The Hermetic Library Anthology Album - Magick, Music and Ritual 18

The Hermetic Library Anthology Album - Magick, Music and Ritual 18

2023 / Album

Released: Sun in Sagittarius, Anno Vix (December 3, 2023)

For full artist profiles and more, please head to Magick, Music and Ritual 18 at the Hermetic Library site.

Magick, Music and Ritual 18, the anthology album release for 2023 from the Anthology Project, is being released for anniversary of the December 3, 1996 birthday of the Hermetic Library, with a playlist of 10 tracks by 8 artists, new and returning voices, for this Hermetic Library Anthology Album.

The cover includes an untitled acrylic on canvas painting by John Griogair Bell, the Librarian, for this current year in the Thelemic Calendar, An V:ix (2023 e.v.), which represents the docosade of Atu V, the Hierophant and the year of Atu IX, The Hermit. Included with the album download at Bandcamp and Itch are a larger size cover and an image of the full canvas of the cover painting.

Please join the Hermetic Library in promoting these artists who have contributed their work to this benefit anthology album project. Please also spread the word about these anthology albums to people you think may be interested in the work of artists who combine magick, music and ritual.

The best way to add this anthology, as well as previous releases and future Hermetic Library albums, to your personal music collection is becoming a Patron of Hermetic Library. New Patrons receive a gratis download code for a previous anthology release of their choice in addition to all the other patronage rewards they may receive. Consider becoming a Patron today!

Release Notes

The Hermetic Library at Hermetic.com has an overall vision of Archiving, Engaging and Encouraging the living Esoteric Tradition, Hermeticism, Aleister Crowley's Thelema, and much more through Open Access Occultism for over 25 years.

I started the benefit anthology project to help promote newer works in the Esoteric Tradition to the audience of the Hermetic Library and beyond. The anthology project also further raises awareness about the corpus and culture of magick and ritual. The site itself was started in 1996 and has ever since consistently been an extremely popular resource for students and researchers interested in the Esoteric Tradition. I encourage you to check out Hermetic Library and everything in the collection there, if you aren’t already familiar with it, as that’s the reason this project exists and may also offer inspiration to you.

And, this year, I have decided to end this project in 2026 on the upcoming 30th anniversary of the library's birthday. There are only a few more releases planned before then, so that will make this one, and each upcoming release, bittersweet. Hopefully more sweet than bitter, but, then again, even the taste of bitter waters have their appeal. Either way, let's enjoy this ride together to the end, and see where new it takes us.

— John Griogair Bell

Production and Design by John Griogair Bell

Cover painting by John Griogair Bell

All songs used with permission. All rights reserved.