Franz Bardon & Josef Drábek: An Aid for Introspection NEW BOOK RELEASE 12/2022 Today marks the exciting release of a long-awaited book by Franz Bardon & Josef Drábek, titled “Aid to Introspection”. This previously unpublished text provides comprehensive guidance to anyone looking to gain an understanding of the power of introspection and the elements associated…
Lukáš Loužecký’s Research into The Golden Book of Wisdom by Franz Bardon
We have chosen to provide the preface to The Golden Book of Wisdom, written by the editor of the Czech Hermetics Series, Lukáš Loužecký, as we feel that this preface contains a great deal of important information about the research that went into compiling the material for this book. We’ve decided to share this preface…
The Golden Book of Wisdom is NOW AVAILABLE in the Store
Hello, everyone! We have great news! The Golden Book of Wisdom is now available for purchase in our online store in a limited run of 1,000 numbered copies. We hope that the news of this book’s release at least gives people something to look forward to in these times of uncertainty. We know a lot…
Golden Book of Wisdom Release Date
Thank you, to everyone, for your patience. Due to coronavirus, which has caused paper shortages, we have had major delays but we can finally share the good news with the world. Vodnář publishing has decided to publish ‘The Golden Book of Wisdom’ by Franz Bardon as its next book in the Czech Hermetics Series in…
NOW AVAILABLE: Hermetic Initiation Into Martinism by Pierre de Lasenic
We’re happy to announce that Hermetic Initiation Into Martinism by Pierre de Lasenic is now available in our online store for purchase and is shipping worldwide. With this book being one of our own personal favorites, we’re very happy that it’s finally making its way to the international audience, so we can share it with…
The (Almost) Forgotten Art of Psychurgical Mirrors
As our online store is now offering only a limited amount of Psychurgical Mirrors made by Lukáš Loužecký, we now look a bit deeper into the practice of an almost forgotten tool that is still a popular part of the Czech living tradition : The Psychurgical Mirror. But first, we must explain what we…
Milan Nakonečný’s Art Exhibition
An art gallery in the Czech Republic is currently showcasing the work of famous Czech hermetic and psychology professor, Milan Nakonečný, who also has a 70 year history of painting. In his own town, in Tabor, the recent exhibition is not only in honor of his incredible work, but was also a celebration of his…
Honoring the Life of Theofanus Abba
A group of Czech hermetics decided to celebrate the complete publishing for all of Theofanus Abba’s works, with his final work now available, The Alchemical Tarot of Theofanus Abba. Upon the publishing of this new Tarot deck, followed by a series of some rather fortunate events taking place and coming together and unfolding one after…
Now Available: The Alchemical Tarot of Theofanus Abba
AVAILABLE IN OUR ONLINE STORE : https://czechhermetics.bigcartel.com/product/alchemical-tarot-deck-by-theofanus-abba Today, we are happy to present something new: The Alchemical Tarot of Theofanus Abba (Josef Louda, 1901 – 1975), which is illustrated in cooperation with Abba’s student, Martin Stejskal, and Czech artist, Michal Stránský, along with a written text which accompanies the Tarot deck, with original fragments written…
New Downloadable: Bardon’s Pendulum Charts
Just as we have previously provided various items of interest in the download section of our website, such as our printout for the year-long Posism practice from Pierre de Lasenic’s, The Book of Works, we would also like to offer two new items, which are related to the practice of divination and, in particular, where…
Now Available: Sexual Mysteries by Pierre de Lasenic
Sexual Mysteries by Pierre de Lasenic has just been published and is now available in our brand new web store! We could not be happier with the outcome of this incredibly beautiful book, and we are all looking forward to seeing how people will react upon reading this Czech classic. You can purchase it in…
Posism: An Article by Milan Nakonečný
Internal Material from the Archive: Posism Written by Milan Nakonečný (Between the Years 1960 – 1970) Translation by Astrid Haszprunarová & Matthew Blankenburg Milan Nakonečný is one of the oldest living Czech Hermetics, who has written books on the subject of Hermeticism and Psychology along with having written a book on the subject of Czech…
A Brand New Book by Franz Bardon: The Initiatory Texts
(Currently Only Published in Czech) All books that are being published in Czech will be translated into English along with all other languages, respectively. All relevant information will be published on this website, once it’s available. Our Czech team and Vodnar publishing house is celebrating a brand new book they successfully brought to existence and…
The Year-Long Posism Practice from Lasenic’s Book of Works
Tonight Is The First Day of The Year-Long Practice of Posism from Pierre de Lasenic’s, The Book of Works. All that is needed for this practice, as a prerequisite, is to have at least done introspection previously. The purpose or goal of this practice is not to become master at accumulating the elements or being…
New Downloadable: Correspondence Table for the Elemental Posism from The Book of Works
We have now added a correspondence table in our Download section for the practice of elemental posism, as seen and outlined in Pierre de Lasenic’s, The Book of Works. The table, itself, is used to help simplify this practice by indicating the times of the year in which one is suggested to carry out these…
The Book of Works by Pierre de Lasenic : Downloadable PDF
We would like to present our first translation of Pierre de Lasenic’s, The Book of Works, which was private lodge material for the 1st degree of Pierre de Lasenic’s Horev-Club. Aside from being initiated into various orders, such as the S.E.S., the Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor and Martinism, Pierre de Lasenic started Universalia with Jan…
“Unknown Works by Franz Bardon” – A Talk by Lukáš Loužecký
At the end of April 2018, during the Prague Hermetic Conference, our editor, Lukas Louzecky, had a talk about his recent discoveries about Franz Bardon. This included the recently published Magical Diaries of a Bardon Student, by Josef Drabek, which we already informed our readers about, recently, along with another new book that is being…
Publishing of the “Magical Diaries of Franz Bardon’s Student”
Here in Prague, within the Czech Republic, we are now publishing a brand new and previously unpublished book of material related to Franz Bardon called: The Magical Diaries of a Bardon Student by Josef Drábek. This is an extremely rare and exciting opportunity to take a look behind the curtain at the actual practices and…
Very Important Announcement: Open Letter from Lumír Bardon
We have been asked by Lumír Bardon to share this open letter. This is an announcement of the utmost importance for the Bardon community all around the world. Please share the link to this article with other Bardonists and throughout the occult community. We will be posting more information on this website as soon as…
Fraternitas Saturni Materials from Franz Bardon’s Archive (New discovery)
We feel very privileged to present our reader with new rare materials connected to the life of Franz Bardon. Only a few weeks ago, materials long considered to be lost, or even completely non-existent came to the surface after being hidden for about 50 years. These are the eight ‘Magical Letters’ (Magische Briefe) – a…
Police Documentation of Franz Bardon’s Laboratory
Today, we are presenting another interesting find : two previously unknown pictures from a police archive which was taken during the raid of Franz Bardon’s laboratory after he was arrested. These pictures resurfaced in an obscure and widely unknown communist propaganda book that was aimed to discredit alternative medicine and healers at the time, called…
Magical Places to Visit in Prague
One question that we’ve been asked quite a few times now, is fun places to travel around and see in the Czech Republic, particularly in Prague, where we’re located. The thing about it, is that Prague is an incredibly magical city. It is fabled to have originally been foreseen in a vision of a clairvoyant…
Franz Bardon’s Birth Certificate
Today we are pleased to present a rare find. Franz Bardon’s Birth certificate. You can see the name of Franz Bardon, together with the name of his father, and with dates along with the place of birth. Of interest is the mentioning of Bardon leaving the Catholic church on 17/5/1929 and returning to the Catholic…
Franz Bardon : A Living Tradition on Spiritual Alchemy Show
This week, Matthew, and I went on air again, this time talking about the living tradition of Franz Bardon in the Czech Republic. After we came here, we realized how specific, and different the practice is in comparison to the international community, and after a full year of hermetic adventures here in Prague, we decided…
New Czech Hermetics Instagram account!
So after months of careful preparation we expanded our presence to Instagram. You can expect a lot of pictures of rare manuscripts, real life locations, previously unpublished vintage photographs and obviously a lot of pictures of our beautiful books. 🙂 Enjoy! https://www.instagram.com/czechhermetics/
Two New Podcasts about Lasenic
I am happy to announce that both radio shows we have done with Matthew are currently in the archive ready for public to listen to. This is the first time such a detailed information about Lasenic, his work and life were ever presented to the international audience for which we are truly excited for. Astrid…
Lasenic About the SES. – Article from Universalia’s Encyclopedia
Today we are presenting yet another rare find: an article about the SES., which Pierre de Lasenic wrote for the private occult encyclopedia of Universalia. Information about this very enigmatic society, even in today’s world of the internet, and information overload, is practically non-existent, which makes this find even more interesting. Universalia’s encyclopedia, is collection…
Czech Hermetics Episode on the Spiritual Alchemy Show
Astrid and Matthew made an appearance on Astrid’s Spiritual Alchemy Show, to talk about their journey to the Czech Republic and the discovery of the treasure chest of amazing hermetic authors. Shedding some light on why such great hermetics remained in obscurity for such a long time and the current situation in the Czech hermetic…
Textbook of High Magic by Franz Bardon
Before Initiation Into Hermetics was published, František Bardon translated 3 books, and put them together into one practical system of initiation for his inner circle, and this book was called the Textbook of High Magic, and these 3 books that made it up are called: Seven Hermetic Letters by Georg Lomer, and Bardon also included,…
Bardon’s Concentration Exercise Symbol
Here we are offering a fascinating discovery. A scan of the last symbol that František Bardon used in his Prague study group for concentration exercises before he was arrested. The symbol itself was a cut-out from a German occult magazine, in which this is an exact copy of. Recently, we acquired this scan of the…
Ritual Prayer of the S.E.S.
S.E.S. = Société égyptienne secréte (Egyptian Secret Society) Probably the only order directly following ancient Egyptian hermeticism. It was founded in 1840, by Muhammad Ben Neftherim in Cairo. The candidate had to endure very challenging tests for membership, and the order had no more than 84 members (12 members for each of the seven degrees…
The Universe of Vojtěch Roučka
Vojtěch Roučka was considerably one of the best Czech Astrologers in between wars. He studied German, and French Astrology literature privately, and after combining the two together, he began evaluating it with his own experiences and opened up his own private Astrology School. Its main work, and also the main teaching material in that school…
New Website Launch!
“So why don’t you just translate those books….” When we moved to the Czech Republic, we had no idea what type of treasure of Light we would find in the heart of Europe…We decided to share this amazing gem through publishing completely new translations of previously unknown books to international audiences. The goal of this…