Frater Acher
Frater Acher is the author of theomagica.com as well as a friend and collaborator of Quareia Magical Training. He holds an MA in Communications Science, Intercultural Communications and Psychology as well as certifications in Systemic Coaching and Gestalt Therapy. He has studied Western Ritual Magic in theory and practice at I.M.B.O.L.C. (magieausbildung.de) and has been actively involved in magic as a lone practitioner for more than twenty years. Frater Acher is a German national, and after several years of living abroad, he is now resident in Munich, Germany. Previous publications include Cyprian of Antioch: A Mage of Many Faces (Quareia Press 2017) and Speculum Terræ (Hadean Press 2018).
The Holy Daimon online project is a resource dedicated to research into, and the translation of ritual manuscripts from the 15th to 18th century with a focus on texts of daimonic theurgy.
Our work with Frater Acher
Holy Daimon is the result of more than ten years of ritual and theoretical magical research. The book provides a clear path to creating communion with one’s holy daimon. The first in a trilogy of works by Frater Acher blending historical insights with practical ritual work.
8vo (240 × 165 mm)
216 pp
Illustrations by Jose Gabriel Alegría Sabogal
Black and white photographs by the author
Issued in 4 editions –
fine / standard hardback / paperback / digital
In Black Abbot · White Magic: Johannes Trithemius and the Angelic Mind, the second volume of the Holy Daimon cycle, Frater Acher focusses on the magical legacy of Johannes Trithemius and gives an understanding of the intent, depth and pragmatism of 15th century mystico-magical practice and of its most engimatic figure.
4vo (255 × 185 mm)
230 pp
Illustrations of Trithemius, Pelagius and Ramon Llull by Jose Gabriel Alegría Sabogal
Issued in 4 editions –
fine / standard hardback / paperback / digital
Holy Heretics is the third and final volume of the Holy Daimon cycle. Blending occult philosophy, magic and mysticism, Frater Acher guides the reader through the centuries with a series of practical exercises and rites which ultimately restore the powerful Olympic spirits to their original magical context.
8vo (240 × 165 mm)
272 pp
Illustrations by Jose Gabriel Alegría Sabogal
Issued in 4 editions –
fine / standard hardback / paperback / digital
Holy Daimon, the first volume of the Holy Daimon cycle, is the result of more than ten years of ritual and theoretical magical research. The book provides a well-grounded introduction, as well as a practical path to creating communion with one’s holy daimon.
Black Abbot · White Magic: Johannes Trithemius and the Angelic Mind is the second volume, and focusses on the magical legacy of Johannes Trithemius. The book includes the first full English translations of two angelic grimoires, reveals the construction of the talismanic Tablet of Truth, the compounding of a love philtre, the creation of the exorcistic powder of Pelagius and the purificatory counter-magic of the witch’s bath. Through Acher's analysis of these texts, the reader is guided towards a mystical and historically attested method of practicing angelic magic.
Holy Heretics is the third and final volume. Blending occult philosophy, magic and mysticism, Frater Acher guides the reader through the centuries with a series of practical exercises and rites which ultimately restore the powerful Olympic spirits to their original magical context.