Category Archives: Events

For the Chance of Union

Notocon_XI_Proceedings_200For the Chance of Union: Proceedings of the Eleventh Biennial National Ordo Templi Orientis Conference is now available.

This volume contains a selection of presentations from NOTOCON 2017 in Orlando, Florida, and includes my presentation on Heptarchial Evocation based on material from Mastering the Mystical Heptarchy.

The other presentations and rituals are pretty cool as well, and will give you some idea of the sorts of things that go on at national Ordo Templi Orientis conventions here in the United States. Check it out!

One Night Only!

Tonight I will be appearing in Cheap Theatre – “Not” at the Black Forest Festsaal Room. I’ll be performing in a skit with the King of Saint Paul Poetry himself, Mike Finley. I’ll point out that I have no theater background whatsoever aside from reading my fiction at open mics, but it still should be a good time.

The Black Forest Inn is located at 9 East 26th Street in Minneapolis. Tickets are $10 and include a beverage, and the show starts at 7:30 PM. Cheap Theatre is a fun event that always features great local performers. Hope to see you there!

What Haunts Us

whu_pic_smallerFor the last couple of weeks my publishing company, Moonfire Publishing, has been finishing up the rollout for our latest title, What Haunts Us by Loren Niemi. Loren is a storyteller who performs all over the country, and What Haunts Us is his first-ever published story collection.

This book was challenging to produce, but if I don’t say so myself the result is pretty outstanding. From a literary standpoint the narrative style comes from performance storytelling, which gives it a fundamentally different feel than your standard anthology of short stories. Some are adapted from existing folklore and others are entirely original compositions. This is a work that has been long in the making, as Loren has been performing for more than forty years. You can check out his website here for more information about him and his background.

One of things we learned in the course of producing this book is that publishing a title directly through Ingram is not nearly as difficult as some authors make it out to be. You do want to have the latest Adobe stuff like Creative Cloud, but if you do the process can be streamlined quite efficiently. I was pretty solid at putting books together for CreateSpace and the new KDP paperback production works pretty similarly, but the advantage with going directly through Ingram is that bookstores are actually willing to order copies through them. Even with Amazon’s “expanded distribution” that’s not really an option.

Loren will be performing tomorrow evening, Wednesday February 27th, at Tillie’s Farmhouse in Saint Paul, Minnesota. If you are local to the area, come by and check it out. It promises to be a good time with opening music starting at 6 PM and Loren’s storytelling starting at 7 PM. He also travels around the country, with his upcoming events posted on his website. If you get a chance to see him, you should – there aren’t a lot of storytellers around any more, and Loren is an excellent one.

Books for the Holidays!

Christmas-Gifting-Books-jpgWith the holiday season upon us, it’s good to keep in mind that the gift of books never goes out of style. Of course, I’m talking about my books. My first novel was published in 2009 and since then I’ve put out additional fiction and non-fiction titles. Naturally, if I do say so myself, they make great gifts.

The Mastering Enochian Magick Series

Mastering the Mystical Heptarchy

Volume I of the Mastering Enochian Magick Series is still the only book I know of dedicated to exploring the Heptarchia Mystica, an early portion of John Dee and Edward Kelley’s work that precedes the better-known Great Table and Aires or Aethyrs. The Heptarchial system works with sixteen spirits total, a King and Prince for each day of the week plus a King and Prince who rule over the entire system. This book makes a great introduction to Enochian magick that can get the reader started right away without a lot of the complexity normally associated with the Enochian system, and produce impressive practical results.

Click here to find out more and order your copy today!

Mastering the Great Table

Volume II of the Mastering Enochian Magick Series is my own exposition of the attributions of the Great Table or Watchtowers. It is more controversial than Volume I simply because the attributions I use are based on my interpretation of the Dee diaries and they line up with the attributions used by the Golden Dawn, the Aurum Solis, or Aleister Crowley. Even other “Dee Purists” don’t necessarily agree with my reading of the original texts, so this book is not going to be a re-hash of other Watchtower systems that you will find elsewhere. It is, however, rooted in decades of practical work and experience, and the rituals and structures contained therein have been proved highly effective.

Click here to find out more and order your copy today!

Mastering the Thirty Aires – Coming Soon!

Volume III of the Mastering Enochian Magick Series is my exposition of the Aires or Aethyrs based on my work with the Dee diaries rather than the modern attributions derived from the various Golden Dawn-based systems. Mastering the Thirty Aires has been submitted to my publisher but is not available at this time. Watch this space for an announcement once it is ready to order!

Enochian Master Classes


This is not a book but it makes a great gift anyway. I recently participated in a set of Enochian Master Classes along with Jason Augustus Newcomb and Aaron Leitch. These classes are a great opportunity to hear me lecture on my system of Enochian magick and at the same time hear the perspectives of two other longtime practitioners. You can sign up for the course here, and the coupon code STENW-ENOCH7-50 will give you 50% off the registration price.

Click here to sign up today!

Anthology Titles


Holy Guardian Angel

My contribution to this anthology on the concept of the Holy Guardian Angel in modern and traditional Western esoteric systems is titled “The Descended Angel” and is based on my own work in the Thelemic tradition. The limited edition of the anthology sold out long ago, but a paperback version is available.

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Liber Spirituum

My contribution to this anthology on working with various entities of the Western esoteric tradition is entitled “Evoking Zodiacal Angels.” It covers the lesser-known methods for working with the angels of the zodiac signs based on rituals and techniques developed by my magical working group over the years. The limited edition hardcover has sold out, but a paperback version is available. Click here to order your copy today!

The Guild Series


Arcana

Volume I of the Guild Series is my debut novel that was published in 2009. It introduces the modern-day magical order known simply as The Guild and tells the story of the order’s battle with a powerful demon. This could be the perfect book for fans of urban fantasy who want to read about a system of magick rooted in real practices and devised by a real magical practitioner.

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Ipswich

Volume II of the Guild Series is the long-awaited sequel to Arcana. It tells the story of Sara Winchester, a wealthy heiress and newly-empowered magician, as she works with members of The Guild to solve the mystery of her mother’s death. Her search leads her to Ipswich, Massachusetts where she must face a killer who can control the spirits of the dead and the remnants of a rival magical order seeking The Guild’s destruction.

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Other Titles


Trump Card: A Terrific Novel

Back in the early days of the Donald Trump administration I was inspired to write this crossover between the Young Adult Dystopia genre and political satire. It tells the story of a plucky, sixteen-year-old heroine who competes on an Apprentice-like reality television series to oppose the Trump agenda. Folks who are plugged in to the magical community will appreciate my satirical treatment of not only Trump but also certain factions and individual occultists who support him.

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The Pathless Void

This stand-alone novella is my take on old school hard science fiction. It deals with the development of the first functional warp drive, a trip to the Alpha Centauri system, and the discovery of a mysterious alien spacecraft.

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Cthulhu Unbound

This short story is a satirical take on the tales of H. P. Lovecraft. A bullied high school boy gets his hands on the dreaded Necronomicon and resolves to conjure the mighty Cthulhu to destroy his enemies. But when he completes the summoning spell, what he gets is not quite what he expects. Currently available only in ebook format.

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The Rufus Opus Interview


Back in May of 2017 I was interviewed by fellow magick blogger Rufus Opus as part of his ongoing interview series. We mostly covered esoteric topics related to my non-fiction works on Enochian magick, though I got a couple mentions of the fiction in there as well.

It was a great conversation, and you can click on the embedded YouTube link above to listen. Enjoy!

Twin Cities Book Festival This Saturday!

tc_book_festivalThis Saturday, October 14th, I will be appearing with Moonfire Publishing at the Twin Cities Book Festival brought to you by Rain Taxi. Click the link for more information about the festival, including directions, maps of the site, and the event’s programming schedule.

The festival will be held at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds and runs from 10 AM to 5 PM. Moonfire Publishing will be at table #205, with information about upcoming titles, current titles, submission guidelines, and more. If you are local to the Twin Cities area, or for that matter just passing through, I hope to see you there!

Books and Beer – Save the Date!

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This Sunday, August 6th, is the Books and Beer Pop-up Bookstore event at BlackStack Brewing, 755 Prior Avenue in Saint Paul. The event runs from 1 to 6 PM, and we’ll be holding a drawing for a free growler of beer.

Hope to see you there!

Books and Beer Pop-up Bookstore

On Sunday, August 6th I will be participating in the Books and Beer Pop-up Bookstore event at BlackStack Brewing in St. Paul, Minnesota.

The event runs from 1 pm to 6 pm, and I’ll be there selling print copies of my published books. The address is:

  BlackStack Brewing
  755 Prior Ave N
  St Paul, MN 55104

This should be a fun event. Hope to see you there!

Presenting at NOTOCON XI

I was originally asked to hold off on making this announcement until the official schedule was posted online, but since it’s up now I figure I can go ahead with it. This summer, I will be presenting on Heptarchial Evocation at NOTOCON XI, the eleventh biannual conference of Ordo Templi Orientis, in Orlando, Florida. The presentation is scheduled for 9 AM on Friday, August 11th of 2017. It might have been nice to do the presentation a little later in the day, since I’m not really a morning person, but it’s also pretty cool to be kicking off Friday’s track of ritual presentations.

The presentation will include a condensed version of my Introduction to the Heptarchia Mystica talk and a full Heptarchial evocation ritual done according to the procedure laid out in Mastering the Mystical Heptarchy, with a few additional tweaks for a Thelemic audience. After the conference, I will be making the text of my talk available over on Augoeides as per my usual practice. If you would like to buy a copy of my book to peruse before the presentation, just click on the title there to order.

So if you will be attending the conference, I hope that you’ll resist the urge to sleep in on Friday morning (which, to be fair, I might very well do myself if I wasn’t presenting) and come check it out. It should be a good time.

Featured on Thelema NOW! Podcast

This week my introductory lecture on Enochian magick is featured on Thelema NOW!, the official podcast of US Grand Lodge OTO. The Thelema NOW! homepage is here, and a direct link to the podcast is here.

The prepared text of my lecture was published over on Augoeides back in January right after I presented it, but one of the things about checking out the recording is that I don’t always stick to my prepared talk one hundred percent. Also, I usually allow people to ask questions throughout my presentations, and the answers to those are not included in the prepared text.

Enjoy!