http://toastmeetsjam.com/product-tag/coffee/ by J.S. Kupperman Welcome to the 2014 Vernal Equinox issue of theJournal of the Western Mystery Tradition– Tools of the Trade. The evidence for the use of tools in magical practice stretches back to antiquity. This should not be overly…
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In Memorium: Vincent Bridges
The Journal of the Western Mystery Tradition is saddened to announce the unexpected death this past July 25th of Vincent Bridges, who was one of our regular contributors for many years. He died in Prague, the Czech Republic, only hours before his play…
Mythic, Ritual, and Social Significations of the Intoxicating Cup by Brian Johnson
Beginning with an overview of the conceptual system current among a significant proportion of 20th-century practitioners of ritual magic, and then proceeding along thematic lines, this paper attempts to historicize the semantics of one archetypal magical implement and symbol –…
Two Letters from Frederick Hockley by Dan Harms
The following letters, from the archives at Trinity College, Cambridge, describe the nineteenth-century mystic Frederick Hockley’s minor role in a major scholarly controversy at the time. A full description of the events can be found in D. A. Winstanley’s “Halliwell…
How to Sequence the Perimeter Letters on John Dee’s Holy Table by Teresa Burns and J. Alan Moore
For Vincent Bridges Trying to make magical implements for an Enochian Temple by directly following the instructions in John Dee’s angelic conversations is a losing battle unless one has years of time and a fondness for deciphering poor handwriting and…
Review: Beyond the River’s Gate by Dr. Stewart Bitkoff
Review by J. S. Kupperman Beyond the River’s Gateis the latest offering by Dr. Stewart Bitkoff, generally falling in line with his too previous books on universal Sufism, and especially the second: The Ferryman’s Dream. In this volume the ferryman is…
Review: Rediscover the Magick of the Gods and Goddesses by Jean-Louis de Biasi
Review by J. S. Kupperman Jean-Louis de Biasi’s Rediscover the Magick of the Gods and Goddesses is a book in the tradition of the Aurum Solis, a magical order purporting to date back to the 1800s, and a system which I have…