PART I ~ PENTACLE

Since time began, mankind has sought to lift himself from mere existence into a realm of the mind that he only dimly perceives. In this most unusual novel, John Devine takes us away from a culture where only possessions matter and makes us confront what we ourselves could do if all our concentration were on the development of our minds and bodies. John Devine draws on the rites of the Great Goddess religion to demonstrate that the primary purpose of sex is not gratification, but a bonding strength through ritual, and that love itself is a discipline.

"CADUCEUS makes for a pretty extraordinary read. It doesn’t fit into any category that I know of. Devine obviously knows his stuff when it comes to the Occult. Reading matter if this ilk would tend to make almost any other life pale in comparison." SARAH MILES

"Blood-freezing occult thriller which begins its white-knuckle ride with the post mortem on a Marilyn Monroe doppelganger." EVENING TELEGRAPH PETERBOROUGH

"the wand of the messenger of the gods"

PART I

                  ISBN: 1900737264                          £7.50

PART II ~ KARCIST

Dr Anthony Hart, Viscount Salem, is challenged to confront evil powers. Trying to protect his wife and half-sister, Rowena, he wrestles with evil forces and so doing he unwillingly assumes the powers of a Magus.

In the final scenes of this strange and erotic story, the Pentacle of the Great Goddess is besmirched in a horrific re-enactment of the murders in the East End of London in 1888, laid at the door of Jack the Ripper, as Anthony Hart is held a prisoner of the Astral Light.

John Devine draws deeply from his knowledge of numerology and the Tarot, weaving a complex and mystical vision of the New Jerusalem.

ISBN: 1900737280                         £7.50

"the wand of the messenger of the gods"

PART II

PART III ~ GNOSIS

The final gripping act in the story of Anthony Hart, Viscount Salem, as he fights the forces of evil.

"Satanism destroys millions, because people think that by doing evil they can enjoy it. They don't understand how austere, how religious one has to be. They enjoy rape, they enjoy stealing, they enjoy adultery, and that renders these people unfit, except we rejoice in their destruction. As for those who dabble in black magic, so-called Satanism, well, no one can conjure supernatural forces. So they begin deluded, and end insane. It happens to thousands every year in every large city."

ISBN: 1900737310                              £7.50

"the wand of the messenger of the gods"

PART III