When one looks back at older documents belonging to and written by ritual magicians, for the most part they seem to be about compelling Angels, Demons and Spirits to aid you in your magical activities. And yet, not discussed very much by anyone is the fact that in some of these Grimoires, Fairies seem to make an appearance. What’s more, the reason that fairies are evoked seems to be for entirely different reasons than the usual suspects. Taking us through Fairies in ritual Magic of the past, is one of the foremost authorities on Western Ritual Magic and Grimoires, the one and only David Rankine!
David Rankine is the author of numerous books which explore the Western Magical Tradition, most of which are beyond essential reads. David has been researching as well as participating in Magic since the 1970s. Since 2003 David has been working with Dr. Stephen Skinner on the Sourceworks of Ceremonial Magic series, which has basically changed all of our understandings of Historical western magic irrevocably. David can be found on Facebook but be sure to visit his Website to see what he’s getting up to!
David will be releasing one of the most anticipated books on Magic in years, The Grimoire Encyclopedia via Hadean Press. It will be the most extensive collection of resources gathered on these amazing Magical Documents, ever. Pre-Order only at this point for Hardcover, with Paperback to follow soon.
Show Notes
- Fairies, Grimoires & Treasure by our guest David Rankine
- The Book of Treasure Spirits – Introduction and Commentary by David Rankine
- A listing of all of David’s books
- Cunning-Folk and Familiar Spirits: Shamanistic Visionary Traditions in Early Modern British Witchcraft and Magic by Emma Wilby – This is a brilliant book and should be read by all
- Fairies, Demons, and Nature Spirits: ‘Small Gods’ at the Margins of Christendom – A fantastic collection of essays in this volume
- Hell and Fairy: The Differentiation of Fairies and Demons Within British Ritual Magic of the Early Modern Period by Daniel Harms
- The Discoverie of Witchcraft by Reginald Scot – A fantastic book. So much great stuff in here. Supposed to be about debunking witches but soon became a Grimoire for magic itself
- Spirits at the Table: Faerie Queens in the Grimoires by Daniel Harms
- The Book of Oberon: A Sourcebook of Elizabethan Magic Translated by Daniel Harms & Joseph H. Peterson
- Of Fairies: An Excerpt from a Seventeenth-Century Magical Manuscript
- Achieving Invisibility and Having Sex with Spirits: Six Operations from an English Magic Collection ca. 1600
- Oberon: Fairy King and Familiar Spirit
- Gwyn ap Nudd – The other fairy king!
- The Magic of Rogues: Necromancers in Early Tudor England by Frank Klaassen & Sharon Hubbs Wright – The second example in this amazing and worthy book deals with Oberon and Treasure Hunting
- Thomas the Rhymer Poem – A very important poem and quite lovely as well. Certainly worth a read. Quite a lot of Fairy lore brought up in this one
- I recently released an 80 minute episode about Fairy Kings & Fairy Queens in Grimoires on my Patreon
- Charles de Lint – Author mentioned by David, whose work is well worth reading if Fairies are up your alley
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