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.
This full length work is a treatment of the topic of Thomsonian medicine (also reckoned vegetable medicine) which came into some prominence in the 19th century. The system sought to replace the use of arsenic, mercury, and other drastic "medicines" in usage with herbal materials, especially lobelia, and also cayenne pepper, for complaints. The system was designed by a simple farmer named Samuel Thomson, who probably saved millions of lives by simply not poisoning his patients as doctors were doing at the time. The entire premodern field of herbal medicine owes part of its existence to the man. A few herbal recipes are related verbatim from Thomsons' work, and a lengthy description of competing systems such as atmopathy and hydropathy is given.
250 pages.
This is another political booklet that I have created for the purposes of helping my fellow militia in debating against those who seek to undermine our lawful rights. I have covered the topic from the perspective of pointing out weak and strong arguments in favor of the expansive ownership of private arms (as well as a few attendant subtopics such as castle doctrine, etc), and attempted to cast the net broadly; I see many well meaning proponents of the defense of the true meaning of the second amendment, who nonetheless make weak, potentially false, or pointless statements in debating the general issue- although as the reader will see, there are sometimes much stronger arguments to be made with regards to the same concepts; for example, the existence of the Puckle Gun is meaningless in a debate over semi-automatic weapons, but it is a good argument for the founders understanding that weapons technology would advance over time, and they omit any mention of finding this dangerous or problematic.
It is split into 24 sections, each briefly detailing one of the arguments or counter-arguments thus made and has been kept terse in order to serve as an easily digested debate companion.
48 pages.
I am pleased to announce that as of this morning, I have completed the first proofreading and editing of the tenth and final edited work I intended to release this year- and we're not even halfway through the year! This tenth work, "Hints from the Hornograph" is possibly the strangest work I have ever edited, and the format so bizarre that I had to lift several pages verbatim from the work itself just to retain all the original intent of the material.
The next step is to write each foreword for the works, summarizing them and giving context, then the second edit just to clear up any spelling mistakes or formatting issues I missed on the first go-through. Then once my illustrator creates the illustrations for each work, cover art is made and the work released. I anticipate this process will be complete by September.
In the meantime I have decided to edit five more editions before the year ends, as well as writing several works: "Timmy Story", which is a novella roughly made to eventually be turned into a low budget muppet-style movie- a thing I have dabbled with for years, as well as "Nutty Norman"- a collection of short works in which a very troubled adolescent with enormous behavioral issues continuously goes insane and does terrible things. I also plan a second volume of "Orange Man Big!" since the first one sold more than a thousand copies just in its first week.
Currently, apart from finalizing the edited works, I am focusing on a short political work on gun rights, attempting to help those which support the militia to make more effective and accurate arguments in favor of the same, while rebuffing some of the main talking points of those who dislike the idea of an armed populous, self defense, etc.
As you can see, I am no slouch. Onward to the second half of the year!
What is woke? The answer given typically depends on the party being asked the question. It is professed to be an awareness of struggle and grievance, or participation in the same; but it is also declared vacuous and malleable. Its proponents come in many forms- because the term has no central premise. In this work I argue that this is- at least insofar as the privileged champions of the concept go- absolutely purposeful and deliberate.
With this in mind herein I explore the actual functions of wokeness- that is, that which it does, that which it causes. In this manner, we can describe the phenomenon adequately and refute it while sidestepping any intellectually dishonest debate over its actual form- for the function will allow us to describe it, here in this work, based on thirteen premises, which mark the actual behavior of the woke, and of wokeness, on every level; legal, civil, intellectual, social, and behavioral.
27 pages.
It has been several months since I wrote anything about my literature; but that doesn't mean I haven't been busy!
Over the last few months I have obtained almost a hundred new literary works to edit- some short, some long, all occult or occult-adjacent. Four of these works are done with the illustrations ready to go. A fifth work is done pending completed illustrations. A sixth work is about half done. I decided to just list the forthcoming titles here. My plan is to complete four additional works by years' end and get all six of the current titles out before Halloween (which of course is important!)
-Ancient Mystic Oriental Masonry (Clymer)
-Hellenism and Christianity (Bevan)
-Hindu Magic (Carrington)
-Mysticism in English Literature (Spurgeon)
-Mysticism in Heathendom and Christianity (Lehmann)
-Satans Devices and the Believers Victory (Parsons)
I have a few other works in varying degrees of completion which are partly edited and, as I said, many more which will need to be formatted first. I anticipate releasing perhaps fifteen to twenty works in 2023 as well.
Onward!
This interesting work by Rudolf Steiner is basically a follow-up to "The Way of Initiation", talking about the chakras, initiation process, the awakening of the serpent fire (Kundalini) and other such topics. It is more heavily Eastern-influenced than many of his latter texts and oratory.
86 pages.
This fine work is one of the most significant early works of the well-known Rudolf Steiner; one of the leaders of Theosophical thought before schisming from Annie Besants' faction and forming Anthroposophy. This text lists the steps of initiation in general and includes a fairly good autobiographical entry on Steiner himself, written by Edouard Schure. This inclusion is why I chose to edit from the second, rather than first, edition.
113 pages.
This fine work tells, briefly, the basic stories of both Krishna and Orpheus, analyzing them predominantly from the backdrop of the savior trope and the concept of the rise of solar religions in place of what were often older lunar styles of veneration and mystic practice. The stories themselves are intriguing, and the work briefly mentions (only in passing) a few of the many other figures which followed the same basic mythological trajectory.
108 pages.
The Book of Witches is a lengthy piece of historical study on the topic of witches, witchcraft, persecution, and superstition. Indeed, it is probably the best single text I have read on the subject, covering a vast period of time over the course of many cultures, from ancient Assyria and Egypt through the Middle Ages, the burning times, and the then-modern dawn of the 20th century. It contains a large amount of primary material from Weirus, Scott, and others, as well as verbatim material from papal bulls, witchcraft trials, and ancient sources ranging from philosophical to legal.
232 pages.
This little booklet is an interesting look at some of the ritual and behavioral overlap between Freemasonry and certain "Native" American groups. In a very telling postscript, it essentially admits that its purpose was to impress local lodges at large to solicit donations for a museum for their artifact collection- a very compelling bit of history, not only for its folkloric content, but as a sign of the outgrowth of the Masons in the first half of the 20th century and interest in historical study.
36 pages.
This interesting text is an analysis of the intertwined and co-evolving nature of medical practice (specifically herbal and mineral) with religions, from times as remote as early Ancient Egypt and Sumeria, up through Assyria, Greece, Rome, the rise of the Islamic world, the copts, and other groups.
A great many specific rituals and a large number of species and their usages are explored- the work is also illustrated, with cuneiform and hieroglyphic work translated and interpreted.
76 pages.
This book is a detailed analysis of every book of the Apocrypha, written a full four decades prior to the Dead Sea Scrolls being discovered. It speaks about the content, purpose, authorship, and dating of each work- not just the well known ones like the Book of Enoch, Gospel of Nicodemus, or the books of Maccabees, but also lesser-known ones like Bel and the Dragon and the Book of Judith. It is fairly comprehensive and academic in tone.
127 pages.
This little work of religious history delves into the cultural as well as the linguistic, with its main focus being on correlating ritual and language between the Druids and Hebrews, positing a common prior origin, Antediluvian in nature. It goes into some detail about other contemporary spiritual and cultural groups as well, and while this kind of theory has largely been discarded in modern academia, it is more because of its religious connotations than any prevailing counter evidence.
70 pages.
This little work is yet another A E Waite poetry compilation, mostly one long work, delivered in a series of "visions" and "letters", and dealing with the nature of the archangel of Revelation, of note within both Christian theology (sometimes under the title "Raphael") as well as within Islam. It is a very theatrical and romanticist work, sometimes near hyperbolic in its descriptions of glory and of the Avalon of Arthurian legend.
87 pages.
This text is a mid 19th century refutation of some of the contemporary attacks on the Freemasons- especially by Catholic sources. It specifically refutes a half dozen major premises, most notably the concept that members had to swear oaths which were against British law. The Vatican is repeatedly condemned for its near incessant diatribe against secret societies- a phenomenon which, it must be noted, went far beyond merely the Freemasons themselves.
109 pages.
This heavily illustrated little work is a good fortune telling system mostly overlapping the practice of palmistry. It does not really mention the lines of the hand (except in terms of degrees of smooth or rough) but focuses mainly on finger and hand shape and size, and the various "mounds" of the hand used to determine various types and degrees of character.
40 pages.
This compiled volume includes nine different works of Theosophy for the purpose of general teaching about it and some of the subtopics of especial note among Theosophists in the earlier stages of the occult orders' existence. I have included a couple of good introductory works (by Judge and Dower) and then fleshed the subject out with additional material which involves a range of discussion; from human evolution, to the occidental-oriental debate, to the topic of vegetarianism and spirituality. The work includes, as always, a lengthy bibliography of additional works and an expansive foreword explaining the content and subject.
Included works:
-Occult Significance of Blood
-Echoes of the Orient
-The Ideals of Theosophy
-The Theosophy of Christ
-Vegetarianism in the Light of Theosophy
-The Roots of Ritualism in Church and Masonry
-The Life After Death and How Theosophy Unveils It
-The Stanzas of Dzyan
-Occultism for Beginners
374 pages.
