Hanged Man Tarot Card The Major Arcana tarot card, The Hanged Man, represents a world where consciousness is given up to sleep and our nocturnal eidolon, in the image of a bat, is released to hunt through our dreams. Here is where the waking mind sacrifices its sense of self-identity to the paradoxical bat so it will be free to roam. This path corresponds to the element of water related to the powerful Plutonian depths of our subconscious minds, where contact is established with other dimensional entities. Because our traditional concepts of language are not understood by the beings we encounter […]
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Les Nadredds serpent The Serpent Stone from Celtic mythology, an oil painting dedicated to Arthur Machen and his novel The White People. Oil on canvas, 48 inches by 36 inches. This Serpent Stone of Celtic mythology, sometimes referred to as Adder Stone, which were believed to be created by a coming together of snakes, normally occurring in Spring, but more auspicial on May Eve. The stones, thought to be created from snakes saliva, were claimed to have magical qualities, much like mirrors, that would allow entry into the spirit world. In the Mabinogion, Peredur is given a magical stone that allows […]
Io Tells Her Story Oil painting on canvas, 24 inches by 48 inches, 2011. Zeus Io. Io was, in Greek mythology, a priestess of Hera in Argos. Seduced by Zeus, he changed her into a heifer to escape detection. His wife Hera sent ever-watchful Argus with 100 eyes to guard her, but Hermes was sent to distract the guardian and slay him. Oil on canvas, 24 inches by 48 inches, 2011. My objective in creating the picture was to encapsulate in a single image the mythological journey of Io and her relationship with Zeus, Hera and Hermes. I used the same formula […]
Black Book of the Jackal Grimoire
Black Book Jackal A navigational guide for travel within The Ancient Egyptian Book of The Dead The Black Book of the Jackal is a grimoire of the Western Occult Tradition based upon the Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead. Order the Regular editions at Magus Books Order Collectable editions at Amazon Western occult tradition grimoire. Using an ingenious synthesis between the techniques of the Western Occult Tradition and the formula of the Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead, the Black Book of the Jackal offers entry points to the seven ancient gates of the Egyptian Underworld. The grimoire opens with a […]
Guardian Angel, Shadow or Succubus Holy Guardian Angel Shadow, Inner Guide or Succubus represents what is our true self. Primal, ruthless and God like. The phenomenon has close parallels with accounts of alien abduction and theories of bicameral mind expressed by Julian Jaynes in this book The Origins of Consciousness. Oil on wood, 24 inches by 24 inches, 2016 Buy the original painting now From Saatchi Art See Daemon
In Memory of Felicien Rops, 1833 – 1898 Let Me Talk Over Your Left Shoulder, inspired by the works of Baudelairean artist Felicien Rops, Oil on canvas, 11 inches by 14 inches, 2010 Biography Rops was a Baudelairean graphic artist who was much admired by Joséphin Péladan, a French novelist and Rosicrucian, and a Belgian who lived most of his life in Paris. He attended the Namur Académie and then went on to Brussels, where he attended the workshop of Saint-Luc. In 1856, he founded the satirical weekly ‘Uylenspiegel’. In 1868, he became Vice-President of the Société Libre des Beaux-Arts de […]
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The Second Haunts Horrors Haunts and Horrors: A Collection of Dark Fantasy Haunts Horrors The Second Haunts and Horrors Magapack, a collection of dark fantasy and horror stories, includes my short story On the Arrival of the Machine and Its Mode of Operation. The story first appeared on my CD, On the Arrival of the Machine and subsequently in my book Howling at the Sky: Draconian Magic and the Sabian Keys. Available from Amazon Welcome to another wide-ranging collection of dark fantasy and horror stories. From familiar classics to rare pulp stories, from the Victorian era to contemporary tales, there’s something here for […]
Roger Williamson Art Prints If you are in, or travelling through Minneapolis, pop by Magus and pick up a Roger Williamson print. Prints are 8.5 by 11 inch and available at Magus Books in Minneapolis, 1-800-99MAGUS. $15.00 each