Fr. Aristaeus Phosphoros is one of our Totocon 2016 speakers. Read more about his presentation below!

Will, Desire, and Belief: Andrew D. Chumbley and the Sabbatic Craft with Fr. Aristaeus Phosphoros

In his essay “Cultus Sabbati: Provenance, Dream, and Magistry” Andrew D. Chumbley wrote, “The Sabbatic Craft is a name for a Nameless Faith. It is a term used to describe an ongoing tradition of sorcerous wisdom, an initiatory path proceeding from both immediate vision and historical succession.” Chumbley was an enigmatic and deeply talented English author, artist, scholar, and magician. Despite his untimely death at the age of 37, he left behind an astonishing depth and variety of writings on the subjects of witchcraft, sorcery, and magick ranging from academic essays to some of the most challenging and potent grimoires written in the modern era, describing his system of Crooked Path Sorcery. Chumbley also served as the first Magister of the magical society Cultus Sabbati, a closed circle of initiates practicing a heady mixture of various strains of traditional witchcraft, high ritual magick, dream work, and Luciferian gnosis centered around the ideas and symbols of the Witches’ Sabbath. In this presentation, we will take a look at the public history and outer works of Andrew D. Chumbley and the Cultus Sabbati, as well as the impact they have had on today’s magickal culture and landscape.

Bio: Fr. Aristaeus Phosphoros has been an initiate of O.T.O since early 2008. He is a Member of Scarlet Woman Lodge, where he currently serves as Treasurer, and of Baphomet Chapter Rose Croix. He serves as a Chartered Initiator in the M.’.M.’.M.’., an Ordained Deacon and Priest of the E.G.C., as well as the National Onsite Logistics Coordinator for the USGL Advanced Initiation Training team. He has presented original lecture and ritual at Scarlet Symposium, TOTOCON, Mass Appeal, the Midwinter Magickal Revival, and NOTOCON. In addition to studies related to the O.T.O. and Thelema, Fr. Aristaeus Phosphoros is a Devotee of Hekate, a Pilgrim on the Poison Path, and has worked regularly with the outer manifestations of the Sabbatic Current since 2007.