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About freemanpresson

Celto-Cherokee Pagan, Priest, Frater of the Church of the Hermetic Sciences, sometime writer, etc.

Astrobabble, bad and good

Posted on May 5, 2013

copyright 2013() Freeman Presson, all rights reserved My favorite piece of egregious astrobabble, of course, is from Hair: When the moon is in the Seventh House, And Jupiter aligns with Mars; Then peace will guide the planets, And love will … Continue reading →

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Best-Loved Books

Posted on April 24, 2013

Review copyright 2013() Freeman Presson, all rights reserved While I’m waiting to finish something else from my to-be-reviewed pile, I thought I would emulate Polyphanes and write about the contents of my “well-thumbed pile,” my books of frequent resort. Actually, … Continue reading →

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Review of Dramatic Ritual (Best of the Equinox, Volume II)

Posted on April 13, 2013

“… it is no secret that the falling away of all nations from religion… is due to the fact that the fire no longer burns in the sacred lamp.” – Aleister Crowley Review copyright 2013 () Freeman Presson, all rights … Continue reading →

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Review of The Everyday Psychic

Posted on February 15, 2013

Review copyright 2013() Freeman Presson, all rights reserved This new Weiser title is a well-made paperback in the familiar 6″x9″ 240-page format. Adrian Morgan is credited with the nice front cover design: a lovely shade of astral blue at the … Continue reading →

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The Reënchantment Project

Posted on December 28, 2012

Copyright 2012 () Freeman Presson, all rights reserved I think that modern physics has definitely decided in favor of Plato. In fact the smallest units of matter are not physical objects in the ordinary sense; they are forms, ideas which … Continue reading →

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Review of Crystals * Jewels * Stones Magic & Science

Posted on December 11, 2012

Review copyright 2012 () Freeman Presson, all rights reserved This is a nicely-made, 6″x9″ paperback with a soothing, New-Age-friendly sky blue cover bearing a picture of assorted tumbled stones and an attractively-clouded crystal on the cover. Unlike some books on … Continue reading →

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Review of Enochian Magick (The Best of the Equinox, Volume I)

Posted on November 21, 2012

Review Copyright 2012 Freeman Presson, all rights reserved I must begin this review by admitting that the subject of Enochian is above my pay grade as a practitioner at the moment (and will likely remain so for some time). You … Continue reading →

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Review of Dolphin Gate Book I: the Crown of Ptah

Posted on November 15, 2012

When thunderously terrible things happen, evil things that shake and remake a world, and then they are simply buried and forgotten, they tend to cause … issues later. Sometimes a long time later. The legend or memory of Atlantis tugs … Continue reading →

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Review of A Cat of Nine Tales (Rookhaven)

Posted on October 13, 2012

Review copyright 2012 Freeman Presson, all rights reserved; Artwork copyright 2012 Bob Freeman, used by permission. This recent release from Rookhaven Press is a 9″x6″ trade paperback with glossy card covers and good quality paper. It contains, as the title … Continue reading →

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Review of Goblinproofing One’s Chicken Coop

Posted on September 27, 2012

Review Copyright 2012 Freeman Presson, all rights reserved By 1917, when the Cottingley Fairies story broke, and got Conan Doyle all excited, it was clear that the Fae had already been trivialized in the modern imagination. Out of all the … Continue reading →

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