https://www.ledespencer.com/blog daily 0.75 2026-06-09 https://www.ledespencer.com/blog/new-interview-voices-from-the-house-of-zophiel monthly 0.5 2026-06-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/dbcb319e-de0a-41d4-8558-fe3a170c5238/Voices_Logo_LGE.png Blog - New Interview: Voices from the House of Zophiel - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ledespencer.com/blog/theatre-of-horrors-the-sordid-story-of-paris-grand-guignol monthly 0.5 2026-06-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/27be2b2f-df45-48a7-92a3-bd8b42df1f84/MV5BNWQzMTBkNGUtZTJhMi00M2Y5LWJlN2MtMzNhYjBiOGQ4ZGE2XkEyXkFqcGc%40._V1_.jpg Blog - Theatre of Horrors: The Sordid Story of Paris’ Grand Guignol - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ledespencer.com/blog/a-chat-with-thoth-hermes-podcast monthly 0.5 2023-03-12 https://www.ledespencer.com/blog/a-promenade-among-the-mysteries monthly 0.5 2023-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/aa026b6e-7f8e-4eb4-b369-045a4a5a1ce0/treadwells-store-st.jpg Blog - A Promenade Among the Mysteries: Occult Bookshops of London - Make it stand out 33 Store St, London WC1E 7BS, 020 7419 8507 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/fd961d92-4ae1-47b1-8030-e40252b265ff/watkins.jpg Blog - A Promenade Among the Mysteries: Occult Bookshops of London - Make it stand out 19-21 Cecil Ct, London WC2N 4EZ, 020 7836 2182 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/b117e6f7-7f69-4340-8719-2e8ce15110f6/watkins2.jpg Blog - A Promenade Among the Mysteries: Occult Bookshops of London - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/ff56b81a-a2c5-441c-a693-52d958cee3a4/atlantis.jpg Blog - A Promenade Among the Mysteries: Occult Bookshops of London - Make it stand out 49A Museum St, London WC1A 1LY, 020 7405 2120 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/c2a773aa-572d-4ff0-b6d5-62fb53c152ee/mathrs.jpg Blog - A Promenade Among the Mysteries: Occult Bookshops of London - Make it stand out Portrait of MacGregor Mathers by by Moina Mathers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/78684092-e7b6-41db-b26a-a3443f9491c0/atlantis2.jpg Blog - A Promenade Among the Mysteries: Occult Bookshops of London - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ledespencer.com/blog/speaking-with-the-dead monthly 0.5 2023-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/4f7822a9-1b1e-4a6a-9488-a7b1e2f097e8/cover.jpg Blog - Speaking with the Dead: Life and Learning in a Cadaver Lab - Make it stand out Bodies in a cadaver lab wrapped in plastic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/33fc05e9-6ee4-463c-a8e1-b8c122346e0f/headspecimen.jpg Blog - Speaking with the Dead: Life and Learning in a Cadaver Lab - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/2d704a6a-fb3b-4987-b049-ee21aa116dc9/Pages-from-Grants-Dissector-15th.jpg Blog - Speaking with the Dead: Life and Learning in a Cadaver Lab - Make it stand out Grant’s Dissector: the manual of the cadaver lab. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/09bfe64e-1720-4f20-af6f-0414d099afb4/body.jpg Blog - Speaking with the Dead: Life and Learning in a Cadaver Lab - Make it stand out The feet of cadavers are kept covered with formalin-soaked socks and plastic bags https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/fcfcec22-a844-4071-b17d-03605795a5e6/degloved.jpg Blog - Speaking with the Dead: Life and Learning in a Cadaver Lab - Make it stand out The leg with the skin incised and degloved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/773889ac-9801-47f8-8446-c6f48099f55c/fascia.jpg Blog - Speaking with the Dead: Life and Learning in a Cadaver Lab - Make it stand out Fascia looks somewhat like many layers of fine spiderweb over the muscles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/8b70b0ee-feb6-4b07-a347-5079535e7d4d/tendoneous-bands.jpg Blog - Speaking with the Dead: Life and Learning in a Cadaver Lab - Make it stand out Moving the Ilio tbial band on the outside of the thigh to expose the vastus lateralis beneath and the shimmering mother of pearl seen in many tendons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/d6acd7e6-68ab-4ff2-bccc-a4e294412528/bloominArm.jpg Blog - Speaking with the Dead: Life and Learning in a Cadaver Lab - Make it stand out The flexors of the forearm labeled and pinned back to expose the deeplayer muscles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/6a47665a-c8d9-40e3-9df6-8fc9db69b76d/Cemetery+Contemplations.jpg Blog - Speaking with the Dead: Life and Learning in a Cadaver Lab - Make it stand out Illustration of two Cemetery Contemplations from an early 20th century manuscript fromThailand. https://www.ledespencer.com/blog/the-gnostic-horror-of-antti-jussi-annilas-sauna monthly 0.5 2023-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/ad31479d-40a1-40f0-b266-61c729fe40e7/poster-Sauna.jpg Blog - The Gnostic Horror of Antti-Jussi Annila’s ‘Sauna’ - Make it stand out SAUNA, 2008. ©IFC Films https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/e1f3e868-7e9d-4bdc-a5a4-2c7ab9c61ddc/Sauna+1.jpg Blog - The Gnostic Horror of Antti-Jussi Annila’s ‘Sauna’ - Make it stand out Ghosts manifest with a disturbing physicality in the film Sauna. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/edaaaab6-0883-44af-a16a-4a11ce9fc1f0/Sauna.jpg Blog - The Gnostic Horror of Antti-Jussi Annila’s ‘Sauna’ - Make it stand out Inside the sauna sins are cleansed, in a place outside religion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/0241904c-5760-4b6d-b9b6-1a457d4c7657/Tlazolteotl.jpg Blog - The Gnostic Horror of Antti-Jussi Annila’s ‘Sauna’ - Make it stand out The Aztec goddess Tlazolteotl, patroness of steam baths, childbirth, adultery, and cleansing. https://www.ledespencer.com/blog/the-flower-of-evil monthly 0.5 2023-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/3c8a83aa-4cfa-486d-acb7-fba01e23ef29/Chantelouve.jpg Blog - The Flower of Evil: Berthe de Courrière, Satanic Woman of Bohemian Paris - Make it stand out Mme Chantelouve by Henry Chapront, 1924 (from the collection of Madeleine LeDespencer) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/ac6cbc00-d798-4ec6-a0fe-3a4e0309db63/demonsex.jpg Blog - The Flower of Evil: Berthe de Courrière, Satanic Woman of Bohemian Paris - Make it stand out Là-Bas by Henry Chapront, 1924 (from the collection of Madeleine LeDespencer) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/c0b16d73-b511-41be-b449-d4e64b9851eb/Berthe.jpg Blog - The Flower of Evil: Berthe de Courrière, Satanic Woman of Bohemian Paris - Make it stand out Portrait of Berthe by Clésinger https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/b6d99862-0874-4db4-a692-4828323b1000/j_k_huysmans-la-bas.jpg Blog - The Flower of Evil: Berthe de Courrière, Satanic Woman of Bohemian Paris - Make it stand out Là-Bas, J.K. Huysmans’ novel of Satanism in Paris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/ba73d895-23ac-4756-ac4c-d1ef2e8aefe1/vanHaeck.jpg Blog - The Flower of Evil: Berthe de Courrière, Satanic Woman of Bohemian Paris - Make it stand out Portrait of Louis Van Haecke, rumored satanic priest of Bruges. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/644608f1-d3d6-49f3-8ee2-4fa6209b4fa0/Tombe_de_Clesinger_smaller.jpg Blog - The Flower of Evil: Berthe de Courrière, Satanic Woman of Bohemian Paris - Make it stand out The Tomb shared by Auguste Clésinger, Remy de Gourmont, and Berthe de Courrière. Sadly, her name remains unmarked on the tomb. https://www.ledespencer.com/blog/le-crane-du-marquis-de-sade monthly 0.5 2023-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/1c4db510-1619-4c75-8cec-4b721bc05c7d/the-skull-1965-pcas.jpg Blog - Le crâne du Marquis de Sade - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/1678611213752-O1DG5KHIGLFOYAUBB1GM/skull+2.jpg Blog - Le crâne du Marquis de Sade https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/1678611213709-Q2ITEQTJGI6DC92Q0Q97/skull+1.jpg Blog - Le crâne du Marquis de Sade https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/1678611214665-0SK99UQB4SRG4PQD4KAE/skull+3.jpg Blog - Le crâne du Marquis de Sade https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/da769329-6e01-4616-9a73-12c4124e0842/44196106_2006630999395067_1248012754850152448_n.jpg Blog - Le crâne du Marquis de Sade - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ledespencer.com/blog/decadence-magic-and-the-occult-conference-london monthly 0.5 2023-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/6222164b-bcdc-4af4-88be-ceb41cc3d2f6/decadence.jpg Blog - Decadence, Magic, and the Occult Conference, London - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ledespencer.com/blog/interview-with-a-bibliophile monthly 0.5 2023-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/156d8b16-8f75-487c-b9d1-6899c41f5a95/bibliophile.jpg Blog - Interview with a Bibliophile - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ledespencer.com/blog/witch-ikon monthly 0.5 2023-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/a995ef41-4849-4365-be0b-16b263d09996/Witch-Ikon.jpg Blog - Witch-Ikon: Witchcraft in Art and Artifact book launch - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ledespencer.com/blog/diabolism-grimoires-and-poisons monthly 0.5 2023-03-12 https://www.ledespencer.com/blog/liminality-and-the-latin-mass monthly 0.5 2023-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/23927541-2108-474a-a624-23ab0684fab9/Solemn-High-Mass-at-St-James-London-2-2.png Blog - Liminality and the Latin Mass - Make it stand out Solemn High Mass at St. James, London https://www.ledespencer.com/blog/abbe-boullan monthly 0.5 2023-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/1678527298180-9EP3ID3TI239HPVH61V9/books.jpg Blog - Abbé Boullan book from Three Hands Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/1678527299073-MGAFI91EI3WL5OV5UE0Y/more+books.jpg Blog - Abbé Boullan book from Three Hands Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/1678527299801-MJ500PNHFPQ445VQS9DJ/yet+more+books.jpg Blog - Abbé Boullan book from Three Hands Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/1678527298911-ORHOROL2DBRF0IX6JCKD/Maddie2.jpg Blog - Abbé Boullan book from Three Hands Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/1678527298151-X3C94D9S7NTJ9VSSCYMC/Maddie.jpg Blog - Abbé Boullan book from Three Hands Press https://www.ledespencer.com/blog/solemnity-of-saint-joseph monthly 0.5 2023-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/7393521c-f166-4745-970d-56699da123f4/joseph.jpg Blog - The Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Feasts, and Memorials - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/b5033005-a595-4868-875f-a1f789253059/1024px-fra_angelico_018.jpg Blog - The Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Feasts, and Memorials - Make it stand out Detail of the Presentation in the Temple by Fra Angelico https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/5039118d-cbfc-42a7-aa24-59abf919d566/Lupercalia.-Wolf-head-1-100-CE-bronze-Roman-Cleveland-Museum-of-Art.jpg Blog - The Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Feasts, and Memorials - Make it stand out Lupercalia. Wolf head, 1-100 CE, bronze, Roman, Cleveland Museum of Art https://www.ledespencer.com/blog/conjure-codex-3 monthly 0.5 2023-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/d519833a-8d34-4d96-a0f6-5fb39622af87/image1.jpg Blog - Conjure Codex 3 now Available - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ledespencer.com/blog/now-available-oraisons-mauvaises monthly 0.5 2023-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/f70f1d6b-e7a4-4daa-b926-579ac7885df0/Berthe+de+Courri%C3%A8re Blog - Oraisons Mauvaises - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ledespencer.com/home daily 1.0 2026-06-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/fed5678e-e466-46a4-a621-41dbb4b01bc7/Madeleine+LeDespencer.jpeg https://www.ledespencer.com/speaking-engagements daily 0.75 2023-03-10 https://www.ledespencer.com/publications daily 0.75 2023-03-10 https://www.ledespencer.com/artwork daily 0.75 2023-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/1678458906746-GH843WP51LZQCGXFWKT2/Hollowe%27en+Boy.png Artwork - Hollowe'en Boy - sculpture cast in resin, 2007 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/1678458904437-QLIF977ZCQK1N81NTAX1/Hollowe%27en+Boy+1.png Artwork - Hollowe'en Boy - sculpture cast in resin, 2007 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/1678458904717-J5SZQH09I44QVB7QBL0L/Hollowe%27en+Boy+2.png Artwork - Hollowe'en Boy - sculpture cast in resin, 2007 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/1678458905495-ES21AQM7CAKIQDBEE55G/Hollowe%27en+Boy+3.png Artwork - Hollowe'en Boy - sculpture cast in resin, 2007 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/1678458905828-3JIXGVCM29WWAURNKBD5/Hollowe%27en+Boy+4.png Artwork - Hollowe'en Boy - sculpture cast in resin, 2007 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/1678458925144-5UR78UXXM1F2MHU4KFEQ/Pataphysical+Cranial+Incursion+1.png Artwork - Pataphysical Cranial Incursion #1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/1678458928308-035YIYEU8X70ZWJN0B0H/Pataphysical+Cranial+Incursion+2.png Artwork - Pataphysical Cranial Incursion #1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/1678458903327-TM8UY9TL7IS2T7X26VER/And+you+shall+see.png Artwork - And you shall see the shades which she becomes - digital, in 'Women of Babalon' from Black Moon Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/1678458911020-LEOAG0YD8IJDD80VVZ87/passage+to+yesod.png Artwork - Passage to Yesod - mixed media https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/1678458908468-8E3418A765348JA8I2ZA/house+of+celebration.png Artwork - House of Celebration - acrylic on board https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/1678458903413-CB3IM0AHZOPUE8HRZWIW/dark+waters.png Artwork - Dark Waters - Holga photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/1678458908271-XPUQU6VDHOP6FSHM9E0C/king+in+yellow.png Artwork - King in Yellow - Holga photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/1678458909689-ZFNE18IXC1VJQB0LVP1W/norns.png Artwork - Norns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/1678458932447-41E2IXOXPHIG2URWPPCW/star+priest.png Artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/1678458909146-9SQF76XSQL37L2RC3I6M/mexican+moon.png Artwork - Mexican Moon - trance drawing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/1678458910150-FCKNNRIQO71RBMAMCZ5N/Pan.png Artwork - Pan - page from sketchbook with automatic sigil https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/1678458930346-U79JUSKILL8QS03UDS2W/spectator.png Artwork - Le spectateur - trance drawing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/1678458934099-90FIJF4HCZ9GYWII4EUG/stiff+bodies.png Artwork - Stiff Bodies Passing Into Night - trance drawing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/1678458938138-HWJY2VXH68RCL2Q1V9R6/threadbare.png Artwork - Threadbare Angel - channeled trance drawing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6407170dd5412b73f461210e/1678458901911-9UQB6ZFY7WVYR5VURB4M/adoratrice.png Artwork - Adoratrice Autoportrait https://www.ledespencer.com/interviews daily 0.75 2026-06-09