I am an author, blogger, esotericist, software developer, information technology consultant, and speculative fiction enthusiast. I write fantasy and science fiction, and non-fiction books on the European Esoteric Tradition. I also contribute to non-fiction anthologies that cover topics related to magical practices and esoteric spirituality.
This site is primarily dedicated to my published works. You can also find me over on Augoeides, my long-running esoteric blog covering magick, spirituality, the paranormal, and current events that touch upon those themes. Since 2006, Augoeides has been presenting innovative magical techniques and rituals, offering commentary on fringe science and the paranormal, and poking fun at ridiculous ideas about occultism shared by religious fundamentalists and paranoid conspiracy theorists. I also am a strong proponent of religious freedom for ALL religions along with atheism and agnosticism, and advocate strongly against those working to secure special rights for themselves by taking them away from others who do not share their beliefs.
Fiction Titles
Written in Blood, from Moonfire Publishing (with Sheila Marshall).
David Killian is an ancient vampire with the power to write the fate of the Northland in his own blood. When he writes the ideal lover and companion into life, he summons artist Kristie Slay from Chicago to the little town of Castle Danger on the North Shore of Lake Superior. Kristie is drawn by the town’s mystery, and the surprise of a new love. But she carries a secret that may lead to both their undoing. Click here to find out more and order your copy today!
Ipswich, from Moonfire Publishing.
Ipswich is a sequel to Arcana and the second book in my Guild series. It tells the story of Sara Winchester, a young heiress and newly-empowered magician. With the help of the magical order known as the Guild, she explores the mystery of her mother’s death. On her travels she faces a killer who can control the spirits of the dead, and the remnants of an order of dark magicians who seek the Guild’s destruction. Click here to find out more and order your copy today!
Arcana, from Pendraig Publishing.
My debut novel Arcana was released at the end of 2009. It is an urban fantasy novel set mostly in my home town, the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. It tells the story of the Guild, a modern-day magical order, and the group’s battle with a powerful demon. It also incorporates many authentic concepts and procedures adapted from my study and practice of real ritual magick and occultism. Click here to find out more and order your copy today!
Cthulhu Unbound, self-published.
This short story is my first foray into the world of self-published ebooks. It is available on Smashwords, and also for Kindle and Nook. The story is a satirical take on the sinister Cthulhu mythos of H. P. Lovecraft, in which a bullied high school boy gets his hands on the infamous Necronomicon and summons the dreaded Elder God to destroy his enemies. But what he gets is not quite what he expects. Click here to find out more and order your copy today!
The Pathless Void, self-published.
This science fiction novella is my second self-published book. This time around I put together a print version that turned out quite nice, in addition to the ebook. It is a classical, “Golden Age” style science fiction tale involving speculative future technology and alien contact. In the story, two twenty-second century scientists work to salvage an alien spacecraft in the Alpha Centauri system. Click here to find out more and order your copy today!
Trump Card, self-published.
This terrific novel is my third self-published book. The year is 2017. Donald Trump is president. The Resistance is led by Teen Vogue, the National Parks Department, and the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary. Sophia Sanders is an ordinary New York girl with an unusual birthday. When a mysterious pendant makes her a “winner,” she becomes a contestant on a reality television series in order to oppose the Trump agenda. Click here to find out more and order your copy today!
Non-Fiction Titles
Mastering the Mystical Heptarchy, from Pendraig Publishing.
Volume One of my Mastering Enochian Magick series is a practical guide to a sometimes overlooked portion of the Enochian system, John Dee’s Heptarchia Mystica. The Heptarchia Mystica is a highly effective sevenfold system of planetary magick, and represents the only portion of the Enochian system that Dee himself ever assembled into a usable grimoire. Click here to find out more and order your copy today.
Mastering the Great Table, from Pendraig Publishing.
Volume Two of my Mastering Enochian Magick series is a practical guide to working with the Great Table, also called the four Castles or Watchtowers. Instead of the later and overly complex attributions used by the Golden Dawn Watchtower system, the system outlined here relies on attributions from Dee’s original diaries and Renaissance grimoire sources. Click here to find out more and order your copy today!
Mastering the Thirty Aires, from Pendraig Publishing.
Volume Three of my Mastering Enochian Magick series is a practical guide to working with the Thirty Aires, also called the Aethyrs. This system is commonly used as a map for exploring the Enochian universe by means of scrying, but the original system revealed to John Dee and Edward Kelley was intended to be used as a powerful system of political and zodiacal magick. Click here to find out more and order your copy today!
Anthology Titles
Holy Guardian Angel, from Nephilim Press.
This anthology edited by Michael Ceccetelli includes my essay “The Descended Angel,” along with articles on the subject of the Holy Guardian Angel by Jason Miller, Rufus Opus, and a number of other well-known occult authors. The limited hardcover edition sold out a couple years ago, but the book is now available in paperback for the larger market. Holy Guardian Angel is available in print from Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
Liber Spirituum, from Azoth Press.
This anthology edited by Adam P. Forrest includes my article, “Evoking Zodiacal Angels,” along with articles on working with various classes of spirits by Jake Stratton-Kent, John Michael Greer, and other well-known occult authors. The limited hardcover edition is sold out, but it is now available in paperback. My contribution is one of the few pieces out there on working with zodiacal angels. Liber Spirituum is available in print from Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
For The Chance of Union, from Ordo Templi Orientis.
This anthology of the proceedings of the eleventh biannual conference of Ordo Templi Orientis includes my presentation on Heptarchial evocation along with the ritual I performed at the conference, an evocation of the angel Carmara who rules over the mystical heptarchy according to Dr. John Dee’s Heptarchia Mystica grimoire. For The Chance of Union is available in print from Amazon.
Scavenged Rituals Issue #1
This anthology of experimental magical techniques and practices includes my article “The Field Ritual,” which lays out a ceremonial structure that combines components from the Lesser Ritual of the Pentagram and Lesser Ritual of the Hexagram. This yields a single ritual that can be used to create the various “magical fields” that facilitate different kinds of magical work. Scavenged Rituals Issue #1 is available in print from Spiral House Shop here.
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