Queer: A Graphic History reviewed
Queer: A Graphic History by Meg-John Barker and Julia Scheele Icon Books 2016 I’m sure that like many a humanities undergraduate out there, I have had my academic bacon saved more than once by the Icon...
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Book Review: Andrew Phillip Smith The Lost Teachings of the Cathars, Watkins Books 2015 It’s easy to get overwhelmed when trying to get your head around a religious movement. The moment we get beyond...
View ArticleWords from the Spirits: a few fabulous texts reviewed
Fulgur publishing were, some might argue, the first producers of ‘talismanic’ books (in the modern high-end esoteric literature sense of the term). Now, as publishers of the Black Mirror journal,...
View ArticleChaos Streams 01, by members of the IOT
As we reach the deepest darkness of the northern year and await the return of the sun, I’m very pleased to announce the publication of the latest installment in the story of chaos magic; Chaos Streams...
View ArticleNeuro-Apocalypse, by Danny Nemu – A Review
This work by the Reverend Nemu is a heady brew that plunges us into a world of deep Kabbalah. In this second part of a planned trilogy, he leaps headlong into the realm of neuroscience and the way in...
View ArticleEnjoy Sex… a review
Enjoy Sex (How, when and IF you want to): A Practical and Inclusive Guide Frankly if you like your sexual self-help replete with pencil drawings of bearded blokes and their female partners trying to...
View ArticleJourneys into Deep Space – a review of ‘Black Horizons Perspectives’, by Dr...
Books on magic and spirituality are often full of people on journeys. Some folks head into the desert (like the Hero of The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho), while others head up mountain paths or take to...
View ArticleWriting on Drugs: Three fabulous books to Feed your Head.
Secret Drugs of Buddhism: Psychedelic sacraments and the origins of the Vajrayana The Buddhist tradition generally eschews the use of substances that cloud the mind but psychedelics (which, by...
View ArticleOur Heroic Selves
In recently reflecting on the way in which Punk has inspired my own process of awakening and self-understanding, I’ve also been prompted to consider how such self-actualization also asks us to question...
View ArticleMagical Words and Images
I hope you’re having a wonderful May! Having not long got back from running the very first retreat at St.Nectan’s Glen I’ve now got the opportunity to share some really excellent books that I’ve...
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Review – Scansion in Psychoanalysis and Art: the Cut in Creation by Vanessa...
For regular readers of this blog, it will hardly be surprising that I approached Dr Vanessa Sinclair’s new book with both excitement and high expectations. In my own writing (especially The Heretic’s...
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A Review: Kali Magic by Mike Magee
“Women are divinity, women are life, women are jewels.” Yoni Tantra“Within, a Sakta; outwardly a Saivite; in the world a Vaisnava. This is the rule.” Kaula Upanisad Regular readers of this blog will...
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Review: Aleister Crowley and Thelemic Magick by Mogg Morgan
For over the past 35 years, Mogg Morgan and Mandrake of Oxford Press have been at the forefront of exploring, practicing and communicating about the more dynamic and creative dimensions of occult...
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