Andrew D. Chumbley ( September 15, 1967 – September 15, 2004 ) was an English practitioner and theorist of magic, and a writer, poet and artist.

Their subject was the doctrine and practice of a tradition of sorcery which he called ' Sabbatic Craft ', a term which, according to Chumbley, " describes the way in which elements of witch-lore, Sabbath mythology and imagery were being employed in the cunning-craft tradition into which I was originally inducted ".

At the time of his death Chumbley was working on his doctorate in the history of religion.

" Howard recalled Chumbley ’ s kindness, generosity and sense of humour: " To outsiders Andrew could sometimes appear to be aloof, intense and serious to the point of obsession … However, if he met kindred spirits of sincerity and honour, who shared his interests and serious intent, he would willingly go out of his way to offer them help and guidance on the Path … In fact he was a natural teacher and, like all good occult teachers, acted as a catalyst in the lives of his students.

Although Chumbley was mainly known for his involvement with English traditional Witchcraft, primarily that of East Anglia, his occult interests and influences were extremely diverse.

Regarding his sources, drawn from both literature and direct contact with practitioners of other occult and religious traditions, Chumbley stated: " In all contexts one may find pieces of magical lore and belief from many disparate times and places, but all are brought to function within the trans-historical arena of the sacred dimension, whether it be the magical circle of Witcherie or the Ninefold Plot of Sigaldry.

Chumbley considered the practice of willed dreaming essential as a means of interacting directly and consciously with the spiritual dimensions he called ' the High Sabbat '; according to him " Every word, deed and thought can empower, magnetise, and establish points of receptivity for a magical dream, likewise any of these means can do the opposite-fixating perception in a manner that is not receptive-that seals the soul in the body instead of enabling it to go forth at will.

" In conjunction with dreaming and trance experience Chumbley used automatic writing and drawing to manifest the knowledge drawn from ritual magic ; these procedures, in which the magician offers her or himself as a vehicle for the forces summoned instead of utilising another as medium, is uncommon in the Western occult tradition-one modern exemplar being Austin Osman Spare.

Qutub: The Point followed in 1995, published for Xoanon by Fulgur Limited, in which Chumbley combined illustrations and poetry with the intent of creating a telesmatic volume.

In The Azoëtia Chumbley presents " Will, Desire, Belief " as a threefold unity operating in sorcery ; this is ultimately derived from Spare's work, although the primary textual source is Grant.

Chumbley addressed these themes, citing Shah's work, in his book Qutub: The Point ( 1995 ).

Chumbley believed that the natural manifestation of magical gnosis and power occurs through creative activity: " Dreaming and the mutual translation of dreamt ritual and ritual-as-dreamt form the basic rationale and context for our work.

Numerous articles by Chumbley followed, published in British and American occult journals, but no further books appeared until ONE: The Grimoire of the Golden Toad in 2000, described by Xoanon as: "... the first full grimoire-text to treat specifically and from personal account of the Traditional East Anglian ritual called ' The Waters of the Moon ': the solitary initiation of the so-called ' Toad-witch '.

The Azoëtia of Andrew D. Chumbley has been described as a modern grimoire.

* Andrew D. Chumbley, " Qutub " ( Xoanon ), 1995.

The Magistar of the Cultus Sabbati, Andrew Chumbley, stated that they were simply " theoretical constructs " that were " without definitive objectivity ", and that nonetheless, both forms could be employed by the magician-he used the analogy of a person having two hands, a right and a left, both of which served the same master.

* Qutub: The Point, a book by Andrew D. Chumbley

One Chumbley left behind to aid the time travellers helps them get back to the TARDIS.

Chumbley published several limited edition books through his private press Xoanon Publishing, and had many articles printed in occult magazines.

In an obituary his close friend Michael Howard, a well-known occult writer and publisher of The Cauldron, described Chumbley as " a man of the land, rural in both birth and character.

Other works by Chumbley are known to exist, but have not been issued ; they were either unpublished at his death, or had been produced solely for private distribution.

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It was a disturbingly familiar face, too, but I couldn't remember where we had met.

It was also subtly familiar, for it was the odor of the human body, but multiplied innumerable times because of the fact that the aborigines never bathed.

I was familiar with Pilgrim's Progress, which I read as literature.

it was Baker who thought of lessening the shock, which conscription always brings to a country, by substituting `` Greetings from your neighbors '' for the recruiting sergeant, and registration in familiar voting places rather than at military installations.

It was a part so familiar to him that he did not bother to think about it any more.

At a siding, another train which was a familiar sight these days.

The place was evidently a familiar haunt and Claire wondered what other illicit loves had been celebrated in the comfortable rooms to which they were shown.

But after the doctor's return that night Alex could see, from the high window in his own room, the now familiar figure crouched on a truly impressive heap of towels, apparently giving its egg-hatching powers one final chance before it was replaced in its office by a sure-enough hen.

The old way of doing things, which depended on a relatively stable community with stable ideas dealing with familiar situations, was no longer adequate to the task.

Others left the country, and there was no one familiar with the Indian trade.

He was familiar with this type.

Again there was something familiar about her, something --

The large sign, formerly reading " University of Lawsonomy ", was a familiar landmark for motorists in the region for many years and was visible from I-94 about 13 miles north of the Illinois state line, on the east side of the highway.

Benjamin Franklin was familiar with Antoine, as they were both members of the " Benjamin Franklin inquiries " into Mesmer and animal magnetism.

He says in the page 114 of his autobiography that he was responsible for the null set symbol ( Ø ) and it came from the Norwegian alphabet, with which he alone among the Bourbaki group was familiar.

The system of Chinese astrology was elaborated during the Zhou dynasty ( 1046 – 256 BC ) and flourished during the Han Dynasty ( 2nd century BC to 2nd century AD ), during which all the familiar elements of traditional Chinese culture – the Yin-Yang philosophy, theory of the 5 elements, Heaven and Earth, Confucian morality – were brought together to formalise the philosophical principles of Chinese medicine and divination, astrology and alchemy.

It was in Bologna that Dürer was taught ( possibly by Luca Pacioli or Bramante ) the principles of linear perspective, and evidently became familiar with the ' costruzione legittima ' in a written description of these principles found only, at this time, in the unpublished treatise of Piero della Francesca.

He was also familiar with the ' abbreviated construction ' as described by Alberti and the geometrical construction of shadows, a technique of Leonardo da Vinci.

From his chronicles it is apparent that he was familiar with a number of authors.

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He was also familiar with the theories of various philosophical schools, and in particular with the developments of Neo-Platonism.