Modern Hermeticism

“An excellent introduction and thoroughly readable overview of aspects of Hermeticism most important to the study and practice of modern ritual magick.”—Lon Milo DuQuette, author of The Magick of Aleister Crowley

“A helpful, down-to-earth primer that covers the essentials of practical magic in the Western Esoteric Tradition.”—Chic Cicero and Sandra Tabatha Cicero, authors of Golden Dawn Magic

“A thoughtful and artfully presented introduction and overview of Western ceremonial magick traditions. The author skillfully covers both theory and practice in a way which is approachable for a beginner, but detailed enough for those wishing to dig deep. Recommended!”—David Shoemaker, PsyD, author of Living Thelema

Erich Brown, aka Frater Anubis, has been studying ritual magick since he was a teenager. He started self-training in the Golden Dawn tradition and was later initiated into the Order of the Gnostic Star (E.S.S.G.) by its founder, Frater Barabbas, in his twenties. Erich currently co-leads the Temple of Limitless Light, a magical school dedicated to raising spiritual development in the community, with his wife. He studies elemental, planetary, and Enochian magick and the inner order teachings of the E.S.S.G.

Alannah Brown cofounded and coleads the Temple of Limitless Light, a magical school dedicated to raising spiritual development in the community, with her husband Erich Brown.

Frater Barrabbas (Richmond, VA) is a practicing ritual magician who has studied magick and the occult for over thirty-five years. He is the founder of a magical order called the Order of the Gnostic Star and he is an elder and lineage holder in the Alexandrian tradition of Witchcraft.