endnotes
Writings on necromancy and the philosophy of history.
In which I interview writer, herbalist, game designer, and surrealist occultist Phoebe Hildegard Finch about divining, conjuring, and humoural theory in her Tarot-based roleplaying card game…
In which I compile my current classes, resources, and works on the cunning crafts of English folk magic.
In which are compiled a running list of classes and courses for folks looking to get (more) into necromancy and working with the dead.
In which are offered a bunch of resources - classes, courses, free lectures, interviews, books, etc - for folks looking to get (more) into geomantic divination and magic.
In which I announce a Stay Home discount on all my class-bundles for the next month.
In which I enthuse about plans for gigs, webinars, conferences, and necromancy in the coming month of March.
In which I enthuse about my newest webinar series, on elemental magic for beginners and veterans alike!
In which I enthuse about the arrival of An Excellent Booke of the Arte of Magicke, my collaboration with Phil Legard, released through Scarlet Imprint, on a little-known sixteenth-century grimoire and scrying record of visionary magic, spirit conjuration, and working with tutelary shades of dead magicians.
In which I enthuse about upcoming events of February, including a panel on witchcraft and activism, teaching in Denver and Bushwick, and two new webinar series: On Remediation, a four-part course on where divination and magic meet; and a new cycle of the Sourcebook Course on the Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy and its uses in cunning-craft, spirit conjuration, witchcraft and necromancy...
In which I return to Rune Soup to talk to Gordon about a sixteenth-century handbook of necromancy and spirit conjuration (and its accompanying scrying record and dream journals) that remains dear to my heart, in that I just co-wrote a book about it and its uses with Phil Legard. It is poised for release from Scarlet Imprint very soon, and available for pre-order now.
In which I enthuse about my new Advanced Geomancy webinar course series starting in just under two weeks, dedicated to teaching how to combine geomantic divination and magic to not only describe conditions but sorcerously affect the situation at hand and turn things to ones’ advantage.
In which I detail the five or so gigs I have coming up in January for ease of finding their details in one place.
In which I interview my pal, the witch and activist Sarah Lyons for this latest Reading Room, where we discuss divination, direct action, and her new book!
In which I offer a one-third-off discount on all geomancy readings booked in the next fortnight and enthuse a little about the importance of greeting the new year armed with the foresight and planning that divination offers.
In which is continued our series analysing the Cyprianic material in the late Dr Thomas K. Johnson's Svartkonstböcker: A Compendium of the Swedish Black Art Book Tradition..
in which I enthuse about two upcoming webinar courses on nigromancy: the first on the Four Kings of early modern goetia, and the second on working with ancestral spirits and dealing with restless dead via geomantic divination and magic.
In which is inaugurated the first of a new blog post series exploring the Cyprianic material in the Swedish Black Art Books compendium compiled and analysed by the late Dr Thomas K. Johnson, and recently published by Revelore Press’ Folk Necromancy in Transmission series.
In which I enthuse about my upcoming talks at the Salem Summer Symposium, for which I leave tomorrow!
In which I share links and thoughts about two recent interviews I had on two very different podcasts: Glitch Bottle and Death of 1000 Cuts.
In which I appear on the Occulture podcast to talk about the history and magic of Epiphany and the Three Magi.
In which is presented extracts of a sixteenth-century vernacular English grimoire of Cyprianic goetia, featuring the messenger-kings of the Four Regents, as well as a necromantic operation to have spirits deliver you consecrated books of conjuration.
In which I am interviewed on the Glitch Bottle podcast. We discussed Solomonic magic and grimoire practices, histories of early modern magic, and my upcoming Sourcebook Course through Wolf & Goat on the Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy among many other topics. I hope you enjoy it.
In which is formally announced the newest Sourcebook Course: this time studying another key text of early modern magic - The Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy.
In which I have a lovely conversation with the very gracious Chaweon Koo interviewing me for Witches & Wine.
In which a recording of our recent Night of Folk Necromancy is made available on the YouTubes, featuring myself, Jesse Hathaway Diaz, and Mallorie Vaudiose of Italian Folk Magic offering three short illustrated talks on folk necromantic history, philosophy and culture.
In which is celebrated a new episode, Episode 8 of Radio Free Golgotha, the podcast-child of myself and Maester Jesse Hathaway Diaz. This episode comes to you celebrating the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul.
In which are discussed the magical cosmetics of ‘collyries’, an “overlooked” early modern tool of amplifying magical gazing and casting magical effects through combining humoural theory and a killer actual-wolf’s-blood-smoky-eye look…
In which is (finally!) expounded a couple of fundamental approaches to using planetary circlet talismans: from theurgic alignment to empowering magical constructions, to launching spells using the image magic of divination tools.
In which is reviewed the recent conference on Ritual Magic at the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic of Boscastle, Cornwall: at which excellent talks were delivered, and friends new and old alike were met.
In which I present an infamous necromantic operation from Reginald Scot's Discoverie of Witchcraft and talk a little about my upcoming webinar course on this key text of early modern British cunning-craft and demonology.