Denny Sargent

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Denny Sargent, also known as Frater Aion and Hermeticusnath, is an artist, writer, teacher and practicing eclectic ritualist. He is one of the founding members of the Horus-Maat Lodge and a Tantrika of the Nath lineage. He was one of the founding editors of Mandragore, a journal of magick and eclectic ritualism published in New York City during the 1970s, and in the early 1980s he helped found, write and edit Aeon and Kalika, journals on the subject of contemporary ritual practice and creative mythology.

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Sargent was first introduced to mythology and magick during his early teens in New York City. He has over the years been a member of a number of initiatory groups including Pagan Way, Welsh Traditional Wicca, the Grove of the Star & Serpent, Ordo Templi Orientis, and Q.B.L.H.^[1]

He received his B.A. in Education in 1979 from Oneonta College in New York, and his M.A. in Ancient History from Western Washington University in 1981, where he also taught history for three years. His research has included the magical and religious traditions of Sumer, Egypt, Greece, Rome, China, India, Europe and the Kwakiutl Indians of the Pacific Northwest.

Beginning in the 1980s, Tantra and Taoism began to form an increasingly important role in his studies and writings. He has taught informal classes on the I Ching, Tantra, Jungian mandala symbolism, comparative mythology and, more recently, Shinto. Denny has lived in Japan and travelled extensively in Australia, China, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea, Hawaii, Mexico, and Thailand. A book resulted from this research: Global Ritualism: Myth & Magick Around the World.

Sargent is also a ceramic artist and sigil artist. Over the last 20 years, he has ad many one-man and group shows of his ceramic work, and his sigils have appeared in a wide variety of esoteric magazines and journals.^[2]

In the 1990ties, Sargent taught English as a Second Language (ESL) at language schools in Japan and in Seattle.

[edit] Published works

1994: Global Ritualism: Myth and Magic Around the World. Llewellyn Publications. ISBN 0-87542-700-6
2000: The Magical Garden (with Rebecca Sargent). Andrews McMeel Publishing. ISBN 0-7407-0500-8
2000: Shinto and Its Festivals. Ye Olde Goat's Shoppe.
2000: Tao of Birth Days: Using the I Ching to Become Who You Were Born to Be. Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 0-8048-3200-5
2004: Your Guardian Angel and You: Tune in to the Signs and Signals to Hear What Your Guardian Angel Is Telling You. Red Wheel/Weiser. ISBN 1-57863-275-7