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

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

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 The Witches’ Almanac #32 (Spring 2013 – Spring 2014)

Review Copyright 2012 Freeman Presson, all rights reserved Firstly, I would like to thank Andrew Theitic and the rest of the Almanac staff for allowing me such extensive input into the content of the upcoming year’s The Witches’ Almanac. They … Continue reading

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Surprise! Review of Fresh Blood [stories]

Copyright 2012 Freeman Presson, all rights reserved Occult Detective Bob Freeman (no, really, go follow his blog now, and come back. I’ll wait) sent me a “lagniappe” along with the expected review copy of his new comic. It’s a short … Continue reading

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Dion Fortune’s The Winged Bull (Dry and Wet Sex Magick in the 30′s)

Copyright 2012 Freeman Presson, all rights reserved Here we have a tale, vintage 1935, of a fairly classic sort in the occult fiction genre: woman who is just magical enough, and just sexy enough, to be irresistible to a left-hand … Continue reading

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Review of In the Center of the Fire: a memoir of the occult

Copyright 2012 Freeman Presson, all rights reserved This is a very nicely-produced, standard-sized hardcover: tightly-sewn signatures, good paper, and a very tight crimson cloth/board cover with gold embossing. The dust jacket features a picture of the author squatting on a … Continue reading

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Review of The Weiser Concise Guide to Aleister Crowley

The Weiser Concise Guide to Aleister Crowley Richard Kaczynski, Ph.D., James Wasserman 128 pages, Paperback Weiser Books ISBN 9781578634569 $12.95 A “concise guide” to Aleister Crowley might serve any number of purposes, but it seems the main two would be … Continue reading

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Review of The Diary of a Drug Fiend

The Diary of a Drug Fiend Aleister Crowley ISBN: 9781578634941 Book (Paperback) Weiser Books $14.21 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 384 pages September 1, 2010 Review by Freeman Presson, 24 August 2010. This new imprint of Aleister Crowley’s 1922 novel … Continue reading

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