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April 10, 2017
Alexander Cummins

'The Complaynt off Sanct Cipriane'

April 10, 2017
Alexander Cummins
'The Complaynt off Sanct Cipriane'

In which is presented a sixteenth-century poem concerning Saint Cyprian which name-checks two very important grimoiric spirits, demonstrating further connections between the Sorcerer Saint and the Four Regents. 

April 10, 2017
Alexander Cummins
April 6, 2017
Alexander Cummins

The Rain Will Make A Door IV: A Christian Goose...

April 6, 2017
Alexander Cummins
The Rain Will Make A Door IV: A Christian Goose...

In which links between baptism, animals, and faerie are introduced via the rose-thorned words of the dear Lady Pole.

April 6, 2017
Alexander Cummins
March 27, 2017
Alexander Cummins

Interview: On Cypriana, Grimoires, and Faerie

March 27, 2017
Alexander Cummins
Interview: On Cypriana, Grimoires, and Faerie

In which I am interviewed by Italian witchcraft and occultism site, Brigata di Notte, and talk about a few of my favourite things. 

March 27, 2017
Alexander Cummins
March 14, 2017
Alexander Cummins

Conjure Codex III: Blue!

March 14, 2017
Alexander Cummins
Conjure Codex III: Blue!

This short announcement-post about the new Conjure Codex from Hadean Press - featuring an article by myself on the dirt sorcery of Jupiter - is brought to you by the colour Blue and the number 3.

March 14, 2017
Alexander Cummins
January 23, 2017
Alexander Cummins

Radio Free Golgotha II: Saint Sebastian

January 23, 2017
Alexander Cummins
Radio Free Golgotha II: Saint Sebastian

In which is presented episode 2 of Radio Free Golgotha, the podcast/lovechild of Jesse Hathaway Diaz and I.

January 23, 2017
Alexander Cummins
January 23, 2017
Alexander Cummins

Planetary Incantation Webinar Series

January 23, 2017
Alexander Cummins
Planetary Incantation Webinar Series

In which is announced a new seven-part webinar series on Planetary Incantation: considering the prayer, poetry and performance of magical speech acts in astrological sorcery, combining analysis of historical texts with practical performance and dramaturgy skills. 

January 23, 2017
Alexander Cummins
January 11, 2017
Alexander Cummins

Radio Free Golgotha I: Epiphany

January 11, 2017
Alexander Cummins
Radio Free Golgotha I: Epiphany

In which is linked the first episode of the podcast I am making with my dear friend Jesse Hathaway Diaz. Our journey into podcasting begins by celebrating Epiphany and the Magi, but includes talk of lodestone, heliotrope (both plant and mineral), the demon Bael, and the geomantic figure Via. Enjoy!

January 11, 2017
Alexander Cummins
January 9, 2017
Alexander Cummins

The Rain Will Make A Door III: Faerie and the Dead

January 9, 2017
Alexander Cummins
The Rain Will Make A Door III: Faerie and the Dead

In which is introduced context for pre-modern connections between fairies and the dead.

January 9, 2017
Alexander Cummins
November 13, 2016
Alexander Cummins

International Dirt Sorcery

November 13, 2016
Alexander Cummins
International Dirt Sorcery

In which is linked a recent Portuguese translation of an essay of mine from the ongoing Dirt Sorcery series, as well as links to the original essays. 

November 13, 2016
Alexander Cummins
November 11, 2016
Alexander Cummins

Fundamentals of Astrological Magic: Review

November 11, 2016
Alexander Cummins
Fundamentals of Astrological Magic: Review

In which astrologer and magician, Goritsa Svortsan, gives a glowing review of my webinar-based workshop series. 

November 11, 2016
Alexander Cummins
November 11, 2016
Alexander Cummins

The Rain Will Make A Door II: How To See Spirits

November 11, 2016
Alexander Cummins
The Rain Will Make A Door II: How To See Spirits

In which is presented a survey of experiments and operations to produce a magical substance which allows one to perceive spirits, drawn from early modern grimoires, 'books of secrets' and magicians' working-books. 

November 11, 2016
Alexander Cummins
November 7, 2016
Alexander Cummins

Fundamentals of Astrological Magic: Testimonial

November 7, 2016
Alexander Cummins
Fundamentals of Astrological Magic: Testimonial

A testimonial from the first (did I mention sold-out?) run of my Fundamentals of Astrological Magic webinar series. For anyone unsure if these online workshops are for them. 

November 7, 2016
Alexander Cummins
November 5, 2016
Alexander Cummins

The Rain Will Make A Door I: Introducing British Fairy Traditions

November 5, 2016
Alexander Cummins
The Rain Will Make A Door I: Introducing British Fairy Traditions

In which is introduced fairy traditions of the British Isles in fiction and history, using Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell as a rung bell calling us to Faerie. 

November 5, 2016
Alexander Cummins
October 26, 2016
Alexander Cummins

Fundamentals of Astrological Magic: Returns!

October 26, 2016
Alexander Cummins
Fundamentals of Astrological Magic: Returns!

Back by popular demand after its completely sold-out first run, here are the details of my Fundamentals of Astrological Magic webinar workshop series, returning from Saturday 26th November. 

October 26, 2016
Alexander Cummins
October 18, 2016
Alexander Cummins

The Hidden Valley

October 18, 2016
Alexander Cummins
The Hidden Valley

A writeup from Bowery+Bedford of The Hidden Valley, a 48-hour multimedia festival put on by the unholy alliance of Wild Torus and Pulsar, which I was asked to open recently.

October 18, 2016
Alexander Cummins
September 30, 2016
Alexander Cummins

Fundamentals of Astrological Magic: Recordings

September 30, 2016
Alexander Cummins
Fundamentals of Astrological Magic: Recordings

Recordings of the August sessions of the Fundamentals of Astrological Magic series for Kepler College are available for download.

September 30, 2016
Alexander Cummins
July 15, 2016
Alexander Cummins

Fundamentals of Astrological Magic Webinar Series

July 15, 2016
Alexander Cummins
Fundamentals of Astrological Magic Webinar Series

I have a series of three webinars on the Fundamentals of Astrological Magic coming up: focusing on Sigils, Services, and Spirits. Each will be a two-hour class with time for questions and discussion at the end. Each is stand-alone but also modular, assisting understanding of the others. Broadcast live, but also available as downloads after. 

July 15, 2016
Alexander Cummins
April 6, 2016
Alexander Cummins

In the Thinker's Garden

April 6, 2016
Alexander Cummins
In the Thinker's Garden

Back in 2014, I had the good fortune to have some lunch and a chat with The Thinker's Garden. I highly recommend checking out their beautiful and thoughtful website.  

April 6, 2016
Alexander Cummins

Source: http://www.thethinkersgarden.com/2014/07/fantast-focus-al-cummins/#.WB625eErLfY

March 22, 2016
Alexander Cummins

Correcting Legends, Receiving Ghosts

March 22, 2016
Alexander Cummins
Correcting Legends, Receiving Ghosts

In which is discussed: mythologising historical figures, reception of (in)famous texts, rejection of Great Men, Agrippa's afterlife, and the babes in the sacred bathwater.

March 22, 2016
Alexander Cummins
March 21, 2016
Alexander Cummins

Carving Keys From Radical Skeletons

March 21, 2016
Alexander Cummins
Carving Keys From Radical Skeletons

Review of the latest volumes from England's 'most notorious necromancer', Jake Stratton-Kent. Being the last in his Encyclopædia Goetica series, this review turns into a little bit of a summarising assessment of JSK's work in general, as well as my own notions of what goetia might mean in modern practice.

March 21, 2016
Alexander Cummins
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“Necromancer (necromantes) he that practises that wicked Art, a Master of the Black Art, one that seeks to the dead; or consults with Satan in the shape of a dead man. The Hebrews describe him thus; he made himself hungry, and then lodged among the Graves, that the dead might come to him in a dream, and make known to him that which he asked, &c. Others there were that clad themselves with cloathes for that purpose, and spoke certain words, burned Incense, and slept by themselves, that such a dead person might come and talk with them in a dream.”
- Thomas Blount, Glossographia (London, 1661)

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