Tag: Biography and Memoir
How well do you know Pamela Colman Smith?
Our August poll tested your knowledge of Pamela Colman Smith (1878-1951).
Magic Without Mirrors, by David Conway
Even if you think you know everything about the relationship between the "real world" and the "magickal world" I think you will find this book interesting.
Dr Dave Evans
Dave was both a scholar and a practitioner of the occult, and was a founding editor of The Journal for the Academic Study of Magic, co-editor of Ten Years of Triumph of the Moon (with Dave Green).
Three great occult biographies
Biographies are a lot of fun. Learning more about an author's circumstances often frames ideas in contexts not previously considered.
Mike Gleason
I'm sorry to report that Mike Gleason (1951-2012) passed away on 30 August. He was a prolific reviewer of Pagan books and music, and...
Confessions of a Black Magician, by Nathan Neuharth
Confessions of a Black Magician, by Nathan Neuharth Original Falcon Press, 9781935150794, 191 pp., 2010 Our hero in this tale is the author himself, and as...
Victor Hugo’s Conversations with the Spirit World, by John Chambers
Victor Hugo's Conversations with the Spirit World: A Literary Genius's Hidden Life, by John Chambers Destiny Books, 1594771820, 372. pp, 1999, 2009 I’m sure that, at...
Jesus the Wicked Priest, by Marvin Vining
Jesus the Wicked Priest: How Christianity Was Born of an Essene Schism, by Marvin Vining Bear & Company, 9781591430810, 243 pp (with indexes), 2008 The...
Sexual Outlaw, Erotic Mystic, by Vere Chappell
Ida Craddock's contribution to conventional sex reform, and her mystical writings on sex with spiritual beings are exceptional for the period.
Frances Yates and the Hermetic Tradition, by Marjorie G Jones
Frances Yates and the Hermetic Tradition, by Marjorie G. Jones Ibis Press, 9780892541331, 262 pp. (incl. end notes, bibliography and index), 2008 Frances Yates and the...
Fire Child, by Maxine Sanders
There are lessons to be learned from Maxine Sanders’s writing in Fire Child, some so simple that they are often forgotten.
Stewart Farrar, by Elizabeth Guerra
Stewart Farrar: Writer On A Broomstick, The Biography of Stewart Farrar, by Elizabeth Guerra RJ Stewart Books, 9780979140273, 227 pp., 2008 I have, over the...