Hidden Spirit is a half yearly journal of esoteric thought and practice in Ireland.

In breaking away from the periodical model we hope to reflect a more in-depth look at esoteric subjects, as well as a more variant cross section of esoteric traditions and streams.

We hope to see Hidden Spirit becoming a forum for serious expressions of the spirit, but through many and varied mediums. As such we welcome essays, columns and series’, ritual, poetry, reviews, and a variety of other artistic mediums including artwork, photography and technical diagrams.

The journal, in its search for a more in depth look at esotericism, welcomes and shows preference to longer articles, although the quantity is secondary to the quality of the work. We welcome essays from 700 words up to 5,000. Longer pieces may also be considered. Other mediums are considered on a case by case basis.

In terms of format we prefer semi- formal to formal styles of writing, and all essay work should have a definite structure. We ask that all sources be properly annotated using numbered endnotes, which will then be published as footnotes on the given page. These footnotes should be formatted either in superscript (ie in his book¹ Dr. Hyatt makes a compelling case for…) or bracketed in the text ready for superscript.

For books:

Author, Book title (or anthology title and related essay), place of publishing (UK, US est.) publisher name, year of publication, and page references (pgs. 11-24). See also example.

1. Butler, W.E. Magic: Its Ritual, Power And Purpose (UK, Thoth Publications 2001) Pgs. 28-31

For periodicals:

Periodical name, number and release date, author name, article name and page references.

1. Lion And Serpent Volume 8, no. 1; March 2003; Frater LVX The Gnostic Creed; pgs. 21-27

For other media including audio and visual material:

Artist/ production company, Title of work, publisher/ distributor, format, year.

1. Davies, Rev. Anne The Tree Of Life Disc 1; Builders of the Adytum, CD, 2005.

For web references:

Web address, website title, article/ work title, author and date of access.

www.witchvox.com The Witches Voice, Polarity In Pagan Models, Moonwolf, Accessed: 14/10/2006

Quotations should be with permission, under the terms of “fair use“, or of non copyright material.

Any references to accompanying pictures should be labeled fig. 1, fig. 2 and so forth, labeling the corresponding pictures as such also.

Material on any esoteric subject is accepted, and a partial list would include: animism, Anthroposophy, anthropology (religion and social), alchemy, astrology, Brujeria, Alice Bailey and the Tibetan works, biography of esoteric “personalities”, Classical Paganisms, divination, draconian traditions, neo-Druidry, earth mysteries, Eastern philosophy and spiritual practices (especially as valid to the West), Esoteric Christianity, esoteric history, esoteric language/ alphabet, Enochian, Gnosticism, the Golden Dawn, kaos, magick, Merkabah mysticism, mythology, neo-Paganism, qabalah, Rosicrucianism, tarot, Theosophy, Thelema, Wicca and Voodou.

This is a partial list at best and any expansion in our subject matter thereafter is much appreciated and eagerly anticipated.

Opinions expressed in Hidden Spirit are not necessarily those of the editorial.

Hidden Spirit is a voluntary venture and cannot make financial remuneration for the submitted material, but significant contributors receive a free copy. Copyright stays with the author/ artist.

A small note on fonts- when including specialized fonts such as Hebrew, Greek, Enochian, and symbols please include a copy of the font file if possible, and in the document please include the description in brackets, ie (Heh, Hebrew) (alpha- Greek) (sun- planetary symbol). Hard copies may also assist in the editing of such specialized font heavy documents.

Clarification on any point of editing policy can be addressed to the editorial (as below).

Submissions can be made in hard format (printed), by e-mail or by CD-Rom (no other formats without prior arrangement) in the following formats- Text: Microsoft works (.wks), Microsoft word (.doc), rich text format (.rtf), text (.txt), Graphics: Graphic Interchange Format (.gif), JPEG file (.jpg - preferred) and Windows bitmap (.bmp).

Submissions can be directed to: