UnderWorld with Hadean Press

Welcome to the Summer Solstice episode of the Hadean Press podcast. Today I welcome the most brilliant Brian Johnson back to the show to discuss his involvement in the creation of our book ‘An Exposition Upon The Sphere of the Cosmos - The Astrological Nigromancy of Cecco d’Ascoli’. Brian and I have been working on ‘An Exposition of the Sphere’ now for the past few years and are very excited to fi...

This month I am very happy to welcome Dr Alexander Cummins back to the show to discuss his vast library’s worth of video lectures, research and articles on historical Cunning Craft and sorcery. We discuss his research on historical Cunning traditions, the humours in food and drink, the Verum, and the manner in which Spirits are organised and work together in texts such as the Science of Nigromancy...

Welcome to the 3-year anniversary of the Hadean Press podcast! This month I am very happy to welcome Simone Kotva, a scholar and practitioner of mysticism and magic who has added a significant quantity of exceptional material to Hadean’s ever-growing series of publications on the subject of the sorcerous Saint Cyprian. Simone’s latest work, Cyprianus: St. Cyprian and the Black Book in Scandinavian...

In this episode we welcome Eric Purdue to the Hadean Podcast. Eric is the translator of Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa’s, ‘Three Books of Occult Philosophy’, a landmark text in the history of European Natural Philosophy, a subject which Eric assures me includes both Astrology and Magic. Woven together from a panoply of contemporary, medieval, Arabic and Hellenic sources, Agrippa produced a masterpiece...

In this month’s episode we welcome Mark Hewitt to the Hadean Press Podcast. In his book, ‘Especially Dangerous: The Snowshill Collection’, Mark examines a remarkable collection of objects as they evolve through history. He traces something of their origins, detailing their functions, meanings and most importantly, the alchemical transformations which occur to the narratives which conglomerate abou...

Welcome to our first podcast of 2026. The Hadean team is very happy to announce that we will be expanding our interviews to include authors we have found to be especially important to the exploration of Folklore, Grimoires and the Underworld, especially for practitioners of magic as well as those curious about its long history. In this month’s podcast we are very happy to introduce my friend and f...

Happy holidays everyone! This month we are very happy to welcome back José Leitão and Brian Johnson who have teamed up to bring us a truly fascinating addition to the Cyprianic corpus titled, ‘Seven Magic Hours of Cyprian the Mage, a study and translation of mss 174 n.155 from the Portuguese National Library, an Iberian book of Pacts and Treasure hunting’. In today's episode José and Brian describ...

Welcome listeners to the Sagittarian fires of 2025, in today’s episode we are delighted to present Kadmus for the second time on the show. Kadmus has developed many of his earlier ideas from his essay, ‘Every Nekuomanteia is a Katabasis’ into perhaps one of the single greatest texts on the subject of Necromancy I have ever read. This book is not simply a how-to manual, but instead a deep explorati...

Welcome to our very special Halloween episode! Today we are happy to present Jack Grayle, a wonderfully charming and enthusiastic teacher of the Blackthorn School, practitioner of various magics from the sorceries of the Greek Magical Papyri to early modern Cunning Craft, author of the Hekatæon, and The Golden Guest, an essay featured in Hadean’s Conjure Codex volume 4. Today we will discuss a who...

The Sworn and Secret Grimoire by Jake Stratton-Kent is available from Hadean Press here: https://hadean.press/products/sworn-and-secret-grimoire?srsltid=AfmBOopSPySbnLUxO1FOU85PZ8y64k27IPwglzdpTcalCggLw16pLUYx This month we have the pleasure of introducing our good friend Aequus Nox to the Hadean Podcast. We discuss Jake Stratton-Kent’s, Night School vol. I - The Sworn and Secret Grimoire , based...

In this episode we are very happy to welcome back David Rankine, recent author of the Grimoire Encyclopaedia, Clavis Intelligentiarum, and now the second part of a planned trilogy of books, Clavis Spirituum - Expanding the Horizons of Grimoire Conjuration. The goal of David’s Claves series is to expand and elucidate on the practical work of the European Grimoire Tradition, taking inspiration from...

This month we welcome back both Brian Johnson and Alexander Cummins who come to us today as a wonderful necromantic team to elucidate their most recent contribution, ‘The Black Raven - A Study in the Folk Necromancy of Early Modern Germany’, a translation of a fantastically practical grimoiric manual of Faustian ghost laying and treasure hunting. In this episode we discuss the origins and influenc...

Welcome to the Summer solstice edition of the Hadean podcast, this month we welcome Briar, folk witch, cunning woman, sister of the Concealed Cortege, and author of, 'The Beheading Game - Unearthing the Occult Mysteries of the Celtic Cult of the Head'. In this Guide to the Underworld Briar leads us on a journey into ancient practices of Beheading in Celtic cultures, the nature of the Fae, of forei...

This month we welcome Darren Francis, author of, 'Laylah, the Life of Leila Waddell'. Darren is a UK based author, and musician. This is Darren’s first non-fiction title, a biography of the world-renowned violinist and consort of Aleister Crowley, Leila Waddell, indeed this is the first time anyone has ever committed to writing an entire book on this fascinating Woman of True-Will. 'Laylah: the Li...

This month, marking our Podcast’s second anniversary, we welcome Maria Miles, author of, ‘De Arcano Rosari Lunae, On the secret of the Lunar Rosary’. Maria is a professional diviner and talented cartomancer operating from Seattle’s Edge of the Circle Books. In this month's episode we discuss the nature of the Lunar Rosary she has formed from her engagement and practice with the magic of the Picatr...

M. Belanger and I discuss the nature of Curse and Binding through history, the application of language and rage, and how we can adapt historical methodologies into a modern practical approach which focuses on balancing the scales of justice, liberation and community. A list of the books mentioned in this podcast as well as a wider bibliography for those interested in the subjects we discussed. Gri...

Let's welcome Simone Baldacci to the podcast. Simone is one of the many talented contributors to Hadean Press’ Conjure Codex series, and today we settle down to talk about his essay, ' Mother, Daimones and Goetia: Ecstasy and Civilisation .' Together we go over the speculative origins of the wandering Goês, tackling a far broader and more encompassing definition of the title, and the various speci...

In this, our first and very special episode of 2025, the Hadean podcast goes on an adventure of academia to the Spanish city of Cuenca with Erzebet and José Leitão, who, over food and drinks, describe recent discoveries in the understudied field of Portuguese Learned magic. José describes to us the beautiful melancholia of his time doing archival research, the lows and highs of the discovery of lo...

In this month’s episode we introduce Vanessa Irena, author of ‘ Ecstasy, A devotional guide to the female mystics ’, one of Hadean Press’ Guides to the Underworld. Vanessa and I discuss her personal experience of negotiating and re-contextualising her relationship with Catholicism, specifically by exploring the female mystics of medieval Europe. Vanessa’s work offers us a unique window into a livi...

As the Sun enters Sagittarius let us introduce Deillumine Ra, author of Hoodoo Crossroads Conjure Sorcery. In this month's episode Deillumine Ra joins us to describe his background as a conjure man and magi, the history and origins of Hoodoo, the nature of the crossroads, conjuring the dead, and much, much more. All of Deillumine Ra’s pamphlets can be found here: Hoodoo Mojo Bags & Baby Dolls...

In this month’s episode of the Hadean Press Podcast, Giulia Turolla and I discuss her forthcoming book, ‘ The Key to Ancient Greek Religion’ , set to be released in the second half of 2025. We explore many of my favourite subjects, the nature of cyclic time, the geography of the Underworld, katabasis and the manner in which we may engage with the Gods of Ancient Greece. Please like and subscribe f...

In this month’s episode we introduce long time author and editor for Hadean Press, Brian Johnson, discussing several of his published texts, ‘ Naming the Heavens’ , a translation of the Planetary Orisons of the Summa Sacre Magica , ‘ Testament of Solomon Recension C ’, one of the precursors of the grimoire tradition, and excerpts from the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, MS Plut. 89 sup.38 titled,...

In this month’s episode we are very honoured to have David Rankine, author of the Grimoire Encyclopaedia, return to the podcast to discuss his latest book, Claves Intelligentiarum, A Complete Practical Manual of Conjuration of the Planetary Intelligences. Utilising his extensive practical knowledge, honed over four decades of practice, David has brought together a text which guides the aspiring So...

Erzebet Barthold takes the reins as interviewer in this episode of the Hadean Press Podcast featuring our regular host Mat Hadfield and his work, The Hours: The Καταρχαί of Hygromanteia , which explores the nature of Time at the heart of the precursor to the Key of Solomon and the spirits which inhabit its multifaceted expressions. In this episode we discuss the nature of magical time from the Gre...

In a break from our usual schedule of author interviews we thought it might be a great opportunity for us to properly introduce the power behind the throne, the witch in the woods herself, co-founder and managing director of Hadean Press, Erzebet Barthold. Erze is the head of several publishing ventures which we will discuss in todays podcast, as well as a member of the Independent Publishers Guil...