The Seventh Ray, Book II, the Red Ray is the second occasional journal published by The Church of the Hermetic Sciences and its religious fraternal order The Ordo Templi Astartes. It is a large format trade quality paperback, profusely illustrated, with articles and features on Western Magick and occultism. The Ordo Templi Astartes (O.T.A.) follows its premier issue of The Seventh Ray (Book I, The Blue Ray ) with Book II, "The Red Ray," a 112 page, trade-quality book format, bound in red-printed parchment board covers with ivory interior stock. The journal is illustrated with many line drawings and a full color plate. This issue features The Spagyric Quest of Beroaldus Cosmopolita by Arthur Machen, a forgotten classic of Alchemical allegory; both humorous and profound. Newly illustrated exclusively for The Seventh Ray by occult artist Bob Cuneo. Next comes My Star Ruby by Frater IDOMME (Hal von Hofe, Ph.D.) a tribute to Aleister Crowley. In this article the author declares his version of the solution to the mysterious RPSTOVAL cypher in Liber Al, Chapter II, Verse 76; of special interest for Thelemic students. This is followed by New Tarot Trumps For An Eleven Sphere Tree of Life by Frater Thabion , which presents a new 25 Path System inspired by The Golden Dawn Cypher Manuscript. This radical design provides a Path across the Abyss With Three New Tarot Cards in full color. Then we have The Enochian Watchtowers, An Analysis of the Documentation and Mathematics by Dana Ramsey A new decipherment of the Number Code (Gematria) hidden in Dee and Kelley s original Enochian Tablets; of particular interest to students of Enochiana. Return of the Dragon Lords by Frater Thabion is a dark descent into the depths of the Collective Unconscious to uncover the ancient alien presence behind our conceptions of demonology. The issue also features: A Priestess of Hygiea- by Frederick McLaren Adams, Pagan Afterlife; Reflections on the Ring of Nestor by Lady Svetlana of Feraferia, Adamson's Quest, Chapter Ten by Poke Runyon, The Melting Eye by Michael Johnson . . . In the Humor Department: Secrets of the World's Worst Writers (the Technique of Arthur Edward Waite), Nazi Bimbos and the Sword of Siegfried (the plot to re-activate Hitler's brain!) and The Seventh Ray's --C.H.S. Publications Carroll "Poke" Runyon is the editor and author of three articles. He holds a master's degree in anthropology from California State Univ., is a 32nd degree Mason, and an initiate of the Sakya Tantric Order. He is the author of several books, and the producer of three videos, on Western Magick.