This is less a blog item and more a celebration of just over twenty-two years of friendship with a couple of my oldest and dearest friends and mentors in the United States! Chic and Tabby Cicero have been there for me – as I have for them – through all the trials and tribulations through […]
Seeing as we’re at the Spring Equinox, here’s a simple alchemical elixir I make most years according to Cockren’s recipe: THE GOLDEN WINE OF ARCHIBALD COCKREN. This Alchemical recipe has been taken from the work of Archibald Cockren and is essentially a Solar Elixir. Also, this wine is a mystical wine that purifies the Body […]
Today I spent a very pleasant time with a young couple. Sadly, the young woman had a chronic health issue, but they had been told about me and decided to come for a healing. The ceremony was performed, using traditional Rosicrucian and spiritual techniques, and will continue at a distance using established methods. I wish […]
In an Appendix to his book on Martinism, written in 1946, immediately after World War II, Robert Ambelain included an Appendix concerning the Ark of the Covenant. It is a fascinating look at this sacred object, and raises a number of questions not previously considered. I translated the book – and the Appendix – around […]
A phrase well-known to Rosicrucians is ‘Mors Janua Vitae‘, or ‘Death, the Gate to Life‘. This profound statement is well worth much consideration and meditation. Indeed, there is almost no initiatory path which doesn’t involve the reenactment of a death and bringing back to life (thought sadly some branches of Freemasonry have become so politically […]
I am delighted to announce that my latest translation, “Elementary Treatise on Practical Magic” by Papus, is now available on Amazon across the world and on a number of other book sites. Available in hardback and paperback, don’t be fooled by the word “Elementary” in the title: it weighs in at 510 pages long! You […]
I have always been fascinated by Abbé Julio (1844 – 1912), that enigmatic French priest who, having been ordained as a Catholic priest, broke with Rome in 1885, eventually joining with Vilatte in the Independent Catholic movement. His books of prayers, combining traditional Catholicism with esoteric Talismans and Sacramentaries which predated Robert Ambelain’s famous ‘Sacramentaire de […]
OK. Today’s blog is a little heavy if you don’t know much about the Scottish Rectified Rite!!! However, this important nugget was recently published on a French website, and given it discusses comments by one of the world experts on this topic, Jean-Marc Vivenza, I felt it my duty to translate it. The original may […]
A couple of signal events over the past couple of weeks (sorry for my absence, but my upcoming book will be worth it!). Firstly, I presented a copy of my translation of Saint-Martin’s book to M:.W:. Jean-Pierre Servel, Grand Master of the G.N.L.F., during his visit with over 100 French Masons to the Grand Lodge […]
