The Little Key and A Wondrous Spell: two new Guides to the Underworld
We are delighted to announce the release of two new pamphlets in our Guides to the Underworld series. We bring you a glimpse at necromancy in the PGM, and a concise guide to working with the Grimorium Verum in these new releases and are very pleased to be welcoming two new authors into our fold. The print and epub editions are available from Hadean Press, and the Kindle edition is waiting for you on Amazon. We hope you enjoy these new contributions to our range of guides for the discerning magician.
Inspired by work with the Titans Hekate and Helios and various Necromantic workings both modern and archaic, MHH presents ‘A Wondrous Spell’ taken specifically from PGM IV. 296-466. This spell, like many found in the Greek magical papyri, contains rich examples of ritual techniques that were prevalent around the Mediterranean during the second century BC to the fifth century CE, and highlight the methods whereby the dead could be moved into action to achieve the goals of the sorcerer.
In A Wondrous Spell: Necromancy in the PGM, MHH offers an analysis of the original spell including the materials used in it, as well as a revised version adapted for the modern magician.
Written as a companion to a practical study of the Grimorium Verum, with particular reference to Joseph H Peterson's edition under that title and Jake Stratton Kent's The True Grimoire, The Little Key will be invaluable to any magician working this particular simple, elegant and complete system of practical Goetia.
Rob Rider hill, working very much at the coattails of the editors above, has defined a structure by which to undertake the operation given in the text in an orderly fashion, focusing primarily on the activity of magic, the creation of things, the ritual action, and most significantly, through these activities, the development of relationships with the spirits which is intended to supplement, and not to replace study and practice of the source texts.
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Erzebet & Dis
