Greetings, and welcome to The Compass and the Rose. This is a short pamphlet dealing with the Cochranite side of the Spectrum of the movement known as British Traditional Witchcraft.
There are a number of Traditions that make up this ‘side of the house’ if you will and I will attempt to cover ideas and magical thought from four of them. These are the Clan of Tubal Cain, The Living Myth 1734, Mohsian and the Cosan Tradition. Of the three, the Clan of Tubal Cain is the oldest and original. Cosan is by far the youngest and most closely related to the Mohsian Tradition. The Living Myth: 1734, was founded by Joe Wilson under instruction from Robert Cochrane and later Evan John Jones.
These Traditions all differ from each other in aspects of their derivation and Clan Lore but they all share certain characteristics. It will be my task to attempt to acquaint you with some of these. It is my intention to present, in these few pages, a very basic idea of some Cochranite Concepts and a suggested reading list. I am not going to attempt to teach you ‘how to.’ I merely wish to introduce you to a bit of ‘what.’