{"product_id":"learning-from-legendary-practitioners-by-kadmus-hadean-press-2025-hardcover","title":"Learning from Legendary Practitioners by Kadmus (Hadean Press, 2025) Limited Edition Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eKadmus. \u003cem\u003eLearning from Legendary Practitioners: A Necromantic Journey into History, Myth, and the Practice of Magic\u003c\/em\u003e. West Yorkshire: Hadean Press, 2025. Hardcover edition. 254 pages. Limited to 300 copies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription from the publisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLearning from Legendary Practitioners: A Necromantic Journey into History, Myth, and the Practice of Magic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a masterclass in the practice of spirit summoning and necromancy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this book Kadmus offers a series of investigations into ancient and legendary experts in the occult arts, including the ancient Greek figures of Circe, Teiresias, Medea, and Orpheus, as well as the supposed witches and faery queens who were the inspiration for the play Macbeth. These investigations engage with the myth and literature around each figure, as well as their historical and archeological contexts. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach chapter seeks to provide both our best understanding of the practitioners in questions as well as explanations for how the author went on to contact these figures and what he learned from the experience – thus blending historical research with active occult investigation largely of necromantic nature. The result is a book that provides a full education in the practice of spirit summoning and necromancy as well as offering a complete profile of some of the art’s most famous practitioners.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe second part of the book provides careful considerations of the nature of necromancy, its connection to the ancient cults of the dead which we understand as ancestor and hero worship, the enigmatic tomb cult, and finally a detailed guide for how to acquire an assistant spirit of the dead to aid in your necromantic work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLearning from Legendary Practitioners\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an invaluable book for those whose practice involves spirit work, and for those who are interested in spirit-summoning in general.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKadmus is a professor of philosophy, a writer, teacher, practicing occultists and dedicated pagan. He has taught classes for every year of both the Salem Witchcraft and Folklore Festival and the Astro Magia astrological magic conference.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLearning from Legendary Practitioners: A Necromantic Journey into History, Myth, and the Practice of Magic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis his first book published with Hadean Press. His previous book,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTrue to the Earth: Pagan Political Theology\u003c\/em\u003e, is available in an updated second edition through Sul Books and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Elucidations of Drake\u003c\/em\u003e, a book of short occult themed mystery stories published under the pen name of Bill Koch, can also be found through Sul Books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCONTENTS:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eINTRODUCTION \u003cbr\u003ePART ONE: THE EXPERIMENTS    \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER ONE: Circe\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER TWO: Teiresias\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER THREE: Medea\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER FOUR: Orpheus \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER FIVE: The Witches of Macbeth \u003cbr\u003ePART TWO: METHODOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER SIX: Necromancy as Katabasis \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER SEVEN: Ancient Cults of the Dead \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER EIGHT: On Acquiring a Necromantic Assistant \u003cbr\u003eBIBLIOGRAPHY \u003cbr\u003eINDEX \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur hardcover edition is printed on Munken creme paper and covered in black buckram with goldfoiling on front and spine and printed endsheets. Limited to 300 copies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLearning from Legendary Practitioners: A Necromantic Journey into History, Myth, and the Practice of Magic\u003cbr\u003eKadmus\u003cbr\u003eISBN 978-1-915933-41-6 (HB)\u003cbr\u003e254 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arcane Offerings","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49187080470698,"sku":null,"price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0622\/8407\/1082\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_99810c5d-9ff2-4573-9b75-838ef47796dd.jpg?v=1788470227","url":"https:\/\/arcaneofferings.com\/products\/learning-from-legendary-practitioners-by-kadmus-hadean-press-2025-hardcover","provider":"Arcane Offerings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}