P.D. Newman specializes in the historical and current use of entheogenic compounds in magical and initiatory settings. He is the author of the groundbreaking works, _Alchemically Stoned: The Psychedelic Secret of Freemasonry_, _Angels in Vermilion: The Philosophers' Stone from Dee to DMT_, and the forthcoming title, _Homer and the Heart of Theurgy: Foreshadowings of a Ritual Tradition_. A member of both the Masonic Fraternity and the Society of Rosicrucians, Newman has been immersed in the study and practice of Hermetism, alchemy, and theurgy for over two decades.