Grimoires with Alexander Cummins

Kept safe in many Special Collections around the world are very odd and very special Books. They are filled with interesting content- Invocations, Evocations, Prayers, Spells as well as odd diagrams. These are Grimoires- A Magician’s textbook and are used for many purposes such as divination, crafting talismans, herbs and stones, as well as how to summon Demons, Angels, Spirits and other entities. Joining this episode to discuss these fascinating and incredible documents is the Scholar, Author and Modern Cunning Man Dr. Alexander Cummins!

Dr. Alexander Cummins is a practicing as well as Consulting Magician– truly a Cunning Man of the 21st Century. He most recently published with Phil Legard An Excellent Book on the Arte Of Magicke which was beyond a doubt the best Occult Book release in Years. He is co-host of a Magic Podcast Radio Free Golgotha with Jesse Hathaway Diaz, and also a founder of one of the only Facebook groups worth Joining – Folk Necromancy. He has set up a live online cabaret called Speakeasy of the Dead. His online courses are beyond exceptional and can regularly be found at Wolf & Goat as well as The Cauldron Black. To Subscribe to his newsletter and see what the good Doctor is up to, have a click on the pic!

Show Notes

• Twilit Grotto: Esoteric Archives – By Joseph H. Peterson, one of the greatest translators of Grimoires and an exceptional resource for Magicians. Most of the Texts we talk about in this episode can be read here, including Dr. Al’s three Grimoires- The Heptameron, The Key of Solomon as well as the Grimorum Verum
• Books of Magic – Fantastic Site with pictures and information of many Grimoires. A Treasure
• Grimoire Encyclopedia – An understated powerhouse of a website. Timelines and links to the documents plus much more
• One of the Greatest Occult Podcasts created, and Grimoires are part of its main focus- Glitch Bottle! Alexander Eth does great work and he has been supremely kind to me and my show. Be sure to listen to all the episodes and Join the Patreon! It is beyond worth it! Dr. Al has had a couple of appearances
• Magister Omega – Interesting site in French and English which goes through many Grimoires and has pictures
• Lucifer: Princeps by Peter Grey
• The Testament of Solomon
• The Hygromanteia
• The Magical Treatise of Solomon or Hygromanteia – Excellent Video Presentation by the translator of these documents Ioannis Marathakis
• The Techniques of Solomonic Magic and The Goetia of Dr. Rudd by Stephen Skinner – Great books with a tonne of History in them. If Grimoires are interesting to you these are Must Reads
• Scarlet Imprint – Home of the 21st Century Grimoire Revival
• Encyclopædia Goetica by Jake Stratton-Kent – The True Grimoire – Geosophia – The Testament of Cyprian the Mage – These books will be remembered for decades to come. Some of the most important Books on Magic ever
• Grimoires: A History of Magic Books by Owen Davies – Without a doubt the best book on understanding Grimoires and their importance Must Read
• Hadean Press – Another excellent publisher of Grimoire related Material
• Books of Magic – ESOTERICA – Lots of Grimoires here.
• The Transformations of Magic: Illicit Learned Magic in the Later Middle Ages and Renaissance by Frank Klaassen – This book is unreal. Rearranged so many of my misconceptions about the history of Magic. A Personal Favourite
• Magic in History Series from Penn State University Press – Without a doubt the Greatest series on Magic History and many of these titles deal with Grimoires
• Care to see high quality Scans of a Grimoire? The Folger Manuscript is what makes up The Book of Oberon
• Goêteia: Explorations in Chthonic Sorcery – From Frater Acher, no stranger to Grimoires
• Papers Falling from an Attic Window – The Translator of The Book of Oberon and Of Angels, Demons and Spirits Dan Harms Reviews many Grimoires and has his finger on the pulse of the world of Grimoire Publishing
• Conjuring spirits in the ‘Tractatus de Nigromatia’
• The Necromantic Magic Circle – Note that there are currently no pictures of the Circles themselves but the information is fantastic regardless
• The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft by Ronald Hutton
• England’s First Demonologist: Reginald Scot and ‘The Discoverie of Witchcraft’ by Philip C. Almond
• Magic and Religion in Medieval England by Catherine Rider
• Adley’s Magical Art – Grimoire Magic supplies