From Maxine

As 2025 progresses, a quiet yet unmistakable shift is stirring within the magical and occult communities.

'My first experience of circle music of sorts was at cakes and wine after my initiation; the wine was flowing, and the singing of the Witches became progressively, if not less joyously, out of tune.

Recently there have been a number of mistakes regarding the contents of the Alexandrian Book of Shadows and how certain Alexandrian practices came into being.

In the sixties, Alex and I believed our work and joy as witches meant nothing and no one is too high or low including lords and beggars, the sick, the daft, demonic/angelic and the peculiar.

An 'Alexandrian Grand Sabbat' was recently announced giving rise to questions about what a Grand Sabbat is.

When the exceptional student comes along, there is an awakening within the teacher's heart, a rejoicing that is incomparable.

Which would you choose, Silence, Beauty, Love or Truth? The choice is an exercise used in the training of the student who would endeavour to put their choosing into meaningful practice for at least a moon cycle.

"Oh, thou circle be thou a place of love, joy and truth." The opening words of many a witch's ritual that lead us into a space between the worlds and the fulfillment of our desire.

Witch Queen; Magus. The Title given at the Higher Degrees of Witchcraft, Witch Queen; Magus. These titles are ceremonial.

Alex and I moved to London in 1967, it wasn’t long before the elite and the scurrilous of the occult world made their way to the basement of number 40 Clanricarde Gardens in Notting Hill Gate.

It is a year or so since two of its priesthood publicly renounced the Alexandrian Craft, and while this was regretful, it was not entirely unexpected. Personally I believe ‘once a priest always a priest’.

It is remarkable how the Craft has evolved and not always in a priestly way, however, the majority of Alexandrian groups continue the work of the priesthood ever aspiring in their understanding of the ways of magic and…

Forty-nine years ago today, Alex and I were married. It is remarkable how the Craft has evolved and not always in a priestly way, however, the majority of Alexandrian groups continue the work of the priesthood ever…

2017 is going to be an exciting year, I have been invited to New Orleans to speak at HexFest; last year I was speaking at the Goddess Conference in San Paulo Brazil, and teaching in Rio, it was good.

Einstein said ‘The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science’.

The last few months have been taken up with writing my autobiography; the book will be called ‘Fire Child’ and published by Mandrake of Oxford. Their website address is www.mandrake.uk.net.

The anniversary of Alex’s death was spent in Georgia, Atlanta. Alex had always wanted to go to the States and my visit somehow seemed to bring his wish to completion.

It is that time of year when the keys go missing and the Imps of Perverse, as Madeline Montalban (Madeline was the magician who created the Angelic System) used to call the mishaps of this time of year, are busy causing…

Winter approaches, the tasks seem endless as the yearly jobs of preparing for the cold need to be done. The weather witch forecasts a hard winter.

A standing stone has been erected in the garden of Bron Afon and rather like acupuncture, it has stimulated the surrounding earth into a place of extra vitality; this is magnetic or invisible depending upon who is…

<div class="img-150"> </div> Since the Autumn Equinox, the Lords of Opposition have thrown everything, in my direction. The Lords of Karma have been quite busy too!

The effects of the equinox have had their usual amount of sadness, marriage, and partnership break ups, illness etc.

Lammas was golden in every sense of the word. Initiate elders invited me to join them for the celebration of Lammas at Alderley Edge in Cheshire.

This cycle has been spent working with quartz and the blessing of the rivers. This accompanied the four sacred breaths performed four times every day.

It will be sixteen years since Alex died at Beltane; he seems to be getting on with his work and occasionally makes his presence felt in the Valleys, which is a wonderful comfort.