616 M.A. is an artist-magickian from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada who, for over the last thirty years, has been tempering his academic background in English, Philosophy & Education with his passionate exploration of magick, music & the visual arts. After finishing his seven year academic career at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay & McMaster University in Hamilton, he released his first book, Blake & Jung: Confronting the Archetypes, & realized that Luxifer(a) was the central axis that linked his academic research with his personal experiences & magickal experiments.

In 1993, he formed The Luxifer(a) Research Group & began to organize the first edition of Liber Luxifer(a): The Divine Androgyne. 616 decided to disseminate his art, ideas & research on the internet. In 1998, he self-published Imago & edited the twenty-five volume set of The Beacon between 1993 & 1999.

Since 2000, 616 established himself & the locus of The LRG in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He released typhOnia (2007), a 15 minute film which is a surreal dream ritual; a synthesis of all his artistic endeavors. The Black Book of Shaitan: Nu Revelation (2014) was also released as well as the first three volumes of The Black Tradition Trilogies, selling 600 copies through consignment & a previous distribution deal. He recently concluded his experimental 16 years of teaching various adults from around the world & his current sabbatical will be ending soon. 616 has been seeking, finding & refining his magick for the last twenty years in Toronto, somewhere under the Shaitan (CN) Tower.