Aztya's Throng -- Substack
“It is said that under the auspices of a sorcerer named ‘Aztya’, the sect of the Yatukih performed rites of inversion, based upon the Zoroastrian var nirang — Ceremony of the Ordeal, in opposition to the orthodox practices of the day.” — Andrew D. Chumbley, Qutub, also called The Point.
This niche corner of the internet is reserved for the occasional writings of the philosopher magician Ian Chambers. Here, you will find occasional short-form articles and reflections, spanning magic, witchcraft, and the occult.
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The Witches of Long Compton Revisited...
Long Compton, Warwickshire, England, has long had a reputation for being a home to one of the oldest coven’s in British Witchcraft lore...
Remembering the Witch in Witchcraft
In sanitising the Witch, making the woods a safe retreat, no more wild but thoroughly conventional (overcrowded even), the goat-footed devil a kindly brute, we have utterly dethroned Satan and replaced him with an idealised, defanged and declawed, god....
The Frisson of the Threshold
In occult circles, few concepts are as frequently invoked—and as little understood—as liminality. Often romanticized, liminality becomes an easy banner for mystery, transition, or ambiguity. But in being invoked too casually, it is rendered hollow...
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