JON KANEKO-JAMES loves Walpurgis Night – the second most spooky night of the year!
Witchtrials in London: A Walpurgis Night Special
Celebrate Walpurgis Night – six month’s exactly to Halloween – with a special evening of talks by experts on Witchcraft History in London
Strange British Love Spells and Curses
JON KANEKO-JAMES looks back at the strange and wonderful love spells & curses used in the UK over the centuries
Poppet Magic
KATIE DOHERTY looks at poppets – the magical practice of using dolls to inflict pain on one’s enemies …
The Trouble with the Witch’s Familiar
KATIE DOHERTY asks why such beautiful creatures as black cats are considered unlucky
Witch Bottles: A Brief History
KATIE DOHERTY explains the reasons behind witches bottles.
Becoming the Beast Aleister Crowley
JOHN BURNS talks about his arduous journey to inhabit the mind of Aleister Crowley
Where the Witches Dance: Nine Ladies Stone Circle
KATIE DOHERTY takes a look at The Nine Ladies stone circle, a magical ancient monument based in Derbyshire
Doom not Gloom from Spooky Isles Music
KATIE DOHERTY begins her new column about esoteric and occult matters by pondering the Doom Metal music that has burst forth from these isles we live on.
REVIEW: The Devil’s Business (2012)
British horror-gangster flick, The Devil’s Business (2012) is unconventional and a lot of fun
Jimmy Page’s Lucifer Rising
DOM COOPER tells us how Jimmy Page took time off from his Led Zeppelin duties to produce the soundtrack to a spooky experimental film
John Milton’s Tale of Rape and Necromancy
DOM COOPER describes how the great English poet John Milton sought to cleanse a family’s honour through song
The Rolling Stones and their Sympathy for the Devil
DOM COOPER discusses Sympathy for the Devil and other Rolling Stones occult dabblings
Austin Osman Spare paints nightmares
DOM COOPER looks at the history behind the track “Austin Osman Spare”, a song about the British artist and occultist by The Bulldog Breed
Doctor Faustus and Demonic Pacts
JON KANEKO-JAMES looks back on the days when Demonology and the Occult was accepted as scientific fact taught at universities
