The Corpus Hermeticum is one of the primary works within the Hermetic Tradition. This Renaissance era craft is nonetheless based upon philosophical materials from far older times, namely the third or fourth century AD, from which the primordial material came. Credited to Hermes Trismegistus, the Divine Pymander (sometimes spelled "Poemander") touches upon astronomy, science, nature, and a great deal of theological material. It is presented in the form of discourse; a format which will be familiar to anyone also familiar with Plato's "Republic" and some similar philosophical works of...

More than merely an herbal encyclopedia or a secular analysis of the occult origins of herbal lore, Fruits of Eden aims to synthesize multiple subgenres within the occult into one work- one book, containing strictly analytical content, combined with the how-to experience necessary to explain the more pragmatic usage of the same species within a mystic context. After years of experimentation and hands-on work, and after many moons of research, Fruits of Eden has been born; an effort to allow the reader (whether an occultist or not, and from whatever mystic school they may be from) to not...

One of the most overlooked occult texts ever penned, the Philosophical Merlin purports to be a French grimoire, translated into English, originally used by Napolean Bonaparte and his troops for military success, but was actually of primordial British manufacture. Originally released in 1822, it saw limited success and was largely forgotten. Its celestial and divinatory content, though, is not to be overlooked; had it been rediscovered in any great degree during the horoscope-and-crystal days of the 1960s in Haight Ashbury it would have become a cult success, with a simplistic system similar...

Originally released in 1935, Frithjof Fischer's (Wulf Sorensen's) work "Voice of our Ancestors" has been conflated with an early Heinrich Himmler writing and not without good reason; the quasi-mystical and obvious folkish overtones (here explicit in nature) fit in well with the latter's own philosophy. As the world approaches the same level of alienation and misery which preceeded the Second World War, once again such literature is as before finding its audience, and the silent voices of the past, for good or for ill, are once again heard.

When the word "grimoire" is mentioned, the Petit Albert is perhaps the single most notorious book which comes to mind. Originally compiled in the 18th century, it brings together folk magick, talismanic sorcery, ritual and herbal medicine, and a bit of the diabolical, going well beyond the ritual styles of most contemporary writings. Originally in French, and drawing from the prior work of Paracelsus and Agrippa among others, this collection of operations extends far beyond its native land into the world at large; the first cosmopolitan grimoire of the pre-modern era. More diabolical than the...

Although it is often erroneously conflated with Renaissance era texts, the Grimorium Verum remains one of the most notorious books of magick ever written by man. Dating to the 18th century, its content has been both condemned and applauded for the power it holds. From astrological lore to folk magick, this work off dubious origin is one of the most diabolical works within the occult, and a must-read for all dark mages. 60 pages. Fully illustrated.

As the 19th century began to wane the world of the occult took a strange turn. Long gone were the how-to grimoires of the prior century, replaced by scientific and historical treatises of the same subject material. Charles Leland, releasing his work "Aradia" in 1899, is no exception to this change. Leland here describes an occult and religious order of witches stemming from the ancient Roman tradition, still extant as he states, in the 19th century in Tuscany. Driven underground by christian oppression, it nonetheless thrived. Here we see, in Lelands seminole work, one of the first...

The Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy must be first by the reader set aside from the triplicate works of Heinrich Agrippa, the famous Three Books of the same, by virtue of its manufacture- generally considered not to have been penned by Agrippa himself but rather by others influenced by his work. Running the gamut from celestial notations to summoning in a sense not normally seen until a century later, this fourth book is no less a genuine grimoire than any of the texts dubiously ascribed to Moses, Solomon, Adam, Hermes, and other major figures within Renaissance magick. Its pages contain a...