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For Sale and Wanted - Scarlet Imprint announce The Red Goddess Solstice 08 Edition
luciferrofocale - Jun 13, 2008 - 08:24 AM
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Dear Friends,
Scarlet Imprint are delighted to announce the publication of: The Red Goddess for midday Summer Solstice June 21.
This title is now available for you to order.
The Red Goddess is an octavo book of 260pp, printed throughout in red and black ink, and with four luscious plates.
The standard edition is strikingly bound in white book cloth, scarlet endpapers, and embossed with the seven pointed star of BABALON. Each and every book is perfumed and consecrated.
It is being prepared in a strictly limited and hand-numbered edition of seven hundred and seventy-seven copies.
A copy can be yours for thirty-seven English pounds plus postage.
In addition, 49 devotee copies of The Red Goddess are being quarter bound in black moroccan goat and finished in scarlet silk with hand marbled endpapers. These fine books will be bound by Brian Settle. Each one a work of art and rare beauty in a world of mass production. We will only sell these direct to individuals who contact us and explain why they wish to own a copy, a necessary step given the speculators who seek to profit from our work.
These are magickal books, for a magickal purpose, and that is their value.
We do accept installments, as we want our books to reach the right people.
The devotee copies will each cost an hundred and fifty six English pounds plus secure delivery.
The Red Goddess is an ecstatic journey through the unheard history of BABALON, from Revelations back through the Ishtar Gate and forward into a living modern magickal current.
This is an explicit and challenging vision of a very modern Goddess coming into power. This is more than a history, it is a passionate account of living magick and the transcendent power of Love.
The epic sweep of the text takes us from Babylon to Jerusalem to Rome, and onwards to Apocalypse.
It looks at the angelic work of renaissance mage John Dee.
It lays bare the excesses of Aleister Crowley, and unlocks the secrets of Waratah Blossoms.
It explains the immolation of the Californian antichrist-superstar Jack Parsons and his relationship with Scientology founder L.Ron Hubbard.
This is the missing history of the Holy Whore.
Thirteen essays conclude the book on subjects including: roses, mirror magick, BDSM, aphrodisiac drugs, the information age, love vs lust, and the meaning of apocalypse.
Intelligent and balanced reviews for the previous edition from both readers and people of standing in the occult community can be found at www.scarletimprint.com
Those working with Ishtar, Inanna, Lilith, Kali, Sekhmet, Bast, Freya, Pomba Gira, Erzulie, witchcraft, Tantra, sacred sex and ritual transgression will find much here to intrigue, inspire and challenge them.
The Red Goddess is suitable for anyone with blood in their veins, regardless of tradition, background or experience.
It is a Love story.
To secure your copy please credit our paypal account for £37 plus postage scarletimprint@gmail.com
Postage rates are:
UK First Class £4
Europe £6
Worldwide £10
If you do not have a paypal account and wish to pay by cheque (uk residents only), please email us and we will forward you our postal address.
If you need our IBAN and SWIFT numbers for an international bank transfer again, email us and we will provide you with them.
Full details can be found at www.scarletimprint.com
This is an important book for these times.
In Nomine Babalon
Scarlet Imprint x
ptoner - Jun 13, 2008 - 09:25 AM
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excellent news...
I missed this first time round due to the 156 issued and am now glad i did... now expanded by over 100 pages...
Just placed my order! 
luciferrofocale - Jun 13, 2008 - 09:36 AM
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Not expanded, just reformatted as an octavo, hence the higher page count.
The additions are four colour plates, a bibliography and an index.
Sure you will enjoy it.
It is looking lovely with the red and black ink.
In Nomine Babalon
Peter
ptoner - Jun 13, 2008 - 10:21 AM
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Many thanks for clarifying that Peter.
so what size or format is the octavo?
Vlad_Kiosk - Jun 13, 2008 - 11:25 AM
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Octavo is the size and format, as opposed to, say, quarto or folio.
ptoner - Jun 13, 2008 - 11:45 AM
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hmmm yes but which type of Octavo...
see below options.....
format - size
Foolscap octavo - (6¾" by 4¼")
Crown octavo - (7½" by 5")
Demy octavo - (8¾" by 5⅝")
Royal octavo - (10" by 6¼")
Vlad_Kiosk - Jun 13, 2008 - 01:22 PM
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Oh, I see.
Can't say I've ever adopted, or needed, such a level of classification in my experience of the book trade.
I guess you'll have to wait on the word of the publisher!
luciferrofocale - Jun 14, 2008 - 09:04 AM
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156mm by 234mm, which sounds a lot better than the measurement in inches for some reason...
Treadwells - Jun 26, 2008 - 09:13 AM
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Quick note to say Treadwell's now have this edition in stock. We're happy to post worldwide. £37.00 plus postage (we accept paypal). Those in London are invited to call in and pick up their copies in person, of course.
Christina
FraterNuin - Jun 26, 2008 - 10:26 AM
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Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
My copy arrived to Australia 2 days ago, and I have to say, this is one of the most beautiful looking books I have ever seen. And having just started to read it (timing is everything) the writing style of Mr Grey is outstanding.
And I do apologise if this sounds like a paid advertisement, that is not intended.
Love is the law, love under will.
LittleAlickGrewUp - Jun 26, 2008 - 12:35 PM
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I got my copy of the Scarlet Goddess a few days ago, and to put it bluntly, it has been uputdownable. Vibrant stuff.
It does "exactly what it says on the tin" as it were, and does cover everything it sets out to. I read about sixty-five percent of it over the weekend (including the last chapter, naughty me!) - its a great piece of work from what I have read already. Easily offended readers shouldn't really read it, as it contains a lot of material about sex magick, drug use and anti-christian ideas.
There is some material about Crowley, but he certainly doesn't dominate the book.
Red Goddess is dark, but it isn't the faux-'darkness' of Konstantinos or the other gothic-witch writers but a deep blood red. The language is provocative, evocative and grey really sells you on the idea of Babalon.
My only problem is, there seems to be a nihilistic undercurrent... Petite Mort yes, apocalypse, no thank you!!
I love the idea of throwing yourself into life and grabbing it by the horns, experiencing new things etc and pushing boundaries, but grey seems to be pushing the embrace of the negative a little too much... a great book, well written, but one to be viewed sensibly and cautiously after mental preparation.
Even soldiers in warzones wear flak jackets...
9/10
TerraNull - Jun 28, 2008 - 04:20 AM
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I got my copy of The Red Goddess a few days ago and I've done little more than read it since it arrived. It's a gorgeous book. It was expensive (at US$93 incl shipping), but 3/4 of the way through it, I can tell you: Man is it worth every penny! This is a serious piece of business. I'm not a Thelemite, nor a card-carry member of any tradition, but I am a practicing Tantrist and have studied and used various Western and Eastern practices for most of my life. I've never NOT been a devotee of The Goddess. With that as background, I count this as one of the best books I've ever read in the field. Peter Grey is a phenomenal writer. He's obviously well-researched, well-read, and well-practiced, but there's a relaxed, cocky, almost punk-rock style to his prose. There's real heart, gut, and immediacy here, and a kind of intoxicated lyricism -- it's gonzo occultism! But that's all balanced with sound scholarship, big ideas, and a palpable devotion to the subject matter. This is a man who LOVES his Holy Whore. As to do I. I'm so thrilled to be able to add this book as a tool in my devotion.
I can't recommend this book highly enough. I can only hope that after he's exhausted the 777 copies in this edition, he puts out a cheaper general market version. This is few nights in bed with the Goddess (I've been up till dawn the last two nights reading it) that everyone working with Her (or those just interested in knowing what the attraction is) should experience.
luciferrofocale - Jul 28, 2008 - 11:26 AM
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Many thanks for all the kind words, we are continuing to send copies of The Red Goddess out around the world.
The devotee edition should be ready shortly, and promises to be truly exquisite.
I have an article on Parsons and the Witchcraft out in the latest Oracle magazine which may also be of interest. This is an essay that we will republish in due course through Scarlet Imprint.
I can also confirm that I will be speaking on BABALON at the Thelemic Symposium in Oxford this October.
All my best,
In Nomine Babalon
Peter Grey
nuhad418 - Jul 29, 2008 - 06:58 PM
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I got my copy last week (very fast delivery) and I have to agree with the above comments. It is a refreshing read to be sure. Great job (I was going to put great work but that just seemed silly )
alysa - Jul 30, 2008 - 05:46 AM
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I just finished my reading of the book "The Red Goddes" and I must say that the book is impressive, save only that I must say that with me the impression only started with the chapter about John Parsons, but that can be due to the fact that I for a few years read already an anouncement of a lecture that was to be given by the author and some other anouncements in relation with the book.Author is a worshipper of Her and you ofcourse feld that very well. I do not already know where I am going to give the book a more proper stay in the house where I live, am I going to led it stay with my for me more important books of Mr. Crowley, and works in relation with him, I do not already know. Maybe because of the fact that I'm not a worshipper of the Red Goddes myself and do not know what to do with the book as do more other people seem to know, though I have very much respect for Her and I am ofcourse very much willing to give it a nice place in the house.
oneiros - Jul 30, 2008 - 11:22 PM
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Um, I thought this had already been issued as a 'limited edition' ?
How many limited editions can you have of one book? Shall I wait for the next 'limited edition' and see if the price comes down a bit? It is, although nicely bound up, only a digital print book after all.
o
oneiros - Jul 31, 2008 - 02:12 PM
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oneiros wrote: › How many limited editions can you have of one book?
Oh yeah, here it is - website of the Publisher's Association (http://www.osi.hu/cpd/resources/paglossary.htm#l), 'The Glossary of Book Trade Terminology':
"limited edition: a book published on the basis that a stated number of copies will be printed regardless of demand. Such titles are often individually numbered by hand and may achieve rarity value for collectors."
I assume "regardless of demand" would be the key phrase here.
What d'you think, Peter?
o
sethur666 - Jul 31, 2008 - 03:09 PM
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Did I not read of "100 more pages"? Surely that means that each edition is different, and limited? For that matter, Atlantis Bookshop produced a limited edition of The Book of the Law - there are loads of editions around but this was illustrated. Fulgur used to do a number of different editions of each book they did, with more expensive cover, binding and paper for the smaller runs.
nashimiron - Jul 31, 2008 - 03:12 PM
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oneiros wrote: › I assume "regardless of demand" would be the key phrase here.
Oneiros, are you suggesting he's shamelessly whoring it? 
By the way what do you mean by it being a digital print book? I haven't seen a copy of it in the flesh as it were, so I don't know anything about the quality of the production but it looks good on the promotion photo's.
Come next payday I'm considering blowing my load on a copy, but might think twice if it's been banged out on an old dot matrix.
Erwin - Jul 31, 2008 - 03:29 PM
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nashimiron wrote: › Come next payday I'm considering blowing my load on a copy
For everyone else's sake, hopefully you'll buy that copy first.
Erwin
Camlion - Jul 31, 2008 - 03:44 PM
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Erwin wrote: ›
nashimiron wrote: › Come next payday I'm considering blowing my load on a copy
For everyone else's sake, hopefully you'll buy that copy first.
Erwin
Or else risk being banned from the bookstore for life.
amadan-De - Jul 31, 2008 - 04:03 PM
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If you direct your eyes to the top three posts in this thread - not 100 more pages, different format hence increased pagination. New to this edition; red and black text, four gloss plates, bibliography and index.
I have this and like it a lot - form and content both.
The use of two colour text is a nice aesthetic touch. Can't say if it is a 'digital print' book or not but it definitely looks nicer than "banged out on an old dot matrix".
oneiros - Jul 31, 2008 - 05:26 PM
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Quote: › Oneiros, are you suggesting he's shamelessly whoring it?
I would certainly hope so. Why is it always the girls who have to go around being the Whores, Babylons, and whathaveyous? Thelema would be a bit of a boy's game otherwise, wouldn't it?
Quote: › By the way what do you mean by it being a digital print book? I haven't seen a copy of it in the flesh as it were, so I don't know anything about the quality of the production but it looks good on the promotion photo's.
Means it's produced by a process similar to 'publish-on-demand' - like a big-scale photocopier. It isn't printed on a press in the way that bookmen (and bookwomen, and booksluts like me) with specialised tastes (or hungers...) think of as 'printing'. But the bindings more than make up for the insides being done a bit on the cheap - I love 'em of course and will keep on buying their gear. Still say the 'limited edition' bit is cheating tho'.
o
sethur666 - Aug 01, 2008 - 06:05 AM
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No no no. If any aspect of the edition is unique, and the edition has a set limited print run, it's a limited edition. This phrase has NEVER meant it will never be re-published in a different format - for a start, when copyright runs out anyone can print it.
oneiros - Aug 01, 2008 - 10:33 AM
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sethur666 wrote: › No no no. If any aspect of the edition is unique, and the edition has a set limited print run, it's a limited edition. This phrase has NEVER meant it will never be re-published in a different format - for a start, when copyright runs out anyone can print it.
Thanks Steve - as always we can learn much from your very interesting and unusual perspective.
o
Walterfive - Aug 07, 2008 - 09:14 PM
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oneiros wrote: ›
Why is it always the girls who have to go around being the Whores, Babylons, and whathaveyous? Thelema would be a bit of a boy's game otherwise, wouldn't it?
Baby, you obviously never have known some of the bretheren that I have known! I would have sworn in 1990 that Boston brother Dennis King had completely stolen the title of "Little Tramp" from Charlie Chaplin! 
Flagsofscarlet - Aug 10, 2008 - 11:04 AM
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Baby, do you ever do anything but brag? If you have nothing useful to add, stay away, (oto) off!!!!
ianrons - Aug 10, 2008 - 02:35 PM
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DITTO, Flagsofscarlet. Whatever personal battle you are waging with Walterfive, evident from your previous posts, please take it elsewhere.