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'Decad of Intelligence' by Ithell Colquhoun
In 2017 FULGUR published a set of 10 outstanding spirit-doorways, residing on the crossroads of art and magical practice. Their breathtaking book 'Decad of Intelligence' is a beast so rare and precious, it actually is not a book at all. It is the kind of object you will not want to place on a shelf, but to allow it to breathe in your temple.
‘The Testament of Cyprian the Mage’ by Jake Stratton-Kent
This fine double volume is an expedition into the ancestral blood-ties of the famous sorcerer-saint. To embark on it is to encounter Cyprian the Mage. Not only as the hero of an ancient polemic against the last surviving pagans, but more importantly as an ever present inner contact, a powerful spirit in its own right.
‘Fearless at Work’ by Michael Carroll
Fearless at Work actually isn't a book about work. It's a book about cowardice. The kind of cowardice most of us comfortably have forgotten about, and to aid that process we conveniantly began to call it everyday life. It's the cowardice that masks itself as numb acceptance or bitter withdrawal, as grudging tolerance or thick-skinned suffering.
‘The First Years of the Fraternitas Saturni’ by Volker Lechler
Just like the previous release, Mr.Lechler’s new book on The First Years of the Fraternitas Saturni will be of timeless value to future magicians and occult researchers. Without ever being judgemental or subjectively coloured in perspective the book continues to dismantle many of the myths of our tradition, which we allowed to turn cold and into false orthodoxy.
'Heinrich Tränker' by Volker Lechler
How do you review a book that begins to dismantle the myths of an entire tradition? A tradition that depends so much on the numinous, the ill-defined such as Western Ritual Magic. A tradition that was only able to develop in the absence of books like this.
‘Magic of the North-Gate’ by Josephine McCarthy
Josephine McCarthy is offering us a book that is empowering us to work in union with the forces of Malkuth - not to exploit or escape from them. It is offering a practical path to earn the privilege of growing our own magical roots into the physical matter we are made of. A book that is the ultimate antagonism to any magical escapism you might have come across in new age occulture.
