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Underworld: A Practical Guide to Necromancy
Theion Publishing is proud to announce the revised and expanded second edition of Underworld, an expert study and manual of practical necromancy.
The Living stand in awe and fear before the forbidden realms of the Underworld. Yet, for thousands of years, necromancers have practiced the black arts to traffic with legions of the Dead, the demonic spawn of the Chthonic realms and even with the Dark Rulers themselves.
From the blood-thirsty Gods of the Aztec empire to the infernal Queen of the Babylonians, this work provides detailed descriptions of multiple cultural models of the Underworld and its deities and how to engage such entities. Underworld addresses the chthonic realm and its associated spiritual practices from the viewpoint of the contemporary occultist and focuses its discussion on the intrusive aspect of the chthonian powers, which are not constrained to the world of the Dead. This work offers a wealth of practical information and instructions for effective techniques of necromancy. Underworld details how the modern magician can enter the pathways of Hell to gain tremendous personal powers and advantages for his spiritual life and journey.
Compiled by a member of the secret Sepulcher Society, Underworld is an essential manual for any serious occultist interested in necromantic theory and practice.
The Sepulcher Society (TSS) is a hydra with many heads. A closed European metaphysical working group the Sepulcher Society is dedicated to serious esoteric and academic research as well as magical practice. Members and authors of TSS remain anonymous and consequently all their works released through Theion Publishing bear only the name of the Sepulcher Society.
The Living stand in awe and fear before the forbidden realms of the Underworld. Yet, for thousands of years, necromancers have practiced the black arts to traffic with legions of the Dead, the demonic spawn of the Chthonic realms and even with the Dark Rulers themselves.
From the blood-thirsty Gods of the Aztec empire to the infernal Queen of the Babylonians, this work provides detailed descriptions of multiple cultural models of the Underworld and its deities and how to engage such entities. Underworld addresses the chthonic realm and its associated spiritual practices from the viewpoint of the contemporary occultist and focuses its discussion on the intrusive aspect of the chthonian powers, which are not constrained to the world of the Dead. This work offers a wealth of practical information and instructions for effective techniques of necromancy. Underworld details how the modern magician can enter the pathways of Hell to gain tremendous personal powers and advantages for his spiritual life and journey.
Compiled by a member of the secret Sepulcher Society, Underworld is an essential manual for any serious occultist interested in necromantic theory and practice.
The Sepulcher Society (TSS) is a hydra with many heads. A closed European metaphysical working group the Sepulcher Society is dedicated to serious esoteric and academic research as well as magical practice. Members and authors of TSS remain anonymous and consequently all their works released through Theion Publishing bear only the name of the Sepulcher Society.
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January 16, 2021
What a wonderful book, again published by Theion which continue to impress with carefully chosen titles. The anonymous author, member of the elusive "Sepulcher Society" of which you will you find no trace save their publications via Theion, presents in a very clear fashion Underworlds, their rulers and possible practices. That means we get acquainted with several different underwolrd conceptions from ancient greece to the aztecs, in the second their rulers (Persephone, Hella &c.) are presented and finally a personal synthesis out of the different traditional sources amassed by the author and his own praxis, culminating in personal gnosis.
I want to give nothing than the highest rating for this one since I think it beautifully succeeds in what the author set out to accomplish. Unless the reader isn't totally knowledgable about the topic and has a deep and ongoing necromantic practice without need of further development "Underworld" will have insights and practical advice with the voice of authority by experience. There are but two points I missed, namely that egyptian gods weren't included (probably due to no practical connection on the part of the author which is of course totally fine) and no further mention of the role of Hekate, surely an at least Underworld adjacent goddes which he promises to speak about at later point to which he never comes around. Those small points do not detract fromt he overall quality at all. I am especially thankful that the author is quite self-aware, nothing in here reeks of pseudo-LHP-fluff and edginess, while he takes opportunity for moments on a meta level, making it absolutly clear from which premises he works. That those are ontologically solid, theistic and spiritualistic is gladly welcomed by me.
Further I want to mention especially the love and care Theion put in producing the books who get more beautiful and professional which each year and release.
I want to give nothing than the highest rating for this one since I think it beautifully succeeds in what the author set out to accomplish. Unless the reader isn't totally knowledgable about the topic and has a deep and ongoing necromantic practice without need of further development "Underworld" will have insights and practical advice with the voice of authority by experience. There are but two points I missed, namely that egyptian gods weren't included (probably due to no practical connection on the part of the author which is of course totally fine) and no further mention of the role of Hekate, surely an at least Underworld adjacent goddes which he promises to speak about at later point to which he never comes around. Those small points do not detract fromt he overall quality at all. I am especially thankful that the author is quite self-aware, nothing in here reeks of pseudo-LHP-fluff and edginess, while he takes opportunity for moments on a meta level, making it absolutly clear from which premises he works. That those are ontologically solid, theistic and spiritualistic is gladly welcomed by me.
Further I want to mention especially the love and care Theion put in producing the books who get more beautiful and professional which each year and release.
October 15, 2024
a good, although somewhat superficial comparison of different conceptions of the underworld and the deities inside it.
wish the author wouldve ventured into the metaphysical status of the underworlds more. for instance, the river lethe (oblivion) that has to be crossed to reach the (greek) underworld is brought up, but not fully grasped: behind lethe lies aletheia, the plain of truth (non-oblivion) - the worldly realm is subject to time, but the underworld isnt. living beings, upon birth/reincarnation, forget the eternal truths the souls (and gods) know, which is why, as mentioned in the book, summoned souls of the deceased can act as oracles. this is also how human oracles and poets worked, by engaging in a set of practices that made them immune to lethe's effect (namely e.g. washing oneself in the waters of mnemosyne [memory]). sources for this are detienne's "the masters of truth in archaic greece" and vernant's "myth and thought among the greeks".
wouldve also liked hekate to be covered, which is alluded to but then forgotten about (for anyone interested, a good work on her seems to be johnston's "hekate soteira").
i greatly enjoyed the perennialist framing of entities vs deities: basically entities are noumenous, deities are their culture-informed phenomena.
in the ritual section, the author recommends utilising dark ambient music - if you are wondering why that works so well to breach the veil check out demers' "drone and apocalypse" (a really beautiful, precious book).
wish the author wouldve ventured into the metaphysical status of the underworlds more. for instance, the river lethe (oblivion) that has to be crossed to reach the (greek) underworld is brought up, but not fully grasped: behind lethe lies aletheia, the plain of truth (non-oblivion) - the worldly realm is subject to time, but the underworld isnt. living beings, upon birth/reincarnation, forget the eternal truths the souls (and gods) know, which is why, as mentioned in the book, summoned souls of the deceased can act as oracles. this is also how human oracles and poets worked, by engaging in a set of practices that made them immune to lethe's effect (namely e.g. washing oneself in the waters of mnemosyne [memory]). sources for this are detienne's "the masters of truth in archaic greece" and vernant's "myth and thought among the greeks".
wouldve also liked hekate to be covered, which is alluded to but then forgotten about (for anyone interested, a good work on her seems to be johnston's "hekate soteira").
i greatly enjoyed the perennialist framing of entities vs deities: basically entities are noumenous, deities are their culture-informed phenomena.
in the ritual section, the author recommends utilising dark ambient music - if you are wondering why that works so well to breach the veil check out demers' "drone and apocalypse" (a really beautiful, precious book).
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