Happy holidays everyone! This month we are very happy to welcome back José Leitão and Brian Johnson who have teamed up to bring us a truly fascinating addition to the Cyprianic corpus titled, ‘Seven Magic Hours of Cyprian the Mage, a study and translation of mss 174 n.155 from the Portuguese National Library, an Iberian book of Pacts and Treasure hunting’.

In today's episode José and Brian describe the history of the Cyprianic tradition, the new discoveries of the French and Spanish influences which flowed into this diabolic Portuguese Grimoire, as well as the nature of the talismanic object described within its worn and damaged pages.

You can find José’s work through Hadean Press:

https://hadean.press/products/book-of...

Check out his YouTube channel: / @joseleitao3588

You can find Brian and his services through his website: https://bjohnsonfreelance.com/

His recently published book, ‘A Similitude of Nature: Giorgio Anselmi on the Images of the Eighth Celestial Sphere’, can be found through Revelore Press:

https://revelore.press/product/simili...

Welcome listeners to the Sagittarian fires of 2025, in today’s episode we are delighted to present Kadmus for the second time on the show. Kadmus has developed many of his earlier ideas from his essay, ‘Every Nekuomanteia is a Katabasis’ into perhaps one of the single greatest texts on the subject of Necromancy I have ever read.

This book is not simply a how-to manual, but instead a deep exploration of the subject and dramatis personae of epistemic evocation, or ‘Learning from Legendary Practitioners’. Kadmus is a teacher and author, focusing on philosophy, myth, politics and the multivalence of Pagan thought.

Today we discuss a huge range of subjects concerning necromancy, the myths of Circe, Medea, and the hermaphrodite Tiresias, Pre-Mycenaean oral mythology, how to build report with the shades of the Dead and much more.

You can find Learning from Legendary Practitioners at:

https://hadean.press/products/learnin...

And you can find more from Kadmus at:

https://www.salemwitchfest.com/produc... https://sulbooks.com/bookstore/p/true... www.sacredspacebtw2026.sched.com/event/2BEYX/learning-the-secrets-of-the-dead-on-epistemic-necromancy?

#hadeanpress #paganism #necromancy

Welcome to our very special Halloween episode! Today we are happy to present Jack Grayle, a wonderfully charming and enthusiastic teacher of the Blackthorn School, practitioner of various magics from the sorceries of the Greek Magical Papyri to early modern Cunning Craft, author of the Hekatæon, and The Golden Guest, an essay featured in Hadean’s Conjure Codex volume 4.

Today we will discuss a whole host of topics ranging from Jack’s understanding of Hellenic magical praxis, dream incubation, visionary experiences, the use of the Marigold as a potent materia in our magic, the Virgin Mary, the nature of sorcerous Compulsion, and much more.

You can find Jack’s courses on the Blackthorne School here:

PGM Praxis 2: The Kingdom https://learn.theblackthorneschool.com/product/pgm-praxis-2-the-kingdom/

Hail Hekate: Walking the Forked Path https://learn.theblackthorneschool.com/product/hail-hekate-walking-the-forked-path/

#JackGralye #PGM #magic #Hadeanpress

The Sworn and Secret Grimoire by Jake Stratton-Kent is available from Hadean Press here: https://hadean.press/products/sworn-and-secret-grimoire?srsltid=AfmBOopSPySbnLUxO1FOU85PZ8y64k27IPwglzdpTcalCggLw16pLUYx

This month we have the pleasure of introducing our good friend Aequus Nox to the Hadean Podcast. We discuss Jake Stratton-Kent’s, Night School vol.I - The Sworn and Secret Grimoire, based on the forgery of Hockley’s, Grimoire of Turiel.

We discuss a wide range of themes related to Jake Stratton-Kent’s body of work, his influence on our sorcery through Chaos Magic, E.’.Q.’., the Greek Magical Papyri and the Grimoires, as well as our experiences in delving into the various regions of research which Jake has inspired in us.

For more from Aequus Nox you can find her through the following links:

https://www.aequalia.co

YouTube Channels: https://www.youtube.com/aequus_nox (Aequalia Podcast)

https://www.youtube.com/@Aequalia-dev (Development streams/Night Watch)

Substack Channels: https://aequalia.substack.com/

https://aequaliadev.substack.com/

Social Media:

https://www.instagram.com/aequus.nox/

https://www.instagram.com/aequalia_/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tawni-webdev/

https://www.twitch.tv/aequus_nox

Research Publication: https://zenodo.org/records/16946228 (The Heptad in Cosmos, Flesh and Machines)

Jake's books The True Grimoire', 'Geosophia - The Argo of Magic, and, The Testament of Cyprian the Mage, can be found through Scarlet Imprint.

While Goetic Liturgy and Magnus Dictus can be found through Hadean Press.

In this episode we are very happy to welcome back David Rankine, recent author of the Grimoire Encyclopaedia, Clavis Intelligentiarum, and now the second part of a planned trilogy of books, Clavis Spirituum - Expanding the Horizons of Grimoire Conjuration.

The goal of David’s Claves series is to expand and elucidate on the practical work of the European Grimoire Tradition, taking inspiration from his panoramic understanding of the core mechanics of the Art and presenting a simple and easily approached blueprint of sorcerous action.

In this episode we talk about the Winds of the Summa Sacre Magice, the Shekinah as ‘Goddess of the Grimoires’, the manner in which magical texts are conceptualised by modern readers, and much more.

David’s book is available here:

https://hadean.press/products/claves-spirituum?srsltid=AfmBOoqsXacnOw8uMC2CfMcRpbOpnmS3DklZeaFfm2Z6eOveYFk6hdRc

As is his two volume Encyclopaedia: https://hadean.press/products/grimoire-encyclopaedia-volume-1?_pos=1&_sid=050680f0a&_ss=r

David also highly recommends readers check out the work of Jason Miller:

https://www.amazon.com/Consorting-Spirits-Working-Invisible-Allies/dp/1578637546

And Matthew Venus: https://tinyurl.com/5e7hwe3k

This month we welcome back both Brian Johnson and Alexander Cummins who come to us today as a wonderful necromantic team to elucidate their most recent contribution, ‘The Black Raven - A Study in the Folk Necromancy of Early Modern Germany’, a translation of a fantastically practical grimoiric manual of Faustian ghost laying and treasure hunting.

In this episode we discuss the origins and influences of this manuscript, its modularity and the nature of the larger ecology of spirit which surrounds it and its related texts. We explore the nature of the Stammgeist as a local haunting spirit, the manner in which people would interact with buried treasures, earth-spirits, paper circles, and the practical necessities of working this form of folk necromancy.

You can find The Black Raven on the Hadean website at: https://hadean.press/products/the-black-raven?srsltid=AfmBOopNilGqkMv1BZUiJKBGOZzWwCzfjZhWY3862Wyx1oIpumWMOA0Q

You can find more from Alexander Cummins here:

www.alexandercummins.com/talks patreon.com/dralexandercummins

IG @grimoiresontape

And more form Brian Johnson here:

bjohnsonfreelance.com

@bjohnsonfreelance.bsky.social

Texts cited in our conversation include:

Magia Naturalis et Innaturalis - https://archive.org/details/doktorjohannesfa00sche/mode/2up

Das Kloster - https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RAJBAAAAcAAJ/mode/2up

And the many fantastic translations produced by Enodia Press can be found here:

https://enodiapress.com/#catalogue

Welcome to the Summer solstice edition of the Hadean podcast, this month we welcome Briar, folk witch, cunning woman, sister of the Concealed Cortege, and author of, 'The Beheading Game - Unearthing the Occult Mysteries of the Celtic Cult of the Head'.

In this Guide to the Underworld Briar leads us on a journey into ancient practices of Beheading in Celtic cultures, the nature of the Fae, of foreign Gods & the Lord of the Harvest, Crom, as well as the mysteries of the seat of the Soul, the Stars of Orion, and the harsh winds of the North.

You are really in for an absolute treat with this episode, especially if you are interested in the manner in which traditions of spirit magic have evolved across the European continent.

Bibliography:

The Severed Head: Capital Visions (European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism), by Julia Kristeva (Author), Jody Gladding (Translator)

Headhunting and the Body in Iron Age Europe, by Ian Armit

Fairy legends and traditions of the south of Ireland, by Thomas Crofton Croker

The Festival of Lughnasa: A Study of the Survival of the Celtic festival of the Beginning of the Harvest, by Marian McNeil

#magic #occult #fairy #celtics #folklore

This month we welcome Darren Francis, author of, 'Laylah, the Life of Leila Waddell'. Darren is a UK based author, and musician.

This is Darren’s first non-fiction title, a biography of the world-renowned violinist and consort of Aleister Crowley, Leila Waddell, indeed this is the first time anyone has ever committed to writing an entire book on this fascinating Woman of True-Will.

'Laylah: the Life of Leila Waddell' is available now from Hadean Press:

https://hadean.press/products/laylah-the-life-of-leila-waddell?srsltid=AfmBOooTsEIkrJzmMQN-E_vzm-CrPHEWRtMftfkVSmJ7W4ApSRSppeCa

And you can find out more about Darren, his music and fiction through his website linked below:

https://darrenfrancis.co.uk/