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The Octavo: A sorceror-scientist’s
grimoire (Roundworld edition)
by Peter J. Carroll (Review)
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The Work of the Hierophant By

Josephine McCarthy (Review)
All the King's Children (Review)
Ayahuasca and Peruvian Shamanism

(article by Jeannie Rogers)
Magic in the New Testament by Robert

Conner (announcement)
Barry Cunliffe, The Druids: A Very

Short Introduction: Oxford University
Press, 2010,
£7.99 ISBN: 978-0-19-953940-6
(Reviewed by: Ronald Hutton)
Wicked Enchantments: a history of the

Pendle Witches & their magic by
Joyce Froome (reviews)
Tubelo's Green Fire:

Mythos, Ethos, Female, Male &
Priestly Mysteries of the Clan of Tubal
Cain (Announcement)
Lectures, Conferences & Exhibitions
The Octavo: A sorceror-scientist’s grimoire
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(Roundworld edition)
by Peter J. Carroll, 184pp, £10.99
Every universe potentially has its own Supr eme

Grimoire containing the spells which define its reality
and the magic which you can perform within that
reality.
In this Octavo we have assemb led scattered secrets for

a Suprem e Grimoir e forRoundworld, the universe in
which you’re standing.
To this end we have taken some inspiration from

Pratchett’s Discworld, and a lot from Theoretical
Physics and Practical Chaos Magic.
“The m ost original, and pr obably the most important,
writer on Magick since Aleister Crowley.”
-Robert Anton Wilson, author of the Cosmic Trigger

trilogy.
Peter J. Carroll is o ne of the founders o f the Magical
Pact of the Illum inates of Thanateros (IOT) which he
led for a decade. He has spent thirty-seven years in
research and experiment and is the author of three
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other books Liber Null & Psychonaut, Liber Kaos: the

Psychonom icon, and Psybermagic, and The
Apophenion.
Cover design by Matt Kaybryn - who has worked on

several CGI projects in NZ film industry
Octavo Review:----
A chaos magick theory of everything. Improbable?
And therefore
possible! Having followed F rater Stokastikos’ journey
to perceive
the shape of the universe, I’ve found the developm ents
fascinating,
and also impatiently wondered how these new
discoveries apply to
magick exactly. Well, now I know. In The Octavo Peter
J. Carroll
expounds a new m ap of the universe pro viding no less
than a m ap of
magick and therefore reality itself.
Abandon your current perceptions, suspend your

disbelief, and
rejoice in a viable replacement for that absurd big
bang theory:
does an exploding singularity m ake a sound if no -one
can hear it? I
think n ot. If your present map of the universe does not
get turned
comp letely inside out, it will at least get redefined. But
don’t
panic, because the very first magickal equation, the
Spell of the
Binding, reassuringly stops our worlds from literally
falling
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apart. And neither will we im minently implode; cue the

Spells of
the Spinning which account for our ongoing
dynamism.
But o f course, if the shape of the u niverse seems so

obvious after
the first two chapters, why h ave we spent all this time
getting it
so wrong? The Spells of Illusion explain our
civilisation’s folly
regarding our m isperceptions to date. Then we find
out that magick
works in this u niverse because chaos exists. And the
Spells of
Subtle Magic explain why our whim s don’t materialize
instantaneously.
The next two spells have the most familiarity to me as

the core of
Stokastikos’ earlier published equation of m agick: link
*
probability. Finally we have a practical m agickal
application for
wave functions in the Spells of the Linking. The
magickal link has
probably suffered the most m isunderstandings as one
of building
blocks in spelling, while the Spells of Impractical
Magic show us
just how m uch probability we need (and can do
without) for our
enchantments. Now that we have most of the theory,
we can add the
finishing components and put it all together with the
Spell of
Practical Magic.
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The eighth and final spell brings us back to the map

where we
started. We can navigate any terrain m ore effectively
the better
our m ap. And the same applies to magick. The Spell of
the
Narration shows us the need to understand the
boundaries and
somewhat m ore esoteric equilibrium that ebbs and
flows between
entropy and negentropy. Only mere decades after
Crowley lamented
the lack of rigorous investigation into the properties of
the
aether, Frater Stokastikos articulates a delicious theory
of how
and why magick works. But this m ap leaves plenty of
uncharted
territory (finite but unbounded specifically) for the
most
adventurous explorers to venture into. Mind the
beasties,
especially ourselves. With the knowledge of the eighth
spell, we
can aim for a happy ending – no guarantees of course
– but
Stokastikos challenges us to ask ourselves what we
use our m agick
for.
After the eight spells, the action doesn’t stop. A call to

arms no
less to avert an apocalypse, or at least choose our
preferred
flavour. Do you have what it takes to transform into a
Knight of
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Chaos? Add an invocation of Eris for chaotic

inspiration , flex
your strategic m uscles in Sorcerer’s Chess and we
comp lete this
whirlwind of rebel physics and rebel magick. I can’t
even begin to
explain the maths and physics in the book, and
happily I don’t need
to – Stokastikos does this expertly enough. If you think
he has
got it wrong, enjoy yourself trying to disprove it.
Of course, the very name of the book The Octavo

comes from that
parallel Pratchett universe the Discworld. Just as its
namesake
contains the eight spells which hold the Discworld
together, so too
does this Octavo hold us in Roundworld. But it also
liberates us.
What can one say about a book that redefines our
understanding of
our existence: original, essential, with far-reaching
implications?
All of the above and much mor e. Expect a journey
through the
aeons as well as around the universe, and a tantalising
invitation
to create our future. By the end of the book, phrases
like
“vorticitating hypersphere” and “im manentising the
eschaton” will
seem like your everyday vocabulary. But mind when
and where you use
them: don’t forget what happened to those who first
challenged the
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flat world theory. (Star Anise)
The Work of the Hierophant By Josephine

McCarthy, Golem Media
Reviewed by Charlotte Rodgers
(Whose own book The Bloody Sacrifice is
released January 2011)
I firmly believe that with The Work of the Hierophant
Josephine
McCarthy has once again written something that
should go in the
‘classic’ section of all occultists’ and spiritual
practitioners’
book-case.
The Work of the Hierophant examines h ow to create a

modern
occult group and approaches this creation in depth,
and from all
angles.This includes exploration of reasons for
forming a magickal
order, and the means of doing it alongside addressing
both
contemporary and traditional methods and pitfalls.
This inform ation is presented by looking at

developm ent of a
working magical structure in contemporary and
experiential term s,
rather than as an instruction manual for the novice.
Josephine has an innate ability to use words with

striking visual
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effect which creates a strong sense o f understanding

in the reader.
She is also courageous enough to take on all the
elephants that
thunder through the world of the occult comm unity
such as ego, m oney,
sexuality and gender. She addresses what happens
when these
pachyderms, which always exist in some form or
other, are not
acknowledged and dealt with.
Although this book is adamant that its practical

exercises are
aimed only at those who work in a group context, I
believe it would
also have relevance to solo practitioners. I am not
aligned to a
specific order or lodge b ut benefited from reading The
Work of the
Hierophant, and found it to be relevant to aspects of
my practice.
This was not sim ply as a point of reference or to
provide insight into
past group work but because even outside the overt
structure of a
working order there is a dynamic within many spiritual
networks, which
although mo re social in nature, still has potential to
become an
egregore the nature of which aspects of this book has
insight into.
I cannot recomm end this enough. (Charlotte)
All the King's Children: The Human
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Legacy of Alex Sanders

by Jimahl Di Fiosa (Logios) 198pp $19
This is a collection of short mem oires by American
and British witches who one way or another have
found their way into the style of witchcraft that has
come to be known as "Alexandrian" after its founders
Alex and Maxine Sanders. It is a fact that Alex and
Maxine Sanders were magical catalysts and opened
doors to their potentials for the many people who m et
them and sought their counsel. The stories are familiar
in details to many others on a quest for the magical
religion. Even so, having briefly met Scott at a pagan
event I thought I'd follow his journey "Green Sweets
for the Green Man" - he is in real life an articulate
advocate o f his new faith. His jour ney from born again
Catholic priest to thir d degree Alexandrian High Priest
with his well respected L ondon coven, is full of energy
and interesting detail. The remainder o f the collection
follows a sim ilar pattern, with the genuineness and
value of their experiences and their relevance in
today's world. So whilst there is little liturgical or ritual
material it is an engaging volum e. [Mogg]
Ayahuasca and Peruvian Shamanism

By Jeannie Rogers
There are many different forms of Shamanism , for the

Peruvian Shaman Ayahuasca plays a major part of the
spiritual healing and cultural traditions of the Amazon.
The "vine of the souls" is known by various names but

the most well known maybe is Ayahuasca, in Quechua
aya means spirit or ancestor and huasca m eans vine
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or rope. It is said that those shamans who work with

Ayahuasca will be bestowed with the ability to
comm une with the spirits, diagnose illness, treat
disease. To train as an Ayahuasquero can take m any
years. Training involves long periods of tim e in the
jungle in isolation with countless nights ingesting
Ayahuasca and days dieting your chosen plant
doctors.
In 2008 Ayahuasca was constitutionally recognized by

the Peruvian government as a national treasure. In
ceremonial use it is on e of the earliest objects related
and a specially engraved cup, now a museum piece,
was found in the Amazon dated 500BC and shows that
Ayahuasca has been used as a sacrament.
The Ayahuasca brew is made by first collecting the

vine from the rainforest with a pu re and sacred intent.
You don’t have to look hard for her, if you sit and
listen carefully you’ll hear her heart beat calling. Next
gather chacruna leaves which gives the DMT effect.
Ayahuasca needs chacruna, the enzym e monoamine
oxidase funtions in our digestive system s to break
down any monoamines present within the foods we
eat. They do not upset the balances of monoamine
neurotransmitter metabolism going on in our brains.
DMT being a m onoam ine is completely oxidized and
decomposed by MAO in the gut. When it is ingested
orally the AS-Carboline alkaloids from the Ayahuasca
lina are known to inhibit MAO to the point where the
accom panying DMT from the admixture plant can
survive in the digestive tract and makes it’s way to the
brain; thus we are able to have our visionary journeys
as well as healing and knowledge.
How did the Sham an find this knowledge with out the
use of science? My maestro says the spirits told them.
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Every plant has a spirit. The shaman, as part of his

apprenticeship spends years dieting plants and roots.
They teach him their curative effects. Part of the
training as an Ayahuascera involves plant diets, this
means ingesting a particular plant for a period of time
given to you by your m aestro. You have to follow a
diet which denies you sugar, salt, sex, alcohol, pork, in
fact the diet consists largely of rice, and rice water
twice daily.
Why the diet? Well we want to attract the plant doctors

to become one with us and as the spirits and plant
doctors who teach us are pu re, they are m ade happy
when we are also pure!
A short anecdote as told by my m aestro: an apprentice

shaman’s maestro once gave him tobacco to diet in a
mix so strong that it bordered on the toxic. After
consuming the fermented tobacco drink, the
apprentice retired to his jungle cabin where he lay in a
coma like state for three days. “When you take this
drink your either live or die" his m aestro told him, "if
you live you will know tobacco“.
When I was in the jungle my m aestro allowed m e to

prepare the Ayahuascera mixture. I pum melled the
vine until she split, then I neatly placed the split vines
on the outside of the pot. Next I gathered Chacruna
leaves and again placed them neatly in the middle of
the pot. I was instructed to place everything very
carefully and neatly to prevent a confused journey. The
mixture is then boiled for 10-12 h ours overseen at all
stages by the shaman, who continuou sly blows sm oke
from the Mapachos into and over the brew. When
ready the mix becomes a muddy pungent liquid with a
rather fowl acrid taste.
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Once ingested Ayahuascera produces initial feelings of

warmth which spread through the body creating a
sense of well being. Som e p eople want to pu rge very
quickly but should refrain for as long as possible as to
allow Ayahuascera to do her work. If you can connect
with her as she is m oving inside of you, it is an
amazing and intriguing feeling. She can feel very
snake like as she m oves inside.
I wanted to meet with her before ceremony, so I spent

time by the brew on m y own – I started talking to her,
about m y intent and as time went on she appeared.
Her long black hair cascaded down h er back, she had
sharp cheekbones and cold serpent like skin. Her
steely eyes questioning, searching my depths, her
trust was not easily gained. She left as quickly as she
had appeared, and whilst the m eeting had been cold, I
was left with me a warm knowing that everything
would be well.
Seven pm and it was time for the ceremony to begin.

One by one we filtered silently in the Malocha and took
our places. When everybody was seated andf the
doors locked a hushed atmosphere fell upon us.
Whilst we did not speak, there was truly an air of
apprehension, what awaited us? As the first person
approached the Shaman, we held ou r br eath. He took
the Ayahuascera, asking his question he silently set
his intent. We watched as they drank, willing
themselves not to react or show weakness or
disrespect. When the cup was empty, they returned to
their place waiting for the journey to begin. One after
the other, we all took the Ayahuascera, setting an
intent, we returned and waited.
My first journey was surprisingly peaceful. My next

journey however was far from so. I had asked for total
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purification before m y plant dieting the next day.

Searing heat gripped every inch of my flesh and
bones. My bo dy felt as if being pu lled apart. I wanted
to scream, I knew if I scream ed I would never stop. I
found the strength to stand and left the Malocha. I had
to distract myself, if only I could sing m y Icaro! I
started to sing, forcing myself to walk through to the
jungle. Pain seared on ce more and m y knees buckled,
crashing m e d own o n the sand provided no cushion.
Heaving, m y body purged and I knew no t of the insects
making their way through m y clothes and h air, biting
at any flesh they found. Visions suffocated my mind,
colours whirled and voices echoed. I opened my eyes
searching for truth and saw dancing shipbo patterns.
Standing and falling, heaving and crashing, this
torture lasted for four hours. My strength drained and I
fell powerless into a restless and troubled sleep.
Warmth tickled as sunlight flooded m y eyes. Waking I

felt strong and empowered, nothing like the night
before. Now I was ready to meet her again.
Shamans wo rk hard for their craft, no matter what your

drive is for doing a Shamanic apprenticeship.
Curiosity should not be your m ain motivation. Better
an unbending intent, a deep m agnetic attraction and
love of the plant and rainforest. An inner resonance
with the shamanic path should be at the core of your
desire. The shamanic pathway is not glamoro us, but
can often be a lonely road as is always the path of a
traveller.
My web site address is: http://www.zedar.co.uk

My name is Jeannie Rogers a pr acticing shaman I run
courses and drum circles in Oxfordshire feel free to
contact me.
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Magic in the New Testament By Robert

Conner
isbn 978-1-906958-27-5, £12.99, 362pp
Early Christians were accused of practicing magic by

Jews, Pagans, and
other Christians. Magic in the New Testament
exam ines magical pr axis
comm on to the New Testament, the m agical papyri,
the Sepher Ha-Razim,
the Book of Enoch, the apocryphal Acts and the
pre-Nicene church fathers
and surveys the professional literature on early
Christian magic from
1927 through 2009.
Additional topics include:
Magic, fam ily and sexuality,
The Old Testament background of early Christian

magic,
The relationship between magic and apocalypticism,
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Veneration of relics and necromantic sorcery,
Resurrection, ghost stories and polymorphism ,
Magic and mystery cult in early Christianity.
The Question of Sources/The Holy Family/The

Looming Apocalypse/T he Final
Confrontation/Resurrection or Ghost Story?/Magical
Palestine/Jesus the
Magician/A Darker Sorcery/Christian
Necromancy/Cults of Possession/Spirit Versus Spirit/
The Christian Mysteries/The Son of Horus/ Last Rites
Robert Conner, an independent scholar, studied

biblical languages at Western Kentucky University.
He is the author of Jesus The Sorcerer as well as
co-author of textbooks on electrocardiography.
Online bonus essay on Secret Gospel of Mark:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/36964375/A-Letter-
to-Theodore
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Author: Barry Cunliffe, Title: The Druids:

A Very Short Introduction
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Date:
2010, Price: £7.99
ISBN: 978-0-19-953940-6 (Reviewed by:
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Ronald Hutton)
At 136 pages of small print, this introduction is not

really very short. It is, moreover, a significant piece of
work, representing the mom ent when the greatest
living expert in the British Iro n Age, Sir Barry Cunliffe,
at last gives the Druids, ancient and m odern,
sustained attention. The result has to be impressive,
because of Sir Barry’s deep knowledge of late
prehistory and his experience and verve as a writer. It
is also, in m ost respects, decidedly old-fashioned,
making a fresh and eloquent case for an approach to
the subject dominant half a century ago, most
obviously in the work of Stuart Piggott.
It insists that the ancient Greek and Rom an texts that

portray Druids are fundamentally reliable, engaging in
some extremely speculative suggestions (that the
passages concerned derive from lost works by
travellers who actually saw Druids in action) to
support this idea. It argues that the Druids of the Iron
Age were preservers of kno wledge and beliefs which
came down to them from the Neolithic (relinking them
to the builders of Stonehenge) while also
acknowledging that the social and cultural context for
these had changed profoundly during the Bronze Age.
It instinctually views prehistoric societies as
dominated by elites, who persuaded or forced the bulk
of the population to follow their ideas.
As part of its general conservatism and respect for

classical writers, it supports the assertions m ade by
some Greek and Roman writers that Druids engaged in
human sacrifice, while acknowledging some of the
objections now raised against them: in the process, he
restates a belief that Lindow Man, the famous bog
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body from Cheshire, is good evidence for ritual killing

even though the British Museum, which exhibits the
body and first prop agated that belief, has now
retreated from it. He is kinder and more honour able to
modern Druids than Stuart Piggott, having taken the
trouble to read som e of their works and become
convinced of their essential benevolence.
He em phasises that they have no direct relationship

with the ancient Druids and no special knowledge of
them, but sees virtues in their principles: like many
archaeologists, however, he is being pushed towards a
mor e hostile attitude by the campaigns of some
contemporary Druids to achieve the reburial of ancient
human remains. Upon each of his conclusions
regarding ancient Druidry, the present reviewer takes a
different viewpoint, but Sir Barry’s fluency, courtesy
and great knowledge of the ancient world mean that all
he writes on this, as on any subject, is a pleasure to
read and m akes an im portant contribution.
Wicked Enchantments: a history of the

Pendle Witches & their magic by Joyce
Froome
400pp, illustrated, Carnegie Publishing
www.carnegiepublishing.com
A peddler is accosted by a wom an on the edge of the
wild m oorland surrounding Pendle Hill. Th e young
lady, a local cunning woman, is after new pins, a vital
ingredient in early modern spellcraft. The peddler
takes fright; he stumbles as he retreats into a local inn.
It is from this trivial incident that one of the most well
known (and well documented) of 17th century witch
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trials will grow. We m eet the comm itted, clever Justice

of the Peace Roger Nowell who uses this incident to
build a case intended to crush the cunning folk of
Pendle. This is a ripping yarn, a court-room drama
where evidence, manipulation, defiance and
desperation infuse the page-turning tale that the
author expertly unfolds.
Joyce Froome m eticulously peels back the layers in

this case, looking in detail at the archives from the
period. Her work is informed by later writers but what
comes across im mediately is the sense that she’s
really imm ersed herself in the pr im ary documents.
This alone should mark this out as a valuable
historical text. But there is m uch, much m ore to
Wicked Enchantm ents that a rock solid history.
The Pendle case is set in a wider context by the

author; spirit comm unication, m edieval and early
modern magical pr actice, theological and popular
attitudes to m agicians are all discussed. The context
that Joyce creates includes a penetrating reading of
the famous case of Gilles de Rais and a close analysis
of the origins, metaphysics and use of folk charms.
Wicked Enchantm ents also archives the distinction of

being beautifully produced, includ ing evocative
photographs of various occult experim ents and
objects from the collection of the Boscastle Museum
of Witchcraft. T he author writes herself beautifully into
the story of the cunning folk with her own description
of trying out scrying, and the rationale for a belief in
the efficacy of m agic is sensitively explored.
This sensitivity in the writing is particularly in

evidence when we come to the trials of the witches
(which are described in detail) and the executions
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(which are not). This is a boo k that und erstands the

perspectives of all the actors; it shies away from bland
interpretations of Roger Nowell as ‘the baddie’ and the
cunning folk as the heroes of the story. But what it
does do is tell the tale, without pulling any punches
over the horrors of gaol and torture, bu t without
fetishising the myth of the ‘Burning T im es’. The story
Joyce tells is far too hum an for that.
So if you want to discover the old magic of Britain

rather than read any num ber of reconstructionist texts
about ‘traditional witchcraft’ I’d recom mend this book.
You’ll find both hard facts and beguiling mystery in
Wicked Enchantm ents. T his is a fine testament to
those cunning folk who died during this tragic period
in our nation’s history, and an intelligent look at how
magic exists in culture. Highly recom mended. - Julian
Vayne
Postscript by MS Editor
It’s fast approaching the 400th anniversary of the

notorious trial of the Pendle witches, a dozen of whom
ended their lives swinging from a tree near Pendle Hill.
Joyce Froome's encyclopaedic book is a refreshing
reappraisal of the details of the trial. Once upon a time
any mo dern apologia would have had to say they were
innocent victims of the European witch craze. But after
two decades of pagan history - the author can now
fram e the events m uch more accurately as the fact that
the victim s of this m iscarriage of justice were indeed
witches and ind eed cunning folk. Joyce uses the
opportunity to assemble m uch useful background
material on the nature of the folk magic of the times,
as well as docum enting with photographs and
facsim iles old and new the whole con text of the case.
So it is both a history boo k and travelogue with lots of
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photographs and m aps that really bring the history to

life. The m ain historical source is The Wonderful
Discovery of Witches in the County of Lancashire. This
she carefully deconstructs picking her way skilfully
round the docum ent's obvious bias. She sum marise
many statem ents that m ight have cast the eleven
defendants (examinates) in a favourable light have
been om itted.
The chapter on Giles the Rais as part of the "context"

for the downer on cunning folk is fascinating. I didn't
comp letely agree with her implication that Gilles de
Rais was an inn ocent set up by the state - although I
guess m any will. The truth of this notorious trial is for
many in doubt because of the use of torture - but even
so I think it worth saying that other m odern
researchers include details om itted by Joyce - i.e.
accounts of how cheaply life was bought at the tim e;
the violence of Gilles de Rais’ upbringing and ind eed
the violence of his own nature, all of which fit the
profile of a sexual predator and serial m urderer. She
also makes no mention of his fear of
excom munication and how it was this rather than fear
of torture that most shook his testimony.
One aspect of the book I really did find innovative was

her focus on the "old hag" ie the psychological
phenonenon of sleep paralysis and how this m ight
relate to the kinds of supernatural assault mentioned
in the witch trials. It's a topic I m yself explor e in
connection with the ancient Egyptian magical religion
in my book Supernatural Assault in Ancient Egypt.
As Joyce's book continued I thought that som etimes

the actual story of the Pendle witches was submerged
in contextual detail often of material not local to the
events themselves. I was also somewhat distracted by
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the brigh t and shiny pictures of Joyce’s friends and

fam ily which seems slightly at odds with the darkness
of the underlying story. But on the whole - a very
engaging tome (mogg)
Tubelo's Green Fire:

Mythos, Ethos, Female, Male & Priestly
Mysteries of the Clan of Tubal Cain
By Shani Oates
isbn 978-1-906958-07-7
£12.99 / 300pp
http://www.mandrake.uk.net/shanioates.htm
This bo ok explores historical and contem porary ideas

of witchcraft through the perspective of the Clan of
Tubal Cain - a closed Initiatory group aligned to the
Shadow Mysteries within the Luciferian stream. As
students of arte we m ediate the ancestral stream,
teaching through practice with the sacred tenets of
Truth, Love and Beauty. T he Word is thus manifest in
deed and vision.
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wisdom. Knowledge is a state that all organic life

posesses, wisdom is the reward of the spir it, gained in
the search for knowledge. Truth is variable – what is
true now, will not be true tom orrow, since the temporal
truths are dependent upon ethics and social m ores –
therefore wisdom is possibly eternal Truth, untouched
by m an’s cond ition. So we must come to the heart of
the People, a belief that is based upon Eternity, and
not upon social n eeds or pressures – the ‘witch’ belief
then is concerned with wisdom , our true name, then is
the wise people and wisdom is our aim.” Robert
Cochrane 1931-1966
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and Robert Cochrane/ Hekate, Dark Mistress of the
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Muertos / Abbots Brom ley, the Wild Hunt and Saint
Nick / Sum mer and Winter Customs / The Wild Hunt /
Green Knight, Dark God of Light / The Fisher King:
Gnostic Priest of the High Mysteries of the Graal / T he
Divine Duellists / Why Cranes? An Exploration into
their Mythic Significance in / Legend and Lore/ The
Fruit o f Wisdom / Musings on the Sacred / The Mystery
Tradition / A Man for all Seasons / The T hree Rings of
the Compass / Traditional Enigma / The Alchemy of
the Compass / What is an Initiation?
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Lectures, Conferences & Exhibitions
April After two weird, wild and wonderful University

2nd- years of the Ecology, Cosmos and Kent / UK
3rd Consciousness lecture series, I am
2011 pleased to announce that the
lecture series will continue in the
new year at the October Gallery
every last Tuesday of the
month(more or less) as usual.
More news to follow on that soon.
Knowing that the road of excess

leads to the palace of wisdom the
Ecology, Cosm os and
Consciousness salon is now also
joining up with the UKC
Psychedelics Society, in
association with the Beckley
Foundation to bring you
Breaking Convention: A
Multidisciplinary Meeting on
Psychedelic Consciousness at the
University of Kent, Canterbury,
2-3rd April, 2011.
Two who le days of extraordinary

talks, debates, films and m usic on
the emerging alternative
neurochemical renaissance. Please
save the date, tickets available
soon (details below).
This will most definitely be an

event for which you sho uld turn
out and dr op on, in tune… or
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something like that, so please help

spread the words.
Please also join up with the

Ecology, Cosm os and
Consciousness Facebook site and
help us cross-pollinate wild ideas
on windy days. T here’s a storm a
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Organisers & Venues Locations Details :
Bath Bath Omphalos

Omph alos
Omph alos Magickal Moot is an
independent group open to people from all
magickal paths.
Meetings are on the second Sunday of

each m onth, at
St James Wine Vaults, St James Square,
Bath BA1 2TW.
Check our postings regularly for updates,

as there is often a guest speaker (when a
donation of £5.00 will be asked for to cover
expenses). Suggestions for discussion
topics are welcom ed - prior knowledge of a
topic is not essential as we can all learn
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from each other.
The Huntsman serves food, the upstairs

room is large and atm ospheric, and the
whole place oozes with history.
The Huntsman Inn

1, Terrace Walk, Bath, Som erset, BA1 1LJ
The Huntsman Inn weblink is

http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s
/84/8480/Huntsman_Inn/Bath
Bath omphalos website:

http://www.om phalos.org.uk/
The THE SECRET CHIEFS

Secret
Chiefs Meet on Alternate Mondays,
London 8p.m. / talk starts 8.30p.m . /Admission £2.
Upstairs at the Devereux Public House,
20 Devereux Court, off Essex Street,
The Strand,
London WC2R 3JJ
(nearest tube Temple, on Victoria
Embankment).
(Talking Stick began at The Plough on 14th
February 1990, moving through the years to
The Marquis Cornwallis, The Dog &
Trumpet, the Black Horse to the Princess
Louise, there becoming Secret Chiefs on
15th March 2000. Now at the Devereux).
Check out dates and speakers pro gramm e
on The Secret Chiefs' website
http://secretchiefslondon.wor dpress.com
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MWNN THE MOOT WITH NO NAME
Wednesdays, 7.30 for 8pm. Upstairs,

Devereux pub near Temple tube station.
£2. (Unless otherwise stated.) F indicates
an illustrated talk.
Directions: Opposite the Royal Courts of

Justice on the Strand (near Aldwych) is a
Tudor-style pub, the George. The Devereux
is down the alley next to this.
See map at http://tinyurl.com/cp7u2
Check out Moot With No Nam e website for

speakers
http://www.theatlantisbookshopevents.com
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Earth
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Circle Admission: £4.00
Venue:
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Lond on W1U 8EA. Nearest tube: Baker Street.
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