Sapientia

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Sapientia is an occasional esoteric series featuring text and art resonate with alchemy, astrology, theurgy, qabalah, tarot, ceremonial magic, Hermeticism and Rosicrucianism. The first issue features an excellent essay penned by Frater Acher on the important theosophic and Rosicrucian figure Johann Comenius. To commemorate the release of this inaugural issue Frater Acher has expressed the following:

"There is no better time than now to acknowledge the challenge we have been thrown into — and the elders who mastered it before us. No ancestor better embodies lifelong resistance to despair and numbness, to cynicism and fear in the face of terror, war, and loss than John Amos Comenius: Moravian bishop, pansophic visionary, and spiritual heir to both Paracelsus and the Rosicrucian manifestos.

This man was not only an example for his own age. Modern Western magic would look very different without him. His influence shaped not only education, politics, and early modern science, but also applied magic and the great Rosicrucian project of world reform.

Ouroboros Press' SAPIENTIA journal now offers a standalone volume dedicated to my essay The One Thing Necessary. In a media landscape that monetizes outrage and rewards fragmentation, Comenius' idea that wonder begins in direct sensory encounter with the world — inside the magical circle and beyond — reads less like 17th-century mysticism and more like a practical instruction for how to remain human.

I hope this small text can be a calm hand on your shoulder, an old presence at your back, or a lantern at your side. The digital edition is free, and a small number of classical pamphlet-style printed copies will follow."

Frater Acher

The print editions will apear in two versions, one available in the US here at Ouroboros Press and one available through Courtyard Books in the UK. 

This item is currently at press for an April 15th release, orders may be placed here.