Luis G. Abbadie

Luis G. Abbadie (born August 13, 1968) is a Mexican writer specializing in horror, paganism, pseudobibliographies and paramythologies, including horror and fantasy short stories. He has contributed frequently to the Cthulhu Mythos.

He has coordinated workshops and given courses on these topics. He has been a recipient of grants from the Fondo Estatal para la Cultura y las Artes de Jalisco (Jalisco State Fund for Culture and the Arts; 1999-2000). He has collaborated on anthologies and magazines in Spain, France, Argentina, and North America."Códice Otarolense" (Ediciones Euterpe, México, 2002).]

Career

Abbadie was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco.

During his literary development, he participated in workshops coordinated by Flaviano Castañeda Valencia, Víctor Manuel Pazarín, Gabriel Gómez, and others."El grito de la máscara" (Grupo Editorial Minerva, México, 1998). 136 páginas. Revised and expanded edition of "El último relato de Ambrose Bierce".]

When "El último relato de Ambrose Bierce" (1995) was first published, only 250 copies were issued. In 1996, a new edition of this work was announced, but it was supposedly canceled before it was ever brought to fruition. The journal "El Informador" (January 3, 1996) mentioned that this second edition was published and sold out. ["El Informador" newspaper (January 3, 1996)]

"El grito de la máscara" (1998) contains "El último relato de Ambrose Bierce", edited and expanded. It was re-edited by Cibermancia Editores retitled as "El último relato de Ambrose Bierce" (2007). ["El último relato de Ambrose Bierce" (Ediciones Cibermancia, México, 2007). New edition of "El grito de la máscara".]

Since 1992, Abbadie has worked on his exhaustive story of the Necronomicon, based on and continuing the stories he wrote for the Cthulhu Mythos. "El Necronómicon: un comentario" (2000) is a synthesis of his work compiled up to that time. ["El Necronomicon: un comentario" (La Otra Orilla, México, 2000); Online curruculum for Luis G. Abbadie.] Due to his various writings on the subject, he is considered an expert in the Necronomicon. [Athanasius Nicholae, [http://www.editmusa.com.mx/luz_en_tu_camino/Necronomicon.html El Necronomicon de H.P. Lovecraft, Las claves ocultas] , Editores Mexicanos Unidos, Mexico, 2007, p. 105.]

"Códice Otarolense" (2002) with the subtitle of "Sumario de la historia de la formación del mundo y de los dioses y diablos de la Nueva España, con una exposición de las hechicerías y alabanzas de los indios naturales de esta tierra, hecho y recopilado por Fray Guillermo de Otarola y Guzmán, de la orden de San Francisco, en el mes de Agosto del año de 1548, para el muy reverendísimo Señor Don Fray Juan de Zumárraga, Obispo de la muy leal y gran Ciudad de México" was published by the Apoyo a Jóvenes Creadores, Subdivisión Literatura, del Fondo Estatal para la Cultura y las Artes (FECA) del Estado de Jalisco (Support for Young Creators, Literary Subdivision of the Jalisco State Fund for Culture and the Arts, 1999-2000 edition.

"Of Gods and Time" (2007) is his first book in English.

He is the author of an essay about horror literature that has been published several times in Mexico, Argentina and Spain. [ [http://www.freewebs.com/numinoso La zona de sombra del alma] ]

Paganism

Luis G. Abbadie has studied paganism and neopaganism. He has focused on the study of Wicca for some time. His participation in the "Primer Encuentro Nacional Wicca México" (First National Meeting of Wicca, Mexico), Beltane 2003, [ [http://www.wicca-mexico.com/cpm/encuentro.htm History of the First National Wicca-Pagan Meeting in Mexico] and [http://www.cibermancia.com/cibermancia/articulos/art270503.jsp Interview with Josepe Serna and Luis G. Abbadie] by Alexandra Vela.] en Malinalco, State of Mexico, an event organized by the now-defunct Círculo Gaia [Círculo Gaia, constituted by Carmen Orellana (Tarwe Nén) and Josepe Serna, would eventually become [http://www.wicca-mexico.com/cpm/cpm.htm Comunidad Pagana de México, A.C.] ] was controversial, [A polemic which was made evident in the [http://www.cibermancia.com/cibermancia/articulos/art270503.jsp Interview with Josepe Serna and Luis G. Abbadie] as well as in the subsequent [http://www.cibermancia.com/cibermancia/articulos/art100603.jsp reply from Carmen Orellana (Tarwe Nén)] .] and was his first major participation in the neopagan community.

Although he initially favored the use of the word Wicca to refer to the different manifestations of modern witchcraft, including more indigenous types, [ [http://www.geocities.com/bosquewiccano/carta.html Una interesante carta a la comunidad Wiccana] , undersigned with the pseudonym WisdomStone.] he became uncomfortable with the eclectic, hybrid nature of what he calls 'Neo-Wicca.' He distanced himself from it and completely changed his position. He outlined connections between what he chose to call 'Stregoneria' and paganism. 'Stregheria' is represented in published works such as Raven Grimassi as 'popular neopaganism'.Personal profile in [http://abbadie.livejournal.com Abbadie - A través del Cerco] , and [http://freewebs.com/black-john El Grimorio de Black John] .]

Abbadie wrote "El Sendero de los Brujos" (2004), a book directed toward young readers as they are the ones recently attracted to neopaganism. In it, he tries to clarify very basic misunderstandings that he has observed among Latin American neopagans. He also attempts to give orientation to neophytes in Wicca and neopaganism. ["El Sendero de los Brujos" (Ediciones Veglia, México, 2004).] He has formed a small group studying reconstructed Stregoneria.

Upon discovering other forms of traditions European witchcraft, he began his formal apprenticeship of Scottish witchcraft, called "Hedgewitch" o "Circle Magic" [ [http://www.shadowdrake.com/hedgewitch.html What is a Hedgewitch?] ] which he has dubbed "Crossways Craft" or rather "Oficio del Cruce de Caminos", adopting an already-existing phrase to designate his personal preference. [ [http://www.witchvox.com/va/dt_va.html?a=&c=words&id=11021 Three Points on the Trident article] ]

Bibliography

*"El último relato de Ambrose Bierce" (Ediciones del Plenilunio, México, 1995).
*"El grito de la máscara" (Grupo Editorial Minerva, méxico, 1998). 136 pages. Re-published and expanded as "El último relato de Ambrose Bierce".
*"El Necronomicon: un comentario" (La Otra Orilla, México, 2000). 54 pages.
*"Códice Otarolense" (Ediciones Euterpe, México, 2002). 544 pages.
*"El Sendero de los Brujos" (Ediciones Veglia, México, 2004). 120 pages (signed as Luis Abbadie - Wisdom Stone).
*"El último relato de Ambrose Bierce" (Cibermancia Editores, México, 2007). Republication of "El grito de la máscara".
*"Of Gods and Time" (Cibermancia Editores, México, 2007).

Notes

External links

* [http://www.luis-abbadie.com Luis G. Abbadie's personal website]
* [http://360.yahoo.com/abbadie Black John’s Gramarye, Luis Abbadie's blog in English language]
* [http://www.witchvox.com/vn/vn_detail/dt_pa.html?a=mxxx&id=209674 Luis Abbadie's profile in The Witches’ Voice]
* [http://www.cibermancia.com/cibermancia/literatura/literatura.jsp Fiction in Cibermancia]
* [http://www.cibermancia.com/cibermancia/articulos/articulos.jsp Articles on the First Mexican Wicca Meeting]