Andrew Chumbley

ANDREW D. CHUMBLEY (1967-2004) was a British author, scholar, and sorcerer. His first book Azoetia: A Grimoire of the Sabbatic Craft, first published in 1992 (Xoanon Publishing, republished 2002), a highly original vision of the arcane traditons of Essex and Welsh witchcraft he had been initiated into, apprehending their diverse magical practices via the hidden lore of the Oneiric Sabbat. His second book Qutub, published by Fulgur Limited for Xoanon in 1995, concerned the power of the Opposer and Crooked Path Sorcery, a term Chumbley advanced to describe the transgressive ethos underlying traditional systems of magic integrating right and left-hand path ritual disciplines. In 1999 he wrote One: The Grimoire of the Golden Toad, published by Xoanon in 2000, a personal account of the Toad-bone rituals of East Anglia and other British counties. Additionally, his articles appeared in a number of occult periodicals from 1990-2004. Mr. Chumbley was also, at the time of his death, a PhD candidate at the University of London studying dream-incubation ritual in the ancient Near East.

In cooperation with his estate, Three Hands Press and Xoanon Publishing will be releasing a number of titles by Mr. Chumbley, many previously unpublished. Titles in preparation for Three Hands Press will include The Leaper Between and Opuscula Magica, Volumes I-V.