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Contents
1) Terms
2) Property of a Gentleman
a) Spare
b) Crowley
c) Cultus Sabbati
3) Few Other Cultus Sabbati Items
4)
Ordo Templi Solus Noir items
5) Picture by artist in the Golden Dawn
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1) Terms
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Condition glossary:-
MINT - as new, no signs of wear whatsoever
FINE - appears to be in excellent
condition. Close examination will show evidence of ownership and storage,
perhaps slight rubbing to edges of dustwrapper.
VERY GOOD - Some slight signs of age or
wear, perhaps slight foxing or fading, Dustwrapper may have to most edges and
corners
GOOD - Obviously secondhand but aside from
minor faults complete and sound. Dustwrapper may have marks, slight creasing,
rubbed edges and small tears
READING COPY - Very worn but all the words
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2) Property of a Gentleman
a)
Crowley Related Items
Anon,
ARARITA, Elaborations of the Star Sapphire by a Traveller in Darkness, Exploration-5 2010 Hardback, numbered
limited edition of 250 copies 104pp. Highly sought after exploration of sexual
magick as implied in Aleister Crowley;s Star Sapphire ritual, the text which
led to Theodore Reuss accusing him of publishing the inner secrets of the OTO -
and Crowley receiving the IXth degree. Discreet ownership signature otherwise
Mint Order No. 870088 £120
Anon,
Goetia, The Lesser Key of Solomon, Clavicula Salomonis Regis Trans.
S.L.MacGregor Mathers, Ed. & Intro Aleister Crowley, Weiser 1997 Paperback xxvi + 134pp Intro by
Hymenaeus Beta, Illus by Louis Breton from De Plancy's Dictionnaire Infernal
& anno by A.C to his personal copy
Fine Order No. 870099 £10
Anon, Lesser Key of Solomon, Goetia, The Book
of Evil Spirits, De
Laurence not dated Smaller format hardback 6 Frontispiece plates 80pp. Bears
date of 1916 but the book appears to reprint an earlier date. Has discreet bookplate of Helios Boook Services
so no later than mid 1970s. A reprint of Crowley's bootleg publication of Mac
Gregor Mather's translation of the Lesser Key of Solomon. Be warned, if you are
in Jamaica it is illegal to receive this book!, a legal artefact from the time
when De Laurences's promotion of magical text to the African diaspora and
continental Africa (where he has been regarded as an adept) influenced Obeah, a
form of resistance magic., Title page rather misprinted, otherwise Fine Order No. 870085 £55
Allan
Bennett, Note on Genesis, Weiser
1976 24pp card covered booklet Very
Good Order No. 870070 £4
Alan
Burnett-Rae (relating to Aleister Crowley), Aleister Crowley, A Memoir of 666, Victim Press 1971 1st Ed No Ltd Ed of 350,
this being copy 172 Scarce 22pp card covered booklet. The author was, for
awhile, Crowley's landlord so gives good account of some of the Old Man's
difficult habits!. Foxing to white card covers
Good condition only Order No. 870093 £20
Gerald
Del Campo, The Heretic's Guide to Thelema, Vol.I New Aeon Magick, Concrescent 2011 Paperback 208pp Fine Order No. 870110 £9
R.T.
Cole, Crowley's Ghost, Black
Flag Card covered booklet 7pp coloured pictures. Extracted from Thelema
Revisited, concerns photos of Abbey of Thelema and the possibility that a
shadow suggest Crowley's Ghost!. Small format card enclosed Fine Order No. 870048 £10
Richard
T. Cole, Orange Box Books
2007 Large format paperback 104pp Limited edition of 666 copies. Coloured
illustrations. Having relatives at Cefalu author has much information concerning
Abbey of Thelema and the thoughts of the locals concerning its visitors. Images
of previously unseen Crowley artwork.
Fine Order No. 870111 £60
Richard
T. Cole (Editor), The Un-Magickal Record of the Great Beast 666, Vol. I, Orange Box 2013 Largish (30cm x 21cm)
format 276pp, profusely illustrated No.
26 of 93 Hardback copies numbered by way of loosely inserted postcard signed by
editor. Foreword by Sandy Robertson who compiled the Crowley Scrapbook. This
book is stomping good fun! Collects the articles about Crowley from popular
magazines from 1950s onwards. Sensationalist, glorious pulp fiction treatment
of Thelema but also many written by people who knew and liked Crowley. Also an
important record of how Crowley was perceived in the poular imagination. An
exhuberant publication that takes nothing too seriously! Also loosely inserted
folded sheet and 8pp leaflet competition crossword. Mint in Fine dustwrapper Order No. 870140 £95
J.
Edward Cornelius, Aleister Crowley and the Ouija Board, Feral House 2005 Paperback 165pp Seeks to
root the ouija board in the Enochian work of John Dee and Crowley's work. The
ouija board is, potentially, one of the most powerful magical tools if used in
an enlightened manner Fine Order No.
870003 £7
Aleister
Crowley, 777 & other Qabalistic Writings, Weiser 1986 Paperback xxvii + 155 + 14 +
69pp Very good + clean copy Order
No. 870092 £8
Aleister
Crowley, AHA, Falcon Press
1986 Paperback 80pp. Substantial Intro. by Israel Regardie worn reading copy Order No. 870045 £1
Aleister
Crowley, Aleister Crowley and The Practice of the Magical Diary, Wesier 2004 Paperback xlix + 200pp Editor
James Wasserman presents John St. John
and Temple of Solomon the King Fine Order
No. 870108 £8.5
Aleister
Crowley, Aleister Crowley's Illustrated Goetia, Lon Milo Duquette &
Christopher Hyatt Illus David Wilson, New
Falcon 2000 Paperback 222pp Fine Order
No. 870125 £9
Aleister
Crowley, Book 4, (Parts 1 & 2), Weiser
Paperback 124pp Elegant ennunciation of principles of meditation & the
regalia of ceremonial magick Very Good Order
No. 870115 £5
Aleister
Crowley, Book of Lies, Weiser
2000 Paperback Illustrated 196pp Fine Order
No. 870025 £5
Aleister
Crowley, Book of the Law, liber Al vel Legis, Weiser Paperback small format 120ppThis
edition has reproduction of original manuscript, the first comment and the
introduction from the 1938 edition Fine
Order No. 870015 £4
Aleister
Crowley, Book of the Law, The Illuminated Edition, Neptune Press 2004 o. Ltd. Ed of 500, this
being copy number 342 Large format (approx. 11ins x 9ins). Issued to celebrate
the 100th anniversary of its Reception this book is truly handsome and
impressive. Has 16pp Introduction edited by O.T.O. Frater Superior Hymenaeus
Beta the text of which is drawn from
the prospectus for the 1937 edition of Equinox of the Gods and the unabridged
typescript of the Confessions. This is printed in black with red
embellishments. Then follows 26 leaves
printed on one side with the text printed in black bordered with remarkable
coloured illustrations by Sue Jameson, the talented professional artist with
deep involvement in Thelemic occultism. Then the manuscript is reproduced in
red over 66pp. Bound in green cloth with red end papers a striking and talismanic
publication Fine no dustwrapper, as
issued Order No. 870150 £150
Aleister
Crowley, Book of Thoth, Weiser
1986 Paperback xii + 287pp Illustrated including coloured plates. Forming
Equinox Vol.III No.5, A.C.'s discussion of the structure & symbolism of his
tarot pack is without comparison.
rather worn Good only Order No. 870046 £4
Aleister
Crowley, Collected Works, Volume I, Yogi Publications not dated (1980s?).
Hardback 269pp. Has Aceldama; Tale of Archais; Songs of Spirit; The Opem;
Jephtah; Mysteries; Jezebel and Other tragic Poems; An Appeal to the American
Republic; Fatal Force; Mother's Tragedy; Temple of the Holy Ghost; Carmen
Saeculaire; Tannhauser. Foxing to pstedowns, preliminaries and page edges Good
only Order No. 870157 £10
Aleister
Crowley, Confessions, Autohagiography, Arkana 1989 Paperback
960pp Pls Ed. Symonds & Grant Cover slightly creased, slight wear
but Good + sound copy Order No.
870109 £30
Aleister
Crowley, DCLXXI Liber Pyramidos, A Ritual of Self-Initiation Based Upon the
Formula of the Neophyte, Heka
Baka n.d. (1980's) Card covered booklet , 8pp A.'.A.'. ritual sometimes
difficult to obtain. Very Good Order
No. 870054 £10
Aleister
Crowley, Diary of a Drug Fiend, Sphere
1972 Paperback 382pp The best text as has John Symonds Intro. & footnotes
by Symonds & Grant worn reading
copy Order No. 870074 £3
Aleister
Crowley, Gems from the Equinox, Instructions by Aleister Crowley for his own
Magical Order, New
Falcon 1992 Hardback xxxv + 1133pp
Selected & Pref by Israel Regardie
Very Good clean tight copy Order No. 870079 £20
Aleister
Crowley, Handwritten Letter to, Ethel Archer, undated (July 8th 1932 in a different hand
written in pencil). 2pp on headed notepaper giving an address in Mayfair,
London. About 75 words. Signed AC, with a nice phallic 'A'. A significant
letter as it records Crowley's response after Ethel got back in contact after
her and her husband, Eugene Wieland,
fell out bitterly with Crowley having become disillusioned with
"the guru" more than a decade earlier. She has offered him a copy of
her publication "Wish-Phantasms" and he is enthusiastic about
receiving an inscribed deluxe copy. He expresses delight at her having got in
contct, but is non-commital about meeting. Archer probably got in contact as her
novel Heiroglyph was coming out next year which contained barely fictionalised
account of Crowley and his scene during the Equinox period. Very Good in ornate
glazed frame Order No. 870164 £680
Aleister
Crowley, Konx Om Pax, Essays on Light, Yogi nd (1980s?) Card covers 108pp Very Good Order No. 870019 £5
Aleister
Crowley, Law is for All, The Authorised Popular Commentary to The Book of the
Law, New Falcon 2002
Paperback 302pp Edited by Louis WIlkinson & Hymenaeus Beta Xth OTO
Importantly presents the Wilkinson Introduction, instructive as he was IXth
OTO Reproduction of Ms of Liber Al
& Crowley's comments Coloured Plates of Stele of Revealing Fine Order No. 870116 £75
Aleister
Crowley, Liber Al, Book of the Law, Heka-Baka
not dated (probably early 1980s) Card covered booklet, 32pp, Has "Tunis
Comment" and text of Book of the Law and OTO lamen on back cover. Homely
production values Fine Order No.
870071 £18
Aleister
Crowley, Liber Aleph vel CXI, The Book of Wisdom & Folly, Weiser 2000 Paperback xxxii + 220pp Coloured
frontispiece Intended as Equinox Vol.III No.4, a collection of letters to
Frater Achad when A.C. looked upon him as his magical child. Very informative
prolegomenon by head of the Caliphate OTO
Fine Order No. 870117 £20
Aleister
Crowley, Magical Diaries, Weiser
1997 Paperback 251pp Ed & Intro inc. useful Crowley chronology by Stephen
Skinner. Covers period May to October 1923, when Crowley was in Tunisia,
following his expulsion from Italy by Mussolini Fine Order No. 870095 £20
Aleister
Crowley, Magick, Liber ABA; Book 4 Parts 1-4 Ed Anno Intro Hymenaeus Beta, Weiser 1997 Revised and corrected Edition 894pp (larger format
than 1994 Ed) lxxxiv + 844pp Pls Inc 1st Pub of the A.'.A.'. text Liber Testis
Testitudinis Monumental work of editorialship presents the full work with all 4
parts (It includes Equinox for the Gods). Reaffirms of the often forgotton
contribution of the women that assisted Crowley, Mary Desti & Leila
Waddell. Pls include two coloured images of Stele of Revealing Fine in Fine dustwrapper Order No. 870049
£40
Aleister
Crowley, Magick, Ed. Anno. & Intro. Kenneth Grant, Guild 1986 Hardback xxiv + 511pp. Plates and
illustrations, Being Pt 1 on yoga; Pt 2 on
magical regalia & pt 3 Magick in Theory & Practice. Very Good
dustwrapper, spine quite faded otherwise Very Good Order No. 870089 £12
Aleister
Crowley, Magick Without Tears, New
Falcon 1994 Paperback xxxi + 529pp
Series of epistles written towards the end of Crowley's life. Aside from the
odd glych, it is the man at his most thoughtful and considered Fine Order No. 870034 £18
Aleister
Crowley, Moonchild, Sphere
1972 Paperback 301pp Has the Grant & Symonds footnotes informing the reader
who Crowley is libelling in this important occult novel involving a crucial
magical formulae. Introduction by Kenneth Grant Good Order No. 870059 £7
Aleister
Crowley, Pamphlets, Mandrake
n.d. (c.1993) 13 items of facsimile Crowley ephemera in card envelope (23cm x
32cm) with striking printed cover sheet:- ; La Gauloise (Songs for the Free
French); Creed of the Thelemites; Rites of Eleusis; Your Interest in Magick.
Whilst the thin plastic film covering has been opened at one end it appears
that the envelope itself has not been touched, presumably to avoid damage. It can
be assumed that it contains the following:-
England Stand Fast; La Gauloise (Songs for the Fighting French); New
Year 1903; Madame Tussaud-Besant; Hymn to Pan; the World Teacher; The Avenger;
Songs for Italy; Creed of the Thelemites; Rites of Eleusis; Your Interest in
Magic Aside from plastic film, Mint Order
No. 870133 £40
Aleister
Crowley, Portable Darkness, An Aleister Crowley Reader, Ed. Scott Michaelsen, Solar Books 2007 Paperback 292ppEd. Scott
Michaelsen Forewords by Genisis P. Orridge & Robert Anton Wilson.Selections
of material under the headings Qabalah
& Magick, Yoga & Magick, Sex & Magick, Book of the Law, Book of
Lies. Also a brief chronology of Crowleys life and a very useful bibliography
of works by Crowley & others Fine Order
No. 870068 £7
Aleister
Crowley, Tao Teh King, Liber CLVII, Askin
& Weiser 1976 Paperback 116pp Preface Stephen Skinner Spine browned Good + Order No. 870022 £8
Aleister
Crowley, Tarot Divination, First Published as A Description of the Cards of the
Tarot in the Equinox Vol.I No.8, Weiser
1981 65pp card covers Good Order No.
870065 £4
Aleister
Crowley, The Banned Lecture, Gilles de Rais, Barker 1982 Small format card covered, booklet 24pp
Introduction by A.J.Barker Very Good Order
No. 870056 £5
Aleister
Crowley, The Dangers of Mysticism, Liber HHH, Heka Baka nd (c1985?) Card covered booklet
16pp homely production values Very Good
Order No. 870072 £10
Aleister
Crowley, The Holy Books of Thelema, Weiser
1988 Paperback xvl + 270pp The Class A Thelemic texts, those most clearly
inspired, with substantial & very useful Preface attributed to Hymenaeus
Alpha Fine Order No. 870047 £40
Aleister
Crowley, The Last Ritual, Mandrake
Press Large format card covers Frontispiece by Frieda Harris 12pp Crowley's funeral
service Very Good Order No. 870129 £5
Aleister
Crowley, The Stratagem, and Other Stories, Mandrake Press nd 1st
Ed (c1929) Small format 6ins x 4.5ins
139pp cloth spine paper label, snakeskin design paper covered boards. Spine and
edges very worn indeed. Spine label illegible being very worn, with some loss. Text block sound Order No. 870151 £90
Aleister
Crowley, Thelema, Holy Books of Thelema, IHO 1999 Paperback 94pp
Fine Order No. 870086 £9
Aleister
Crowley, Vindication of Nietzsche, Heka
Baka nd (1980's) 29pp card covered booklet
Very Good Order No. 870076 £10
Amado
Crowley, Lewd Ghosts, Magic, Sex and Horror, Diamond 1994 Paperback 229pp Author has claimed for decades to
be Aleister Crowley's biological son, a contention not shared by informed
opinion. A curious example of people expressing an identity with or special
relation to Crowley Very Good Order
No. 870069 £6
Amado
Crowley, Quest Magic, Diamond
Books 1997 Paperback 253pp Illustrations
Very Good Order No. 870055 £6
Amado
Crowley, Riddles of Aleister Crowley, Diamond
1992 Paperback 187pp Amusing spuriousity
Fine Order No. 870031 £7
Amado
Crowley, Secrets of Aleister Crowley, Diamond
1991 Paperback 182pp Curious spuriosity
Fine Order No. 870032 £7
Amado
Crowley, Wrath of Aleister Crowley, Diamond
Books 1994 Paperback 168pp Very Good Order
No. 870030 £7
Lon
Milo Duquette, C. Hyatt & Aleister Crowley, Enochian World of Aleister
Crowley, New Falcon 1991
Paperback 161pp Fine Order No.
870081 £7
Aleister
Crowley & Barn Jehovi, Aleister Crowley 666, Dressed To Kill 2000 Two audio CDs with 8pp
insert One Cd features the usual recordings of Crowley's voice, the other
Thelemically themed ambient music by Barn Jehovi. CDs Mint inserts, Fine, crack
to plastic case Order No. 870161 £12
Aleister
Crowley (scribed by), The Book of the Law, Liber Al vel Legis, Red Wheel / Weiser 2004 Hardback 158pp
Centenial Edition published 100 years after the text's reception, printed in
red and black with facsimile of manuscript as per instructions. Black
endpapers Fine Order No. 870008 £15
Aleister
Crowley & David Curwen, Brother Curwen and Brother Crowley, A
Correspondence, Teitan
Press 2010 Hardback xlviii + (8pp) plates + 136pp numbered Limited edition of
777. Forward is by Tony Matthews, grandson of David Curwen. Edited and
Introduction by Henrik Bogdan. A glamour of mystery has shrouded the name of
David Curwen for decades. The man made IXth OTO by Crowley, who provided the
temple for Kenneth Grant’s Nu-Isis lodge meetings as described in Hecate’s
Fountain . It is difficult to imagine what cache of correspondence might be
more interesting, and this book does not disappoint. For a start, Curwen was
well read in magic and tantra, knowing more than Crowley in some areas. He was
skeptical as to Crowley’s claims and they became distant. Curwen felt that the
sexual instructions of the higher degrees of the OTO taught him little that he
did not already know. Indeed Henrik Bogdan’s introduction is most instructive
in describing the Curwen’s investigation of tantra, including membership of the
enigmatic Holy Order of Krishna in the 1930’s (which was based in India, but
aware of Crowley and adopted some of his teachings). Curwen gave Grant
instruction concerning the kaulas in tantra and can be considered a major
influence upon the Typhonian OTO Fine
in Fine dustwrapper Order No. 870028 £40
Melusine
Draco, Thelemic Handbook, A Practical Guide to the Works of Aleister Crowley, Ignotus Press 2006 Paperback 110pp
Interestinmg independenat approack, now quite scarce Fine Order No. 870084 £35
Lon
Milo DuQuette, The Magick of Aleister Crowley, A Handbook of Rituals of
Thelema, Weiser 2003
Paperback 261pp coloured images of Stele of Revealing on inside covers Fine Order No. 870107 £6.5
Lon
Milo DuQuette, The Magick of Thelema, Weiser
1993 Paperback xvii + 270pp A variant printing with the coloured plates of the
Stele appearing on the inside of the card covers Fine Order No. 870061 £18
James
A. Eshelman, The Mystical and Magical System of the A.'.A.'., College of Thelema 2000 Large format
hardback 11ins x 9ins xiii + 282pp Author was a prominent member of the
Caliphate O.T.O. but resigned to concentrate upon A.'.A.'. Work with Phyllis
Seckler and College of Thelema, Phyllis
Seckler, whose work was acknowledged by Karl Germer, was taught by Jane Wolfe who was taught by Crowley. This work
describes in great clarity the nature of each step in the A.'.A.'. Mint in Fine DW Order No. 870139 £75
Aleister
Crowley and J.F.C. Fuller, The Pathworkings of Aleister Crowley, The Treasure
House of Images, New Falcon
1994 Paperback 160pp. Contributions by Lon Milo DuQuette, David Cherubim, Chris
Hyatt and Nancy Wasserman Fine Order
No. 870044 £15
Kenneth
Grant, Remembering Aleister Crowley, Skoob
1991 1st Ed. Larger format hardback 66pp Reproduces A.C.'s correspondence with
the author & coloured Illustrations of some artwork & regalia. Fine in Fine dustwrapper Order No. 870119
£15
Michael
Moore, Aleister Crowley, A Modern Master, Mandrake 2009 Paperback
216pp Endeavours to set Crowley in context of modern ideaswith reference
to older traditions Fine Order No.
870050 £5
George
T. Mortimer, The Probationer's Handbook, A Manual of Instruction for the
Student of the A.'.A.'., Media
Underground 2008 Paperback 99pp Fine Order
No. 870038 £10
Paul
Newman, The Tregerthen Horror, Aleister Crowley, D. H. Lawrence & Peter
Warlock in Cornwall, Abraxas
Ed. & DGR Books 2005 Larger format paperback 219pp many illustrations.
Breathless rush through occult milieu occasionally connected to Cornwall.
Considerable material regarding Pat Doherty/MacAlpine (mother of Attaturk
Crowley), Meredith Starr, Ithell Colquhoun and others. An enertaining and
interesting read. This copy signed by author, and signed note tipped in Fine Order No. 870012 £20
Rodney
Orpheus, Abrahadabra, Understanding Crowley's Thelemic Magick, Red Wheel / Weiser 2005 Paperback 199pp new
edition with introduction by Lon Milo DuQuette
Fine Order No. 870024 £9
Israel
Regardie, Eye in the Triangle, Llewellyn
1970 1st Ed Hardback Cold Frontispiece + ix + 517pp Excellent for earlier part
of Crowley's life giving a cogent account of his spiritual advances, a mature
appreciation by one who knew his flaws. Some spotting to page edges but Very
Good Order No. 870113 £30
Sandy
Robertson, Aleister Crowley Scrapbook, Quantum 2002 Paperback 128pp Profusely illustrated Fine Order No. 870100 £12
Gerald
Suster, Hitler & the Age of Horus, Sphere 1980 Small format paperback 231pp Plates. Sees Hitler as
a Black Magician perverting the forces of the New Aeon for selfish ends. Good Order No. 870105 £7
Lawrence
Sutin, Do What Thou Wilt, A Life of Aleister Crowley, St. Martin's Press 2000 Paperback viii + 483pp Illustrated. Scholarly
biography Very Good Order No. 870011
£6
John
Symonds, Great Beast, Life & Magic of Aleister Crowley, Panther 1963 Paperback 267pp very worn reading copy Order No. 870153 £2
John
Symonds, Great Beast, Life & Magick of Aleister Crowley, Mayflower
1973 Paperback 464pp worn
reading copy Order No. 870154 £2
John
Symonds, Great Beast, Life & Magick of Aleister Crowley, Mayflower
1973 Paperback 464pp Good +
sound copy Order No. 870156 £4
Various,
Fortean Times, Aleister Crowley, the Great Beast Revealed, January 2008 Large format glossy magazine
80pp. Articles include:- Phil Baker - Life and Times of Crowley; Dr. Dave Evans
- Crowley Lives!; Paul Newman - the Tregerthen Horror (Crowley and mysterious
death in Cornwall); Alan Chapman - Who Let the Greys In (Crowley & alien
contact); Gary Lachman - Wickedest man in the World; Rebecca Fitzgibbon -
Celluloid Occult (Crowley & occult film); Ian Simmons - Magick Potions
(Crowley's cocktails!); Paul Sievking - the Neast & the Broadcaster
(author's Dad's encunters with A.C.); Tim Weinberg - the Last Ritual Very Good Order No. 870134 £25
Nancy
Wasserman, The Weiser Guide to Yoga for Magick, Red Wheel / Weiser 2007 Paperback 116pp
Illustrated. Instruction in yoga to support Thelemic magical endeavour Very Good Order No. 870004 £5
Paul
Weston, Alesiter Crowley and the Aeon of Horus, Avalonian Aeon 2009 Paperback 384pp
Exhilarating rush through the modern occult milieu Fine Order No. 870017 £12
Colin
Wilson, Aleister Crowley, The Nature of the Beast, Aeon Books 2005 Paperback 174pp Fine Order No. 870009 £6
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b)
Austin Osman Spare related items
Robert Ansell
(Compiler & Editor), The Exhibition Catalogues of Austin Osman Spare, A
Handbook for Collectors, Fulgur
2012 Hardback 317pp Aside from reprinting
exhibition catalogues issued in Spare's lifetime includes press reviews, rare
ephemera, chronological selection of signatures and monograms, notes on framing
and 72 plates of artwork exemplars Mint
in Fine dustwrapper Order No. 870010 £20
Oswell
Blakeston, Austin Osman Spare, Black Magician, IHO 15th May 2007 Card covers 162pp Numbered
limited edition of 125 copies, this being copy No. 114. Aside from conventional
numbering each copy is also numbered by means of a bookplate featuring a
reproduction of a vibrationary (ie showing the aura) portrait by Spare plus
title, limitation and copy number. The
book has a translucent dustwrapper with title and another vibrationary portrait
printed on inside flap. Foreword and introductory notes by Clive Harper, the
bibliographer of Spare. Blakeston met Spare in the early 1930’s. Spare painted
an impressive portrait of him, a naturalistic profile is juxtaposed with astral
flame from which faces and forms emerge. In 1933 Blakeston authored an article
for Occult Review in which he sets out to faithfully reproduce the words of
“one of the most remarkable man in London” who is “an initiate”. This is Spare
and the article, here reproduced in 9pp is a striking and often overlooked
account by the artist of the occult nature of his art, its symbolism and so
forth. An important piece that should be read by any with an interest in the
interpretation of Spare’s work. In 1950
Blakeston published a piece called “Magicians in London” in an anthology called
“An Uncertain Element”. Here reproduced in 12pp it is primarily about Spare
whom Blakeston refers to as “.. my best black magician”. An anecdotal account
of Spare, his surprising familiar called Death Posture and his spell work to
control the weather and use of the Surrealist Racing Forecast cards. In 1969 Blakeston published a novel called
For Crying Out Shroud. Chapter 15, reproduced here has a fictional account of
Spare describing various magical workings.
The description is quite unflattering, the author having moved on from his
previous idealisation. In 1936 Blakeston wrote an appreciation of Spare for an
exhibition of his art, the full catalogue here reproduced including three
photographs of Spare at the exhibition. Also reproduced is the 1955 Archer
gallery catalogue which has an appreciation by Kenneth Grant, his first
credited act of publication in the U.K.! Coloured images of twelve of the
pictures exhibited at that show are reproduced. Blakeston also wrote a book
about magic that was never publisher, here are reproduced three chapters one of
which was published as a separate article. About a dozen coloured pictures by
Spare are reproduced as are reproductions of the covers of books by Blakeston
mentioning Spare and some postcards from Spare to Blakeston. Mint in Fine + dustwrapper
Order No. 870101 £200
Mor
Navón & Julián Moguillansky, Earth: Inferno, Fulgur 2005 DVD of film made by Producto
Desecho, this being No.25 of 31 copies in maroon cloth bound clam shell
case; limitation card; 12pp concertina
style leaflet; envelope containing 10 photoprints of behind the scenes when the
film was made in 2002 accompanied by small format 4pp leaflet giving details of
the photos. Appears to be very light dampstaining to cloth otherwise Fine Order No. 870124 £45
Austin
Osman Spare, Dearest Vera, Facsimile Holograph Letters to Vera Wainwright, Fulgur 2011 Large format hardback 173pp,
this being No. 28 of 93 copies bound in quarter leather signed by Kenneth and Steffi Grant who compuiled
the book. The letters are reproduced in facsimile with transcriptions
provided. mint in Fine dustwrapper Order
No. 870145 £90
Austin
Osman Spare, Ethos, The Magical Writings, IHO 2001 Paperback 10ins x 7ins 174pp Printed in four
colours.Coloured frontispiece. Illustrated. Presents four texts:- Micrologus
(aka Axiomata) and Witches Sabbath. Spares ideas concerning the witchcraft are
receiving revived attention by many in the Craft; Book of Pleasure (with
accompanying illustrations), the core text of Spare's occultism previously was
out of print; Mind to Mind and How
which has only been published in Two Tracts of Cartomancy and discusses Spares
ideas relating to divination. Fine Order
No. 870126 £12
Austin
Osman Spare, Exhibition Catalogue, Retrospective Exhibition to Celebrate Publication
of Witches Sabbath & Axiomata, Henry
Boxer / Fulgur 1993 Small format card covers 22pp. Limited Edition of 333
Tipped in frontispiece plate, Chaos by Spare.
Fine Order No. 870114 £18
Austin
Osman Spare, Focus of Life, Redux, Fulgur
2012 Large format hardback (32cm x 26cm) 98pp. One of 88 deluxe copies bound in
quarter vellum with dustwrapper and stout slipcase. Presents very high quality
facsimile reproduction of Focus of Life together with Spare's draft design for
the work which Spare combined with (by far) the most sexually explicit drawings
by Spare that appear to survive. Supported by authoritative essays by Robert
Ansell and Phil Baker. Thus Spares creative process for this crucial text is
revealed All components at least Fine+ Order
No. 870144 £300
Austin
Osman Spare, Surrealist Racing Forecast Cards, Fulgur 1998 25 small format cards in
envelope each carrying same automatic drawing of head with horses emerging from
hair. Numbered 25 - 50 (so that the cards numbers are not confused with a
horses race number?) and held in small format manilla envelope ink stamped with
title etc. Intended to assist picking
of winners. The publisher wnet to great efforts tp produce a facsimile that is
effectively identical to those produced by Spare. Given Spare died in modest circumstances their effectiveness
cannot be guarenteed never-the-less a curious item. Fine Order No. 870163 £35
Austin
Osman Spare, The Valley of Fear, Fulgur
2007 Large format (32cm x 24cm) this being 43 of 700 copies signed by Rob
Ansell. xi Preliminaries and
Prolegomenon and 20 coloured reproductions printed on one side of the paper,
one forming the frontispiece. The illustrations are Spare at his best, finely
drawn morphing grotesque figures, strangely beautiful and ugly, inhabit fantasy
landscapes Mint in Fione dustwrapper Order
No. 870148 £75
Austin
Osman Spare, Two Tracts on Cartomancy, Fulgur 1997 1st Ed Card covered book with dustwrapper 38pp Very
substantial Intro by Gavin Semple. Presents instructions for Spare's Surrealist
Forecast Cards. Also included is Mind to Mind & How by A Sorcerer, a
pseudonymous article by Spare wherein he gives directions for developing ones
own system of divinatory cards and the illustrations present some examples of
those devised by Spare. Excellent production values. Bookmark enclosed Fine Order No. 870152 £40
Kenneth
& Steffi Grant, Austin Osman Spare, Zos Speaks, Fugur 1998 Large format hardback (11ins x
8ins) 295pp Many illustrations including coloured. Important work presenting
the Grants' account of their relationship with Spare (reproducing
correspondence etc) plus the Book of Zos vel Thanatos being Spares previously
unpublished magical writings. Corner of one page damaged otherwise Fine in Fine DW Order No. 870142 £135
Austin
Osman Spare (Illus), The Starlit Mire, by James Bertram & F.Russell, Temple 1989 Hardback No. Ltd Ed of 500 72pp
op edge gilt 10 Illus by Spare gilt blocked cover Facsimile of 1911 1st Ed
published in association with Temple of Psychic Youth Fine Order No. 870027 £30
Various, Austin Osman Spare 1886-1956, Divine Draughtsman, Beskin Press 1987 Large format (11.5ins x 8ins) Card Covs 40pp Illus inc. Cold Pls. Ian Law on Spare's life; Genesis P. Orridge - Time Mirrors, the Art of Spare; Lionel Snell - Exploring Spare's Magic some crease around Spine Very Good Order No. 870136 £45
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Cultus Sabbati Related Items
Andrew
Chumbley, Opuscula Magica, Volume I, Witchcraft and the Sabbatic Tradition, Three Hands Press 2010 One of 726 copies
hand numbered copies bound in charcoal cloth with dustwrapper, textured black
endpapers. Spine gilt blocked. pp149
Has 5 full page illustrations and over 20 vignettes, all by the author. A major
vehicle for the presentation of ideas were articles in pagan and occult journals.
Previously these important texts have been fiendishly difficult to track down.
Some are now collected here with an
Introduction and helpful notes by Daniel A. Schulke (which are quoted and
paraphrased here to assist this description);-
Proem – previously unpublished
A Short Critique and Comment Upon Magic –
explores solitude as a tutelary genius and visionary art as a vessel of Gnosis
Heart of the Sorcerer – remarkable for
its early clarity of magical vision and the introduction of the term “Sabbatic
Witchcraft”.
Question of Sacrifice – a provocative
statement uncharacteristically written for a neo-pagan audience
The Hermit – Explores individual
engagement with the path and warns against the many character defects that
plague occultism.
Hekas – Draws together disparate magical
strands to illustrate the Sabbat as a trans-aeonic vehicle of sorcery
The Secret Nature of Ritual – Described
by Andrew as “…an essay which deals with the geometry of magical ritual and the
manner in which it expresses ‘Time’”
What is Traditional Craft? – a
controversial article when first published, especially amongst American
Wiccans.
The Golden Chain and the Lonely Road –
Describes the initiatory processes known within the Sabbatic Tradition
Initiation and Access to Magical Power in
Early Modern Cunning Craft and Modern Traditional Craft – Published here for
the first time, a lecture given at the Museum of Witchcraft, Boscastle.
An Interview with Andrew D. Chumbley Mint in Fine DW Order No. 870137 £90
Andrew
Chumbley, Opuscula Magica, Volume II, Essays on Witchcraft and Crooked Path
Sorcery, Three Hands Press
2011 Hardback 126pp Numbered limited edition of 726 copies, Magick is Not For
All; The Crooked path; the Sabzean Torch, Gnosis for the Flesh Eternal; s
Scattering of Dust From the Wing of a Moth; Cult of the Divine Artist, History
of Teachings of the Crooked path; Seven Shades of Solitude; Cultus Sabbati,
Dreams Provenance and Magistry, The Sabbatic Cultus, an Interview. 9 full page
illustrations plus others Fine in Fine
DW Order No. 870128 £120
Andrew
Chumbley, Qutub, Xoanon
2008 Hardback 86pp Illustrated. Limited edition of 772 copies. Numbered limited
edition of 700 copies. Half of this
work consists of a mystic poem of 72 verses (plus one for zero and one for
infinity), the remainder a commentary plus eleven illustrations and a glossary.
The author finds in Sufism, the beliefs of the Yezidi and certain Berber
heretical cults the counterparts of the Traditional Witchcraft as manifested in
the Cultus Sabbatai Fine Order No.
870077 £150
Robert
Fitzgerald, A Gathering of Masks, Three
Hands Press 2010 Numbered limited edition of 462pp. Hardback 142pp Coloured endpapers,
gilt blocked covers in elegant gold coloured dustwrapper . The author is an
initiate of the Cultus Sabbati. Here he presents an Arabic retelling of the
Cain mythos. Then "By Seal and Sphere, a Short History of Astral Magic,
both texts being precursors to an exploration of Liber 231, being Crowley's
highly abbreviated chart of the Qlipoth of the 22 Hebrew letters/tarot trumps.
This exploration is not a question of academic research but rather courageous
projection of the consciousness into the astral and the recording of the
experience, together with some subsequent commentary. These magical workings,
involving the author and a colleague, took a period of ten years to complete.
The book is graced with three
full-page illustrations by Barry Hale (Liber 49, Fulgur etc.) In Liber 231
Crowley advances two sets of sigils for the Qlipoth, but the clear implication
is that more sets are yet to be discovered. The illustrations are mandalas of
the Qlipoth, each one a set of sigils, either Crowley's or the set derived from
the workings performed by the author and his colleague.
Thelemic Magic and Cultus
Sabbati might, superficially, appear quite disparate vectors of occultism,
however, there has long been a fundamental interaction with a striking
resonance between Crowley's ritual crucifixion of a frog and the Waters of the
Moon ceremony. Of course, a number of articles by Andrew Chumbley were
published in Starfire, the journal associated with the Typhonian OTO, which has
been most active in realising the magical power potential of the qlipoth. This
book is an important manifestation of the interaction between these vectors.
Components of one of the mandalas
appear upon the dustwrapper Fine in
Fine DW Order No. 870029 £120
Daniel
Schulke, Pelican / Zoësis, Original Pen
and Ink Drawing on paper, Not
dated (2008) When completed, described thus by artist:- "The Pelican is a
rare and beloved vessel in the Spagyric Art, but it may take diverse forms,
including the Flesh of Man or wing shades the implicit Autosexual praxis of
Zoesis using the human vessel as the circulator." Sigilised by the
artist. Fine in glazed frame Order
No. 870162 £270
Daniel
Schulke, Viridarium Umbris, The Pleasure Garden of Shadows, Xoanon 2005 Numbered limited edition of 57),
(xviii) + 518pp Illustrated. The author is the Magister and Verdelet of the
Cultus Sabbatai, the witchcraft order previously headed by Andrew Chumbley.
This is a beautiful book. Handbound in green in sage green cloth which shimmers
as the leaves of the herb sage do, perhaps chosen for the reference to wisdom
in the name. Copper blocked on the spine and front board with elegant symbolic
decoration designed by the author whose striking illustrations appear
throughout the book. Most of these illustration depict the genius of particular
plants which command their healing powers. The nature of this herbalism is
deeply magical and occult. The author displays impressive knowledge of herbal
lore and magical practice using plants. This work is an major component of the
corpus of books born of the Cultus Sabbatai, perhaps one of the most
interesting magical witchraft currents operating at the present time Fine Order No. 870052 £450
Daniel
A. Schulke, Ars Philtron, Edition Codex Vasculum, Xoanon 2008 Hardback 301pp Hand numbered
limited edition of 720, this being copy no 369.Illustrations by the author.
Sorcerous herbalism! Fine Order No.
870006 £165
Daniel
Schulke (Forward), The Occult Reliquary, Three Hands Press 2010 Large format hardback (29cm x 21cm) One
of 675 standard copes bound in scarlet cloth 219pp. Aside from 1pp Forward by Daniel A. Schulke and 4pp Introduction
by Graham King the book is given over to illustrations and coloured plates (of
excellent quality) of the Richel-Eldermans Collection held by the Museum of
Witchcraft. The selection of images has been done to best represent the
collection, with no avoidance of controversial issues. The images are presented
without comment, so that "the mystery of their creation and use may be
conveyed". The sheer enigma of the
collection is, surely, its most salient feature. This collection of artwork and
artefacts was the creation of Eldermans and
his small group of associates. Clearly they were aware of the OTO and A.'.A.'., Gerald Gardner, freemasonry
and classic works concerning witchcraft as references occur as components of
the images. The age of the pictures seems to vary considerably, from pre-war to
the 1970's. It would appear that the images and artefacts are the result of
artistic research and creation. Perhaps interested parties contributed images
in return for access to portions of the collection. Important themes include
sexualised magical endeavour, folk magic, sigils, freemasonry, occasional
references to more famous occult orders like the A.'.A.'. as well as a hint of
sado-masochistic imagery and occasionally seventies fashion. One gets the
impression that Eldermans administered a system by which he and other artists
explored their imagination and knowledge of occult themes to create striking
images, which are contributed to the greater project. Certainly some of the
images are contrived. Components of old images of demons are given quite
different significances in new compositions (such as an old illustration of a
grotesque demon with protruding tongue becoming part of a representation of
magical cunnilingus). Some of the apparently scholarly references appear false
and some of the sigils appear "deep and meaningless", designed for
visual impact rather than encoded significance (though there is a good deal of
that in grimoire literature!). However, such a mechanism of exploring
imagination and knowledge can be expected to be potentially highly fertile and
the Eldermans collection is certainly that. The section on mandrakes is truly excellent,
and advances ideas concerning their uses considerably. There are many other
cases where very interesting perceptions and practices are preserved in image
and artefact. The ethos of folk magic and witchcraft, secret magical practice
expressed in the crafts of the common people, is particularly powerful in the
collection. The Museum of Witchcraft and Three Hands Press have performed a
public service by making these images available. I expect more will become
known about Eldermans and his associates and anyone assessing witchcraft
artefacts and images will have to be cognoscent of his work. Fine in Fine dustwrapper Order No. 870143
£200
Various,
Psalterium Caini (Psalter of Cain), Xoanon
2012 Standard Limited to 701 numbered
copies. Coloured, contoured endpapers, gilt blocked cloth. The whole book is
printed in letterpress – ie old fashioned metal type and plates covered in wet
ink and pressed onto the paper – twice - as it is printed in two colours
throughout (three, including the frontispiece). This gives the image an
otherwise unobtainable crispness, as well as a special sensuality as the image
is pressed into the paper – so one can actually feel it! Though generally
considered the best form of printing in terms of quality, letterpress is very rarely
used nowadays. It does justice to the haunting and powerful illustrations. A
delight to behold. This exposition of Cultus Sabbati lore is authored by a body
of Sabbatic Initiates and has always envisaged as a collective work. It has,
therefore, the special significance that it is born of the cultus, ie the
collective, rather than an individual. Indeed, these texts are “adapted from
the private devotional materials of the covines, lodges and solitary
practitioners of the Cultus Sabbati and the Companie of the Serpent Cross, its
outer sodality.” Much previously private material, including actual magical
texts is, here, shared with the world. It expresses the magical nature of Cain
as worked in the Cultus. This book is a stunning vehicle for His presence. Mint Order No. 870026 £250
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Some Other Cultus Sabbati Items
These
items can be viewed here:-
http://www.caduceusbooks.com/nextlist-3-17/other-cultus.htm
4) Ordo Templi Solus Noir
items. A magical Order born out of the Typhonian OTO with connection to Andrew
Chumbley.
Prices start at £7.50!
These items can
be viewed here:-
http://www.caduceusbooks.com/nextlist-3-17/damian.htm
5) Picture by Golden Dawn artist
http://www.caduceusbooks.com/nextlist-3-17/steiger.htm