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The Secret Sexual Teachings of Aleister Crowley (Book Review #114)

Review of The secret sexual teachings of Aleister Crowley by J.Edward Cornelius Continue reading
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Agnyashva Upanishad ~ Duality

The Septave of the Agnyashva Upanishad. The Second of the three short discourses. Continue reading
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A Walking Flame: Selected Magical Writings of Ithell Colquhoun (Book Review #107)

Review of A Walking Flame ~ the selected Magical writings of Ithell Colquhoun by Amy HAle Continue reading
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The Black Arts ( Book Review #102)

Review of late 1960’s cult Occult book ~ the Black arts by Richard Cavendish. Continue reading
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The Three Goddesses, and the Tree Sophia.

Three Goddesses Imagined, dreamt, revealed, or perhaps just folly trinkets. Continue reading
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Self Evocation and Narcissism , The only answer to non appropriation?

From the agenda of appropriation to the assortment of ideas, who are the gatekeepers? Continue reading
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What Books Do I Want To Read (WordPress prompt 27/01/26)
What books do I want to read? Continue reading
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Claves Intelligentiarum (Book Review #89)

Review of David RAnkine’s Book Claves Intelligentiarium Continue reading
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Witchcraft:In Theory and Practice (Book Review #83)

Review of ‘Witchcraft, Theory and Practice’ by Ly De Angeles. Rituals, Spellcasting and Sorcery. Continue reading
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Brief encounter at Mabon. 2025

Rumi and the HArvest. Descending the Tree of Knowledge, where we reap the fruit. Forever then the Garden is cyclic. Continue reading

The Random musings of a nobody. “Dagenham Dave”, is slang for someone one stop short of Barking (mad), though more contemporarily refers to any wayfaring and carefree person. Dagenham is a town to the eastern side of London (Luds Dominium) that was first recorded in a Barking charter in 666a.d. as the town of Daeccanham. Daecca is an ancient man’s name meaning ‘bright’ or ‘famous’ . Ham is short for Hamlet.
Dave is short for David, Hebrew for ‘Beloved’, My Surname ‘Wenborn’ derives from old English meaning of the Winding Stream.
Contents:-
1/ Book Reviews.
They’re not reviews as such- to recommend or asway, I neither seek to promote nor condemn, more my personal reflections on the books I read. In that respect it’s a subjective thing. I write the reviews as it instils in the mind, like writing down your dreams on waking, the right to remember.
2/ Short Stories and Tales
Short stories borne from imagination, dreams, thoughts and wanderings. Too large to be written in my journal of shadows.
3/ Full Books
Books that were once published elsewhere, I have full copyright on these, and of course given here freely.
4/ Magazines and Articles
Small snippets and articles that may or may not have appeared elsewhere, and information not included in Journal of shadows.
5/ Poetry
A small selection of poetry. Like song, I create as a means to an artistic diary.
6/ WordPress Challenges
Wordpress (where this website is hosted) offer up a daily prompt for people to answer, sometimes I do, sometimes I don’t.
I do not accept donations or offers, bribes etc, and do not advertise or am paid to promote anything either. All donations should be sent to either of the following ;-
Zarach ~ Helping Children living in poverty
Street Talk ~ Helping women trapped in prostitution and trafficking


Email at the following ;-

