Julian Vayne

Julian Vayne is a British independent scholar and author with over four decades of experience in esoteric culture, spanning Druidry, Chaos Magic, indigenous Shamanism, Freemasonry, Witchcraft, and psychedelic practices. A senior member of the Illuminates of Thanateros and co-organizer of the Breaking Convention psychedelic conference, he authored 'Pharmakon: Drugs and the Imagination' and 'Getting Higher: The Manual of Psychedelic Ceremony,' pioneering entheogenic ritual uses including ketamine. His work blends chaos magic, deep ecology, Wicca, and Tantra, and he facilitates psychedelic ceremonies while advocating for post-prohibition culture.