ADDENDUM,
NOVEMBER, 2012
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BOOKS
IS PROUD TO PRESENT THE FOLLOWING
NEW TITLES:
THE MOONCHILD OF YESOD
By Karl Stone
Imaginary Book
Co., MMXII [2012].
First Edition
Hardcover. 8vo. [VI], 232pp, plate. Original sky blue cloth with silver titling
to spine and device to upper board, patterned endpapers, colour frontis, colour
and b&w plates, bibliography and index. Illustrated bookmark. Edition
strictly limited to 418 signed and hand-numbered copies. Illustrated by
Stafford Stone. NEW book. Fine in fine dust jacket.
List Price:
$120.00
FROM THE
PUBLISHER:
Very rarely does
a genuinely original occult book appear: this work, "The Moonchild of
Yesod" (subtitled "A Grimoire of Occult Hyperchemistry, or Typhonian
Sex Magick"), is just such a book. With an extraordinary use of language,
the author builds on the work of Mme. Blavatsky, Aleister Crowley, and Kenneth
Grant to construct a Magickal Mirror that opens a genuine Gateway to Beyond.
Covering both practical and theoretical aspects, the eleven chapters are titled
Hierophantism, The Mystical Veil, The Outer Garment of the Mind, Elemental
Invocation, The Key of Tarot Dynamics, The Metaphysic of the Tarot Keys and the
93 Current, Occult Anatomy, The 50 Gates of Understanding, Hierogamy, The
Sexual Ritual of the Sepher Yetzirah and A Sabbatic Sexual Working.
"For the
use of the practising occultist and hyperchemist, giving in a compendious form
a full description of obscure rites and practices, and a complete explanation
of metaphysical matters, hallucinatory vortices, tentacled antheridial gateways
to other worlds, the dislocation of the mind, and the deep penetrative insight
that arises from these territories, arranged in an entirely novel and
interesting manner."
FROM THE COVER:
"Oracular
gnosis, is the hypostatic precipitation of phantasma within the non-spatial
stellar dimensions of the initiate. Traffick with praeter-human intelligences
are received as a concussion of 'shadow signatures' which colour (Kalas) the
magickal mirror experientially as a Somatonoësis.
Magickally, the
crystallisation of this phantasma is a Lunar sexual operation. It occurs within
the oneiric womb of Yesod, which receives the praeter-human spermatozoon via
the lens of Daäth (The gateway to the 'Outer Ones'). Within this siderialised
amnion, the spectral tinctures undergo a form of hyper-chemistry, whereby the
colours (Kalas) out of space arouse a convolvulus within the 'Astral Light',
manifesting an antheridial embryonate, the Moonchild (Homunculus), which
consolidates it's prescience upon the substrate of the terrestrial sphere. The Moonchild
is the vehicle of the Magickal Will i.e. making the word, flesh.
This grimoire is
both a Theoretical and Practical exegesis of initiation, sexual magick, qabalah
and sorcery. It elucidates the tangential and oblique method, whereby contact
with the subtle occult forces are amplified from the deep soundless recesses of
non-spatial stellar loci as a physicality (Somatonoësis). Such transmissions
are approached indirectly and inferred by the magickal engine of the qabalah,
whereby their gateways are represented as tauroid gestalts (Sephira) to the
'Outer Ones'. Such traffick can be used for mystical or magickal operations
depending upon how the practitioner utilises these subtle intrusions (Kalas) of
phantasma inspissated within the alembic of the adept’s occult anatomy as a
Somatonoësis."
ABOUT THE
AUTHOR:
On the Outer,
Karl Stone is a discordian episkopos, Bone Setter, Tibetan medical
practitioner, occult mycologist, and hyperchemist of the Trans-Himalayan
system. He serves as a Hyadean emissary of The Cult of The Yellow Sign. The
adepts of this Order are always masked and hidden in plain sight. They receive
transmissions from the Hyades, which coalesce through the planes
somatonoëtically into that Star Stone, the immortalised star crystal of the
astral light, otherwise known as the Lapis Exellis (Stone of Lucifer).
Published on
Lughnasadh 2012, in a strictly limited edition of 418 copies, this book is
beautifully designed to reflect the Golden Age of Victorian publishing, bound
in pale blue buckram with silver foil blocking, printed on Favini Alga Carta
White 120gsm, and features full-colour illustrations by Stafford Stone (no
relation). Each copy is signed and numbered by the author, and comes with a
specially designed bookmark.
"This publication removes much of
the long established vagary and obfuscation about the actual process involved
in sex magickal/alchemical work... These writings are a great service to anyone
sincerely attempting to broach these mysteries. It's a great irony that the
great sex magickal secrets can be shouted from the rooftops yet the work is
completely self protecting. Not through any form of intellectual elitism that
occultists might proffer but simply the fact that the 'magical engine' must be
constructed correctly at each stage. This book gives some of the clearest
explanations of the means to construct the 'magical engine' that I've come
across in recent years." Amodali
Zain
"... anyone interested seriously in
the work of Kenneth Grant, sex magick and processes of establishing contact
with zones of praeternatural consciousness needs to take notice of this
book." Stephen Dziklewicz
**
NIGHTSHADES:
A Tourist Guide to the Nightside
By Jan Fries
Hardcover: 212
pages
Publisher:
Mandrake (June 1, 2012)
List Price:
$40.00
FROM THE
PUBLISHER:
Nightshades is
the record of one remarkable magician’s exploration of the inverse regions of
the Tree of Life. Aleister Crowley’s Liber 231 provides the map and Kenneth
Grant’s Nightside of Eden a travelogue. “Liber
231, apparently started life as a text within the Hermetic Order of the Golden
Dawn, as an exercise to develop astral and trance abilities or perhaps in other
more elaborate rites. The nightside aspect requires some care and alertness in
case of accident. The correct attitude is said to be one of self or ego-less
witness. Or maybe it’s just one needs the use of an all-embracing rather than a
limited kind of identity and self-identification” (mmm)
“The Nightside is always with us. It’s so
much older than the Dayside. Before the light began to shine, the night was
there. Some assume that we are dealing with a simple polarity. On one hand the
radiant world of colours and forms, more or less thinkable, reasonable and
meaningful. Like the pretty picture of the Tree of Life it has its scenic
cites, its hotels, restaurants, shopping opportunities and highways in between.
On the other hand the chaotic world of
uncertain and incomprehensible mysteries. Both of them connected by the voidness
that makes them possible. It looks symmetrical. But when you reach the
Nightside it doesn’t work like that. The Nightside is not simply a reflection
of the dayside with a few confusing and spooky bits thrown in.
The Dayside is a tiny island of experience
in a huge ocean, the Nightside, full of currents, island chains and continents
of the possible and impossible. All and Nothing are present everywhere. Our
island is not the opposite of the world-ocean, it is simply a tiny and
comprehensible part of it.”
(jf)
Jan Fries’
Nightshades comprises 72 intense drawings prefaced by an explanatory essay
detailing the background and genesis of this ultimate magical adventure.
ABOUT THE
AUTHOR:
Jan Fries is a
German occultist freestyle shaman. He is a musician, artist, magician and
author of several books.
He lives in
Frankfurt near the Taunus Mountains.
Fries is
credited with coining the term "freestyle shamanism"[1] in reference
to a style of magic that emphasizes trance and closeness to nature, but instead
of roots in a shamanic tradition, draws from individual experience in a way
akin to chaos magic. He notes the Zos Kia Cultus, Maat Magick, Taoism and
Thelema as his chief influences.[2]
Works:
Although Fries
is a native German speaker his books have all been written and first published
in English.
Visual Magick: A manual of freestyle
shamanism (Mandrake of Oxford, 1992, 2001)
Helrunar: A manual of rune magick
(Mandrake of Oxford, 1993 & 2002)
Seidways: shaking, swaying and serpent
mysteries (Mandrake of Oxford, 1996)
Living Midnight: three movements of the
Tao (Mandrake of Oxford, 1998)
The Cauldron of the Gods: manual of Celtic
magick (Mandrake of Oxford, 2003)
Kali Kaula: manual of Tantric Magick
(Avalonia, 2010)
**
**
ANGELIC MAGICK:
A Guide to Angelic Beings and How to Walk
With Them
By Judith Page, Aaron Leitch (Preface)
Paperback: 220
pages
Publisher:
Mandrake (September 21, 2012)
List Price: $24.00
FROM THE
PUBLISHER:
"The
visualizations here draw their imagery from classical grimoires and Qabalistic
philosophy. Plus, they have a specific and useful goal. Each visualization
takes you on a journey into the symbolic realm of an archangel, where you are
introduced to the entity's sigils and symbols and other sacred imagery before
encountering the archangel himself. Each visualization builds upon those before
it, until the aspirant has been led through the seven circles of heaven and has
established a personal link to the archangel that governs each one. At the end,
the aspirant will have learned to recognize the images, seals and symbols they
will encounter in the Solomonic and other advanced systems of angel summoning.
Such guided visualizations are certainly absent from the medieval texts about
angels. So, why should I urge anyone who wishes to work with angels - even
Solomonic practitioners - to follow the instructions in this book? Simply put,
this book is based upon the same principle I described above: safely
establishing first contact. It accomplishes this without resort to the
full-fledged summoning ceremonies intended to call the angel down to the
physical plane - an advanced practice the grimoires tend to jump into without
preamble. This book even includes simple rituals by which you can submit
petitions to the archangels in times of need - and these rituals are not
entirely removed from the methods of the grimoires. Therefore, working through
the steps outlined in this book can serve as a wonderful bridge between
"square one" and the fully adept practices of angelic
summoning." : From Aaron Leitch's Preface—
**
FENRIS WOLF:
Issue Number Five
Carl Abrahamsson, editor
Price: $46.95
Stockholm: Edda
Publishing, 2012. Limited to 500 copies, hand-numbered. A FINE QUALITY PAPER
EDITION, hand-numbered and limited. This volume, the fifth, contains material
by Jason Louv, Patrick Lundborg, Gary Lachman, Timothy O’Neill, Dianus del
Bosco Sacro, David Griffin, Philip Farber, Aki Cederberg, Renata Wieczorek,
Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Ezra Pound, Gary Dickinson, Robert Pudgorski, Stephen
Ellis, Mel Lyman, Hiram Corso, Frater Nagasiva, Peter Grey, Vera Mladenovska
Nikolich, Kevin Slaughter, Lionel Snell, Phanes Apollonius, Lana Krieg and Carl
Abrahamsson, on topics as diverse as the psychedelic William Shakespeare,
secret societies, Rosicrucians, Illuminati, neurological interpretations of
magic, the esoteric gardens of Quinta da Regaleira, Italian witchcraft, Pierre
Molinier, Derek Jarman, the I Ching, Geomancy, the logic of evil and vice
versa, Rémy de Gourmont, Aleister Crowley, Liber AL vel Legis, Macedonian
vampires, Satanism, Goethe’s Faust, and the creation of a “mega Golem” within
the context of developing a contemporary magical terminology. Octavo.
Edited by Carl
Abrahamsson. Cover art by Fredrik Söderberg.
CONTENTS:
Carl Abrahamsson
– Editor’s Introduction
Jason Louv – The
Freedom of Imagination Act
Patrick Lundborg
– Such Stuff as Dreams are Made of
Gary Lachman –
Secret Societies and the Modern World
Tim O’Neill –
The War of the Owl and the Pelican
Dianus del Bosco
Sacro – The Great Rite
Philip H Farber
– Entities in the Brain
Aki Cederberg –
At the Well of Initiation
Renata Wieczorek
– The Magical Life of Derek Jarman
Genesis Breyer
P-Orridge – A Dark Room of Desire
Genesis Breyer
P-Orridge – Kreeme Horne
Ezra Pound –
Translator’s Postscript
Stephen Ellis –
Poems for The Fenris Wolf
Hiram Corso –
Mel Lyman
Mel Lyman – Plea
for Courage
Gary Dickinson –
The Daughter of Astrology
Robert Podgurski
– Sigils and Extra Dimensionality
Frater Nigris –
Liber Al As-if
Peter Grey – The
Abbey Must be Built
Vera Mladenovska
Nikolich – A Different Perspective of the Undead
Kevin Slaughter
– The Great Satan
Lionel Snell –
The Art of Evil
Phenex
Apollonius – The Quintessence of Daimonic Ipseity
Phanes
Apollonius – Infernal Diabolism in Theory and Practice
Anonymous –
Falling with Love: Embracing the Infernal Host
Lana Krieg –
Sympathy with the Devil: Faust’s Infernal Formula
Carl Abrahamsson
– State of the Art: Birthpangs of a Mega-Golem
Carl Abrahamsson
– Hounded by the Dogs of Reason
**
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