Brands of Magic – I
Some years ago, I was approached by representatives of a major marketing company who wanted to explore the possibilities of using direct magical techniques to promote a product. I cannot discuss this...
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Book review: Studies on Tantra in Bengal and Eastern India – II
Continuing my review of Professor Madhu Khanna’s new edited volume of essays, Studies on Tantra in Bengal and Eastern India (Springer 2022). The first part of the review is here. So on to section two...
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Reflections on the Left-hand path
With a two-part lecture series on the left-hand path later this month at Treadwells Bookshop 25 July and 8 August, I thought I’d share some personal observations on my previous identification with the...
View ArticleMike Magee 7 December 1949 – 11 August 2024
Mike Magee, my friend, teacher, and publishing collaborator passed away in the early hours of 11 August 2024. The Mike Magee I knew was kind and generous to his friends. Yet at the same time, he loved...
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Book Review: Dreams of Witches
Go on any pagan or occult forum or social media platform, and at some point, inevitably, someone will assert that contemporary Witchcraft was, more or less, “made up” by Gerald Gardner. This was the...
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Book Review: Ghosts of the British Museum
It is perhaps not surprising to discover that the British Museum, founded in the eighteenth century at the former mansion of the Duke of Montagu, has more than its fair share of ghosts. In Ghosts of...
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Yaksinis – a brief explainer
Yakṣiṇīs appear in Brahmanical, Jain, and Buddhist texts and iconography. They inhabit lakes, rivers, forests, and in particular, trees. They are said to be beautiful, but dangerous. Humans can form...
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One from the vaults: The Psychomanteum Working
This account of ritual experimentation from the archives of the Nyarlathotep Coven was originally intended for inclusion in a sequel to my short book, The Pseudonomicon, but by the late 90s I’d...
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Tales of Yoginis
Back in 2018, I self-published a small booklet entitled Yoginis: Sex, Death, and Possession in Early Tantras. It was well-received, and I am currently working on a revised and expanded edition for...
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Out now: Delinquent Elementals
If there’s one thing I’d like to be remembered for, it is Pagan News, the zine that occupied a central place in my life between 1988-92. Delinquent Elementals, edited by myself and Rodney Orpheus (my...
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