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Draconomicon Volume 2 and more! Mardukite Beltane 2022 Gate Opens with New Releases

It was 14 years ago, on the Summer Solstice of 2008 that Joshua Free (formerly known as Merlyn Stone in the 1990’s) emerged from a seven-year journey in the underground, out of sight from the general public, and launched what became a fundamentally new genre of the modern New Age with the inception of the Mardukite Research Org and the original Mardukite Truth Seeker Press (now the Joshua Free Imprint or JFI Publishing) premiere presentation of The Great Magickal Arcanum.

Joshua Free on Beltane for the launch of the Mardukite Chamberlains

But what is more likely to have been far more memorable to many of those following along for over a decade is the launch of the Mardukite Chamberlains, coinciding with the Global Beltane Gate Ritual of 2009 and its annual revisiting for each year since — and we have been active and avidly working all this time on one purpose or project or another.

While there are many newcomers that were perhaps not around for the original event, the Mardukite Office has consistently encouraged a synchronous observance of this annual ‘threshold’ every year… and each year our movement has grown; enlarged itself with increased membership — and also the publication of titles and editions that consistently help drive the economics behind new developments.




Most recently, on Beltane 2020, our energetic intentions were directed to drive forward the acquisition and development of a more permanent home for the Mardukite Offices and within two months, the Mardukite Borsippa HQ was established in the Colorado San Luis Valley, now the global home and headquarters for the Founding Church of Mardukite Zuism, Mardukite Academy and Systemology Society.



A Mardukite Beltane video featuring David Zibert, Mardukite Zuism Archbishop Patesi of Canada


Last year, in 2021, our efforts shifted to establishing a stronger presence for Mardukite Systemology and the work that would ‘bridge’ Grade-IV to Grade-V. Within only a few months, starting in the Summer of 2021, a new series of workshops and the “Freedom From” lectures were given at the Mardukite Academy and now compose the newly released volume Way of the Wizard by Joshua Free — specifically planned for global distribution premiering on Beltane 2022.

You can access a significant amount of the MARDUKITE BELTANE ARCHIVES from ::THIS BLOG::

Crystal Clear (Revised Second Edition) by Joshua Free

Also released today, for Beltane 2022, is the Mardukite Academy revised second edition of the underground classic Crystal Clear by Joshua Free.

Another soon-to-be released revised Mardukite Academy second edition in this series is the esoteric bestselling systemology ‘grimoire’: Imaginomicon, which debuts globally on May 19, 2022.

 

 

Draconomicon Volume 2: The Pheryllt Researches (Leaves of Wisdom from the Book of Pheryllt) collected by Joshua Free

Perhaps of all the new releases set up by JFI Publishing for the 2022 Beltane season, the most anticipated to the widest array of readers and practitioners is the long awaited sequel and continuation of the Draconomicon series:
Draconomicon (Volume 2): The Pheryllt Researches: Leaves of Druidic Wisdom from the Book of Pheryllt
…in a matching 25th Anniversary hardcover collector’s edition!

Many antiquated scholarly references to the “Books of Fferyllt” or the “Pheryllt” themselves may be found by a diligent scholar (many of which are paraphrased in this special anniversary collector’s edition of “The Pheryllt Researches”). Whatever bits trickle down from classical literature and antiquarian druidism to satisfy a modern thirst for the ‘pheryllt paradigm’ have been collected together in one place – a sacred book once thirded in former presentations of a ‘Pheryllt Trilogy’ and are now made whole – forming a complete source book of undefiled mystical lore as a companion to the original Draconomicon volume (also available in this series separately in hardcover).

Whatever name, guise, or title we might attribute to this work as the proverbial ‘Body of the Dragon’ – and we have chosen PHERYLLT – this same lore (originally accessible to very few with small networks) serves as basis for the majority of Celtic and neo-Druidic revival of the past few centuries, not to mention other forms of ‘neo-paganism’; whether or not it has received its due credit as such.

“The Pheryllt Researches” were once only available — in their complete form — to members of the Mardukite Academy of Systemology, within the appendix section of the Grade-I Route-D Master Edition anthology textbook: “Merlyn’s Complete Book of Druidism: A Master Course in Druidry for Modern Druids” and is now published as a stand-alone hardcover title for the first time, commemorating its 25th Anniversary since originally compiled by Joshua Free (when once writing as ‘Merlyn Stone’) as an apprentice of New Forest Centre for Magickal Studies in the 1990’s.

In a World Full of Tens… Be An ELEVEN!

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Reach Higher in THIS Lifetime – Experience the Legendary Mardukite Master Course

Now YOU can experience the Legendary “Master Course” from anywhere in the Universe, exactly as given in-person by Joshua Free to the “Mardukite Academy of Systemology” in September 2020. — No one knew just what to expect when Joshua Free called together a select group of individuals to deliver the first official Mardukite Academy instruction and that it would extend to such epic proportions as to include a unparalleled personal and candid exploration of Life, the Universe… and Everything! What’s more, few knew ahead of time that audio recordings of all knowledge lectures delivered during the 10-day intensive would become the “staple” of the Academy’s founding and available thereafter as an archive. But now, we have taken things just one step further…

Over 800 pages of materials collected in this volume provide a serious Seeker with full transcripts to all 48 Academy Lectures of the “Mardukite Master Course” combined with all course outlines, supplements and critical handouts from the original “Instructor’s Manual” making this book the most complete definitive single-source compilation of “New Age” understanding and “Spiritual” technologies, such as:

  • Magick, Mystical Arts and the Occult Sciences
  • Druidism, Elven-Faerie Traditions and the Dragon Legacy
  • Sumerian Anunnaki, Babylon and Mesopotamian Neopaganism
  • Mardukite New Thought and Metahuman Systemology

Drawing from 25 years of experiential esoteric research and underground literary development, world-renowned mystic philosopher and prodigious author, Joshua Free, provides the professional qualifications necessary for “mastering” an upper-level understanding of his materials in the same way that an artist “masters” their craft. Nothing is held back in this surprisingly candid presentation!

Available to the public for the first time! Here is your opportunity to gain the Master Key to Gates of Higher Realizations in this lifetime! Spanning three Grades of knowledge that not only open the doors to true and lasting Self-Actualization and Spiritual Success for one’s Self, but also the skills of personal leadership and the certainty to demonstrate and communicate these higher-level principles to others — including the management and instruction of official groups, lodges and schools.

All of the work currently available by Joshua Free, written and published between 1995 and 2019, pertains to a singular continuum of complete instruction divided into three knowledge tiers or Grades. A complete library collection of all “core material” described in the “Mardukite Master Course” was also reissued in four different Master Edition textbooks — totaling 3,600 pages — including:

  • The Great Magickal Arcanum: A Master Course in Magick for Modern Wizards
  • Merlyn’s Complete Book of Druidism: A Master Course in Druidry for Modern Druids
  • Necronomicon: The Complete Anunnaki Legacy
  • The Systemology Handbook

Start your progressive journey and cumulative ascent up the “Ladder of Lights” toward “Gateways to Infinity” with a presentation of epic proportions, providing a Seeker with their greatest certainty in employing effective workable applications of upper-level understanding that can advance the spiritual evolution of the Human Condition as never before realized.

Here is the dividing line between the Masters and the masses

Will you be a Master?

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Reach Your Destiny: Become a Mardukite Master of Magic, Mysticism, Druidry, Anunnaki Zuism and Systemology from our Academy

MASTER YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF METAPHYSICS WITH THE ALREADY LEGENDARY “MARDUKITE MASTER COURSE” DELIVERED BY JOSHUA FREE TO THE MARDUKITE ACADEMY IN SEPTEMBER 2020.

The new publication, MARDUKITE MASTER COURSE: INSTRUCTOR’S MANUAL, is the definitive companion to the Mardukite Master Course as referred to in the audio lecture series (twelve volumes available separately as 2-CD sets) delivered candidly and in person by Joshua Free to the Mardukite Academy of Systemology in September 2020, at the new Mardukite Borsippa HQ in San Luis Valley, Colorado.

GO BEYOND WHATEVER YOU’VE BEEN TOLD ABOUT MAGICK, MYSTICISM, THE OCCULT, DRUIDISM, THE DRAGON LEGACY, MESOPOTAMIA, SUMER, BABYLON, THE HUMAN CONDITION AND TRUTH OF THE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE.

“THE RULES HAVEN’T BEEN BROKEN… THEY’VE JUST BEEN REALIZED FOR THE FIRST TIME!” — As a launch point for the 2020’s and for the inception of the Mardukite Academy of Systemology at the new Mardukite Borsippa HQ for the Founding Church of Mardukite Zuism, Joshua Free delivers a “master course” of epic proportions that is totally unparalleled in the records of human history, reaching even beyond the standards of former philosophical schools, esoteric fraternities and magical orders.

SPANNING 25 YEARS OF UNDERGROUND RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY REVEALED ACROSS 3,600 PAGES IN FOUR HARDCOVER MASTER EDITION ANTHOLOGIES

The total scope of the MARDUKITE MASTER COURSE spans three Grades of knowledge and is given by the Mardukite Academy of Systemology to ensure, certify and provide professional qualifications for “mastering” an understanding of the materials in the same way that an artist “masters” their craft–and then be rightfully considered Masters of this knowledge.

The professional course materials are as follows:

A Seeker must also have access to the basic Master Edition anthology textbooks or else earlier versions of the materials used in conjunction with the “Instructor’s Manual:

All works by Joshua Free—written and published between 1995 and 2019—pertain to a singular stream of complete instruction that is divided into three Grades or knowledge tiers of realization. The delivery of the MARDUKITE MASTER COURSE in 2020 is intended to grant a clear unification of material presented across all three Grades under the banner of “Mardukite Systemology”–which is also the name given to Grade-III, and is likewise the bridge to even higher levels of work.

Enter the sacred district to study the Mardukite Master Course today!

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MASTER DRUIDISM – “Merlyn’s Druid School” Complete Hardcover Master Edition released by Joshua Free

Grade-II Route of Mesopotamia & Grade-I Route of Druidism and Dragon Legacy

The world is ever changing, ever evolving, ever moving forward in time marked by incident, memory and fragmentation. For all times, in all places, and throughout the cosmos, there have always been the Stewards of Planetary Life, the Guardians of Earths and caretakers of the Life and Light present in the Universe. They may not always be called “Druids”–they may not always be specifically related to “Celtic” mythographic histories and semantics… but they are DRUIDS.

In the state of things on planet earth, the expectancy of what is to come throughout the 2020’s, many are seeking the knowledge and a development of true skills that will assist in the actual surviving existence and potential spiritual evolution of the Human Condition. And it should come as no surprise that we should finally behold the ultimate book of Druidism for all Druids of the 21st century!

Collected writings and research by Joshua Free spanning a quarter of a century are culminated together to present the most complete guide, reference and course curriculum of druidry–ancient and modern–a spiritual, mystical and magical legacy of legendary renown that speaks relevantly to present times and will carry human evolution into the future. Classic materials originally composing over 7 books in total are expertly arranged for Truth Seekers in one amazing volume!

MERLYN’S COMPLETE BOOK OF DRUIDISM: A MASTER COURSE IN DRUIDRY FOR MODERN DRUIDS by Joshua Free

Merlyn’s Complete Book of Druidism: A Master Course in Druidry for Modern Druids by Joshua Free (2020 Master Edition, 7 books in one)

For the first time, anyone can gain unhindered access to the most complete collection of writings and records revealing answers to long sought after mysteries of the western world: the Secrets of the Druids. An entire esoteric research library–materials developed and revised underground from 1995 through 2020, collected by notoriously prolific mystic writer, Joshua Free–is now at your fingertips.

Enter the Sacred Grove and initiate yourself to the greatest Mystery Tradition ever known in the Western World while earning Universal Wisdom known only to Druids with the definitive textbook anthology developed by Joshua Free.

“Merlyn’s Complete Book of Druidism: A Master Course in Druidry for Modern Druids” contains all of the materials studied for Joshua Free’s “Grade-I Route of Druidism & The Dragon Legacy” Master Course, including:

–“Druid’s Handbook”
–“Draconomicon”
–the “Elvenomicon” compendium, including
–“Book of Elven-Faerie”
–“Elven-Druid Grimoire”
–“Greenwood Forest Grimoire”
–Joshua’s original “Pheryllt Research” notebooks from New Forest
–the Mardukite Master Course for the Route of Druidism, including
–the revised and annotated tercentenary edition of John Toland’s “Pantheisticon.”
Over 700 pages in all!

Merlyn’s Complete Book of Druidism (A Master Course in Druidry for Modern Druids) 2020 Master Edition Hardcover by Joshua Free

Drawing upon 25 years experience actively involved in the neodruidic community, a complete collection of Druidic masterpieces by Joshua Free are combined into a single volume for the first time. MERLYN’S COMPLETE BOOK OF DRUIDISM is an essential key in keeping the authentic spirit of Druidism alive—and what it represents beyond mere fantasy imagery. The core teachings, triads, doctrines, natural philosophy, ritual tools and techniques for performing effective rites and ceremonies are all here. But a Seeker searching after even deeper teachings of the universe will undoubtedly find much more lofty and greater wisdom on the leaves of this tome—an anthology of nearly impossible epic proportions.

Merlyn’s Complete Book of Druidism by Joshua Free

Mardukite Master Course Editions by Joshua Free

Kyra Kaos has a new website –> PriestessOfLife.com

MARDUKITE ZUISM (the spiritual tradition of Mardukite Ministries) Founded by Joshua Free in 2008

#EvolveOrDie #Zuism #Systemology

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DRUID ACADEMY – The Power of Merlin! – A Master Course in Druidism for Modern Druids!

The ultimate book of Druidism for all Druids of the 21st century!

Collected writings and research spanning a quarter of a century are culminated together to present the most complete guide, reference and course curriculum of druidry–ancient and modern–a spiritual, mystical and magical legacy of legendary renown that speaks relevantly to present times and will carry human evolution into the future. Classic materials originally composing over 7 books in total are expertly arranged for Truth Seekers in one amazing volume! Over 700 pages in all!

MERLYN’S COMPLETE BOOK OF DRUIDISM:
A Master Course in Druidry for Modern Druids

Hardcover Master Edition

Collected Works by Joshua Free

For the first time, anyone can gain unhindered access to the most complete collection of writings and records revealing answers to long sought after mysteries of the western world: the Secrets of the Druids. An entire esoteric research library–materials developed and revised underground from 1995 through 2020, collected by notoriously prolific mystic writer, Joshua Free–is now at your fingertips. Enter the Sacred Grove and initiate yourself to the greatest Mystery Tradition ever known in Western World while earning Universal Wisdom known only to Druids with the definitive textbook anthology developed by Joshua Free. It contains “Druid’s Handbook,” “Draconomicon” and the complete “Elvenomicon” compendium, including “Book of Elven-Faerie,” “Elven-Druid Grimoire” and “Greenwood Forest Grimoire.” But, if that were not enough, an initiate will also discover Joshua Free’s original collection of “Pheryllt Research” notebooks–and as an additional bonus: the critical materials excerpted from a specially designed Mardukite Master Course specifically for achieving the greatest success on the Route of Druidism, which also features the revised and annotated tercentenary edition of John Toland’s “Pantheisticon.”

MERLYN’S COMPLETE BOOK OF DRUIDISM

Discover the enchantment of the Green World and partake in the hidden legacy and magick of the Ancient Mystery Tradition as once realized in Europe. Here is the key to unlock the forbidden knowledge that evolved throughout history and emerged into factions of the “Western Magical Tradition” observed frequently in the “New Age” movements of today. Joshua Free provides the expert guide on the reality of Druidism in the here and now–as controversial as it is revolutionary and proven effectively workable for our times… and into the future. Here is a textbook providing a foundation of certainty to all those Earth stewards intending to be future planetary guardians in the times being what they are. No dry academic postulating or worn out history lessons about geography and deeds of war leaders…

Here is Real Druidism!

When combined together and with the additional notebooks and the revived text of John Toland’s Pantheisticon contained within, there is simply no greater single source for all of what you seek regarding Druids, Druidry, Druidic Tradition and the future of Druidism. No matter what your opinions of the discoveries herein enclosed, you will assuredly not ever be the same for knowing them.

If you have been waiting for the ultimate archetypal tome of Druidism to finally arrive…

…your waiting is over!

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From Babylon’s Gates to the British Isle — Uncovering the Ancient Dragon Legacy on Earth

draconomicon and druid's handbook (by Joshua Free)

“DRACONOMICON” & “DRUID’S HANDBOOK” BY JOSHUA FREE

After twenty years, one of the most controversial themes present in Druidic writings by Joshua Free is about to become common textbook knowledge!

COMING SOON! LUGHNASSADH 2019!
Two long-lost underground classics by Joshua Free return!
:: Draconomicon: The Book of Ancient Dragon Magick ::
:: The Druid’s Handbook: Ancient Magick for a New Age ::

Rewritten, revised and updated hardcover anniversary editions!

[This blogpost is an excerpt from the foreword by Rowen Gardner for the upcoming 25th Anniversary Collector’s Edition hardcover DRACONOMICON BY JOSHUA FREE.]

Joshua Free is famously known for proposing the origins of Druidism as Mesopotamia… This theme is sure to catch many folk off guard and has been a constant source of contention between the author and many of his harsher critics and less informed readers. There is little doubt that it is a shocking or surprising conclusion expressed by the author for at least two decades—but the author has remained steadfast, again, in their resolve that their “intuitions” were right. This pursuit became such an occupation for the author that he spent most of this current millennium attempting to establish this point to esoteric audiences…with mixed results.”

“One theory put forth by Joshua Free, keystone to his writings, regards a prehistoric collective migration of Mesopotamian systemology across Europe, citing examples of the La Tene culture and marked by the indigenous traditions developed later in vicinity to the Danube River, one of two pathways he suggested that it probably traveled.”

draconomicon out of print edition joshua free

VINTAGE OUT-OF-PRINT DRACONOMICON

Joshua Free states that it is only the result of Roman intervention and the domination of the ‘Classical World’ over the former ancient one that pushed these traditions and evidence for them into specific concentrated locations—such as we easily can see with the ‘Celtic World’ that is traditionally attributed exclusively to the British Isles or Ireland, yet it once served as a dominating influence for most of the European continent. How easily we forget…”

“One additional facet of Joshua Free’s theory is that prior to the migration, a localized concentration of this population emerged from the Ancient Near East and gathered in ancient Anatolia (modern day Turkey)—the place of the legendary “Drunemeton,” a secret birthplace of Druidry that only the highest ranks among them knew of and would regularly return to during their lifetimes. All wild theories?”

British Proto-Druid migrant population from Ancient Near East (c. 4000 B.C.)

British Proto-Druid migrant population from Ancient Near East (c. 4000 B.C.)

“In April 2019, the BBC headlines read: ‘DNA Reveals Origins of Stonehenge Builders.’ Articles provided research summaries published in Nature, Ecology & Evolution. It described a neolithic western migration in c. 6000 B.C. from Anatolia, modern-day Turkey, across two routes—the Mediterranean and Danube River Valley—which spread early Mesopotamian knowledge of agriculture across Europe, reaching Britain by c. 4000 B.C…”

“I’ve since decided to take the writings by Joshua Free even more seriously. I would encourage anyone else to perhaps do the same…” –Rowen Gardner

draconomicon ancient dragon magick book hardcover DRACONOMICON
The Book of Ancient Dragon Magick

Collector’s Edition – Hardcover

by Joshua Free

25TH ANNIVERSARY
Global Release: July 31, 2019
HERE BE DRAGONS! Behold the ultimate “Book of the Dragon” for modern magick-users and fantasy enthusiasts alike–now completely revised and expanded for its 25th anniversary. This underground cult-classic “Draconomicon” offers powerful teachings and lore of ancient “dragon magick” and its legacy.


:: VINTAGE MARDUKITE FOOTAGE ::

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BOOK OF PHERYLLT – Complete Druid Source Book developed by “Merlyn” Author’s Apprentice

THE BOOK OF PHERYLLT edited by Joshua Free is a realization of legendary proportions, delivering the virtually impossible—a complete collection of esoteric Pheryllt Druid fragments scattered across history into a single coherent source, collected from the popular underground trilogy from Joshua Free, and now accessible to all modern Druidic practitioners for the first time ever! Published in collaboration with Kima Global Books, the literary home of Douglas Monroe’s conclusion to the ‘Merlyn Trilogy’—The Deepteachings of Merlyn, (which also included a brief ‘Interlogue’ written by Joshua Free).

THE BOOK OF PHERYLLT
A Complete Druid Source Book

edited by Joshua Free

Come drink deeply from the wisdom of authentic Celtic Druidism brewed at the Cauldron of Awen, wherein lies unknown depths and heights of true mystic initiation. Travel far along hidden wooden paths of the Enchanted Forest—using The Book of Pheryllt as your guide—and discover the ancient storehouse of Nature’s Mysteries from the original Druidic database of universal knowledge.


Although best known for his work connected to the modern MARDUKITE “New Thought” movement, Joshua Free has been involved with “practical Earth magic” since he was 12, starting with his first initiation into Pheryllt Druidism in the mid-1990’s as “Merlyn Stone.” At that time, he was once the youngest initiate ever of the Order of Bards, Ovates & Druids (OBOD) in England, before leaving to exclusively pursue a Druidic apprenticeship with Douglas Monroe, and is now “Bard of the Twelfth Chair” at New Forest Centre for Magickal Studies.


Douglas Monroe fondly memorializes the efforts made by his old apprentice in the Preface for the Joshua Free’s presentation of THE BOOK OF PHERYLLT from Kima Global Books

“Our paths first crossed back around 1995. I was teaching university abroad, and there received an email from one Merlyn Stone, a teenage aspiring writer with a headful of penetrating ideas which he confessed the 21 Lessons of Merlyn had someway triggered. I recall being astounded at the depth of the letter, and was soon to learn that ‘Merlyn Stone’ was actually the pen name of Joshua Free… Through the intervening years I have watched as Joshua Free has matured into a fine writer—and an even better scholar, whose prodigious output of books cover a wide range of esoteric topics and philosophies, well worth exploring… Joshua’s genius lies in his ability to compile, categorize and connect vast stockpiles of lore, ancient to modern, and which has, over the last decade, culminated in a truly impressive contribution to world metaphysics… In time, I believe his work will receive more of the serious recognition it deserves…”
—Douglas Monroe, author
“21 Lessons of Merlyn”
“Lost Books of Merlyn”
“Deepteachings of Merlyn”

THE BOOK OF PHERYLLT : A Complete Druid Source Book by Joshua Free is an epic literary compilation drawing from the underground ‘Pheryllt Trilogy’ of volumes edited by Joshua Free for the Mardukites (from 2014 through 2018), collected together in one economical anthology for the first time ever. Globally released on Yule—Winter Solstice, December 22, 2018.

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PHERYLLT 3 – Completion of Pheryllt “Books of Fferyllt” Trilogy Series by Joshua Free

In ancient Keltia, the Druid Order consisted of learned ones, those educated in Bardic Arts: cosmology and spirituality, natural-native history and geology, legendary history of heroes and mythology, healing and botanical medicine, astrononmy and astronology, and of course ‘magic’ – all of which are hidden in lines of Bardic verse and the researches of those who study them. As primary preservers of Celtic and Druid Mysteries, it is no wonder that Bardic Druids were considered the transmitter or catalyst of -awen- the essence, Divine Spark or spirit of inspiration that the Greeks termed ‘gnosis’. It is to the ‘ebb and flow’ of the -awen field- that the magical and poetic genius of the Bard is attributed.

Preservation of ancient knowledge is key among all elite orders of the ages. This Ancient Mystery School is timeless and spans all places on Earth. Past mystical cultures often relied on elite orders of scribe-priests and poet-magicians to bridge ancestral roots and traditions with the future – orders rooted in ‘languages’, ‘communication’, and above all the written word. The poetic genius of “awen” – the Divine Spark of Creation – manifests throughout all creative arts and as the spirt of “prophecy,” an ability to observe experiences with a heightened awareness and communicate it in the World of Form. Druidism is, therefore, an echo of this “poetic genius,” an amalgamation of collected knowledge preserved by the ancient elite, including a mystical and scientific understanding of the world that eluded the perceptual range of ‘common’ folk.

PHERYLLT: Volume 1
PHERYLLT: Volume 2
PHERYLLT: Volume 3

A unique metaphysical apprenticeship combining diverse facets of knowledge – from practical magic, to Welsh Bardic tradition, to Celtic history, or even foreign philosophies assimilated by the Druids – all appear in Douglas Monroe’s Merlyn Trilogy under a premise of being derived from the Book of Pheryllt (or Books of Fferyllt); a collective ‘body’ of Druidic wisdom also called the Body of the Dragon. As such, a wide array of sources and subjects were required to develop an allegorical facsimile (but legitimately authentic) manifestation of the Book of Pheryllt consistent with the mysterious manner in which Bards and Druids conceal and reveal the secret tradition. Considering the sheer variety of citations and scattered references in Monroe’s work, meeting justifiably high requirements and expectations for the ‘Body of the Dragon’ would require more than one volume to be complete and follow protocols – actually three volumes: a TRIAD interwoven as ONE.

Many antiquated scholarly references to the “Books of Fferyllt” or the “Pheryllt” themselves may be found (included or paraphrased in the current Book of Pheryllt trilogy series facsmile). Whatever bits trickle down from classical literature and antiquarian druidism to satisfy a modern thirst for the ‘pheryllt paradigm’ have been collected together in one place – a sacred book once thirded and now made whole – forming a complete sourcebook of undefiled lore. Whatever name, guise, or title we might attribute to the ‘Body of the Dragon’ – and we have chosen PHERYLLT – this same lore (originally accessible to few) serves as basis for the majority of Celtic and neo-Druidic revival of the past few centuries; whether or not it has been given due credit as such.

PHERYLLT: Volume 1
PHERYLLT: Volume 2
PHERYLLT: Volume 3

Several different cycles of important Celtic and Welsh literature and lore – Hanes Taliesin, Cad Goddeu, the Gwarchans, Cymric Triads, the books of Aneurin, Taliesin, Myrddin… – are all found in the Iolo Manuscripts including the Myvyrian Archaeology anthology and Barddas. In fact, we can essentially trace the abundant wealth of surviving Welsh MS. – including the Mabinogion – back to “Iolo Morganwg” (Edward Williams) and manuscripts ascribed to “Llywelyn Sion.” Where a thick scholarly aura accumulated from years of controversy may surround the ‘authenticity’ of some of these manuscripts, valid substitution shortages have bound the modern revival specifically to these available texts and the tradition gleaned from them.

The Book of Pheryllt trilogy of volumes edited by Joshua Free (also collected together in one volume in the forthcoming “Pheryllt -or- Body of the Dragon” anthology to be released later this year) is the realization of a legendary tome collecting wisdom passed down from an equally legendary ‘priesthood’ known in the histories of the Druids as the PHERYLLT (pronounced FAIR-ee-llt or VAIR-ult) – those who resided in the ancient Snowdonian mountains of northern Wales. There, they inhabited an ‘ambrosial city’ named for its mysterious founder, PHARAON (FAR-ah-on), meaning ‘higher powers’ and possibly alluding to the ‘celestial’ authority of a “Pharaoh.” Perhaps it is the practice of “Druid Craft” to call down ‘higher powers’ to conjure inspiration and magic in the world – perhaps that is what Ceridwen is doing where Taliesin the Bard writes: – “She took to the crafts of the Books of Fferyllt to boil a cauldron of awen.” According to our modern ‘Neo-Pheryllt’ tradition, a manuscript known as the Book of Pheryllt exists from the 16th Century collection attributed to Llywelyn Sion of Glamorgan Wales. Along with its companion volume, Barddas, also purportedly by Llywelyn Sion, the manuscripts moved from the library of Owen Morgan (“Morian”) to the private collection of the Albion Lodge of the United Ancient Order of Druids in Oxford (an ancient stronghold of the Pheryllt Order noted by Ralph Waldo Emerson).

PHERYLLT: Volume 1
PHERYLLT: Volume 2
PHERYLLT: Volume 3

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The Magical World of Joshua Free – A Road Paved with Druids, Elves and Wizards

(Joshua Free as “Merlyn Stone” in the 1990’s)

With more than two active decades in the underground “New Age” and occult scene (known as “Merlyn Stone” in the 1990’s), over 20 unique arcane texts in print (not including collected anthologies), and now a decade spent as presiding director of the modern Mardukite movement – you may have already experienced some piece of the magical world of Joshua Free personally or more likely one of the many very publicly visible facets of culture and industry that he has influenced from behind the scenes.

Having so adeptly remained in the underground for so many years, it is quite possible that you have never actually read one of these critically acclaimed esoteric and arcane underground bestselling classics by Joshua Free and there is no better time than now to reap the benefits of the experience. Many of the original beloved titles (from 1996–2008) now appear in a special economical anniversary collection available to the new generation of seekers and returning patrons alike.

Joshua Free (also known as “Merlyn Stone” in the 1990’s) released many amazing resources for the modern occultist many years before his launch of the Mardukite organization (primarily emphasizing Mesopotamian studies). Starting with the SORCERER’S HANDBOOK and DRACONOMICON from the 1990’s and continuing with the BOOK OF DRUIDRY and BOOK OF ELVEN-FAERIE in (the earliest part of) the new millennium – thousands of copies of books by Joshua Free were in circulation before writing his magickal magnum opus to date, the infamous ARCANUM materials, first completed at age twenty-four!

When the SORCERER’S HANDBOOK premiered in 1998, the first edition was printed from an old-fashioned typewriter. It was originally reproduced and bound by a (local) Denver Colorado copy-center until they decided to actually read it one day… then they refused serviced because they were afraid of the spiritual implications of having anything to do with it. Thus began a tradition of Joshua Free self-producing his own books long into his days of more commercial distribution. After circulating in the underground for a few months, a second edition was printed exclusively for members of the “Elven Fellowship Circle of Magick” and the “Order of the Crystal Dawn,” two interconnected underground occult organizations in Colorado using the text as a Book of Shadows in the late 1990’s.

Although best known now for his work pertaining specifically to Sumerian and Babylonian paradigms (especially Anunnaki subjects), over twenty years ago, Joshua Free became active in another prominent underground movement – Pheryllt Druidism – a tradition he was initiated into at the age of twelve and remains active in today as a protege of Douglas Monroe. DRACONOMICON began as a notebook kept from the earliest periods of initiation when personal research led into all matters of “Dragons.” It has been revised, changed and enhanced four times prior to reaching its current state – marking nearly twenty years of neodruidic influence before inspiring the release of a separate “Pheryllt” series/trilogy of materials by Joshua Free (of which PHERYLLT I and PHERYLLT II have been released).

Materials from Joshua Free’s original initiation notebooks (not necessarily specific to dragons) was released to the underground as THE BOOK OF DRUIDRY in 2001, forming a second part of the “Druid Compleat” series/trilogy of materials (also available as an anthology of the same title). The other title in this series, THE BOOK OF ELVEN-FAERE, is not only a masterpiece of Druidry and Celtic Magical Tradition in its own right – It also served as a basis of inspiration (along with materials from all the above mentioned titles) to begin the ARCANUM project and ultimately the inception of the Mardukite movement, publicly solidified in 2008 and rooted in these works before the establishment of the widely circulated ‘Mardukite Core‘ (presented as the Necronomicon series/cycle edited by Joshua Free).

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Secrets of Universal Unification, A New Esoteric Standard Model – “Arcanum: The Great Magical Arcanum” by Joshua Free

THE ARCANUM (or “Great Magical Arcanum”) materials were originally created as a baseline of complete knowledge that many dedicate entire lives (or the equivalency of lifetimes) in pursuit of. Rather than waste many years of initiation exploring what numerous other societies and schools do, Joshua Free released ARCANUM as “Book Zero” at the inception of the modern Mardukite launch, allowing the organization to be properly adjusted to explore a much deeper cycle of mysteries now known as the “Mardukite Core” (consisting of four anthologies of material, starting with the now infamous NECRONOMICON ANUNNAKI BIBLE edited by Joshua Free). For the first time in a decade, Mardukite Truth Seeker Press is pleased to present the most accessible and economical edition of Joshua Free’s ARCANUM to the public in time for its 10th Anniversary!


THE ARCANUM by Joshua Free is a unique literary contribution toward harmonic unification of knowledge receiving many names throughout the ages: magickal, occult, pseudo-scientific and now, even quantum. Rise of technology and this recent “information age” provides a wellspring of metaphysical lore, but it is not generally mutually synchronous with other knowledge or even other New Age systems, often due to vocabulary use. “New Agers” separate their sects and factions in the same manner as scientists and religious officials, and we (as a society) have not been progressing towards global unity. All of our developments and paradigms of truth continue to grow and prove themselves only when isolated within the system in which they were designed.

Materials of ARCANUM are multifaceted – this innovative presentation requires that YOU have immediate access to supplemental information on any given facet of related knowledge. This is indicated in the text by the appearance of “links” or bold-faced type that prompts YOU to explore other specific parts of the book for additional clarification. Choice of this design allowed Joshua Free ability to cover more topics in a tighter space without having to be unnecessarily repetitive of more common aspects. This book is not to be mistaken as simply another “A-to-Z Encyclopedia of Magick” or a superficial discourse concerning “where science and magic meet.” In fact, this text was not written for the true beginner in mind and its scope surpasses practical “new age” magick alone.

ARCANUM can be integrated into any personal background or developmental stage. With sufficient time, study and practice, seekers work through the entire body of knowledge, beginning first with the facets of individual fancy and inclination, and then continuing on with the remainder of the entangled material, which you will find to be coherently interconnected, not simply clumped together to make a massive book. By presenting this primer of a new standard model of the mysteries, any individual, couple or study group can find the ease of using this global” system in spite of prior personal religious, spiritual, philosophical, scientific and academic accomplishments or background.


Throughout history a uniquely separate class of individual has existed on the edges of known reality, bearing a great magical secret. Some have come to call these folk “wizards” or “mystics,” the possessors of the “hidden” or “occult” knowledge of life and the universe. They alone bring the obscure and “invisible” properties of existence into the light, albeit rarely upholding contemporary norms. And while there has been an observable increase of interest in such topics progressively in recent past, the walls of the Ancient Mystery School have far from collapsed.

Hidden within these pages is the true story of the development of civilization, human existence, the traditions and “real magick” adopted by individual hermits, orders and societies at each stage. Unlike many other A-to-Z styled works, ARCANUM is not simply a collection of vocabulary, history and arbitrary biographies, nor is it composed of randomly dispersed pseudo-psychological techniques and spirito-magickal puffery that often runs rampant in the mainstream New Age.

ARCANUM seeker follow a practical and experimental journey from ancient
Mesopotamia and Egypt through the traditions of “magickal” races and bloodlines of later Europeans. YOU will observe the loss of Truth experienced globally during the Dark Ages, which secret societies have so strongly sought to maintain. Finally, YOU will arrive at the forefront of current developments in “quantum theory” and “unifying fields,” new paradigms reviving old philosophies with new terminology, by which the modern “wizard” can better understand the effects of metaphysical “thought magick” on the physical world and the relationship between the resonance of external-environmental energies and the internal self.

Joshua Free’s ARCANUM challenges seekers from any path (whether religious, mystical or scientific) to “shed their skin” for a moment, to release the programmed Ego and layers of belief and sensory experience in order to discover Self-Honest Truth that exists outside boundaries of all defined systems or paradigms. Rather than take the approach that all systems are “just wrong,” Joshua Free explains that it is simply our “beliefs” concerning each facet or level of reality that are in need of revision. Drawing from diverse sources and traditions, the coherent highlights are presented that actually unites knowledge of varying systems. It validates their complimentary comprehensive efforts rather than minimizes them.

ARCANUM prompts all people to embrace their intuition in light of real Truth. For example, during the last century, anthropologists revealed startling confirmations concerning ancient Mesopotamians and their influence on human genetics and civilization. Sumerian, Babylonian and Akkadian tablets (previously unavailable to seekers a century ago) now reveal a more ancient source to the Genesis of mankind that was presented to Hebrew culture by Moses… Anunnaki-Nephilim lore of the same geographic region provides the source of angelic mysticism, obscure races of elemental beings and the European faerie folk. Lore preserved by diverse traditions and secret societies provide evidence for belief in specific dynasties and bloodlines of “real” wizards and elves, a folk that have since passed into realms of fantasy and imagination… And these are just a few of the 1,000 subjects of knowledge explored within these pages. Conventional textbooks and history lessons have certainly not caught up. This is your chance to know!


10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION!!!

ARCANUM : THE GREAT MAGICAL ARCANUM provides a complete structure and standard by which future developments in this field will have to be rethought to include the metaphysical, psychological, quantum and spiritual significance of meditation, visualization, ritual magick, ceremonial tools, natural magick (herb & trees), “spellcraft,” energy work, auras, chakras, resonant energy in environments, sacred sexuality, the philosophy of knowledge and morals, philosophical and laboratory metaphysics, the contributions of secret societies and magickal organizations, divination, prophecy, skrying, astral work, astrophysics, the interpretations of astrological symbolism, the influence of planets, the symbolism of celestial mythology (Sky Gods), the historical background to Christianity, the effects of the Church through the Dark Ages, the heredity of Dragon Kings, incarnated elemental beings, quantum physics, unified fields, superstrings (string theory) and other waves and particles of energy. Provided within are all the tools YOU, the seeker, require to discover the ARCANUM of life for YOURSELF.

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