On Thursday December 19th, 2013 The Hermetic Hour, with host Poke Runyon,

will have as its distinguished guest the noted author on subjects arcane and

esoteric, John Michael Greer. John's first book "Paths of Wisdom" has been

of considerable help to us as an authoritative source in our on-going series

of lectures on the Hermetic-Qabalistic Tree of Life. John is also the

translator of the medieval Latin version of "Picatrix", with Christopher

Warnock, which has now become as important in the magical revival as Tyson's

Agrippa. Although certainly a Hermetic scholar John Michael Greer's magical

heart lies in the Celtic-Druidic tradition. He has written several books in

this area and is a practicing Druid himself. His latest work combines the

Hermetic Golden Dawn and the Druidic traditions, both of which were active

in Victorian England. John discovered a historic interchange between these

two very British expressions and he has lovingly reconstructed the synthesis

in "The Celtic Golden Dawn," -- So, let us go out to Stone Henge and see how

the Druids do a Pentagram Ritual.