Magick Matters

“LAM—the Way: The Psychonauts’ Workbook” by Recuperatio 146 and Frater 273

"What if you could contact and commune with an alien? This book explores experiences and methods of people engaging in meditative work with Aleister Crowley’s portrait of LAM, a mysterious extra-terrestrial intelligence that played the central role in the British branch of Crowley’s magical order. In essays written by practitioners from all around the globe, they expound, for the first time ever, the results of their trafficking with consciousness that transcends the human realm. The book also includes practical instruction in invoking the entity LAM."...>>

“The Rite: The Making of a Modern Exorcist” by Matt Baglio

"The inspiration for the film starring Anthony Hopkins, journalist Matt Baglio uses the astonishing story of one American priest's training as an exorcist to reveal that the phenomena of possession, demons, the Devil, and exorcism are not merely a remnant of the archaic past, but remain a fearsome power in many people's lives even today. Father Gary Thomas was working as a parish priest in California when he was asked by his bishop to travel to Rome for training in the rite of exorcism. Though initially surprised, and slightly reluctant, he accepted this call, and enrolled in a new exorcism course at a Vatican-affiliated university, which taught him, among other things, how to distinguish between...>>

“The Illustrated Field Guide to DMT Entities: Machine Elves, Tricksters, Teachers, and Other Interdimensional Beings” by David Jay Brown and Sara Phinn Huntley

"A full-color exploration of DMT beings and Ayahuasca spirits • Examines 25 of the most commonly encountered DMT entities, from machine elves and fairies to insectoids, Reptilians, and divine beings such as Grandmother Ayahuasca • Discusses each entity in depth, including people’s encounters with them from trip reports and scientific studies, descriptions of how the entities appear and behave, and communications or teachings they impart • Features visionary art by Sara Phinn Huntley and other artists, including Alex Grey, Andrew Jones, Luke Brown, Juliana Garces, Erial Ali, and Harry Pack One of the features consistently noted by visitors to the hyperspace realm invoked by DMT is the existence of many different entities....>>

“Sylvan Crone: A Midlife Quest” by Heather Durham

"In this third collection, Heather Durham invites you into the lush terrain of a feral human in relationship with the more-than-human world, encountering new insights in the realms of folklore, feminism, ecophysiology, mental illness, and mysticism. Entering midlife as a single, queer, non-mothering, hypersensitive, forest-dwelling hermit in the midst of personal and cultural turmoil, she finds herself continually engaged with the question, who am I, and in these essays discovers twenty unique, profound, visceral, evocative, and still-evolving answers. At once restless and rooted, these lyric forays immerse in a single ecological landscape-in relationship with black bear and coyote, cedar and hemlock, water ouzel, and chickadee, salmon, and stream-and yet they range far, epic meanderings...>>

“Inside the Stargazer’s Palace: The Transformation of Science in 16th-Century Europe” by Violet Moller

🕵️🐷🕵️ zero-day🕵️🐷🕵️ "Enter the mysterious world of sixteenth-century science, where astronomers and alchemists shared laboratories. In 1543, Nicolaus Copernicus declared the earth revolved around the Sun, overturning centuries of scholastic presumption. A new age was coming into view – one guided by observation, technology and logic. But omens and elixirs did not disappear from the sixteenth-century laboratory. Charms and potions could still be found nestled between glistening brass instruments and leather-bound tomes. The line between the natural and supernatural remained porous, yet to be defined. From the icy Danish observatory of Tycho Brahe, to the smoky, sulphur-stained workshop of John Dee, Violet Moller tours the intellectual heart of early European science. Exploring its rich, multidisciplinary culture, Inside the...>>