Hadean Press Spring Update
We have so many exciting projects in the works right now I don’t even know where to start this update, except with my usual seasonal weather report. We have had more sun than usual this spring, which has meant more flowers blooming. Shown above is one of the Snake's-head fritillary (Fritillaria meleagris) which have randomly appeared in the front garden. We had one last year, and this year there were three. This flower is classified as vulnerable on the Vascular Plant Red Data List for Great Britain, and I like to think its appearance is a testament to my efforts at wilding our front garden, which is home to Welsh poppies, feverfew, a variety of columbines, speedwell, Spanish bluebells, creeping buttercup, Herb robert, and a wild snapdragon which has somehow planted itself between the bricks of the porch. We don’t believe in weeds in this house. We believe in flowers.
On the business side of things, we have the following announcement:
I am outraged at how much it costs to send a single pamphlet to anywhere outside of the UK, so shipping costs on orders under 120g have been reduced to £2.50 (€3.00 for our EU customers). This will cover one and in some cases two pamphlets, depending on their weight. Shipping costs on orders from 130g and above remain the same, as does domestic UK pricing.
Hadean Press now has its very own Youtube channel. At some point, when inspiration strikes, I will upload an introductory video, but you can expect gorgeous book and pamphlet trailers for both old titles and new to begin appearing soon.
My very optimistic 2022 schedule is feeling the strain, with Clearing the Waters: A Monograph on Saint Cyprian Divination From the 17th to the 19th Century by José Leitão being delayed, and The Supreme Black, Red and Infernal Magic of the Chaldeans and Egyptians by Jonás Sufurino and translated by Steve Savedow still printing, although we have had an update and it is possible the hardcovers will arrive in the warehouse on 24 May. There has been a minor issue with the foiling, so I await another update from the printer with confirmation of the delivery date.
It isn’t all business here at Hadean Press, and we have commissioned a few fun items for the shop. We have extremely limited available of our new custom embroidered Gigas Devil bookmarks, available in both linen and felt, with more to become available as and when. We have also commissioned the Hadean logo as a sew-on felt patch for those of you who want to join the ranks of Hadean Era magicians.
I also would like to draw your attention to the second live Magickal Women Conference happening on 15 October 2022 in London. As some of you know, in addition to directing Hadean Press, I am also co-director of the conference, which focuses on women working in the fields of esotericism and the occult. This year we welcome luminaries such as Vivianne Crowley, Manon Hedenborg-White, Sasha Ravitch, Nicola Roffe & Jay Percy, Katarina Pejović, Zoë Howe and others whose lectures and workshops will cover witchcraft, goddesses, storytelling, creative writing, photography, astrology, historical women including Steffi Grant, Evelyn de Morgan, the women of Thelema, and much more. We are currently selling tickets at the early bird rate through 31 May, at which point our summer rate will come into effect. Hadean Press will be vending, as will Kamuret Press, Fulgur Press, Mandrake Books, the Atlantis Bookshop, and more. I’ve just recently posted the day’s schedule over on the Magickal Women Conference website. Dis and I would love to see some of you there.
Of course, what we’re mostly about here is books, and while some of the schedule is being disrupted, there one title whose publication date is set in stone (October 2022). Conjure Codex V, the black issue, is in production now and so it is with great pleasure that I give you a peek at its contents. I love every issue of Conjure Codex, but I do believe this might be the best one yet.
Conjure Codex V
It’s All Down in Black and White: Thai Lanna Buddhist Occult Tattoos of Magickal Power
Sheer Zed
The Magic of the Psalms
Patrick M. Dey
Every Nekuomanteia is a Katabasis: Ancient Insights for Contemporary Goetic Practice
Kadmus
A Sable Passage: Black Light and the Magic of the Starry Road
J.M. Hamade
Isis of the Magicians: the Faces of Isis in the Greek Magical Papyri
Kim Huggens
The Book of the Archangels by Moses the Prophet
João Feliciano
Τά έσχατα παύείν: To suffer the fate of death
Humberto Maggi
Lodged Among the Graves: Towards A Practical Syllabus of Early Modern Necromancy
Alexander Cummins
Sleeping with One Eye Open
Fredrik Eytzinger
Mother, Daimones and goêteia: ecstasy and civilization
Simone Baldacci
Corvid Codex
David Rankine
Wheels of Divine Influence: The Iynx and the Strophalos
Harper Feist
Isn’t that incredible? Many thanks to everyone who submitted work for this issue, and to our artist who has worked very hard to illustrate some of these wonderful essays.
That wraps up the spring update; any other news or updates will be shared via Facebook or posted separately here until the summer update arrives later this year. Stay well and healthy, friends. It’s a rough world out there and Dis and I are grateful to you for standing by Hadean through it all.
Love,
Erzebet
