Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters: Now Available!

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From the famed Devils of Loudon to the workings of John Dee, and from Lurancy Vennum to Swedenborg, “Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters” is a fine collection of strange lore related to spirits, hauntings, strange legal cases, and spiritual dabbling. It is a skeptical work, and relates these cases in their historical context with great accuracy, with the writer attempting at times to debunk the tales being told and their prior explanations, which of course tended towards the superstitious. It mixes this with a semi-rationalized endorsement of investigations into the supermundane, by various methods, especially within the realm of psychology and the application of hypnotism, telepathy, and so forth, within a scientific context. It is a truly valuable collection of paranormal tales for the folklore lover.

147 pages.

Investigations Into the Superphysical: Now Available!

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This short work by Annie Besant is a compressed basic overview of the then-present state ofthe Theosophical Society, some of its spiritual premises, and a few predictions of note from the contemporary period. It is notable in having been fundamentally correct about mankind undergoing drastic civilizational change in the imminent sense (the work does not far predate the roaring twenties after all) while positing a few reasons for this which very much fell out of favor- such as attempting to communicate with the spirits of the dead. It is one of a few true new age works from the time period.

42 pages.

Hints From the Hornograph: Now Available!

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This intriguing work is fairly obviously inspired in part by Blavatskys early Theosophical writings, and draws allegory between the Bible and then-modern events, prophecying the fall of Britain and the rise of the United States as a world power, establishing a (literal) church in Philadelphia- the actual city of residence of the pseudonymous author. It is richly linguistic (read; dense) and so will mainly be of interest to those who like language, hidden writing, and prophecy. Oddly, the prophecy did actually come true; the United States would, in only a few short decades, become a dominant power with the launch of the great white navy, the rise of art deco and the boom times of industry, and Britain would at the same time begin to fracture. Indeed when the language is dug into fairly deeply, it’s surprisingly accurate.

This edition has been fully reillustrated by Raven Feather Illustrations

88 pages.

General Update Time!

Alright everyone.

It’s time for probably the final update of the year; I have the illustrations for the final two works I will release this year- right now “Hints from the Hornograph” is still in review, already uploaded to Amazon, and after that come “Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters” and “Investigations Into the Superphysical”- but that is just the tip of the iceberg, I am happy to announce!

After having already revised my expected yearly works upward twice, I continued well beyond that already expanded project and began working on works for 2024. Six are already done, a seventh half edited, and several others already awaiting editing having been formatted. All in all it should be pretty easy to get at least twenty works out in 2024- while likely editing ahead for the subsequent year since I am a workaholic. Several of these works will be particularly important; such as “Observations on the Use of Bathing” which is a mid 18th century medical work of historical import for its references to such usages in antiquity.

While I didn’t get around to it this year, I am also really going to try and create several more full length compiled works next year, and hopefully get to re-editing and vastly expanding some of my own authored texts.

Onward!

God-Man: The Word Made Flesh: Now Available!

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This is a very interesting Theosophical work; at times rather confusing, with a lot of content which resembles a religious tract more than a coherent book. Nonetheless, its content is fairly straight-forward; it deals with the topic of sacred sexuality and biblical allegory, overlapped with biochemistry, utilizing the theory of “mineral salts” and their role in the human body. Abstaining from alcohol and sex is a common subtopic- although the work does not make it clear whether the latter should also take place within the confines of marriage. It quotes both the Christian Bible and Blavatsky, and also intertwines with elements of Hinduism such as the kundalini.

210 pages.

An Epitome of the Homeopathic Healing Art: Now Available!

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Benjamin Hills exhaustive work on homeopathy is effectively meant to be a guide to the actual usage of the medicines involved with the practice- a list of different materials of note (herbal and mineral), and various conditions and their treatments. This system departs somewhat from older medical traditions which were more drastic, while retaining a focus on using many substances known to be dangerous to human health, such as ipecac and arsenic. It speaks briefly on the preparation of medicinal compounds and pills as well.

Some of the treatments proposed are also innocuous- a departure from older medicine, while retaining some of the same basic premises of Galenism.

103 pages.

Curiosities of Olden Times: Now Available!

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Sabine Baring-Gould was one of the more notable compilers of folklore and history in his century. This particular edition is one of the greater ones; the lore comes from many cultures and time periods, and was chosen specifically because it was curious or odd. So we have tales here of saints which were insane paired with cryptography, and folklore regarding women resides in the same work as a collection of stories of animals being criminally prosecuted. Much of the content is humorous, all of it is interesting.

This edition has been illustrated by Raven Feather Illustrations.

235 pages.

Chassidism: Now Available!

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This short work is largely a look at the rituals and beliefs of Chassidic (or Hasidic) Judaism- dancing, song, marital rites, and so forth. It touches on the history of the sect, and its mysticism, and culminates in a suggestion that an actual state of Israel should be created- the work being notable in that it was constructed long prior to the same, in the middle of the first world war- an example of Zionist literature from the era.

39 pages

Botanic Materia Medica: Now Available!

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This mid-19th century work is an excellent materia medica, more rigorously categorical than many competing editions from the time period, containing an entire list of abbreviations for the usage of species, which are then applied in the work. It contains several hundred different entries- the usages are sometimes archaic, although some terms (such as astringent and stimulant) are still used.

It is a fine example of herbal medicine from the early period in which organic chemistry was leading to the rudimentary standardization of dosage- the work details the difference between tinctures, extracts, and so forth, as well.

Illustrated by Raven Feather Illustrations.

99 pages.

The Book of Forbidden Knowledge: New Edition!

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This is a special announcement!

The Book of Forbidden Knowledge inexplicably became my all time best seller years ago- it is a bric a brac, likely with multiple authors, and compiles material related to charms, talismans, divination, black magic, spirit-rapping, and other oddities. A few entries appear to be tongue in cheek (curing someone of a gambling addiction by whipping them with a piece of leather from an executioners’ whip for example!), and is a very good read all in all. This improved new edition corrects a few errors in the original, is fully reillustrated, and uses a more professional format. I also dropped the price; Amazon has become a landscape of price undercuts by people releasing cheap, crappy editions and taking advantage of the new pricing system.

It is truly one of the most inexplicably strange works I have edited.

109 pages.