Alright everyone, I figure it's about time for a literary update for all of you assorted occultists, history buffs, and general clankers.
As I pointed out prior, I am taking a bit of a break from editing literature related to religion, spirituality, folklore, and allied themes. After having released 400 such works (all of which are linked here on this blog) I wanted to get to a few other long-planned projects.
First, I am now writing two short works; a text on Erroneous Occultism, which strives to warn against some of the potential abuses of those seeking truth, by charlatans and spiritual distractions. Second, a work elucidating the premise that the occult not only cannot support censorship and suppression of ideas and beliefs, but ought to be actively engaged in rebuffing such attempts. I deliver my comments on the subject from pragmatic, ethical, and spiritual backdrops.
After these works are released I do plan as well to create a couple more compilational works. I have not yet decided the exact topics to compile. This will take a bit of time since it requires a final proofreading of the work in addition to reformatting the entirety.
After that, I plan on continuing to edit more works, but I am very likely to simultaneously try and develop hardcover editions of all of my compiled works (once these final two or three are done) as well as re-editing a few of my older works and potentially expanding them and preparing them for hardcover release as well.
Clank on!
Friday, May 20, 2022
General Update: More Authored Works, Compilations, etc!
Friday, May 6, 2022
Ridicule For All! Now Available
I wrote this little satire work over the course of many months in odd times between editing more academic materials and doing my normal analysis of politics and social issues. While I enjoy those subjects, sometimes I just want to have a bit of humor at someones' expense.
This booklet ridicules many groups; conservatives, liberals, communists, vegans, MGTOW, the legacy media, and of course libertarians and Youtubers (both groups which I am part of! A bit of self deprecation is always a good decision.)
In these dark times it is always good to have a chuckle. If you enjoyed 101 Communist Jokes I guarantee this will be right up your alley.
50 pages.
Saturday, April 30, 2022
The Mystery and Romance of Alchemy and Pharmacy: Now Available!
This excellent book I cannot recommend highly enough. It is an academic (but not very dryly academic) compilation of lore related to medical history, alchemy, and the apothecary, spanning centuries, with an especial focus on the period of roughly the mid 16th to early 19th centuries.
It contains entire recorded lists of apothecarial goods available in then-contemporary shops, analysis of the usage of herbal and alchemical lore in fictional works by Shakespeare, Dickens, Spenser, Dumas, and others, and a great number of illustrations, which have been reworked and expanded upon by Raven Feather Illustrations. From amulets and toad-stones to love philtres and mummy powder, this work contains a vast trove of knowledge on the subject.
249 pages.
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
A History of Theosophy: Now Available!
This book is an excellent primer on Theosophy; its origins, some of its major figures, and (most importantly) texts by Theosophists and about Theosophy. Colville ties the society itself in with similar movements such as the Rosicrucians and the work of people like Swedenborg. The secondary references are of great use for those interested in a single work from which they can find additional material and study the concept in more depth. The work has been fully illustrated by Raven Feather Illustrations.
146 pages.