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Category Archives: AUTHORS
Peter J Carroll (1953-2026)
The Wizard has gone. With great sadness. We have to inform all, that the celebrated occultural author, teacher and innovator Peter J Carroll passed away unexpectedly in the early hours of Wednesday 22nd April 2026. He was a star whose … Continue reading
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Merlyn’s Reverse
An Androgynous Adventure Merlyn’s Reverse: An Androgynous Adventure by Kall Mann ISBN: 9798311812702 £12.99 Merlyn was never sure whether his rare condition was a blessing or a curse. The Jazz singer Jimmy Scott said that all that was “needed was the … Continue reading
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Wormwood Star
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Walking with Wodan
An Autobiography by Freya Aswynn ? Now Available: Walking with Wodan by Freya Aswynn
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Dave Smith
Frequently known as Vargr23 among online and magical communities, Dave Smith has been studying and practising magic in various forms for nearly 40 years. His prior books include Quantum Sorcery and Voidworking. His articles and reviews have appeared in the … Continue reading
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Diti J Morgan
Diti is an Aromatherapist, a Magician Artisan Perfumer, a Chaos Craft witch and a Jitterybug priestess. When I have time I hang out at the Apophis Club, and study at the Fox Magic Mystery School. I also make great apple … Continue reading
Luban
A Chinese Grimoire of Magic 496pp, 154x234mm. Over 200 illustrations 978-1-914153-19-8 Publication Date: 21/9/23 Translation and commentary by Jason. E. Read Order UK edition £45.00 Order USA, AUS $55.00 Special Edition hardback Stamped by the author £75 / $90 (include … Continue reading
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Michael E Salihovic
Michael E. Salihovich (Brahmananda) was a student of Yogeshwar Muni’s (Charles Berner) teachings since the mid-1980s. He was initiated into Sahaj yoga in 2011 and has been giving Enlightenment Intensive retreats, meditation seminars and individual counselling for more than 30 … Continue reading
Carlos Atanes
CARLOS ATANES (b. Barcelona, 1971). Is an essayist, underground filmmaker, playwright and seeker of the occult. He has always conceived his work, both fiction and non-fiction, as a tool to cleave and widen cracks in the walls of consensus reality. … Continue reading
Diana Kreikamp
Diana Kreikamp was born in the Netherlands. She is an esoteric practitioner and a fully initiated member of the esoteric school of the Western Mystery Tradition, the Servants of the Light. In her life she has been on a grand … Continue reading
Richard C McNeff
Richard C McNeff’s early acquaintance with John Symonds, Crowley’s literary executor and biographer, sparked an interest that developed into the 1977 cult short story ‘Sybarite among the Shadows’. This grew into Aleister Crowley MI5. He is also the author of … Continue reading
Mary Phelan
Mary Phelan was born in Dublin and she lived in Germany before settling in London. Today, she is a journalist and copywriter, design philosopher, photographer and art historian. She is an art history graduate of University College London, and has … Continue reading
Jade Melany
Jade Melany is an accomplished artist, natural psychic and tarot creator. She teaches healing, tarot, and spiritual / self-development. Each of the magical images and path-workings in the Initiate’s Way has been tried and tested in the small magical groups … Continue reading
Jason Read
Jason Read has held a long and deep-seated interest in magic, yoga, occult philosophy and the martial arts. Jason began training in the martial arts in his early teens and it was there he got his first glimpse of the world … Continue reading
Christopher McIntosh
Christopher McIntosh Posted on February 20, 2013 Christopher McIntosh describes himself as a romantic who has been in search of the “strange and bizarre things of life” since his childhood. To survive in the world of mammon, he became successively a … Continue reading
Upperworld
Shamanism and Magick of the Celestial Realms Chris Allaun Upperworld: Shamanism and Magick of the Celestial Realms Chris Allaun ISBN: 978-1-906958-92-3 Format: Softcover £15.00 / US$24.00 Subjects: Angels/Magick/Shamanism/Myths/Healing/Spirituality Click HERE for Upperworld / UK Click HERE for Upperworld / USA … Continue reading
Michael Orlando Yaccarino
The author has read, taught, and written about the Tarot for many years. He holds degrees in psychology and film studies from New York University. Previous books co-authored with Scot D. Ryersson include: Infinite Variety: The Life and Legend of … Continue reading
Xavier Bolot
Painter, Engineer of the INPG National Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble, France, Professor of Electronics at the University of Montreal, Canada, President of the French Association of Industrial Advertising in Paris, Consultant in communication and behavior, Orleans, Xavier Bolot leads his … Continue reading
John Patrick Higgins
John Patrick Higgins is a writer and illustrator. He is the author of The Narwhal and Other stories www.amazon.co.uk/Narwhal-other-stories-Patrick-Higgins-ebook/dp/B007N6KJW8 His second collection will be published later in the year. He writes art criticism for various magazines and is Creative Director … Continue reading
Chris Allaun
(Author photo credit: Ray DeJongh) Chris Allaun has been studying paganism and the occult since 1992. He is an ordained minister with The Brotherhood of the Phoenix and has been an initiate of Traditional Witchcraft since 2002. He is also … Continue reading
Steve Nichols
Steve Nichols, a successful tournament chess player in his youth, has edited a national Games magazine, studied Philosophy as an undergrad with AJ Ayer, developed a revolutionary Theory of Mind (M.V.T.), lost at table tennis to Arthur C Clark, discussed … Continue reading
A.D.Harvey
A.D.Harvey was born and brought up in Colchester, read history at St John”s College Oxford, obtained a Ph.D. at Cambridge, taught there for some years, and later became an antiques dealer.He is the author of a number of historical works … Continue reading
Seán Fitton
Seán has been a practising Pagan for more years than he cares to remember and a follower of Dionysos for about 15 of those. He lives in the wilds of north Manchester with his wife and carer, Sara, children and … Continue reading
Matthew Levi Stevens
Matthew Levi Stevens was born 31st of October 1966, shortly before Midnight. He is a writer, researcher, and online commentator. Awareness of the Occult and ‘chance encounters’ with certain artist-practitioners determined his path at a young age. His published works … Continue reading
Nevill Drury
(1947-2013) Rest in Peace Nevill NEVILL DRURY PhD is an independent historical researcher whose specialist interests include modern Western magic, shamanism, transpersonal psychology and visionary art. Born in England in 1947 but resident in Australia since 1963, Nevill has worked … Continue reading
Peter Stockinger
Peter Stockinger has studied astrology in Austria and in Great Britain and has been practicing this art for about 25 years. He trained as a Cosmobiologist and modern astrologer in Vienna. In 1998 he moved to North Wales and continued … Continue reading
Sue Ward
A student of astrology since the early 1980s, Sue very soon became fascinated by the western predictive tradition. Having been introduced to the work of William Lilly (1602-1681) through Zadkiel’s bastardized version of “Christian Astrology”, she has continued to focus … Continue reading
Cassandra Latham-Jones
Cassandra uniquely became the first witch to register with the Inland Revenue in 1997. She served her community in the wilds of West Cornwall until 2010 when she officially retired from full time employment. However, she still remains the Village … Continue reading
Michael Berman
(1952-2013) Rest in Peace Michael “What I have learned from my journey to the sacred mountain, and must now try to put into practice, is that instead of busying myself putting others down, which is what I have tended to … Continue reading
Jack Wolf
Canadian author Jack Wolf has been a practicing pagan for over 30 years, walking a path that encompasses both his Northern European and Native American heritage. He counts the late E. Max Hyatt as one of his mentors. An avid … Continue reading
Paul Green
Paul A. Green has been exploring the interzones between magick, the paranormal and the edge-lands of science in drama, fiction and poetry over several decades – as demonstrated in plays like The Dream Laboratory (CBC Radio), Ritual of the Stifling … Continue reading
John Power
John Power, also known as Sri Vilasanath, bridges Eastern and Western esoteric traditions, blending tantra, surrealism, and introspective art. As head of the Uttara Kaula Fellowship, he promotes mental liberation through creative enjoyment, drawing on his roots in both tantric … Continue reading
Joan Ann Lansberry
Joan Ann Lansberry received a BA from Northern Illinois University in 1981, with a double major in Art History and Studio Art and a minor in Philosophy. She became fascinated with Set, inspiring her to delve deeply into ancient Egypt … Continue reading
David Aronson
David Aronson lives and works in the Philadelphia area. His quirky, offbeat drawings, paintings and illustrations combine traditional media such as watercolor, ink, graphite and colored pencil with digital media and digital collage. His work ranges from whimsical to fantastic, … Continue reading
Tom Bradley
When Tom Bradley was a little boy he was given a gazetteer for Christmas. As little boys will, he looked up all the places in the world that start with the F-word. There were two, Fukien in China and Fukuoka … Continue reading
Nikki Wyrd
For more than two decades, Nikki Wyrd has been intensely involved in group magickal practices. A lifelong member of the Illluminates of Thanateros, she is a former head of the British Isles Section. An organiser of occult conferences, Vice Chancellor … Continue reading
Ron Wyman
Ron Wyman is an artist and writer who has brought the internal alchemical transformation process into a contemporary experience through his own undergoing of the Magnum Opus. He has set this into a methodical format for occult practitioners, or for … Continue reading
Robert Conner
Robert studied biblical (better called “Helenistic” or “koine”) Greek in the early 1970s, also biblical Hebrew, Aramaic and Coptic. His professors were Margaret Howe and Ronald Veenker, both now retired. Neither of them endorse or approve of his theories, especially … Continue reading
Lydia Maskell
Lydia Maskell was one of the original members of Bath Omphalos. She loves animals and has made a special study of cats in Ancient Egypt. Her other interests include the therapeutic and magical use of aromatics and the lore and … Continue reading
Kamil Vaclav Zvelebil
17 NOVEMBER 1927 – 17 JANUARY 2009 Kamil Vaclav Zvelebil, Professor Emeritus of the Universities of Chicago and Utrecht, was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Professor Zvelebil was an ordained Buddhist and world-renowned expert on South Indian languages and culture. He … Continue reading
Snoo Wilson (1948 – 2013)
Snoo Wilson is a writer and playwright who presented an apologia for Aleister Crowley in the TV series ‘Without Walls’. His previous novels are Spaceache and Inside Babel (Chatto). His play, More Light, about the heretic Giordano Bruno, is published … Continue reading
Gerhard D Wassermann (1919-2004)
& His Parapsychological Theories Born in Leipzig, his family came to Britain in 1936. A Biologist and Philosopher, he graduated from Queen Mary College, University of London with first class Honours in Mathematics, and then obtained a Ph.D. in Quantum … Continue reading
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Julian Vayne
Julian Vayne has been involved with the magickal world for over 20 years. He has published numerous articles, led a variety of esoteric workshops and courses and is a prominent figure in contemporary British occultism. His interests include drugs and … Continue reading
RAY SHERWIN
Ray Sherwin, born in 1952 in Yorkshire, England, is an English occult author and publisher. Together with Peter J. Carroll, he is one of the originators of the system of magical discipline called chaos magic. In the late 1970s, he … Continue reading
Eric Ratcliffe
Eric Ratcliffe was born in 1918 at Teddington, Middlesex, saw military service in World War 2 as an ammunition examiner in the ‘Blitz’ in London before a posting to India. His scientific career includes many research papers on thermal conductivity. … Continue reading
David Rankine
David Rankine is an author who has been practicing magick for 25 years, and is best known for his lively lectures and workshops. He has been involved with a wide variety of magickal groups and traditions,and draws on his extensive … Continue reading
David Parry
David William Parry was born in Hampshire in 1958. After receiving a degree in religious studies from King’s College, London, he continued his theological research at Heythrop College. By profession he teaches literature and language. Since 1996 he has also … Continue reading
Judith Page
Judith Page was born in Sydney, Australia. She graduated from the Chelsea School of Art in London, and is a respected artist and painter in esoteric circles, with particular focus on Egyptian art. Judith also designs her own one of … Continue reading
Robin Odell
Robin Odell was born in Hampshire in 1935. After working as a university laboratory technician and completing his National Service, he developed an interest in crime writing. His JACK THE RIPPER IN FACT AND FICTION published by Harrap (1965), … Continue reading
Chris Morgan
He was a Wellcome research student at Oxford, where his teacher was the later Professor B K Matilal, a widely respected expert on South Asian rational thought. He has published several books, articles, and even the odd poem (see ASHÉ). … Continue reading
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Mark L. Mirabello
PROFESSOR MARK L. MIRABELLO Dr. Mark L. Mirabello, a distinguished historian and author, is a Professor Emeritus of History at Shawnee State University and has served as a Visiting Professor at Nizhny Novgorod University in Russia. Known for his expertise … Continue reading
RC MCNEFF
RC MCNEFF was born in London. He is a published poet and short story writer, and has worked internationally in education and the art world. His interest in Crowley was sparked by contact with associates of the Beast at an … Continue reading
Dave Lee
Dave Lee has over 20 years of experience in practical magick. An early editor of Chaos International Magazine, he is the author of Magical Incenses and the Wealth Magic Workbook. He has worked with the Illuminates of Thanateros for many … Continue reading
Francis X King
FRANCIS X KING The late Francis King was a prolific writer and editor of several valuable magical books including The Grimoire of Armadel and Sexuality, Magick and Perversion (also available from Mandrake).
Greg Humphries
Greg Humphries is an artist and magician who has over 15 years of experience exploring magical practices throughout the world. The work outlined within this book covers the years 1999 – 2002 and influenced his move to Cornwall, England where … Continue reading
Jean Overton Fuller
– Writer, Biographer, Artist, Poet, Mystic, Astrologer, Theosophist, Ripperologist Jean Overton Fuller is no stranger to controversy. For more than half a century she has been exploding myths in a manner than has often lead to a complete reappraisal of … Continue reading
Jan Fries
JAN FRIES ‘SHAMAN’ OF THE TAUNUS ‘Journey through the frozen land’ from Visual Magick Jan Fries is the author five books and several articles that deal with some very interesting free-form shamanic techniques. Here’s what one of Jan’s students said … Continue reading
Kim Farnell
Kim Farnell is a professional astrologer, writer and biographer. She provides a range of services through her own consultancy and can be contacted via her personal website www.kimfarnell.co.uk Kim Farnell is also a popular lecturer and a contributor to the … Continue reading
Philip H Farber
Philip H. Farber is a writer, hypnotist, NLP trainer, ritualist, and consciousness explorer. He is best known for his book on ritual magick, Future Ritual: Magick for the 21st Century and as the creator of Meta-Magick, a system of practice … Continue reading
Timothy d’Arch Smith
Timothy d’Arch Smith is a well-known bibliographer, reviewer and antiquarian bookseller with a special interest in the by-ways of literature, notably the occult and the curious. For Aleister Crowley a book was a talisman and their every part right down … Continue reading
Nadia Choucha
Nadia Choucha grew up in the Middle East and Scotland, and has a degree in History of Art from Edinburgh University and a master’s degree in Digital Humanities from King’s College, University of London. She lives in London where she … Continue reading
Anton Channing
Anton Channing has practised meditation from 1985, began psychic training and tarot in 1990, converted from Catholicism for Paganism and Magick in 1992 and underwent simultaneous training in Natural Magic and Chaos Magic with two different groups from 1996. In … Continue reading
Peter J. Carroll
Peter J. Carroll (1953–2026) was one of the founders of The Magical Pact of the Illuminates of Thanateros (IOT), which he led for a decade. He spent thirty-seven years in research and experimentation and was the author of Liber Null … Continue reading
Nigel Bryant
Nigel Bryant’s involvement with Arthurian matters is long-standing. As theatre director and radio drama producer he has worked on Arthur-related plays and series by writers including C.S.Lewis, Rosemary Sutcliff, Susan Cooper and Kevin Crossley-Holland, and as a translator he has … Continue reading
Margaret Bingley
From the highly popular author of Seeds of Evil and The Unquiet Dead, Gateway to Hell is Margaret Bingley writing on the top of her form. www.margaretbingley.co.uk/
Christopher Todd
Christopher Todd is a Solitary Witch who specialises in religious and historical writing, especially regarding magical traditions. “As a young boy, I was always interested in religions and magical traditions and I practised magic from a very young age. I … Continue reading
Katon Shual
Katon Shual: pagan, researcher, author and sometime poet with an interest in folklore and sexual gnosticism. Sexual Magick, regarded by many as an innovative, compassionate approach to the subject of sexual gnosticism, is his only published monograph.
Mogg Morgan
Mogg Morgan is the founder and CEO of Mandrake of Oxford, a pioneering independent publisher specialising in occultural, esoteric, and cutting-edge literature since 1986. Widely regarded as a respected literary catalyst and innovator in the field, he holds an advanced … Continue reading
Spencer Kansa
Spencer has written for a wide variety of publications including Hustler, Mojo, Erotic Review, Vox, Headpress, Hip Hop Connection and the NME. He is the author of Wormwood Star, a biography of the American artist and occult icon Marjorie Cameron (Mandrake … Continue reading
Charlotte Rodgers
Charlotte Rodgers was born in New Zealand, received the PEN international young writers award for 1983 and after many years of travel, fast living and dodgy magick, now leads a life of quiet eccentricity commuting between England and Asia. She … Continue reading
Vincent Ongkowidjojo
Photo by Astrid Grunwald Vincent Ongkowidjojo has been a long time student of Freya Aswynn and currently co-manages Freya’s School of Runes and Northern Mysteries. His vision is rooted in Western and Eastern esoteric philosophies. He practices and teaches Taiji … Continue reading
Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold
Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold is an anthropologist and psychologist with an inclination towards the metaphysics of faiths and cults of a traditional pedigree. He is a specialist in the works of Marsilio Ficino and is a practicing traditional astrologer. He … Continue reading
Nick Farrell
Nick Farrell was born in the UK and raised in New Zealand. At the age of four he suffered from a series of night-time terrors. He saw things that were particularly frightening. He knew they were not dreams but they … Continue reading
Gordon MacLellan
Gordon MacLellan is a shaman, storyteller and artist whose work sets out to find ways of celebrating the relationships between people, place and wildlife. Gordon’s books include Talking to the Earth, Sacred Animals and Celebrating Nature (all with Capall Bann), … Continue reading
Susan Cross
Susan Cross is a poet, heritage and environmental interpretation consultant and occasional pirate. About a decade ago she realised that she has probably always been some kind of animist mystic and since then has endeavoured to make that a more … Continue reading
Shani Oates
Shani Oates lives in Derbyshire (UK) where she is a devoted practitioner of the true art, a mystic, a pilgrim, artist, professional photographer and holistic therapist. She is also a life-long student and researcher of theology, philosophy and anthropology intrinsic … Continue reading
John S Moore
Born in 1948, John S Moore is a freelance writer and independent scholar living in Islington, North London. He studied philosophy at King’s College, University of London from 1966 to 1969. He has published several papers on Nietzsche and other … Continue reading