General Update Time!

As we segue into 2023 I thought it prudent to lay out my literary plans for this year; which after all can’t really be worse than 2022 was- that alone is grounds for some optimism!

While I formerly decided to stop editing one-off works, I have decided to continue that work on brownout mode; while it is far more sensible to write some more of my own material and compile occult material for serious study, there are still a large number of worthy editions which warrant crafting- I am going to considerably slow my output of such works, however, as it does not make sense to hire an illustrator to illustrate a work if it can’t be reasonably expected to at least break even regarding the investment of my time and money. I will be more choosy in my releases. I adore obscure receipt books for example, but I can’t expect them to sell as many copies as, say, a grimoire, or a historical tract on the Freemasons.

I am working on several authored works currently also; one is comedic and involves various leftists and their warped fantasies about Donald Trump- this will be more for my political audience than for any serious literary purpose, but if it does half as well as “101 commie jokes” it is well worth the time.

I will also be making at least three more compiled works over the next year, and plan to both re-edit several of my past works and begin crafting a rigorous and fully academic history of herbal medicine. I envision it as a massive tome of lore with a huge bibliography, profuse notes, and a large explanatory foreword; where Fruits of Eden was mainly about the supernatural this work will be historical.        

I may randomly meander into other topics as well. I have found it both fun and intriguing to make short booklets regarding cultural events (Critical Race Theory, for example, or Memetics) and there is no telling what such topics may arise during the year.

Onward!

Taylors Herbal: Now Available!

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Taylors Domestic Herbal is a good (and extremely early) example of the kind of medical literature sold by apothecaries and other figures at the dawn of the era of semi-standardized organic medicine. It deviates from the greater rigor in dosage and measurement from works beginning a few decades later (not to mention the wider variety of species available due to colonial importation), and from the often religiously or superstitiously-informed content in such works in the previous century.

It lists a wide variety of species both domestic and wild, and their usages- some are innocuous (like chamomile or turnips), while some are now generally regarded as highly toxic (like foxglove and datura.)

50 pages.

Practical Psychomancy: Now Available!

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This little guide to the psychometric world comes courtesy of William Walker Atkinson- a prolific author under both this name and several pseudonyms, also known as Yogi Ramacharaka when writing about Hinduism, Eastern mysticism, and related topics.

The work details the basic methodology of crystal gazing, astral projection, and speaks at length of the authors own concept of the “astral tube” and “space psychomancy.” Some of these concepts seem unique to his own beliefs. A number of intriguing examples of prognostication by mystics are given, including those of Cazotte.

70 pages.

Cistercian Legends of the 13th Century: Now Available!

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The Cistercian order is one of great importance within the history of Catholicism. Their focus on hard work tended to uplift adjacent communities more than similarly constructed groups. The Cistercians, it seems, also had a very early hearty sense of humor (by the standards of the 13th century!) for some of their legends and tales involve tricking Satan, upstanding bishops and priests, and generally demonstrate their ascetic piety and charity.

This book relates a large number of tales, ranging from the humorous to the serious, and from the believable to the outright bizarre.

174 pages.

Satans Devices and the Believers Victory: Now Available!

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Parsons’ “Satans Devices” is an interesting text- one which manages to combine (effectively) Protestant demonological opinion with social reformism, containing a large number of specific anecdotes regarding both the author and contemporaries interacting with heretics, demoniacs, and disbelievers.

Satan is here regarded primarily as a tempter to vanity, vice, and disbelief- a rather Protestant opinion (especially in the mid 19th century.) All the problems of sloth, greed, and lust, are explored. The socially reformist ideology which forms a backdrop to this religious ideology during the early industrial period is of historical import.

The work has been illustrated as well by the very good Rave Feather Illustrations.

225 pages.

Ancient Mystic Oriental Masonry: Now Available!

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The history of the Freemasons is detailed in Clymers’ work here- it is an analysis of that same history from a particularly mystic and Rosicrucian perspective, speaking at length on the tale of Hiram Abiff, of the pyramids, and of ancient mystery schools.

It is delivered mainly in the form of numbered sections, which relate to various subtopics, often containing quoted remarks from others exploring the concept.

146 pages.

Hellenism and Christianity: Now Available!

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“Hellenism and Christianity” is a spectacular work by Bevan on the topic of the change from pagan to Christian ways over the course of many centuries, beginning of course with Bacchylides and other ancient figures, and proceeding through the first contact and interchange between early Christians and their pagan counterparts. It is richly filled with secondary sources of material both ancient and then-modern; a fine work excellent for continued research into this fascinating historical topic.

221 pages.

Hindu Magic: Now Available!

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This little text by Carrington explains some of the interesting tricks and illusions practiced at the time by Indian fakirs- some of them are well known, such as conjuring rope from a basket, while others are more obscure- such as the “colored sands” trick or the “mango seed” trick. It is both amusing and enlightening- a true skeptics’ work. I include this as an occult entry as one of my sporadic forays into cautionary literature; not every miracle is really a miracle!

38 pages.

The Nature of Dreams: Now Available!

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This short text is a nice skeptics’ treatment of the subject matter- it categorizes the different common types of dreams, gives tips on how to remember ones’ dreams, and speaks about somnambulism, the occult interpretation of dreaming itself, and gives some examples of predictions via dreaming. It also ponders the symbolism of “Alice in Wonderland.”

56 pages.

Mysticism in Heathendom and Christendom: Now Available!

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Lehmann’s work on mysticism is quite fascinating; it does not simply relegate itself to the normal timeline of high antiquity, early Christian movements, and latter day ones, but delves into Hindu, Persian, Chinese, and even animist spiritual rituals and systems. While it proposes a generally evolutionist timeline to the development of mystic thought, it is more apologetic than most contemporary works.

201 pages.