This blog takes a departure from my usual subject matter. While tidying up the other day I came across a precious document I had written out by hand from an old typed manuscript, and in the interest of its preservation and for the interest of readers, I present it here. When I was a boy […]
It has been a little while since I last posted, but I promised not to bore you with irrelevant subjects! Hollywood isn’t known for its accurate portrayal of esoteric topics, and it is a rare movie which demonstrates true expertise. Most movies prefer to stun our senses with outrageous special effects, which anyone with experience […]
Dear Friends, I have a favor to ask you – and hopefully an incentive! Many of you have purchased my translations of Saint-Martin and Papus, and have had very kind things to say both on Facebook and in person. Unfortunately, that hasn’t translated to reviews on amazon.com!!! Amazon judges success by a number of factors, […]
This is not a normal post, but a piece of family history. Most families have the proverbial ‘black sheep’, the person nobody mentions. I never knew I had a great uncle called Harry, bother to my grandfather. Recently, going through me mother’s belongings I found an old letter dated 1935, from this relative who was […]
I’m delighted to announce that Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin’s second book, ‘Natural Table’, is now published and available at amazon.com among other sites in the US, as well the most country Amazon websites. Published in 1782, seven years after ‘Of Errors & Truth’, Saint-Martin was still a Freemason and avid follower of Pasqually and his teachings, […]
The good news is, my translation of Saint-Martin’s book “Natural Table” is finally with the printers, and if the proofs look good it should be generally available within the next week. I had hoped it to be out by the end of June, but a bout with pneumonia and a couple of speaking engagements pushed […]
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 […]
