Conjure Codex: A Compendium of Invocation, Evocation, and Conjuration

by Jake Stratton-Kent (Editor)

The practice of spirit conjuration has thrived since humanity first experienced and sought to work with the natural forces of the seen and unseen worlds. It remains to this day as a living tradition among many modern cultures, while in others conjuration has been equated with 'the devil's work' or sidelined into the realm of the incredulous, viewed with superstition and disdain. Misconceptions abound, in part because the reality of spirit conjuration is often as obscured as are the spirits themselves. CONJURE CODEX breaks new ground in presenting inter-related material from a range of traditions, embracing ancient cultures, the grimoires, New World traditions and others; by publishing new translations and rare texts alongside accounts of work in these traditions, and elucidations of them.

Genres: Occult, Folklore, Magic

184 pages, Paperback

First published October 31, 2011

About the author

Jake Stratton-Kent has been a goetic magician since 1972, making more than forty years of continuous goetic practice. His practical work integrates the magical papyri, italo-french grimoires in particular the Grimorium Verum and African traditional religions with a focus on Quimbanda and magia negra. His interest in magic spans the ancient, medieval, renaissance, and modern as well as stretching from the West to the Middle East and crucially, the New World. His scholarly approach is backed with a personal relationship with the spirits.

Reviews

[Χρυσόστομος Τσαπραΐλης · Rating 4 out of 5]

A strong beginning for this occult magazine which, as its name suggests, focuses on conjuration practice - spirit working, be it grimoiric magic, voodoo, or ancient necromancy. Most of the articles are well-researched, with references and footnotes, yet not falling into academic dryness. For me the highlights were Jake Stratton-Kent's introductory piece, "Old Wizard," Humberto Maggi's "The Tree of the Grimoires," Chad Barber's "Infernal Conjure Craft," and Drac Uber's "Lessons from Ginen" which acts as a nice introduction to the whole Vodou cosmology. Also JSK's interview was more than enjoyable. Looking forward to the second issue.