Mat Hadfield
@neokoros.bsky.social
Author, podcast host and video production manager at Hadean Press.
For those interested in learning to work the magic of the Grimorium Verum, the doors to the Second Cycle have opened :)
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Welcome to the Guide
An Introduction to the Second Cycle
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November 5, 2025 at 2:49 PM
For those interested in learning to work the magic of the Grimorium Verum, the doors to the Second Cycle have opened :)
open.substack.com/pub/thevault...
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My interview with David Rankine on his upcoming book, Claves Spirituum - Expanding the Horizons of Grimoire Conjuration. We discuss the Winds of the Summa, the Shekinah as 'goddess of the grimoires' and the importance of negotiation with magical texts in the modern day :)
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Claves Spirituum - David Rankine - Hadean Podcast #28
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August 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
My interview with David Rankine on his upcoming book, Claves Spirituum - Expanding the Horizons of Grimoire Conjuration. We discuss the Winds of the Summa, the Shekinah as 'goddess of the grimoires' and the importance of negotiation with magical texts in the modern day :)
youtu.be/B1JUNKdzcSQ?...
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Great chat about folk necromancy and the Faustian grimoires with Al Cummins and Brian Johnson :)
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The Black Raven - Cummins & Johnson - Hadean Podcast #27
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July 29, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Great chat about folk necromancy and the Faustian grimoires with Al Cummins and Brian Johnson :)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=USnz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=USnz...
The Beheading Game - Briar - Hadean Podcast #26
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July 18, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Uncatalogued Arabic manuscript from West Africa — a fragmented. Loose leaves, varying paper sizes. Topics include mathematics, astrology, talismans, magic, divination, and treatises. I am looking for assistance with describing this manuscript, if interested, please DM me. Thanks
July 13, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Uncatalogued Arabic manuscript from West Africa — a fragmented. Loose leaves, varying paper sizes. Topics include mathematics, astrology, talismans, magic, divination, and treatises. I am looking for assistance with describing this manuscript, if interested, please DM me. Thanks
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Just received my hardback copies of me and @drcummins.bsky.social's _The Black Raven_, and the folks at @hadeanpress.bsky.social are really taking the endpapers game to a new level.
June 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Just received my hardback copies of me and @drcummins.bsky.social's _The Black Raven_, and the folks at @hadeanpress.bsky.social are really taking the endpapers game to a new level.
The Hadean Podcast finally has an RSS feed :) Come check us out.
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More to come from both Erzebet and I in the future
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More to come from both Erzebet and I in the future
UnderWorld with Hadean Press | Podcast on RSS.com
UnderWorld with Hadean PressA monthly podcast featuring and highlighting the works of Hadean Press authors with host Mat Hadfield. Hadean Press is a UK based small press producing some of the most exc...
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June 7, 2025 at 1:31 AM
The Hadean Podcast finally has an RSS feed :) Come check us out.
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More to come from both Erzebet and I in the future
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More to come from both Erzebet and I in the future
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I'm always pleased to help unearth a long-forgotten gem of operative sorcery, and I can only hope that the author of this 18th-century necromantic treasure-hunting text that I've translated is equally satisfied with our efforts.
Here's a first look at some real, physical copies of the limited hardcover edition of _The Black Raven_ by Dr Alexander Cummins and myself from Hadean Press! hadean.press/products/the...
May 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I'm always pleased to help unearth a long-forgotten gem of operative sorcery, and I can only hope that the author of this 18th-century necromantic treasure-hunting text that I've translated is equally satisfied with our efforts.
This month we welcome Darren Francis, poet, musician, and author of, 'Laylah, the Life of Leila Waddell'.
This is Darren’s first non-fiction title, the first ever biography of the world-renowned violinist, consort of Aleister Crowley, and muse of the Book of Lies, Leila Waddell.
Link below
This is Darren’s first non-fiction title, the first ever biography of the world-renowned violinist, consort of Aleister Crowley, and muse of the Book of Lies, Leila Waddell.
Link below
May 23, 2025 at 11:10 PM
This month we welcome Darren Francis, poet, musician, and author of, 'Laylah, the Life of Leila Waddell'.
This is Darren’s first non-fiction title, the first ever biography of the world-renowned violinist, consort of Aleister Crowley, and muse of the Book of Lies, Leila Waddell.
Link below
This is Darren’s first non-fiction title, the first ever biography of the world-renowned violinist, consort of Aleister Crowley, and muse of the Book of Lies, Leila Waddell.
Link below
LAYLAH: THE LIFE OF LEILA WADDELL, the first and only biography of this iconic figure to be published.
Now available for pre-order from Hadean Press
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Now available for pre-order from Hadean Press
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Laylah
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April 18, 2025 at 12:48 AM
LAYLAH: THE LIFE OF LEILA WADDELL, the first and only biography of this iconic figure to be published.
Now available for pre-order from Hadean Press
youtu.be/anyVNQRRygA
Now available for pre-order from Hadean Press
youtu.be/anyVNQRRygA
@sethanikeem.bsky.social & 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
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M. Belanger - The Little Book of Wicked Spells - Hadean Podcast #23
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March 22, 2025 at 1:37 PM
@sethanikeem.bsky.social & 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
youtu.be/7fS6OjhiF5U
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We highly recommend Brian's services. He does incredible work.
So: if you need a copy editor with specialist knowledge of TTRPG best practices and/or the history of magic and the occult, hit me up! Likewise if you need a Latin or German translator or historical research consultant with that same background. bjohnsonfreelance.com 2/x
Brian Johnson – Editing, Research, Translation & Writing
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March 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
We highly recommend Brian's services. He does incredible work.
Got so many awesome upcoming guests for the Hadean Press Podcast! Maria Miles and I talk about her work with the Lunar Mansions.
Then we have the prolific M. Belanger, and her Little Book of Wicked Spells. Looking forward to talking about the mechanics of the Curse!
More coming soon!
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Then we have the prolific M. Belanger, and her Little Book of Wicked Spells. Looking forward to talking about the mechanics of the Curse!
More coming soon!
Link below
March 13, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Got so many awesome upcoming guests for the Hadean Press Podcast! Maria Miles and I talk about her work with the Lunar Mansions.
Then we have the prolific M. Belanger, and her Little Book of Wicked Spells. Looking forward to talking about the mechanics of the Curse!
More coming soon!
Link below
Then we have the prolific M. Belanger, and her Little Book of Wicked Spells. Looking forward to talking about the mechanics of the Curse!
More coming soon!
Link below
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We set up an account here and then forgot to use it! We'll start with our first title of 2025, 'The Black Raven: A Study in the Folk Necromancy of Early Modern Germany' by Alexander Cummins and Brian Johnson. Hardcover pre-order only at the moment. Read more: hadean.press/products/the...
The Black Raven
The Black Raven, an early modern Faustian grimoire presented in English for the first time, is a cohesive toolkit for the treasure-hunting nigromancer.
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March 5, 2025 at 11:03 AM
We set up an account here and then forgot to use it! We'll start with our first title of 2025, 'The Black Raven: A Study in the Folk Necromancy of Early Modern Germany' by Alexander Cummins and Brian Johnson. Hardcover pre-order only at the moment. Read more: hadean.press/products/the...
@aequusnox.bsky.social has reignited her podcast! This month she interviews the most excellent @bjohnsonfreelance.bsky.social
Great conversation themed on erotic magic, ethics, coercion, Eros, Cupid, the magical papyri, 15th century Italian grimoires, and much more!
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Great conversation themed on erotic magic, ethics, coercion, Eros, Cupid, the magical papyri, 15th century Italian grimoires, and much more!
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Love Magic & Myth: Papyri, Grimoires & Ritual Traditions with Brian Johnson | Aqualia by Aequus Nox
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March 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
@aequusnox.bsky.social has reignited her podcast! This month she interviews the most excellent @bjohnsonfreelance.bsky.social
Great conversation themed on erotic magic, ethics, coercion, Eros, Cupid, the magical papyri, 15th century Italian grimoires, and much more!
youtu.be/aolMoU-0dmk?...
Great conversation themed on erotic magic, ethics, coercion, Eros, Cupid, the magical papyri, 15th century Italian grimoires, and much more!
youtu.be/aolMoU-0dmk?...
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.'
Simone Baldacci - Mother, Daimones and Goêteia - Hadean Press Podcast #22
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February 22, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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.'
Fancy joining us as we gear up for some work with the Grimorium Verum?
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On Fasting
An Unnumbered Task of Pisces
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February 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Fancy joining us as we gear up for some work with the Grimorium Verum?
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In preparation for Hadean's upcoming podcast episode I thought I'd best drop our trailer for Conjure Codex V :)
Enjoy
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Enjoy
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Conjure Codex V - Hadean Press
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February 17, 2025 at 12:24 AM
In preparation for Hadean's upcoming podcast episode I thought I'd best drop our trailer for Conjure Codex V :)
Enjoy
youtu.be/jpj3AVVnQ5w
Enjoy
youtu.be/jpj3AVVnQ5w
New post to the Guide to the Grimoirium Verum, exploring the importance of the wonderfully useless art of Zazen.
Part one of the Unnumbered Task
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Part one of the Unnumbered Task
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ZAZEN
坐禅 - A Wonderfully Useless Art (An Unnumbered Task)
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January 27, 2025 at 1:27 PM
New post to the Guide to the Grimoirium Verum, exploring the importance of the wonderfully useless art of Zazen.
Part one of the Unnumbered Task
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Part one of the Unnumbered Task
mathadfield.substack.com/p/zazen
The first video I made for Hadean Press was for Brian Johnson's pamphlet, 'Naming the Heavens: Orations from the Summa Sacre Magice'. With the release of the full translation of the SSM just around the corner, now has never been a better time to get your hands on this Guide!
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Naming the Heavens: Orations from the Summa Sacre Magice - Brian Johnson
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January 27, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The first video I made for Hadean Press was for Brian Johnson's pamphlet, 'Naming the Heavens: Orations from the Summa Sacre Magice'. With the release of the full translation of the SSM just around the corner, now has never been a better time to get your hands on this Guide!
youtu.be/_7VwM_W_ZbY
youtu.be/_7VwM_W_ZbY
Here it is! Our first episode of 2025, and it's a great one. Erze and José Leitão have a wonderful wine fuelled conversation about the darker side of the academic research process. Enjoy!
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A Conversation Between Friends - Erze & José - Hadean Podcast #21
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January 24, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Here it is! Our first episode of 2025, and it's a great one. Erze and José Leitão have a wonderful wine fuelled conversation about the darker side of the academic research process. Enjoy!
youtu.be/hw9OoO3P3Wo?...
youtu.be/hw9OoO3P3Wo?...
For all those interested in joining us in delving into a modern approach to the sorcery of the Grimorium Verum, then the doors to membership are still open! Our Guided initiation now has 65 members as well as an active Facebook Group. Come join us.
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The Vault | Mat Hadfield | Substack
Welcome to our guided initiation into the Grimoire Verum. Click to read The Vault, by Mat Hadfield, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
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January 24, 2025 at 5:33 AM
For all those interested in joining us in delving into a modern approach to the sorcery of the Grimorium Verum, then the doors to membership are still open! Our Guided initiation now has 65 members as well as an active Facebook Group. Come join us.
mathadfield.substack.com
mathadfield.substack.com
I realise there is a lot to unpack in the title of my book, The Hours: The Καταρχαί of Hygromanteia. What are The Hours? What on earth does Καταρχαί mean? And what is the Hygromanteia to which they belong?
Let's start at the end and work backwards then.
What is the Hygromanteia?
Let's start at the end and work backwards then.
What is the Hygromanteia?
January 19, 2025 at 5:17 AM
I realise there is a lot to unpack in the title of my book, The Hours: The Καταρχαί of Hygromanteia. What are The Hours? What on earth does Καταρχαί mean? And what is the Hygromanteia to which they belong?
Let's start at the end and work backwards then.
What is the Hygromanteia?
Let's start at the end and work backwards then.
What is the Hygromanteia?
My good friend and fellow sorcerer Simone Baldacci has started a new Substack focusing on Goetic magic and history.
"A blog to explore the tradition called Goetia, from its root in the mists of the Bronze and Iron Age reaching its recent strands in the Grimoires."
substack.com/@goeticmusings
"A blog to explore the tradition called Goetia, from its root in the mists of the Bronze and Iron Age reaching its recent strands in the Grimoires."
substack.com/@goeticmusings
Goetic Musings | Substack
A blog to explore the tradition called Goetia, from its root in the mists of the Bronze and Iron Age reaching its recent strands in the Grimoires
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January 18, 2025 at 2:07 AM
My good friend and fellow sorcerer Simone Baldacci has started a new Substack focusing on Goetic magic and history.
"A blog to explore the tradition called Goetia, from its root in the mists of the Bronze and Iron Age reaching its recent strands in the Grimoires."
substack.com/@goeticmusings
"A blog to explore the tradition called Goetia, from its root in the mists of the Bronze and Iron Age reaching its recent strands in the Grimoires."
substack.com/@goeticmusings