Magick Matters

“The First Lesser Arcanum: Franz Bardon’s Secret Key to Divine Realization” by Johannes von Hohenstätten

"Only the genuine initiate of the hermetics truly knows what the First Lesser Arcanum means for the beginning adept’s magical development. Until now, the true symbolic meaning of this card was passed down from Master to the most gifted students. This arcanum has been unknown outside the circles of initiation until present day. Franz Bardon passed the knowledge of this arcanum to Ernst Quintscher, the son of Wilhelm Quintscher. This way there has been an unbroken disclosure of knowledge within the "Hermetic League". Once the student practices this arcanum and the truths contained therein, he or she can be certain to absolve the course of Initiation into Hermetics all the way to the crowning...>>

“The Wheel of the Year Companion: Rituals for Celebrating Pagan Festivals of the Season” by Anjou Kiernan

"Bring magic into your daily life by celebrating the sacred cycles of Nature with this beautiful and portable guide to the eight Wiccan sabbats. Lavishly illustrated and photographed, The Wheel of the Year Companion guides you through the history of the holidays, their Pagan roots, and how to merge these sacred cycles and celebrations with today’s traditions and holidays. Each sabbat chapter is brimming with spells and practices that will help you incorporate the old magick of the seasons into your modern life. Accompanying each turn of the Wheel as it cycles through the holidays of Yule, Imbolc, Ostara, Beltane, Litha, Lughnasadh, Mabon, and Samhain are: Feast recipes Spells and...>>

“A History of Witchcraft: Sorcerers, Heretics & Pagans” by Jeffrey B. Russell

"An authoritative and concise history of witchcraft from the ancient world up to the present day. Witchcraft has always been a fluid and intriguing belief system that has enchanted and sometimes terrified humanity. Now in its third edition, A History of Witchcraft has established itself as the authoritative history of witchery and the occult. Beginning with magic in the ancient world, Jeffrey B. Russell explores the definition of witchcraft in its many diverse forms, from the worship of the Greek goddess of magic, Hecate, and the witch crazes of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries to the development of modern witchcraft by Aleister Crowley and Gerald Gardner in the early twentieth century. Brooks Alexander analyzes the development...>>

“Women of Tarot: An Illustrated History of Divinators, Card Readers, and Mystics” by Cat Willett

"Discover the hidden stories of tarot and divination—traced through the lives and contributions of Lady Frieda Harris, Marie Anne Lenormand, Pamela Colman Smith, and Rachel Pollack—in this vividly illustrated popular history of the cards. Tarot's storied history takes us from the highest circles of Italian Renaissance society through to present day card creators. And throughout that time, women have been the primary drivers of both artistic and magical innovation in the form, though they haven't always been given adequate credit for doing so. Now, for the first time, readers can explore the lives and work of some of the women who have brought us the word's most popular divinatory art. In Women of Tarot...>>