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 […]
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 […]
As I come toward the end of translating Papus’ book “Treatise on Practical Magic”, I am struck by how earnestly he wants Magic to be taken seriously and sit alongside the other sciences. It is unfortunate that Hypnosis will suffer the same fate as Psychology in trying to get a seat at the scientific table. […]
When I was in school in the late 1960s I came across Worlds In Collision by Immanuel Velikovsky. I was totally hooked! Born in Russia in 1895, he published a number of books which rocked the scientific world from 1950 onwards, eventually settling in Princeton, NJ, where he died in 1979. If he had been […]
For those who found A Bohemian Ghost (Part 1) interesting, here is the conclusion, which is included in the 1893 book by Papus entitled “An Elementary Treatise on Practical Magic”, in a section about the use of the magical sword: The fluid accumulations formed by the union of astral powers acting like a soul […]
