Product Description

On January 3rd, 2001, documentary writer/producer Wayne Darwen brought a professional T.V. news crew into the inner sanctum of The Order of the Temple of Astarte to record a remarkable phenomenon: the summoning of the ancient spirit Vassago. Early in February an edited version of Vassago's mysterious Prophecy was broadcast by the Los Angeles affiliate of a National T.V. Network, confirming that the spirit had predicted a major news event: only 13 days after the ritual had been audio-visually recorded, President Laurent Kabila of the Congo was assassinated!

In this video version we show you the entire operation in sequence, exactly as it happened with no rehearsals and no retakes. Wayne Darwen also interviews the Magister Thabion (Poke Runyon) and the mystic seer Frater Solomon. Their unrehearsed answers to his probing questions leave no doubt as to the philosophical depth and spiritual power of Solomon's ancient Magick even in this modern age.

This is an entirely new and original production. In "The Magick of Solomon" video (also available from amazon) we dramatically reenacted magical rituals for instructive purposes, whereas "Dark Mirror of Magick" is the record of an actual magical operation of historical significance. We believe that this remarkable documentary will be studied and commented on for years to come.

As an additional bonus, this one hour VHS video includes a ten page booklet, "The Vassago Millennium Prophecy", in which the seer and the magician give their impressions of the meaning behind the spirit's cryptic Oracle.

This 2nd Edition of DARK MIRROR OF MAGICK (DVD version) has ten more minutes of new footage added with commentary on the Vassago Prophecy, as subsequently revealed in the following two years, plus a new prophecy from Vassago himself.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #75535 in DVD
• Released on: 2003-10-15
• Formats: Color, Special Edition, NTSC
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 72 minutes

From the Actor
"This is the most remarkable record of a supernatural event I have ever witnessed." - Wayne Darwen, Director.

About the Actor
Wayne Darwen, Director of DARK MIRROR OF MAGICK Wayne Darwen is a veteran television and print journalist whose career spans 30 years and several continents. Darwen is the Australian-born protege of Rupert Murdoch, and was one of the original producers of "A Current Affair." He has also been at the helm of other successful national magazine programs , including "Now it Can Be Told" with Geraldo Rivera, and "Strange Universe." Wayne Darwen has produced several prime time specials, including "Secrets of the National Enquirer", "The New Godfathers" (hosted by Rivera) and "The Son of Sam Story". Wayne has also served as a senior writer and producer for "Hard Copy"; "Extra"; "Day and Date" on CBS; King World's "American Journal"; "Inside Edition"; NBC's "You Asked For It", and "The World's Most Amazing Videos." He continues to be a successful independent producer whose most recent project was an hour-long investigative special on the Rae Carruth murder case for "Court T.V.". Wayne Darwen is currently involved in the creation and! development of several new national programs.

Carroll "Poke" Runyon; (Magister Thabion) Producer of DARK MIRROR OF MAGICK. Runyon earned a Masters Degree in cultual anthropology from California State University. He is the founder of America's oldest continually practicing Lodge of ritual magick, the Order of the Temple of Astarte in Southern California. Runyon is best known in the occult field for his discovery and development of the facial reflection technique for summoning spirits to visible appearance. He has been practicing and teaching Western ceremonial magick for 32 years and is the writer/narrator of the successful VHS video "The Magick of Solomon" and "The Book of Solomon's Magick" (both available from amazon.com ).

Customer Reviews

Dark Mirror of Magick, 2nd Edition--Vassago Prophecy up-date
Those who have the original 2001 VHS version of this amazing video documentary should be the first to get the new 2003 DVD "Second Edition." The DVD has 12 minutes of completely new footage; mostly current interviews with Frater Solomon and Frater Thabion dealing with the remarkable results of the spirit Vassago's "Millennium Prophecy." --But there is also a new follow-up from Vassago himself!....All this and for five dollars less than the earlier VHS version.

For those who don't have the VHS version yet, this Second Edition should be their first choice. Dark Mirror of Magick is the only complete, fully documented visual and sound recording of an actual Solomonic Goetia evocation operation. No rehearsals, no retakes. You see and hear it all. It was video-recorded by a professional t.v. news crew in January of 2001. 13 days after the Spirit Vassago predicted "The Slaying of a Son of Africa," the president of Congo was assassinated! Vassago went on to predict the present War on Terror in the Middle East and even hinted at the coming 911 disaster.

This was all videoed inside the impressive magical temple of the O.T.A. in Southern California. Director/narrator Wayne Darwen interviews the magus and the seer before and after the operation. Their unrehearsed answers to his penetrating questions give the viewer an insider's perspective on modern magick that is invaluable.

The producers of this DVD version have also up-dated, enhanced,extended and digitally re-mastered their companion video doumentary The Magick of Solomon. This production gives detailed instructions, with full-dress in-temple demonstrations, on how to perform the kind of operations seen in Dark Mirror of Magick.

Great New Magickal Info
It was awesome to actually see a Goetic Operation on camera. This is probably the first time such an evocation has ever been filmed and made availible to the public.

The Prophecy from Vassago was neat, because it only took 13 days for part of it to be fulfilled. Though I can't say I understand everything the Prophecy is about, the booklet that comes with it helps. Of course, like the prophecies of Nostradamus, they are cryptic. But when they are fulfilled, it becomes not only obvious, but clear the revealing spirit had the intelligence to conceal exactly what he knew until time unlocks the veil.

This whole tape is reminiscent of Nostradamus, Mother Shipton, and St. Malachy, and I think centuries will look back on the revelations of Vassago as another milestone in the world of prophecy.

Not bad
The Dark Mirror of Magick is the second video by Poke Runyon following "The Magick of Solomon". My opinion is that it cannot compare to the first video but is still interesting and educational none the less. It was interesting to see the interior of his apparently new or maybe just redecorated temple and the various magical implements he uses.

A large part of it deals with the evocation of the spirit Vassago and trying to get him to reveal some prophecy about the future. Personally i find prophecy to be a big waste of time since its always so cryptic and overly useless and can always be interpreted in an infinite number of ways. It seemed like this video was aimed more at trying to convince people of the power of magical evocation by trying to verify the validity of Vassago's cryptic words of warning more than anything else.

I would say that most everyone who would buy this video does not require any convincing and that they would already most likely be studying or performing these rituals themselves at least to some extent.

On a more positive note I was most impressed with Poke Runyons ritual experience and knowledge of magick and its clear that he has been doing this for a long time. His voice is very hypnotic and magical and its like listening to Gandalph or Saraman from Lord of the Rings as he speaks. He is very confident and calming and i find my own beliefs in magick are strengthed and reaffirmed just by watching and listening to him speak. I completely enjoyed the interview section of the video with Poke answering some tough questions about his practice and belief posed by the interviewer. I would have loved to see more of him speaking about his beliefs and knowledge than anything else because i do think he has a lot to teach and say that is not coming across in his videos. He seems exceptionally gifted as a speaker and is very good at putting things into perspective in regards to the magical arts especially since the interview questions were completely spontaneous and unrehersed.

Overall i would say that there is not too much new information that is very useful in this video if you already own his first video "the magick of solomon" but if your a hard core magician and really into magical evocation then i would recommend it anyway at least for his interview session if nothing else.