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At the Crossroads
At the crossroads the paths of magicians and worlds meet. Grimoire and root workers, Hoodoo and Vodoun, Quimbanda and Ifa collide. A potent fusion is occuring, a second diaspora. At the Crossroads tells the stories of what happens when the Western magical tradition encounters the African Diaspora and Traditional religions, and vice versa. It is a mixing and a magic that speaks of a truly new world emerging. In this gathering of kindred spirits, experiences are shared between initiates of very different cultures whose magic proves to be underpinned by the same principles, though clothed in different garb. We find the grimoires of Old Europe flourishing in the New World, Juju spreading through the United States, the Cunning men of Essex rendering service to the Lwa of Haitian Voudon, Alchemists who are Paleros, the techniques of the Greek Magical Papyri applied to Conjure counter-hexing.
This is fertile ground for the imagination, and practice. In depth essays by leading practitioners of the occult community from New York to Bristol, and from London to Brazil, and illuminated by art and illustrations in black & white and full colour.
An important contribution made at the point where all roads meet, where we encounter the most traditional approaches and the wildest fringes of the avant garde, At the Crossroads gathers those practitioners whose work places them at the forefront of the new direction magic is taking.
Contributors:
Peter Grey; Jake Stratton-Kent; Aaron Leitch; Eric K. Lerner; Stephen Grasso; Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold; Richard Ward, Drac Uber & Ivy Kerrigan; Michael Cecchetelli; Humberto Maggi; Ryan Valentine; Hagen Von Tulien; Kyle Fite; ConjureMan Ali; Christopher D. Bradford; Chad Balthazar; and Angela Edwards.
This is fertile ground for the imagination, and practice. In depth essays by leading practitioners of the occult community from New York to Bristol, and from London to Brazil, and illuminated by art and illustrations in black & white and full colour.
An important contribution made at the point where all roads meet, where we encounter the most traditional approaches and the wildest fringes of the avant garde, At the Crossroads gathers those practitioners whose work places them at the forefront of the new direction magic is taking.
Contributors:
Peter Grey; Jake Stratton-Kent; Aaron Leitch; Eric K. Lerner; Stephen Grasso; Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold; Richard Ward, Drac Uber & Ivy Kerrigan; Michael Cecchetelli; Humberto Maggi; Ryan Valentine; Hagen Von Tulien; Kyle Fite; ConjureMan Ali; Christopher D. Bradford; Chad Balthazar; and Angela Edwards.
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Peter Grey
55 books109 followersPeter Grey is the co-founder of Scarlet Imprint with Alkistis Dimech. He is a devotee of Babalon and the author of The Red Goddess, which has become the standard work on the Goddess of Revelation. A deliberately provocative telling of her story, this has become essential reading for many.
His controversial Apocalyptic Witchcraft has been called the most important modern book on Witchcraft, placing it in the context of the Sabbat and in a landscape suffering climate and ecological collapse. It stands in the tradition of the work done by Peter Redgrove, Ted Hughes and Robert Graves. His latest work is Lucifer: Princeps, a study of the origins of the figure of Lucifer. Further essays can be found in Howlings, Devoted, At the Crossroads and XVI. His work has also appeared in numerous small journals and collections, such as The Fenris Wolf, as well as online, though most of his work is now published through Scarlet Imprint.
Peter Grey has spoken at public events and conferences in England, Scotland, Norway and the United States as well as closed gatherings. These have included Occulture, the Occult Conference in Glastonbury, Treadwell’s Bookshop, the Esoteric Book Conference in Seattle, Here to Go in Norway, and many Pagan Federation events. A long term supporter of the Museum of Witchcraft in his native Cornwall, his work on the Witches’ Sabbat was first given at the annual Friends of the Museum gathering.
His controversial Apocalyptic Witchcraft has been called the most important modern book on Witchcraft, placing it in the context of the Sabbat and in a landscape suffering climate and ecological collapse. It stands in the tradition of the work done by Peter Redgrove, Ted Hughes and Robert Graves. His latest work is Lucifer: Princeps, a study of the origins of the figure of Lucifer. Further essays can be found in Howlings, Devoted, At the Crossroads and XVI. His work has also appeared in numerous small journals and collections, such as The Fenris Wolf, as well as online, though most of his work is now published through Scarlet Imprint.
Peter Grey has spoken at public events and conferences in England, Scotland, Norway and the United States as well as closed gatherings. These have included Occulture, the Occult Conference in Glastonbury, Treadwell’s Bookshop, the Esoteric Book Conference in Seattle, Here to Go in Norway, and many Pagan Federation events. A long term supporter of the Museum of Witchcraft in his native Cornwall, his work on the Witches’ Sabbat was first given at the annual Friends of the Museum gathering.
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October 29, 2016
As always, Scarlet Imprint strike! Firstly, I welcome the increase of anthologies in and on occulture, nurishing the dialogue between groups and individuals on a more trenchant basis. Secondly, exploring the importance of the ATRs for a re-newed occultism is one of the most important and best things xou can do. The essays collected in this volume explain why. Some better, some less, but mostly entertaining and often articulating important insights, especially concerning the necessary role of the dead and the spirits in magic. Jsk's, Leitch's and Firsvold's papers are predictably gems, but as a practitioner grounded in the soil of "the old world" I especially enjoyed Kerrigan's and Uber's "Libation for the Lwa" for delineating paths, Gecchetelli & Maggi for giving their practical examples in "Countermeasures" and "Crossing Worlds" (one more sober, the other somewaht fragmented yet fresh) and especially Bradford's "Nigromantic Putrefaction" for exploring the connection to alchemical practice & imagery.
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