The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: Magic Arts & the Occult Revival is scheduled for release March 2026 (see Bookshop.org or Amazon). The Golden Dawn was a secret society operating in 1890s London which taught its students magic in the Western hermetic tradition. Its membership included artists, poets, actors, and novelists such as W. B. Yeats, Arthur Machen, Florence Farr, and Aleister Crowley, making it one of the most unconventional ‘arts clubs’ to have ever existed. Occultism inspired many of these individuals’ work, and as the Golden Dawn split into various warring factions, new generations of writers and artists responded in turn.
Recent articles:
‘Lovecraft and Wales’, Lovecraft Annual 19 (2025)
‘Machen and The Sword of Wisdom’, Faunus 50 (Winter 2024)