematic images through which the processes of Hermetic Alchemy are alluded to; it has proven completely impenetrable to the un-initiated, which has been the case for all of the true Alchemical texts. The Alchemical wisdom held within will shine from it and enlighten the aspiring Alchemist, while hopefully leading the practiced Alchemist down well-trodden paths of wisdom.
Opening the Book of Lambspring
Christopher Bradford
ISBN 978-1-914166-90-7
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published November 2011.
31 pages. -
Naming the Heavens: Orations from the Summa Sacre Magice presents a series of prayers and ritual inscriptions addressed to the spirits of the heavenly bodies and facilitated via the invocation of those names by which the hours, days, months, and signs are called in each season of the year.
The Orations are intended to secure for oneself general protection and good fortune in any undertaking, be it sorcerous or mundane, translated from from Tractate 2, Book 2 of the Summa in 4° Ms. astron. 3 of the Universitätsbibliothek Kassel.
Brian Johnson, author of The Testament of Solomon: Recension C and Necromancy in the Medici Library, introduces the Summa Sacre Magice and its assembler Berengario Ganell, situating it firmly in the corpus of Christian ritual magic in the fourteenth century.
Naming the Heavens: Orations from the Summa Sacre Magice
Brian Johnson
ISBN 978-1-914166-68-6
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published May 2022.
32 pages. -
The Mirror of Elicona is a grimoire in the form of magical biography: a personal reflection on a series of encounters with a spirit who was, up until the close of the early modern period, perhaps frequently called upon by the magicians and cunning folk of the British Isles.
The purpose of this Mirror is not only to make a small contribution to the development and appreciation of what might be called ‘proto- Goetic’ magic, but also to share something of the author’s own magical practice, which in the last decade has moved significantly away from ritualism to a more subtle appreciation and engagement with the spiritual hierarchies around us.
The Mirror of Elicona
Phil Legard.
ISBN 978-1-914166-89-1
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published February 2012.
12 pages. -
The Lunar Formula of IAO discusses the practical magical application of this elusive formula, presenting never-before published keys thereto.
The mysterious name IAO has for centuries been a ubiquitous feature of magical traditions. Many modern systems ascribe this name to Tiphareth and the solar mysteries. However, in the Ogdoadic Tradition of High Magick this name is employed as the divine name of the Moon-sphere, Yesod. While this Guide conducts its survey within the milieu of the Ogdoadic Tradition, and provides a brief introduction to the Ogdoadic mysteries as a whole, it will also prove valuable to initiates and students of other traditions of the Magical Art who may find herein a resonance with their own Work.
The Lunar Formula of IAO
Derik S. Richards.
ISBN 978-1-914166-88-4
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published December 2011.
12 pages. -
In Liber Pyramidos, Jake Stratton-Kent has carefully expanded the abbreviated and skeletonic sections, restored headings and numbered the sub-rituals.
It is the author’s understanding that this ritual is not identical with the A.·.A.·. initiation rite (TROA) referred to in the Dominus Liminus task and elsewhere, but is very closely related to it. He is also aware that certain parties, including the O.T.O. are opposed to information being released concerning that ritual. On this occasion the author is in agreement with the Caliph, accordingly, while certain documents have been consulted to make this the most definitive text possible, no expanded commentary, and no comparisons with the unpublished text of TROA have been included.
Liber Pyramidos
Aleister Crowley
With additional notes by Jake Stratton-Kent
ISBN 978-1-914166-64-8
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published January 2010.
20 pages. -
Liber Ambulo is based both on the tradition of naming magickal books as Liber and the translation of Liber Ambulo as ‘I walk free’, as in taking back conscious communion with the magickal topography of one’s territory which is explored here in theory and practice.
In the practical section, Christy Millar Grattan discusses the methods of Psychogeography as immensely useful to the magician looking to engage consciously with their territory, providing meditational glyphs and brief invocations for those coming to the subject freshly, while making it clear that the system is fully adaptable.
Liber Ambulo
Christy Millar Grattan
ISBN 978-1-914166-83-9
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published April 2021.
16 pages. -
Kuan Yin in the West is an historical and experiential study of the deity revered by both Buddhists and Taoists, and increasingly by Western esoteric practitioners, examining her cultural transition beyond the East through such paths as Marian mysticism and including a section on practical work with Kuan Yin.
Kuan Yin is a vital living presence, and quite apart from her usual veneration as the ‘Goddess of Compasson’ has an important role to play in personal evolution, as a bridge between physical and transubstantial worlds, and as a guide through that great mystery of existence, Sorrow. Whatever faith or tradition you follow, Kuan Yin can be safely invoked regardless because she operates beyond division and duality.
Kuan Yin in the West
Simon Bastian & David Cypher
ISBN 978-1-914166-56-3
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published in November, 2014.
32 pages. -
An Inventorie of Demons provides the catalogue of spirits found in Reginald Scot’s Discoverie of Witchcraft, including ‘Notes on the ‘Names by Brinsley Nicholson.
It is nowadays tolerably well known that the Goetia of Solomon derives its spirit catalogue in great part from Johann Weyer’s De Praestigiis Daemonum et Incantationibus ac Venificiis, in particular the appendix ‘Pseudomonarchia Daemonum’ (Liber officiorum spirituum). From this the Goetia derives, even more specifically, via a translation published in Reginald Scot’s Discoverie of Witchcraft. The lessons to be learned from textual comparisons have yet to percolate out to any significant degree. Limited editions of Scot, in whole or in part, come and go. Students need to be able to compare the text from Scot with the Goetia – and indeed other catalogues now available like the Book of Offices/Book of Oberon – quickly and effectively, and a pamphlet that you can use as a bookmark in other grimoires serves that purpose.
An Inventorie of Demons
Reginald Scot.
Introduction by Jake Stratton-Kent
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published in June, 2016.
28 pages. -
In Hoodoo Mojo Bags & Baby Dolls author James Udung describes the construction, preparation and use of these tools in this follow-up to his Hoodoo Graveyard Sorcery.
One of the essential tools used in Hoodoo folk practice is the mojo bag which acts as a container of magical force(s), similar to a spirit box or pot. They serve as amulets or better still as charm bags and are commonly used in hoodoo folk practice, with its origins rooted in West Africa. A Hoodoo Doll-Baby, Dolly, Poppet, Effigy, is a representation of a person made in the likeness of the target and is one of the most essential tools used in Hoodoo sympathetic sorcery.
Hoodoo Mojo Bags & Baby Dolls
James Udung (Deillumine Ra)
Cover image and interior artwork by Louis Solomon-Felix
ISBN 978-1-914166-48-8
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published May 2021.
20 pages. -
In Hoodoo Crossroads Conjure Sorcery author and practitioner James Udung discusses the role of the crossroads in Hoodoo folklore as the visible temple of the gatekeepers of the spirits, offers methods for the collection of crossroads dirt, and provides a selection of spells which utilise this powerful space.
Hoodoo Sorcery teaches us that a crossroads at midnight is a place of convergence of two realms (that of men and of the spirits). At the crossroads, spirits are met, deals are made, and power is gained. This location belongs to no one and yet to everyone.
Hoodoo Crossroads Conjure Sorcery
James Udung (Deillumine Ra)
Cover art by Dallin Duke
ISBN 978-1-914166-47-1
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published January 2022.
24 pages. -
In Hoodoo Graveyard Sorcery, James Udung discusses entering and exiting the graveyard, how to ritually collect graveyard dirt, and how to create an ancestor altar. Included are recipes for Incense of the Dead, a protection mojo bag, and Goofer Dust.
The Graveyard is a place of power in Hoodoo Folk Magic. It is a place of spirit contact between our ancestors and us the conjurers. Within this amazing temple we are set apart from the everyday hustle and bustle of life, more connected with the spirits of the Dead and of Nature. As with every temple there are rules and regulations on how to enter, work and exit.
Hoodoo Graveyard Sorcery
James Udung (Deillumine Ra)
Cover image and interior artwork by Louis Solomon-Felix
ISBN 978-1-914166-57-0
A Guide to the Underworld
Published Dec. 2020
20 pages. -
The Headless One is a comprehensively revised and updated expansion of Jake Stratton-Kent’s ground-breaking investigation of the ritual of the Headless One, first published in 1991 in No.6 of the long out of print Equinox: British Journal of Thelema.
The ritual of the Headless One examined in this Guide has been one of the most important in modern magic for 160 years. Originating in the Magical Papyri, it was published by Charles Wycliffe Goodwin in 1852. It was swiftly adapted by the Golden Dawn and Aleister Crowley, forming the very core of their ritual arsenal. The rite has borne various titles, such as the Bornless One, Liber Samekh, and the Preliminary Invocation. A key element of what is effective in modern magic, its ancient roots have long remained a closed book.
The Headless One
Jake Stratton-Kent.
ISBN 978-1-914166-81-5
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published June 2012.
28 pages. -
Grimoire of the Sixfold Star describes a method of invoking twenty two Genii of a combined Solar-Mercurial nature derived from Thelemic sources and involving an English qaballistic system.
This system is presented solely as a viable magical framework, rather than a ‘secret key’ to the Book of the Law, a premise further described in The Magick of the Ghebers.
The Grimoire of the Sixfold Star
Count Abaka.
ISBN 978-1-914166-93-8
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published in June 2010.
16 pages. -
Goetic Spellwork presents spells taken from conversations and workings with spirits and combines various magical practices and bits and pieces of folklore, providing the reader with inspiration and some fresh ideas of how to employ working with the spirits in one’s practice.
There are a multitude of texts available for the willing practitioner who wishes to learn the art of spirit evocation. However, where do you go from there? One of the overarching abilities of most spirits is the ability to teach an art or skill; as entities more subject to the ebb and flow of the magical world than we are, they are able to teach many charms and spells which can aid the magician in their magical workings.
Goetic Spellwork
S. Aldarnay
ISBN 978-1-914166-52-5
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published in August, 2010.
24 pages. -
In Goetic Divination, Jake Stratton-Kent provides an overview of the history of divination, as well as practical instruction on divinatory methods, including the use of astragals, pendulums and hydromancy.
Goetic Divination
Jake Stratton-Kent.
ISBN 978-1-914166-79-2
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published April, 2010.
24 pages. -
In Fumigations of the Seven Planets, author S. Aldarnay offers alternatives to the recipes found in the Three Books of Occult Philosophy based on the principles laid down by Agrippa himself.
The recipes in this pamphlet have been compiled using the writing of Cornelius Agrippa, the author of the famous Three Books of Occult Philosophy. In these books, Agrippa outlines the history of and working behind much western magic including lengthy chapters dedicated to the influences of the seven classical planets (the Sun, the Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn) on the world, and their applications in magical working. Due to the inclusion of many animal parts or poisonous ingredients, many practitioners may feel perturbed at creating these recipes in their original form.
Fumigations of the Seven Planets
S. Aldarnay
ISBN 978-1-914166-66-2
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published in September, 2013.
16 pages. -
Frith: An Authentic Celtic Divination Guide describes a form of augury native to the Gaelic lands of Scotland, Ireland, and the Isle of Man.
Celtic divination is oft discussed, but it isn’t frequently expanded upon. Practiced by the ancient pagan culture and Christians alike from the Iron Age to the early twentieth century, Frith is a powerful folk practice that will make a powerful addition to any modern magician’s repertoire.
Frith: An Authentic Celtic Divination Guide
Kelsey Nichols
ISBN 978-1-914166-65-5
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published in May, 2020.
12 pages. -
Frimost and Klepoth: the Strong Spirit and Lucifer’s Harlot clarifyies major themes in the union of New World and older Western magic.
Frimost, the Strong Spirit, and Klepoth, Lucifer’s Harlot, are two of the most powerful entities of the True Grimoire; their sigils are inscribed on the two wands employed by the magician using that most potent text. Herein these two spirits are further revealed, elucidating their roles in Goetic conjure and in Brazilian Quimbanda, where these spirits are both major figures. Frimost, the Strong Spirit, details his power in love magic and resolving problems of other kinds faced by the magician. Klepoth, Lucifer’s Harlot, reveals the sensuality and visionary capacity of this intriguing entity.
Frimost & Klepoth
Jake Stratton-Kent.
ISBN 978-1-914166-95-2
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published February, 2011.
23 pages. -
Elelogap: Spirit of the Waters presents methods of invoking this might spirit in conjurations of lesser spirits of the Waters; for assistance in working with herbs, magical baths and washes, visions and clairvoyance; to enhance your emotional nature, to improve your health and your life.
Elelogap: The Spirit of the Waters
Jake Stratton-Kent
ISBN 978-1-914166-54-9
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published February, 2010.
28 pages. -
Covering Catherine of Siena, Teresa of Avila, Mechtild of Magdeburg, Julian of Norwich, Hildegard of Bingen, and Clare of Assisi, in Ecstasy: A Devotional Guide to the Female Mystics Vanessa Irena introduces you to the lives and works of these remarkable women and to their transgressive, bodily, and erotic explorations of the divine.
The female mystics were a group of Christian visionaries who lived during the high Middle Ages. Around this period, women began to take a more active role in theological writing and their religious lives became more visible. Denied access to engagement in scriptural interpretation and philosophical studies, these women sought direct communion with God through their own bodies—through the practices of extreme asceticism, meditation, prayer, and the recreation of the sufferings of Christ within their own flesh. The visions they experienced during their numerous ecstasies granted them spiritual authority at a time when women had little, and their contributions to the mystical tradition are immense and undeniable.
Ecstasy: A Devotional Guide to the Female Mystics
Vanessa Irena
ISBN 978-1-914166-67-9
28 pages.
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published July 2022. -
In The Heart of Jewish Meditation: Abraham Abulafia’s Path of the Divine Names, Avi Solomon has translated three of Abulafia’s meditation texts to provide reliable access to this fascinating historical figure for modern acolytes of the heretical eternities.
Amidst the rich panoply of Jewish Kabbalah, Abraham Abulafia (1240-1291) resonates the most with modern, philosophically-minded seekers of direct mystical experience. Abulafia was unique amongst Jewish mystics in providing precise instructions for personal spiritual practice. Despite a severe rabbinical ban, the subterranean influence of Abulafia’s complex of ideas and meditation techniques is evident upon many central figures in the history of Religion and Philosophy, including Chaim Vital, Pico della Mirandola and Spinoza.
The Heart of Jewish Meditation: Abraham Abulafia’s Path of the Divine Names
Avi Solomon.
ISBN 978-1-914166-87-7
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published in December, 2013.
24 pages. -
Cyprianic Cartomancy endeavours to clarify the methods of cartomancy found in The Book of St. Cyprian: The Sorcerer’s Treasure, and to make them available to those interested in this form of divination.
Cyprianic Cartomancy
Erzebet Barthold
ISBN 978-1-914166-86-0
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published in August, 2016.
16 pages. -
In St. Cyprian & the Sorcerous Transmutation Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold leads us down the path forged by St. Cyprian into the mysterious worlds of Umbanda and Quimbanda, where the metamorphosis of this unique saint finds expression in the line of Souls extending from Africa to the South Americas.
Included are three workings from the The Book of the Sorceror as well as a detailed look at the ways in which Cyprian finally manifests in the shape of Exu Meia Noite.
St. Cyprian & the Sorcerous Transmutation
Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold
ISBN 978-1-914166-61-7
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published in July 2013.
20 pages. -
The Torture and Death of St. Cyprian and St. Justina offers the first English translation of a late-Medieval Latin account of the martyrdom of St. Cyprian and St. Justina of Antioch, the basis of which is an anonymous Latin text found in a manuscript dating from 1485, and composed in Rouen in the region of Normandy.
Here the focus on Justina seems to reflect that she had already acquired a kind of quasi-mythical status, as a type of Platonic ‘familiar spirit’ to Cyprian, by the time the document was written. Also included in this volume is an abridged translation of a curious narration of the theft of the body of St. Justina by the Antipope John XVI, and his subsequent gifting of this holy relic to the Cathedral at Piacenza.
The Torture and Death of St. Cyprian and St. Justina
Translated by Fr. Robert Nixon, OSB
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published March 2022.
12 pages. -
In Before Completion: I Ching and its Correspondences in Western Occultism, author Simon Bastian explores the Western magical arts which have been associated with the I Ching, including the Qabalah, Astrology, and Tarot, presenting the barest suggestions for further work with this ancient system.
‘Before Completion’ is the apparently ‘final’ Hexagram of the I Ching, but it comes after No. 63, ‘Completion’. This might seem a strange arrangement, though really it is saying there is no end result, and so, any study of it and its correspondences will never be complete. I Ching (also rendered Yi King or Yi Jing) has inevitably been studied in the West through comparison, synthesis, or revelation, as for example a guide to business practice, a psychological device demonstrating Jung’s theory of synchronicity, as an early scientific mapping of the DNA code and quantum mechanics, and inspiration for the arts such as dance (Merce Cunningham), music (John Cage), and literature (Philip K. Dick’s The Man in the High Castle).
Before Completion: I Ching and its Correspondences in Western Occultism
Simon Bastian
ISBN 978-1-914166-55-6
A Guide to the Underworld.
Published April, 2022.
32 pages.