Artistic Visions – Bynopar

About the Artist I started studying in 2004 privately with a studio artist in Maine, then continued with self-study after my arrival in Canada in 2005. In 2008 I began working with my husband, Donald Tyson, illustrating his books, and have continued over the past year. I work with different mediums or even a mix. My [...]

Necromancy: Dark Art Exemplar?

Amongst all the various names for magical practices, the word necromancy is probably the most foreboding and sinister. No doubt that such a practice was diabolical and associated with the blackest forms of magic. Popular folklore and belief defines necromancy as divination performed through the conjuration and manipulation of the spirits of the dead. The [...]

Goetic Evocation – The New Fad

A few years ago occult students and practicing magicians became enamored of the old grimoires and began to purchase newly translated and annotated copies of them. This may be due in part to published books written by Steve Savedow, Joseph C. Lisiewski and Aaron Leitch. All three authors recommended using the old grimoires in a [...]

The Black Book

At this witching time of year, in the chill of lonesome October when the leaves turn brown and pile in drifts, and the frosted pumpkins begin to rot in the fields, we turn our minds to elongated shadows and gloomy pits, deep willow woods and gaping cavern mouths, secret places that elude the sun, chill [...]

Book/Tarot Deck Review – The Tyson Necronomicon Series

       Donald Tyson’s Necronomicon Series, including Necronomicon: The Wanderings of Alhazred Llewellyn Publications (December 1, 2004) ISBN: 978-0738706276 288 pages Alhazred: Author of the Necronomicon Llewellyn Publications (July 1, 2006) ISBN: 978-0738708928 672 pages Necronomicon Tarot Illustrated by Anne Stokes Llewellyn Publications (September 1, 2007) ISBN: 978-0738710860 240 pages plus 78 cards Grimoire of the Necronomicon Llewellyn Publications (August 1, 2008) ISBN: 978-0738713380 216 pages Reviewer: Lon Sarver Stars [...]

Conjuring Spirits the Old Fashioned Way

Agrippa is a great resource for all things magical. Using the tables of the scales of numbers in his 2nd Book of Occult Philosophy, you will be able to put together whatever type of ritual you could possibly need. However, the details on how to conjure spirits aren’t in the Three Books. Instead, you find [...]

The Rapier’s Edge – Follow-Up Interview with Donald Tyson

Nearly a year ago, I interviewed Donald Tyson regarding his then new book, Grimoire of the Necronomicon. Since then, my review partner, Lon Sarver, and I have been working with Tyson’s system and we’ll present our findings in this the next issue. Mr. Tyson was kind enough to agree to a follow-up interview; you’ll find [...]

The Rapier’s Edge – An Interview with Donald Tyson

In 2004, Llewellyn published Donald Tyson’s novel, Necronomicon: The Wanderings of Alhazred, based on the stories of H.P. Lovecraft. While former Necronomicons were written as grimoires, Tyson took a novel (ahem) approach to the text, having fun with it and viewing it, as he told me at the time, as “entertainment.” He followed the following [...]

Evocations of Emotions

Recently, I decided to do a grieving ritual for my time in academia. I’d dropped out of my Ph.d in 2005 and for almost a year had not really had a chance to process the emotions over leaving under such circumstances. My wife had bought me the Voyager Tarot, and I needed to break it [...]