The group formed in the mid-1990s, as part of Moore's " 'coming out' as a magician," described by Warren Ellis as "a return to his roots of performing from the days of the Northampton Arts Lab and the various bands along the way from there to here.
The trio's second performance (and technically their first CD release) was The Birth Caul (A Shamanism of Childhood), a spoken word piece by Moore with music by David J and Tim Perkins.
[2] The 'birth caul' itself a piece of the amniotic sac over a baby's head, present, very rarely, at birth, and traditionally kept as a good luck charm.
Art as archaeology; he raises the horse goddess worshipped by the Romans when Highbury was a garrison of the empire, and also the horse that fell into the pit on that spot and died when sewers were being dug over a thousand years later: Joe Meek, the troubled Phil Spector of England, and Aleister Crowley, the untroubled Great Beast of Cefalu.
"[7] Severin's RE: label released a number of diverse CDs over its five-year life, including three by the Moon & Serpent collective/Moore & Perkins.
[6] Performed on 10 April 1999 at Conway Hall in Red Lion Square at a meeting of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn by Moore, with music by Tim Perkins.
It explored the local area and its magical associations, and dealt particularly with the disinterment of Oliver Cromwell and Elizabeth Siddell, and Arthur Machen's visionary experiences.
In order of release, they are: Tracks from The Moon and Serpent Grand Egyptian Theatre of Marvels have appeared on other audio compilations.
[2] Two of Moore's spoken-word pieces – The Birth Caul and Snakes & Ladders – were adapted by his From Hell artistic collaborator Eddie Campbell into self-published comic books in 1999 and 2001.
[12] The book intends to be "a clear and practical grimoire of the occult sciences," containing "profusely illustrated instructional essays upon the Moon & Serpent Grand Egyptian Theatre of Marvels sect's theories of magic" from c. 150 AD to the present.