Goêtic Atavisms

by Frater Acher, Craig Slee, José Gabriel Alegría Sabogal (Contributor)

Goêtic Atavisms is designed to be an uncompromising and challenging book. Written in mutual exchange between practitioners Frater Acher and Craig Slee, two radical views and explorations of applied goêtia emerge. The book will be able to be read from both sides; behind one cover containing the chapters by Acher, behind the other those by Craig Slee, and where they meet in the middle a preface by none other than Frater U∴D∴.
In their own unique voices, the authors draw the reader in and call on them to bring goêteia to life in their own flesh. Over twelve chapters, packed with historic detail and practical experimentations, the reader is guided to take a fresh look at such diverse bodies of goêtic work as Zosimos of Panopolis, Germanic and Old Iranian folklore, Goethe's Faust and the Earth Spirit, Austin Osman Spare's oeuvre, as well as modern forms of corporeality such as pornography, tattoo culture, and bodily disability. Goêtic Atavisms was written not only to be a sensual experience, but to facilitate magical touch.

272 pages, Paperback

Published June 29, 2023

About the author

Frater Acher is the author of theomagica.com as well as a friend and collaborator of Quareia Magical Training. He holds an MA in Communications Science, Intercultural Communications and Psychology as well as certifications in Systemic Coaching and Gestalt Therapy. He has studied Western Ritual Magic in theory and practice at I.M.B.O.L.C. (magieausbildung.de) and has been actively involved in magic as a lone practitioner for more than twenty years. Frater Acher is a German national, and after several years of living abroad, he is now resident in Munich, Germany. Previous publications include 'Cyprian of Antioch: A Mage of Many Faces' (Quareia Press 2017) and 'Speculum Terræ' (Hadean Press 2018).

The Holy Daimon online project is a resource dedicated to research into, and the translation of ritual manuscripts from the 15th to 18th century with a focus on texts of daimonic theurgy.

Reviews

[Christian · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting project, readable from two sides, since indeed it is not only a book by the esteemed Frater Acher, but also by Craig Slee, a british practitioner. Unqiue in the sense, since you can open the book physically from two sides and engage with different texts, intellectually, since two minds let their ideas bounce off of each other. Albeit I would recommend to read Acher first and then Slee, since I had the impression, the latter references more often the former than vice versa.