Alexander Sebastian is an armchair occult enthusiast who lacks much direction in life, but his world is turned upside down when his police detective brother-in-law asks him to help identify some magical symbols scrawled at a ritualistic homicide. He becomes obsessed with the crime and finds himself drawn into the underground modern magick scene. He encounters an odd array of characters- an obese, narcissistic drug-peddling adept, a coke-snorting sex magick dominatrix, a pontificating Freemason with a lisp and many others. But who is responsible for murder? The story is inspired by Newcomb's real-life adventures in actual secret magical societies. This is a look at the true world of magick from the inside.

This volume contains a variety of articles focusing on esoteric spirituality. There are articles featuring Alchemy, Qabalistic poetry, the Great Chain of Being, Hermeticism, Gnosticism, the Gospel of Thomas and the Poimandres of the Corpus Hermeticum. Additionally, we have something new and unique: two never before translated short rituals from a German esoteric Masonic body called the Order of African Architects. This volume also contains two articles expanding the scope and vision of the New Hermetics. This journal is really hitting its stride. Featuring the writings of Robert Herd, Timothy Hogan, Jason Augustus Newcomb, Brian Pivik, Cliff Porter, Greg Starr, Frater VEL and our new co-editor Loran Frazier.

This journal contains many exciting essays expanding the scope and practice of the New Hermetics. This is the most diverse collection of authors and ideas so far. Included in this volume are articles on talismanic magick, candle magick, Tarot divination, General Semantics, and many other topics including two memoirs of advanced magical experiences, a new translation of the tantric text Vijnanabhairava, and a supplement containing most of the extant English source materials of the Bavarian Illuminati including extensive extracts from initiation rituals and instruction.

The second volume of the New Hermetics Equinox Journal contains several practical articles by Jason Augustus Newcomb on Angelic Vision Magick, Crystal Balls and Magick Mirrors, Creating Inner Harmony within the New Hermetics and the function and role of the imagination in magical practice. This volume also has a wonderful article from Philip H. Farber on creating a personal pantheon of gods as well as an extensive interview with psychedelic DMT research doctor Rick Strassman MD. Additionally, this book contains other great practical articles ranging from Alchemy to the Eight Sabbats or seasonal festivals.

This volume contains many new deeply in-depth articles on Western Esotericism. Jason Augustus Newcomb offers many new advancements in practical Hermetic magick, describes his experiences at a ten-day meditation retreat, and offers a new translation of the Corpus Hermeticum Book 2. Timothy Hogan contributes an article offering detailed instructions for Spagyrical Alchemy. Darcy Kuntz offers a previously unpublished variation on the Golden Dawn Neophyte ceremony from before 1920, including marginal notes from Aleister Crowley. R. Gregory Starr provides a detailed historical analysis of the 18th Century Qabalistic order the Ancient Asiatic Brethren. Also contains numerous other articles and book reviews.

This first volume of the New Hermetics Equinox Journal includes numerous updates and advancements in the New Hermetics techniques and ideas, a comparative record of several New Hermeticists conducting the "Tarot Archetype Pathworking" technique with the twenty-two trumps along with some helpful hints for students interested in greater success with this practice. This volume also includes an article on the eight seasonal holiday festivals from a New Hermetics perspective, astrological calculations for magical operations and a small collection of poetry inspired by the New Hermetics.

Enochian Magick is arguably the most intriguing and potent form of ceremonial magick available today. Dr. John Dee, a prominent philosopher in the Elizabethan court, literally received this system of magick from angels through the scrying mediumship of Edward Kelly. This book offers a complete approach to conducting this magical system for the modern adept. It contains instructions in the practical use of all three major parts of the Enochian system: the Four Watchtowers, the Thirty Aethyrs and the Heptarchia Mystica. Rather than a mere rehash of Golden Dawn material this book offers an approach that honors both the innovations of the Golden Dawn and the essence of the original Dee materials in an un-dogmatic and nonsectarian format that is extremely accessible. Although this book is particularly designed for students of the New Hermetics, any practicing occultist interested in the Enochian system will find this book incredibly useful.

This companion volume to Practical Enochian Magick is a large format 8.5" X 11" full color book designed to help you get started conducting the rituals of Enochian Magick quickly and easily. This book contains full color prints of the four watchtowers, all of the rituals and temple openings as well as the Enochian keys on parchment scripts for use in your rituals, the talismans of the Heptarchia Mystica and other ritual accouterments to help you get started with this system of magick immediately.

This is the most comprehensive book on the subject of modern practical magick to date. Practical magick is magical work that makes real and observable changes in you and your environment through the invisible forces that manifest and transform your reality. Astral projection, telekinesis, clairvoyance, telepathy, weather magick, angelic and demonic conjuration, magnetism and fascination, manifesting love and prosperity, prophesying the future, communicating with the dead, these are just a few of the more than one hundred procedures clearly detailed in this manual. For centuries these techniques were guarded by their few masters. The veil has finally been lifted. This definitive work simply and clearly outlines the procedures necessary to open up the unseen world. Practical techniques have been broken down by step, providing an exact model for success. Unleash your limitless cosmic abilities today!