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Watkins Books Established over 130 years ago, Watkins Books has the widest selection of esoteric books in the UK.
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The latest novel by Alan Moore just dropped!I Hear A New World is a continuation of his previous The Great When; a dark ...
05/06/2026

The latest novel by Alan Moore just dropped!
I Hear A New World is a continuation of his previous The Great When; a dark and beguiling tour through the streets of London - fictional and real - by a legend of modern fantasy.

Staying true to his deep passion for the occult, Alan weaves esoteric luminaries such as Kenneth Grant and Austin Osman Spare into the narrative of this brilliant novel, set in 1950s London.

Marco Visconti, discussing the infamous Necronomicon and his new book Black Stars in Dim Carcosa, this evening at Watkin...
04/06/2026

Marco Visconti, discussing the infamous Necronomicon and his new book Black Stars in Dim Carcosa, this evening at Watkins Books.

🦢✨ New at Watkins Books: Reclaiming the Wild by Lisa Lochhead ✨🦢Available now in-store at Watkins Books or through our o...
04/06/2026

🦢✨ New at Watkins Books: Reclaiming the Wild by Lisa Lochhead ✨🦢

Available now in-store at Watkins Books or through our online shop (link in the comments).

What does it mean to reclaim the wild, sovereign self in an increasingly disconnected world?

In Reclaiming the Wild, artist, storyteller, and spiritual guide Lisa Lochhead invites readers on a transformative journey through the landscapes of myth, memory, and the Divine Feminine. Blending evocative artwork, storytelling, ritual, and reflection, this beautiful work serves as both a pilgrimage and a companion for those seeking a deeper connection with their own inner wisdom.

Drawing upon the myths and archetypes of eight powerful Goddesses from diverse traditions, including the Swan Maiden, Skadi, Amaterasu, the Morrigan, Sequana, and Sheela-na-Gig—Lochhead explores timeless themes of transformation, intuition, resilience, and belonging.

Accompanying each Goddess is a sacred Totem Bird, carrying echoes of forgotten knowledge and reminding us of our profound relationship with the natural world. Through guided reflection rituals and journal prompts, readers are encouraged to step away from the noise of modern life and rediscover the wisdom waiting beneath the surface.

🌿 A journey into myth, nature, and the Divine Feminine
🦅 Richly woven with Goddess lore and sacred bird symbolism
📖 Includes reflection rituals and journaling practices
✨ A beautiful companion for seekers, creatives, and spiritual explorers

Whether you are drawn to Goddess spirituality, folklore, mythology, women's wisdom traditions, or personal transformation, Reclaiming the Wild offers an inspiring invitation to remember what has always been yours.

Available now at Watkins Books in-store and online.

🜍✨ New at Watkins Books: A New Light of Alchemy by Michael Sendivogius ✨🜍Available now in-store at Watkins Books or thro...
04/06/2026

🜍✨ New at Watkins Books: A New Light of Alchemy by Michael Sendivogius ✨🜍

Available now in-store at Watkins Books or through our online shop (link in the comments).

Few books have exerted a greater influence on the history of alchemy than A New Light of Alchemy (Novum Lumen Chymicum). First published in the early 17th century, this extraordinary work became one of the most widely read and celebrated alchemical texts ever printed, inspiring generations of philosophers, chymists, and seekers of the Hermetic mysteries.

Written by the enigmatic Polish adept Michael Sendivogius, a figure revered by many of his contemporaries as a true possessor of the Philosophers’ Stone, the text presents one of the most elegant and coherent visions of alchemical philosophy ever committed to paper. Its profound exploration of Nature, transformation, and the mysterious “Water that wets not the hands” helped establish an entirely new current within the alchemical tradition.

This beautiful edition includes a substantial new introduction by leading Sendivogius scholar Rafał T. Prinke, whose decades of research illuminate the life, legacy, and enduring mysteries surrounding one of alchemy’s most fascinating figures. The volume also contains additional rare texts and translations, including laboratory writings attributed to Sendivogius and the first English translation of the celebrated Processus Universalis.

Part historical treasure, part philosophical masterpiece, and part practical Hermetic document, A New Light of Alchemy remains essential reading for anyone interested in alchemy, Rosicrucianism, Hermeticism, Renaissance esotericism, or the Western Mystery Tradition.

🔥 Available now in-store and online
📚 A cornerstone text of the alchemical tradition
🜍 Featuring a major scholarly introduction and rare supplementary material
✨ Essential for students of Hermetic philosophy and the Great Work

Visit Watkins Books to explore this remarkable work and our extensive collection of alchemical and Hermetic literature.

🏛️✨ New in at Watkins Books: Polytheistic Platonism: Collected Essays by Edward P. Butler ✨🏛️What if the great philosoph...
04/06/2026

🏛️✨ New in at Watkins Books: Polytheistic Platonism: Collected Essays by Edward P. Butler ✨🏛️

What if the great philosophers of antiquity were not merely abstract thinkers, but devoted participants in a living, sacred cosmos populated by many gods?

In Polytheistic Platonism, Edward P. Butler invites readers to rediscover the devotional and ritual foundations of the Platonic tradition, revealing how figures such as Plato, Plotinus, Iamblichus, Proclus, and Damascius understood philosophy not as a purely intellectual exercise, but as a way of participating in a divine and enchanted universe.

Bringing together a wide-ranging collection of essays, Butler explores the relationships between the Gods, Being, Providence, individuality, ecology, metaphysics, and religious practice, offering a compelling vision of Platonism as a living tradition for the modern world.

Far from being a relic of the ancient past, this book demonstrates how polytheism provides the fertile ground from which Platonic philosophy emerged and continues to flourish. For students of Neoplatonism, Hellenic spirituality, Western esotericism, philosophy, and contemporary polytheism, this is an essential and thought-provoking work.

📚 Available now at Watkins Books. Link to Purchase on our Online Store is in the COMMENTS!

Whether you are drawn to the mysteries of the Gods, the profound metaphysics of the Neoplatonists, or the revival of ancient wisdom traditions, we invite you to explore this remarkable title and our wider collection of books on Platonism, Hellenic spirituality, and classical philosophy.

🌹✨ Exploring the Magdalene Mystery at Watkins Books ✨🌹For many seekers, mystics, and students of Gnosticism, Mary Magdal...
03/06/2026

🌹✨ Exploring the Magdalene Mystery at Watkins Books ✨🌹

For many seekers, mystics, and students of Gnosticism, Mary Magdalene represents far more than a figure from Christian history. She stands as an enduring symbol of spiritual wisdom, sacred love, inner transformation, and the forgotten voices of the mystical tradition.

Featured here are just a few of the titles currently available in our Gnosticism section:

📖 The Magdalene Revolution by Andrew Harvey
📖 The Magdalene Frequency by Adele Venneri
📖 The Meaning of Mary Magdalene by Cynthia Bourgeault

Across centuries, Magdalene traditions have inspired contemplatives, visionaries, and esoteric seekers. Whether understood as apostle, initiate, teacher, beloved disciple, or embodiment of the Divine Feminine, Mary Magdalene continues to invite us into deeper questions about spiritual awakening, compassion, wisdom, and the transformative power of the heart.

If you are drawn to Christian mysticism, Gnosticism, sacred feminine spirituality, or the rediscovery of hidden spiritual traditions, we invite you to visit our Gnosticism section and explore these fascinating works for yourself.

🌹 Available in-store at Watkins Books
🕯️ Explore our extensive collection of books on Gnosticism, Christian mysticism, and esoteric spirituality.

🌑📖 Join us in-store at Watkins Books for an evening with Marco Visconti discussing his latest work, Black Stars in Dim C...
03/06/2026

🌑📖 Join us in-store at Watkins Books for an evening with Marco Visconti discussing his latest work, Black Stars in Dim Carcosa.

🎟️ This event takes place at Watkins Books on Thursday 4th June, 5:00–6:00pm. RSVP via the link in the comments.

Black Stars in Dim Carcosa serves as a practical and thought-provoking guide to one of the most debated modern grimoires: the Necronomicon. Moving beyond myth, speculation, and controversy, Marco Visconti explores what happens when the text is approached as a living magical system and put into disciplined practice.

Drawing on years of research and experience, the book examines the Seven Gates tradition, the role of the Watcher, the Zonei, Elder Signs, Marduk's Fifty Names, and the mysterious landscapes of GANZIR and the Mauve Zone. It also presents an original visionary praxis inspired by Carcosa, Hastur, and The King in Yellow, offering readers a framework for navigating liminal states, initiatory experiences, and the transformative power of myth.

Whether you are interested in grimoire traditions, contemporary occultism, Lovecraftian currents, visionary magic, or the intersection of fiction and ritual practice, this promises to be a fascinating discussion.

🖤 In-store event at Watkins Books
📅 Thursday 4th June 2026
⏰ 5:00pm–6:00pm
📍 Cecil Court, London
🎟️ RSVP link in comments

We look forward to welcoming you for an exploration of one of the most intriguing intersections of modern occultism and mythic imagination.

Just in from Aeon Books:The Magical Writings of W. B. YeatsDeluxe hardback edition, limited to 500 copies only.(Thank yo...
01/06/2026

Just in from Aeon Books:
The Magical Writings of W. B. Yeats

Deluxe hardback edition, limited to 500 copies only.

(Thank you everyone who placed a pre-order for this title! We will start shipping out your orders tomorrow.)

Discover the esoteric writings of occultist and poet William Butler Yeats, in a new collection of his lesser-known magical essays W. B. Yeats is celebrated globally for his contributions to poetry and Irish nationalism. However, his engagement with the occult circles of
the late 19th and early 20th centuries have passed largely unappreciated. A member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and later drafting his own system for a Celtic magical order, Yeats wrote prolifically on magical philosophy, mystical symbolism, and the occult experience.

In this new anthology, John Michael Greer presents six of Yeats’ occult writings that have the most to offer the operative mage. From an analysis of the Golden Dawn System, to an investigation of the relationship between folklore and the paranormal experience to occult philosophy, to an outline of Yeats’ own proposed magical order (The Castle of Heroes) that draws on the symbolism of nature, this collection is a much-needed addition to the occult canon. It concludes with Yeats’ most famous work of esoteric writing, the complete text of the original 1925 edition of A Vision. Written in a series of automatic writing sessions with his wife, Georgie Hyde-Lees, this revolutionary essay delves into innovative system that explores human personality, occult philosophy, cycles of history, the afterlife, and the symbolic structures from which all four arise and interleaf.

Other essays included are Magic; Witches and Wizards and Irish Folk-Lore; Swedenborg, Mediums, and the Desolate Places; Per Amica; Silenta Lunae; and Hodos Camelionis.

Edited and annotated, and complete with a new introduction by John Michael Greer, The Magical Writings of W.B. Yeats preserves vital knowledge from the esoteric tradition, and offers the modern magician fresh guidance and perspective from one of the most important occultists of the last century.

We recently uncovered a couple of pristine copies of this rarity in our storage room, and have now added them to our onl...
29/05/2026

We recently uncovered a couple of pristine copies of this rarity in our storage room, and have now added them to our online store:

CODEX 231 by Barry William Hale (published by Fulgur Press back in 2014)
11 LARGE format loose leaves, printed in six colours. Comes in artist portfolio (27" X 19") with silk ties. Signed by the artist. Limited to 231 copies only.

👉Link in the comments!

"Since it was first published in 1912, Aleister Crowley's LIBER CC###I has provided both fascination and inspiration for practitioners, artists and writers alike. Dealing with the spiritual forces at work in the Major Arcana of the tarot, LIBER CC###I includes two charts of 22 sigils relating to the jinn, or spirits, for the 'House of Mercury' and the 'Prison of Shells'. These jinn work in mysterious opposition, reflecting and contesting each other.

Drawing from this rich source, artist-practitioner Barry William Hale has produced a series of eleven symbolic images based upon an alternative form – a sigillic wheel – once described by Crowley himself. Around this wheel are interlocked figures that 'symbolise the ordeal of the Adept, upon the soul's journey.' As author Robert Fitzgerald cites in his introduction to the work;

"The eleven compositions of CODEX 231 center around twin wheels that house the branches of two trees – the Domes and Prisons of LIBER CC###I and their respective sigils. The interlocked figures comprise a chimeric embodiment of these trees, and fulfill the literal ordalium of the Sorcerer, Mystic, Adept and Magician as they struggle with the demons and angels within both Tree and Self. These entities are thus portrayed in Hale’s CODEX 231 are united, both in nature and composition, and held together by each other’s feet and hands, yet ultimately by the Wheels themselves. This unity represents primordial Opposition and Integration, Control and Constraint, of the forces within both the living Adepti and their symbolic representations."

Between 1994-2004 these charged images were the product of an intense period of magical working for the artist. Whether framed over an altar, or employed in ritual use, they serve to evoke the powerful jinn of LIBER CC###I."

🌿 Unearth the Secrets of the Mystic Mandrake 🌿 Now available at Watkins Books! Whether you are wandering through Cecil C...
28/05/2026

🌿 Unearth the Secrets of the Mystic Mandrake 🌿

Now available at Watkins Books! Whether you are wandering through Cecil Court or browsing from the comfort of your home, you can pick up your copy in-store today or via our online web shop.

📘 Featured Book: The Mystic Mandrake by C.J.S. Thompson (Hardback)

Step into the enigmatic world of one of history’s most infamous plants. This excellent, interdisciplinary work offers a deep-dive into the 3,000-year history of the mandrake root, tracing its journey across:

Botany & Medicine: Discover its real-world use as an ancient anesthetic.

Folklore & Occultism: Explore its legendary reputation as a powerful magical talisman and fertility charm.

From deadly poison to sacred amulet, Thompson beautifully untangles the fact from the folklore of this screaming root. A must-have addition to any occult, herbalism, or history lover’s bookshelf.

✨ How to get your copy: 🛍️ In-Store: Visit us at 19-21 Cecil Court, London. 🌐 Online: Click the link in our comments to shop online or read more details about the book.

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