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NEW! ORPHIC HYMNS GRIMOIRE and MYSTAI: DANCING OUT THE MYSTERIES OF DIONYSOS ORPHIC HYMNS GRIMOIRE by Sara Leanne Mastros Mastros Publishing Hardcover With Color Illustrations $79.95 Black & White Paperback $39.95 Orpheus, the famed oracle-orator hero of Greece, began to teach a new religion at the dawn of the Archaic Age. Deeply rooted in ancient paganism and mystery traditions, Orphism taught a doctrine of peace-seeking, reincarnation, universal brotherhood, and ecstatic liberation. The followers, like their leader, worshiped their gods with poetry and song. Eighty-eight of these ancient hymns have survived to the present day, and are called The Orphic Hymns. They've been translated into English many times, most familiarly by the Neo-Classicist Thomas Taylor in 1792. Sara Mastros’s stunning new translations render them in modern English in rhymed couplets suitable for both oration and singing. Orphic Hymns Grimoire is a guide ...

NEW FROM HELLFIRE CLUB BOOKS!! CUNNING MAGIC & CELESTIAL ART by Robert A. Priddle - Hardcover folio bound in full Bordeaux book cloth, with illustrated title label on front, and gold embossed spine - $82.50 Limited to only 200 folio copies bound in full Bordeaux book cloth. List Price: $82.50 FROM THE PUBLISHER: This important new study focuses on the origins of modern occultism in the ‘Cunning Traditions’ during the transitional period of English magic, and the formation of a global view of western esotericism. There is one book that has had an enormous impact upon occultism and esoteric philosophy in the modern period, it is ‘The Magus’, first printed in 1801 by the English magician Francis Barrett. The continued popularity of ‘The Magus’ as a textbook grimoire for both the aspiring occultist and learned magician is well known, its place in the transmission of occult knowledge and practise from the ancient world to the pr...

EDGE OF THE CIRCLE BOOKS NEWSLETTER W ELCOME to the Edge of the Circle Newsletter. This newsletter has come about as an effort to reach out to the Pagan/ Occult community (particularly in Seattle where we are based) to inform the community of what events are happening at our store. Without further ado, welcome, and enjoy. Regards, Erica (Raven) Branch-Butler, Editrix- golanv1@yahoo.com WHO WE ARE: Edge of the Circle Books is Seattle's resource for Paganism & the Occult. This newsletter seeks to provide the Seattle community with a place to list events, post articles, and do a bit of networking. Edge of the Circle Books strives to be your ideal Magical Pagan store. Open 7 days a week, Noon 'till 8pm.A Call: 206-PAN-1999 ** We are also now on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Edge-of-the-Circle-Books-Events/106285532728383 Become a Fan, post your event on the discussion page! Also on Facebook: THE SEATTLE PAGAN...