Tamra Lucid, a documentary film producer, including the Emmy-nominated End of the Line: The Women of Standing Rock, is author of Making the Ordinary Extraordinary: My Seven Years in Occult Los Angeles with Manly Palmer Hall . She and Ronnie are founding members of the experimental rock band Lucid Nation. Ronnie Pontiac worked as Manly P. Hall’s research assistant, screener, and designated substitute lecturer for seven years. Author of American Metaphysical Religion, he wrote the biographical introduction to Letters to the Sage. He’s written for several esoteric journals and has produced award-winning documentaries.
Introduction: An Experiment with the Orphic Hymns
1 The Mythology of Orpheus
2 Mysterious Orpheus
3 The Severan Dynasty
4 The Pagan Orpheus
5 The Orphic Mysteries
6 The Golden Leaves
7 The Night Gathering
8 Orpheus in the Renaissance
9 The Occult Orpheus
10 More Popular Than Ever
11 The Backward Glance
12 The Evolution of Eurydice
13 The Mystical Purpose
14 A Note on Incense
15 A Note on the Translation
Orphic Charms and the Sacred Songs of Orpheus
Orphic Charms
Messages on gold leaf buried with the dead, and a grand invocation.
The Sacred Songs of Orpheus
A poetic interpretation of the Orphic hymns with added details about the
sacred correspondences of the gods.
Annotated Bibliography
Index of Orphic Charms and the Sacred Songs of Orpheus
Index