Welcome to Leo season! In this month’s episode we welcome Bradley Sneddon and Andreas Erneus, ongoing translators of the ‘Summa Sacre Magice - The Summa of Sacred Magic’, a text collated in the 14th century by the first of the author magicians, the enigmatic Berengarius Ganellus.

Today Bradley, Andy and I talk about the importance of this text, what we know about its author and the surviving manuscripts, as well as the dizzying complexity of its contents. We consider the sources Ganell drew from, and the influences this material has had on history.

We talk about magical Linguistics, practical theology, voces magice, demonic hierarchies, the nature of the Winds, cosmological structures, and much much more.

This translation of the SSM can be found through

Amazon here: https://l1nk.dev/q8jtcqa

You can find a pdf of the introduction of the Routledge History of Medieval Magic here: https://api.pageplace.de/preview/DT04...

And importantly, you can find Gehr’s essay here: https://www.academia.edu/30383979/Ber...

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Welcome to the Summer Solstice episode of the Hadean Press podcast. Today I welcome the most brilliant Brian Johnson back to the show to discuss his involvement in the creation of our book ‘An Exposition Upon The Sphere of the Cosmos - The Astrological Nigromancy of Cecco d’Ascoli’.

Brian and I have been working on ‘An Exposition of the Sphere’ now for the past few years and are very excited to finally have the chance to share it with the wider community. As we’re co-authors of this book, in this episode both Brian and I will be fielding questions to each other. We hope you enjoy our conversation and consider supporting our work by purchasing our translation and commentary from Hadean Press.

You can find 'An Exposition' on the Hadean Press website: https://hadean.press/products/an-exposition-upon-the-sphere-of-the-cosmos

Or through Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/yedp6m2t

You can read more from Mat through his Substack at: https://thevaultsecondcycle.substack.com/p/welcome-to-the-guide

You can find all of Brian's information, publications and services through his website: https://bjohnsonfreelance.com/resume/

And you should check out Brian's latest book, 'A Similitude of Nature' here: https://revelore.press/product/similitude-of-nature/

This month I am very happy to welcome Dr Alexander Cummins back to the show to discuss his vast library’s worth of video lectures, research and articles on historical Cunning Craft and sorcery.

We discuss his research on historical Cunning traditions, the humours in food and drink, the Verum, and the manner in which Spirits are organised and work together in texts such as the Science of Nigromancy. Of course, we also hit on the use and application of stones, bones, words and herbs in our magic and have a fantastic talk on exactly why Dr Al loves the dirt-sorceries and divinations of Geomancy and how the chthonic light of spiritual malarchy brings illumination to our work.

You can find all Al’s foundation courses, classes and guides on his website: www.alexandercummins.com

You are also welcome to reach out to Al via email at: [email protected]

And you can find Al’s Substack, QUOTH here: https://substack.com/@quoth

Other sites to keep your eye on include: https://grimoiresontape.tumblr.com/

www.instagram.com/grimoiresontape/?hl=en

Welcome to the 3-year anniversary of the Hadean Press podcast!

This month I am very happy to welcome Simone Kotva, a scholar and practitioner of mysticism and magic who has added a significant quantity of exceptional material to Hadean’s ever-growing series of publications on the subject of the sorcerous Saint Cyprian.

Simone’s latest work, Cyprianus: St. Cyprian and the Black Book in Scandinavian Folklore is a translation focusing on recorded oral traditions of Cyprian, the Black School, the Devil and of course, the Book of Cyprian. This collection of myths represents a living record of the local beliefs, superstitions and above all practical advice on how to negotiate an encounter with the spirits of this most powerful book of magic.

Cyprianus is available now from Hadean Press at: https://hadean.press/products/cyprian...

And you can find Simone’s Substack, Techniques of Ecstasy at: Simonekotva.substack.com

In this episode we welcome Eric Purdue to the Hadean Podcast.

Eric is the translator of Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa’s, ‘Three Books of Occult Philosophy’, a landmark text in the history of European Natural Philosophy, a subject which Eric assures me includes both Astrology and Magic.

Woven together from a panoply of contemporary, medieval, Arabic and Hellenic sources, Agrippa produced a masterpiece of Renaissance philosophy, much maligned by centres of learning in the centuries since its first publication as superstition and debased necromancy. It is only in the modern era where we find Agrippa finally being understood and appreciated for the sheer genius of his contribution to the study and practice of the European tradition of Philosophy, and we find Magic presented as an integral aspect of Agrippa’s Catholic faith being given the dues it is worthy of by modern scholars.

You can find more from Eric through his website: https://www.ericpurdue.com/

Or follow him on his Instagram at: instagram.com/traditional_esoterica/

And of course, if you haven’t already then you can find his translation of Agrippa’s Three Books of Occult Philosophy at:

https://www.innertraditions.com/author/eric-purdue

In this month’s episode we welcome Mark Hewitt to the Hadean Press Podcast. In his book, ‘Especially Dangerous: The Snowshill Collection’, Mark examines a remarkable collection of objects as they evolve through history. He traces something of their origins, detailing their functions, meanings and most importantly, the alchemical transformations which occur to the narratives which conglomerate about them as they pass from location to location, custodian to custodian.

Mark present the biographies of two men who were vitally important to the curation and presentation of these magical objects, namely Charles Paget Wade and Cecil Williamson, detailing how they came to be in possession of them, how the objects were presented to the public, how they were removed, re-titled and re-storied, and the influences that emanated from them as they experience this re-contextualisation travelling from the Witches Garret of Snowshill Manor to the Museum of Witchcraft in Boscastle.

You can find Mark’s book here: https://hadean.press/products/especially-dangerous-the-snowshill-collection

His Substack here: https://thirteenthirtyfour.substack.com/

And his Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/countfrockula/

Welcome to our first podcast of 2026. The Hadean team is very happy to announce that we will be expanding our interviews to include authors we have found to be especially important to the exploration of Folklore, Grimoires and the Underworld, especially for practitioners of magic as well as those curious about its long history.

In this month’s podcast we are very happy to introduce my friend and fellow practitioner, Lili Regulus and their monumental two-volume exploration of one of sorcery’s most notoriously chthonic and untamed forces, Lilith, her history in context and the many threads of culture, religion and magic which have woven together to usher her into the 21st century.

‘She of the Night’, was released last year and is a tour de force of knowledge and spellcraft conjured into being by Lili Regulus and put out into the World by the excellent folks at Theion Publishing.

In this episode we discuss the origins of Lilith, the magica materia of the Hoopoe and Hyena, the qualities of Light-Fleeing Spirits, the Lady of the Mountains, the Seven Winds, the enigmatic Four Queens and the nature of the Untamed Feminine.

You can find Lili’s book through Theion Publishing here: https://theionpublishing.com/shop/ilr_she_of_the_night/

And you can find more from them through their Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/idlulili/

Please check out the Occult Library for reviews and details on books you might be curious about. https://www.occultlibrary.org/books-database/she-of-the-night

Happy holidays everyone! This month we are very happy to welcome back José Leitão and Brian Johnson who have teamed up to bring us a truly fascinating addition to the Cyprianic corpus titled, ‘Seven Magic Hours of Cyprian the Mage, a study and translation of mss 174 n.155 from the Portuguese National Library, an Iberian book of Pacts and Treasure hunting’.

In today's episode José and Brian describe the history of the Cyprianic tradition, the new discoveries of the French and Spanish influences which flowed into this diabolic Portuguese Grimoire, as well as the nature of the talismanic object described within its worn and damaged pages.

You can find José’s work through Hadean Press:

https://hadean.press/products/book-of...

Check out his YouTube channel: / @joseleitao3588

You can find Brian and his services through his website: https://bjohnsonfreelance.com/

His recently published book, ‘A Similitude of Nature: Giorgio Anselmi on the Images of the Eighth Celestial Sphere’, can be found through Revelore Press:

https://revelore.press/product/simili...

Welcome listeners to the Sagittarian fires of 2025, in today’s episode we are delighted to present Kadmus for the second time on the show. Kadmus has developed many of his earlier ideas from his essay, ‘Every Nekuomanteia is a Katabasis’ into perhaps one of the single greatest texts on the subject of Necromancy I have ever read.

This book is not simply a how-to manual, but instead a deep exploration of the subject and dramatis personae of epistemic evocation, or ‘Learning from Legendary Practitioners’. Kadmus is a teacher and author, focusing on philosophy, myth, politics and the multivalence of Pagan thought.

Today we discuss a huge range of subjects concerning necromancy, the myths of Circe, Medea, and the hermaphrodite Tiresias, Pre-Mycenaean oral mythology, how to build report with the shades of the Dead and much more.

You can find Learning from Legendary Practitioners at:

https://hadean.press/products/learnin...

And you can find more from Kadmus at:

https://www.salemwitchfest.com/produc... https://sulbooks.com/bookstore/p/true... www.sacredspacebtw2026.sched.com/event/2BEYX/learning-the-secrets-of-the-dead-on-epistemic-necromancy?

#hadeanpress #paganism #necromancy

Welcome to our very special Halloween episode! Today we are happy to present Jack Grayle, a wonderfully charming and enthusiastic teacher of the Blackthorn School, practitioner of various magics from the sorceries of the Greek Magical Papyri to early modern Cunning Craft, author of the Hekatæon, and The Golden Guest, an essay featured in Hadean’s Conjure Codex volume 4.

Today we will discuss a whole host of topics ranging from Jack’s understanding of Hellenic magical praxis, dream incubation, visionary experiences, the use of the Marigold as a potent materia in our magic, the Virgin Mary, the nature of sorcerous Compulsion, and much more.

You can find Jack’s courses on the Blackthorne School here:

PGM Praxis 2: The Kingdom https://learn.theblackthorneschool.com/product/pgm-praxis-2-the-kingdom/

Hail Hekate: Walking the Forked Path https://learn.theblackthorneschool.com/product/hail-hekate-walking-the-forked-path/

#JackGralye #PGM #magic #Hadeanpress