Sabbatic Witchcraft
A collection of texts I recommend relating specifically to sabbatic witchcraft as reified by the late Andrew D. Chumbley and henceforth continued by pilgrims and wayfarers both seen and unseen.
The Azoëtia - A Grimoire of the Sabbatic Craft
Andrew D. Chumbley
Azoëtia, otherwise known as the The Book of the Magical Quintessence, is a foundational work introducing you the first circle of sabbatic praxis, the blood-acre. The book is divided into three parts, firstly dealing with practical aspects followed by the teachings of ingress, congress and egress. Lastly the book outlines a series of pracices and methods of magical work that revolve around the twenty-two letters of the Sacred Alphabet. For those interested in sabbatic witchcraft this book is a must.
Qutub - The Point
Andrew D. Chumbley
Qutub is a liminal text in both word and deed. Written as a bridging point between Azoëtia and the Draconian Grimoire is serves to forge the link between the first and second circle. Through 72 verses of magical poetry the seeker is given a glimpse of the Shadow-form of the Opposer, that which lies between and beyond the two circles. The verses are a meditative exploration that will have the reading returning again and again as further insight is revealed.
The Dragon-Book of Essex - Grimorium Synomosia Dracotaus
Andrew D. Chumbley
The Draconian Grimoire continues the work founded in Azoëtia by introducing the practicioner to the second circle and the mysteries of Azhdeha and Crooked Path Sorcery. The work involves ten arduous mystery rites and a plethora of intersticial workings that will both test and vastly expand the knowledge of the practictioner. This is a demanding work that requires a huge amount of commitment and is not to be undertaken lightly.
One - The Grimoire of the Golden Toad
Andrew D. Chumbley
Just as Qutub bridges the space between Azoëtia and the Draconian Grimoire, so does One bridge the gap between the Dragon-Book and the Auraeon, the third and final part of the Trimagisterion that will introduce the worker to the third circle. One serves to explore the ritual known as The Waters of the Moon from two forms of ingress, that of traditional ways and that of a more illumined understanding of its sorcerous elements. A highly difficult book to source, a second edition of this important work is forthcoming from Xoanon.
The Satyrs Sermon
Andrew D. Chumbley
The Sermon originated as a monadic transmission that fortold the teachings of the Satyr and the Virgin, twin elements of the Sabbatic Agapae. A work of love, the accompanying sigils serve to inform and expand the 26 Sermons given.
The Devil’s Noctuary - Being the First Song of Qayin
Gavin Semple
The book situates the reader in relation to Qayin by leading you through a diverse range of adorations, that when realised impart the structure of an overall Rite. This book is witty, clever in its structure, and with swift of hand delivers a beauty to an impossible dilemma.
Khiazmos - A Book Without Pages
Andrew D. Chumbley
Khiazmos is also known as A Book Without Pages, a riddle of paradoxical insights and sigillic mysteries that elucidates the projection of the sorcerous self beyond the circle. This is an oneiric work that will unfold as it is both read and unread.
Lux Haeresis - Gammaeas I - The Light Heretical
Daniel Schulke
This is volume one of a two volume series known as Gammaeas which focuses on what is commonly known as The Sight. This book is a foundational text on understanding the projection of the magical vision and understanding that which is seen, both magical and banal.
Arcanum
Daniel Yates
Arcanum serves as a photographic exploration of its namesake, a journey into the ‘other’ through the vision of another. In a world shaped by textual forms, Arcanum aims to delineate expectations, and to open a window into a more fluid, dynamic world where interpretation is truly left to the beholder. Whilst primarily relating to Elphamic Witchcraft there are a number of sections within the book relating to Sabbatic Witchcraft.
Idolatry Restor’d - Witchcraft and the Imaging of Power
Daniel Schulke
This works discusses the creation of the magical image, touching on concepts within Lux Haeresis. A small but integral work that has helped inform my own personal work immensely.
Opuscula Magica Volume 1 - Essays on Witchcraft and the Sabbatic Tradition
Andrew D. Chumbley
A collection of essays written by Andrew Chumbley from 1990-2003. This is a very important selection of writings that will help seat sabbatic practice within the greater framework of both traditional witchcraft and other occult streams.
Opuscula Magica Volume 2 - Essays on Witchcraft and Crooked Path Sorcery
Andrew D. Chumbley
A further collection of essays from Andrew Chumbley from 1992-2000, this collection deals more with roots and furtherance of Crooked Path Sorcery. The book also contains significant illustrations.
Psalterium Caini - The Psalter of Cain
Cultus Sabbati
The Psalter is a unique collection of devotional rites and practices provided by both Cultus Sabbati and its outer sodality, The Companie of the Serpent Cross.
Lapis Lamiis - The Arcanum of the Stone Xoanon
Daniel Schulke
A three part epistle exploring the mysteries of the Stone Xoanon.
The Leaper Between - An Historical Study of the Toad-Bone Amulet
Andrew D. Chumbley
An academic monogram regarding the toad-bone and its historical lineage from animal charm to the intiation of a toad witch. A key supporting work for understanding ‘The Waters of the Moon’ and a recommended text alongside One.
The Book of Q’ab iTz
David Herrerias
The Book of Q’ab iTz is an experiential record of one practioners journey along the crooked path of sabbatic witchcraft, detailing their understanding as developed through three years of working with the Dragon-Book of Essex.
The book is presented in two parts, with a textual summary offered at the outset followed by the work proper, a collection of astounding and insightful artwork very much in the vein of both Spare and Chumbley yet still its own reflection.
By Moonlight and Spirit Flight - The Praxis of the Otherworldly Journey to the Witches’ Sabbath
Michael Howard
A monogram on the sabbatic flight, the historical use of salves and the history of the ancestral horde.
Totemic Invocation of the Shadow Selves - A Rite of Otherness Entire
Jack Macbeth
One of the most famous and sought-after modern grimoires, by the enigmatic Jack Macbeth. According to the author the book contains "a most extreme ritual … that concerns shape-shifting / atavistic resurgence for the purpose of activating the darkling beast within each of us."
The Pillars of Tubal-Cain
Nigel Aldcroft Jackson & Michael Howard
A work exploring the angelic history of western occultism and the relevance of the Luciferian tradition to modern witchcraft practices.
The Book of Fallen Angels
Michael Howard
In spirit a sequel to The Pillars of Tubal-Cain, this book focuses specifically on the fallen angels, or the watchers, and challenges many misconceptions on their diabolic history.
Masks of Misrule
The Horned God and His Cult in Europe
Nigel Aldcroft Jackson
An extensive study of the horned god within traditional witchcraft from a historical perspective.
Call of the Horned Piper
Nigel Aldcroft Jackson
A small but informative work on the sources of various myths often found within traditional witchcraft.
The Afflicted Mirror - A Study of Ordeals and the Making of Compacts
Peter Hamilton-Giles
An integral works that explores the idea of the ‘Other’ needing to take on an afflicted form to attract our attention. It also looks at how the worker instigates relationships with both Gods and spirits, a field rarely touched on.
Grimoire of the Baron Citadel - The Book of the Four Ways
Peter Hamilton-Giles
A book of sorcerous praxis dealing with the numen of the crossroads and the Baron as dual force of traditional Vodou and British Witchcraft.
Telesmata - New Images of the Sabbatic Mysterium
Daniel Schulke
An exhibition catalogue showcasing images painted by the current magister of Cultus Sabbati, offering insight to various streams of thought within the work.
Via Tortuosa - An Exposition on Crooked Path Sorcery
Daniel Schulke & Robert Fitzgerald
A grimoire elaborating the occult ontology of Crooked Path Sorcery by three initiates of the order Cultus Sabbati.
Book of the Black Dragon - Et Nigrum Draconicum - Volume 1
Peter Hamilton-Giles
This enchiridion for the Black Dragon is the first volume for expounding sorcery associated with the dirt track road, which must forever be adumbrated by the outer precinct of the crooked path, for this inner sanctum presents the dirt ridden yet adamantine road which leads to the Black Dragon and the great mystery of telluric sorcery.
The Book of Deviation
David Herrerias
A practical manual that came as the result of the transmissions given by Black Eagle during the retreat called IA-RA-KU - 'the incubation of the Phoenix vessel' that took place two weeks prior to Summer Solstice. Offered here to transform the poison into the remedy by cutting through one's owns attachments and transferring Draco’s fourteen stars into the Death hand's automata, while resting the Mind in pristine awareness, allowing the Divine Artist manifest.