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Transformative Ordeals & Order of the Gnostic Star
One of the ideas that separates the Order of the Gnostic Star from other occult or magical organizations is that initiations do not confer any kind change in status. They are used to denote...
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Alexandrian Witchcraft Tradition - Is it a Tradition?
I read an article written by Maxine Sanders that was passed on by some Alexandrian Witches in a FaceBook comment. In that article, Maxine seemed to be decrying those who have used the traditional...
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Writing of Ordeal XV
On June 13, I completed writing my latest book Ordeal XV. All that remains is to edit the manuscript, add citations, build a bibliography and an index list. The greater work of developing and revising...
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Door into Summer
The Summer Solstice brings to my all of the wonderful and magical things that I have experienced during the summer months from my earliest recollections to now that I am an old geezer. This is...
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Chaos Magick - As defined by Peter J. Carrol
Here is part two of my series on Peter J. Carrol and Chaos Magick. In this article I will give an overview of the system of chaos magic and the ideas that it espoused early on in its inception. This...
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Passing of Two Giants of Chaos Magic
This is a two part article on the recent passing of Peter J. Carrol, the godfather of Chaos Magick. In the first part, I will give an eulogy and list his accomplishments. In the second I will discuss...
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Right Tool for the Right Job?
Since I have Frater Ashen Chassan as a Facebook friend, I have seen quite a number of photos of his magical tools, and I must say that they are magnificent artifacts, cleverly and beautifully crafted...
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Thoughts About Good and Evil
As a Witch, I see the world infused with the ever-changing power and wisdom of light and darkness, where the changing seasons are represented as the cyclic balance of these qualities that is ever...
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Equinox - Balance Between Light and Darkness
View of Loughcrew Cairin during the equinox Archaic humanity did not specifically acknowledge the spring and autumn equinox as much as they engaged with the solstices for summer and winter. We know...
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Is My Witchcraft Magic LHP?
Over the many years I have met, corresponded with and engaged in discussions with individuals who identify as being practitioners of the Left Hand Path, or LHP. Despite the fact that I have found such...
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Thoughts About My System of Magic
I was working on the final proofs and edits for my first volume of Liber Artis Archaeomancy and that allowed me to take a critical look at the rituals that are contained in that lengthy tome. Doing...
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Thoughts on the Definition of Magic
Recently, someone proposed that the specific definition that Aleister Crowley gave to magic in his work “Magic In Theory and Practice” did more harm than good regarding how magic is worked today....
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What is Armadel - A Person or Process
This is another article on the Grimoire Armadel, which I have been fascinated with ever since I bought the hard cover edition back in the 1980's. I have already written a few articles in the past...
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New Year 2026 - End of Stasis and Wintering
The New Year has started, and there were a few final items that need to be resolved so that I would be able to move forward with my magical life, and my wintering will finally be over. I wrote about...
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Books Published by Frater Barrabbas
Here is the literary guide to books that I have written over the years, starting back in 2007, when I wrote my first book Disciples Guide to Ritual Magick. I had to learn how to write these kinds of...
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Scrying versus Immersion
Lately I have seen a number of beautifully constructed scrying stands called variously Trithemius table of workings or watchtower scrying stands. I recall that Alex Sanders possessed one of these...
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Another Winter of my Discontent
Reading the national news these days is a form of self-punishment. Every incompetent action, bad-faith policy and focus on supposed “enemies of the State” by this administration makes my teeth grate....
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Armadel Project for 2026
Grimoire Armadel. Actual title: Liber Armadel seu totius cabalae perfectissima brevissima et infallabilis scientia tam speculativa quam practiquaTranslation (Latin): The Book of Armadel, or the whole...
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Mechanism of Spirit Conjuration
I often get questions from other occultists and people not acquainted with the invocation or evocation of spirits whether the phenomenon is actually real. Does the summoned spirit truly appear? Is it...
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Meeting the Devil and Ordeal XV
This is part 3 of a three part article that is the introduction to Magical Shadow Work and Ordeal XV. I will be writing a book about this ordeal in the future. Here is the basic understanding to this...
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