BIO

David Rankine is an author, esoteric researcher and magician who lives in Spain with his wife, artist and tattooist Rosa Laguna. He has been making major contributions to the modern occult revival since the 1980s through lectures, workshops, presentations, articles, and books. His esoteric expertise covers a wide range of topics, including the Western Esoteric Traditions, especially the Qabalah, the Grimoire tradition, Greco-Egyptian magic and Ceremonial Magic, as well as British Folklore and European Mythology. His published work in recent years has been characterised by the publication of previously unavailable or inaccessible material on the grimoires and other areas of magic.

PUBLISHED WORK

BOOKS

Claves Intelligentiarum (2024), Hadean Press, West Yorkshire.

The Grimoire Encyclopaedia, volume I and II (2023), Hadean Press, West Yorkshire.

Sepher Yetzirah Magic (2020) Hadean Press, West Yorkshire.

Conjuring the Planetary Intelligences (2018) Hadean Press, West Yorkshire.
The Cunning-man’s Grimoire (with Stephen Skinner) (2018) Golden Hoard Press, Singapore.
The Faerie Queens (edited with Sorita d’Este) (2013) Avalonia, London.
The Complete Grimoire of Pope Honorius (with Paul Harry Barron) (2013) Avalonia, London.
The Grimoire of Arthur Gauntlet (2011) Avalonia, London.
The Cosmic Shekinah (with Sorita d’Este) (2011) Avalonia, London.
The Book of Gold – The Magic and Spells of the Biblical Psalms (with Paul Harry Barron) (2010) Avalonia, London.
The Grimoire of St Cyprian – Clavis Inferni (with Stephen Skinner) (2010) Golden Hoard Press, Singapore.
A Collection of Magical Secrets (with Paul Harry Barron) (2009) Avalonia, London.
The Book of Treasure Spirits (2009) Avalonia, London.
Hekate Liminal Rites (with Sorita d’Este) (2009) Avalonia, London.
Visions of the Cailleach (with Sorita d’Este) (2009) Avalonia, London.
Practical Qabalah Magick (with Sorita d’Este) (2009) Avalonia, London.
The Veritable Key of Solomon (with Stephen Skinner) (2008) Golden Hoard Press, Singapore.
Circle of Fire (with Sorita d’Este) (2008) Avalonia, London.
Practical Elemental Magick (with Sorita d’Este) (2008) Avalonia, London.
Wicca Magickal Beginnings (with Sorita d’Este) (2008) Avalonia, London.
Practical Planetary Magick (with Sorita d’Este) (2007) Avalonia, London.
The Isles of the Many Gods (with Sorita d’Este) (2007) Avalonia, London.
The Goetia of Dr Rudd (with Stephen Skinner) (2007) Golden Hoard Press, Singapore.
Avalonia’s Book of Chakras (with Sorita d’Este) (2006) Avalonia, London.
Heka – The Practices of Ancient Egyptian Ritual & Magic (2006) Avalonia, London.
The Practical Angel Magic of Dr John Dee’s Enochian Tables (with Stephen Skinner) (2005) Golden Hoard Press, Singapore.
The Guises of the Morrigan (with Sorita d’Este) (2005) Avalonia, London.
Climbing the Tree of Life: A Manual of Practical Magickal Qabalah (2005) (New revised edition 2021) Avalonia, London.
The Keys to the Gateway of Magic (with Stephen Skinner) (2005) Golden Hoard Press, Singapore.
Becoming Magick (2004) Mandrake, Oxford.
Crystals: Healing & Folklore (2002) Capall Bann, Chieveley.
Magick Without Peers (with Ariadne Rainbird) (1997) Capall Bann, Chievely.

CONTRIBUTIONS TO ANTHOLOGIES

'Corvid Codex', in Conjure Codex V (2022) Hadean Press, West Yorkshire.

'Planetary Magic', in Llewellyn's Complete Book of Ceremonial Magick (2020) Llewellyn.

‘Purple and Pleasure – The Folklore and Magic of Amethyst’, in The Witches’ Almanac 2019 (2018) The Witches’ Almanac Ltd, Providence.
‘Pentacles of Wood – The Influence of Witchcraft and Natural Magic in the Grimoires’, in Hands of Apostasy (ed. Schulke & Howard) (2014) Three Hands Press, USA.
‘Notes on the Jackal God’, in The Book of Anubis The Jackal (2013) The Imaginary Book Company, London.
‘Melusine, Enduring Serpent Queen’, in The Faerie Queens (ed. Rankine & d’Este) (2013) Avalonia, London.
‘Conjurations from the Grimoires’, in The Faerie Queens (ed. Rankine & d’Este) (2013) Avalonia, London.
‘From Roots to Fruits – A History of the Grimoire Tradition’, in Occult Traditions (ed. Lycourinos) (2012) Numen, New Zealand.
‘Prophecy, the Shekinah and the Kabbalah’, in Anointed: A Devotional Anthology for the Deities of the Near and Middle East (ed. Dawson) (2011), CreateSpace.
‘Afterword’, in Howlings from the Pit (Lisiewski) (2011) The Original Falcon Press, Arizona.
‘Foreword’ & ‘Spreads’, in The Transparent Oracle (Carding) (2010) Schiffer Publishing Ltd, Pennsylvania.
‘Hekate Wears Tartan’, in Hekate Her Sacred Fires (ed. d’Este) (2010) Avalonia, London
‘Solomon in Olympus: The Enduring Connection between King Solomon & Greek Magic’, in Mithras Reader Vol 3 (ed. Nabaz) (2010) Web of Wyrd Press.
‘The Fallen Angels and the Goetia’, in Both Sides of Heaven (ed. d’Este) (2009) Avalonia, London.
‘Pan, the Great All’, in Horns of Power (ed. d’Este) (2008) Avalonia, London.
‘Agrippa and the Magic Squares’, in Howlings (ed. Grey) (2008) Scarlet Imprint, Brighton.
‘Order and Chaos’, in Howlings (ed. Grey) (2008) Scarlet Imprint, Brighton.
‘Hekate – Divine Intervention’, in Hekate Keys to the Crossroads (ed. d’Este) (2006) Avalonia, London.

OTHER

He has frequently featured in media interviews over the years on his specialist subjects, including television programs on Channel 5, ITV, BBC and Sky; BBC Radio London and Glastonbury Radio, and numerous publications including TIME OUT, The Guardian, The Sunday Times, Alternative London and many others. David has also acted as a researcher for esoteric-themed works for others, including Sea of Souls (BBC, 2006).