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Robert Cochrane is still one of the most controversial figures in contemporary witchcraft nearly 40 years after his death. This books details his letters dealing with magical/Craft topics written to Joe Wilson, founder of the 1734 Tradition in the USA, Norman Gills, a traditional witch and 'cunning man' of the old type with Romany ancestry and William 'Bill' Gray, well known in the 1960s as a writer on the Cabbala and a ceremonial magician. Although copies of some of these letters have been passed around and broadcast on the Internet over the years, they have become jumbled and as a result all kinds of misinformation has arisen about their origin and authorship. In 2001 Cochrane's surviving widow legally handed over the copyright of all his correspondence, writings, artwork and articles to Evan John Jones who was a member of Cochrane's coven in the 1960s and is the past magister of the Clan of Tubal Cain. The desicion was take to publish these letters, except for a few of a very personal nature, together with notes to explain their contents and place them in their historical context - this book is the result.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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A must have for anyone who is fascinated by Robert Cochrane and the Clan of Tubal Cain. There is much to learn from this complex writings , His devotion to the Old Ways is felt when you read his letters. Some of the letters give inside information about the way the Clan worked and has not been made public before. A great job done on this by Evan John Jones and Michael Howard. FFFF
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Since the tragic death of Robert Cochrane over 40 years ago, various copies of his few remaining letters have been circulated, mainly on the Internet. This Book was published with the intent of the then Magister and successor to Robert Cochrane's Clan of Tubal Cain, Evan John Jones together with Michael Howard, to formulate an official collection of them.To that end it has achieved this, although a chronological order would have been an enormous boon to the wealth of information and insight these provide to the enigma of a true Craft pioneer. His work is unique, inviting the reader to engage the writer on his own terms,in a format 'crafted' as missives to three recipients of his teachings.The book offers suggestions and opinions of its authors concerning selected points within the letters, guiding the reader towards a particular perspective of them.It is an invaluable addition to the library of anyone interested in the Craft, or in its historiography.
Shani Oates [Maid of the Clan of Tubal Cain]
Shani Oates [Maid of the Clan of Tubal Cain]
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The Robert Cochrane Letters
14 Jun 2003
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A must have for anyone who is fascinated by Robert Cochrane and the Clan of Tubal Cain. There is much to learn from this complex writings , His devotion to the Old Ways is felt when you read his letters. Some of the letters give inside information about the way the Clan of Tubal Cain worked . A great job done on this by Evan John Jones and Michael Howard. FFFF
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Robert Cochrane Letters
14 Jun 2003
Format:Paperback
A must have for anyone who is fascinated by Robert Cochrane and the Clan of Tubal Cain. There is much to learn from his complex writings , His devotion to the Old Ways is felt when you read his letters. Some of the letters give inside information about the way the Clan worked that has not been made public before. There more new information about the letter "s and The Clan of Tubal Cain. The only thing missing are the drawings and symbol's.
A great job done on this by Evan John Jones and Michael Howard, FFFF .
A great job done on this by Evan John Jones and Michael Howard, FFFF .
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Beguiling Letters From a True Original
31 July 2007
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A strange, but very fascinating little volume. It suffers from some lackluster technical publishing issues: Cheap printing, poor typography and editing (I admire the effort of the extensive footnotes, but at times they are over-bearing or even misleading!). Also, it's entierly one-sided, as only Cochrane's letters appear, the other half of the correspondance apparently burned after his death, along with a mass of his other writings. So what we are left with is this very Cochrane-ian tome: A murky sort of mirror, perfect for seeing all sorts of phantasms in.
Much of the letters deal with his defining of the Old Ways, and a constant theme is his distaste for Gerald Gardner's Wiccan movement, which was chronologically in tandem with Cochrane's own revivalism of the Tradition. His prose is never quite stable: Often, he makes a firm statement in one letter, only to completely contradict it in another! His terminology also shifts and sways as he attempts to define his Path to others. But then, a sudden break in the clouds, and his words turn to complete lyrical poetry, and the man invokes genious! Lovely little bits of hard earned knowledge are dropped throughout, such as the Italian exorcism song he transcribes at one point. Or this:
"... A teacher is yourself seen through the mirror darkly."
The question so often asked about this man is, Did he really ever hold any hereditary Keys, or was he a charlatan, patching together the lore of the countryside as he saw fit? In my opinion, it dosent matter in the least: Here is a work that collects the words a man talented in at least one form of magick, and that is the magick of actually inspiring others on their own path, no matter what form it takes. That kind of encouragement is invaluable.
(four stars for content, minus two for technicalities, hence, three stars)
Much of the letters deal with his defining of the Old Ways, and a constant theme is his distaste for Gerald Gardner's Wiccan movement, which was chronologically in tandem with Cochrane's own revivalism of the Tradition. His prose is never quite stable: Often, he makes a firm statement in one letter, only to completely contradict it in another! His terminology also shifts and sways as he attempts to define his Path to others. But then, a sudden break in the clouds, and his words turn to complete lyrical poetry, and the man invokes genious! Lovely little bits of hard earned knowledge are dropped throughout, such as the Italian exorcism song he transcribes at one point. Or this:
"... A teacher is yourself seen through the mirror darkly."
The question so often asked about this man is, Did he really ever hold any hereditary Keys, or was he a charlatan, patching together the lore of the countryside as he saw fit? In my opinion, it dosent matter in the least: Here is a work that collects the words a man talented in at least one form of magick, and that is the magick of actually inspiring others on their own path, no matter what form it takes. That kind of encouragement is invaluable.
(four stars for content, minus two for technicalities, hence, three stars)
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