There are many fascinating items in the latest list from Midian Books, most at remarkable ‘sale’ prices.
Read on for the complete list…
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Greetings
Wishing all Midian customers the best for 2014. For your amusement, read a mini review of 2013 at the link below.
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The annual Midian sale is split into 3 parts. Firstly, a list of new books at reduced prices, available in strictly limited numbers. Original price has been struck through thus. The next section are secondhand titles, again, if available at a higher price previously, that price has been struck through. Finally, a short section of books from the library of the late Dave Evans. All proceeds from the sale of these books go to the Museum of Witchcraft so give generously. NB. PLEASE NOTE ALL POSTAGE FOR SALE ITEMS IS AT COST. Please email with your list of titles and I will reply with postage cost. As always, if you are not in the UK, please don’t pick 20 titles and then be surprised to find the postage far outweighs the value of the books!!!
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New Titles
HERE TO GO
1st 2012 80pp Edda trade p/b. Ltd. Ed. 500 copies.
Here To Go 2012 is an anthology published together with the Here To Go: Art, Counter Culture and the Esoteric symposium in Trondheim, Norway. It contains texts and essays by all the speakers of the symposium: Carl Abrahamsson, Karen Nikgol, Kendell Geers, Gary Lachman, Andrew M McKenzie and Jesper Aagaard Petersen. In the book is also an additional text by Genesis Breyer P-Orridge. The themes are varied: Crowley on film, occulture, the cut ups, megapolisomancy, the magic of fact vs fiction, the scenography of no-mind, and many other things. A refined and appetizing smörgåsbord of contemporary esoteric philosophy. £19.99 £9.99
THE COMPLETE GRIMOIRE OF POPE HONORIUS
David Rankine and Paul Harry Barron (eds)
1st 2013 248pp Avalonia Press hardback in d/w. Signed by authors.
This being a partial translation of Wellcome MS 4666, with numerous additions translated from the French editions of the Grimoire of Pope Honorius dated 1670, 1760 & 1800, and a new translation of the German edition of 1845.
With introduction and commentary. The Grimoire of Pope Honorius is the first and most important of the French ‘black magic’ grimoires which proliferated across Europe in the 17th-19th centuries. Combining a grimoire of conjurations to demons of the four directions and seven days of the week with a Book of Secrets full of simple charms, the Grimoire of Pope Honorius was second only to the Key of Solomon in the influence it exerted on magicians, charmers and cunning-folk in both rural and urban France. £45.00 £32.00
PRIEST/ESS: IN ADVOCACY OF QUEER GNOSTIC MASS
Michael Effertz
1st 2013 102pp Luxor Media hardback. Blue textured cloth, with gilt titling to the spine and front board. Black and white frontispiece. Ltd. Ed. 220 copies.
Priest/ess harkens back to the ‘mirrors for princes’ literary tradition and offers in-depth philosophical, magical, sociological and historical analyses of gender roles in the central ceremony of Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.) with an aim toward motivating the reformation of O.T.O. policy to openly embrace queer celebrations of the Gnostic Mass. In addition to a series of original essays, Priest/ess includes a robust and suggestive collection of citations from the source material, including the diaries of Aleister Crowley and the writings of Sabazius, current National Grand Master General of United States Grand Lodge O.T.O. While Priest/ess directly addresses the O.T.O., its peerlesss exploration of gender and sexuality in the Gnostic Mass specifically and Thelema generally makes it an item of interest for Thelemites worldwide.” Also includes a 36 page booklet “The Argument That Took the Wrong Turning: A Vindication of Priest/ess and Queer Gnostic Mass in Reply to T Polyphilus” by Michael Effertz. £25.00 £15.00
THE MOONCHILD OF YESOD
Karl Stone
1st 2012 232pp Imaginary Book Co. hardback in dustwrapper.Illus in col. by Stafford Stone. Ltd. Ed. 418 copies.
Subtitled “A Grimoire of Occult Hyperchemistry, or Typhonian Sex Magick”). 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. £65.99 £50.00
INSIDE SOLAR LODGE, BEHIND THE VEIL
Frater Shiva
2012 314pp Desert Star Temple trade p/b. Illus.
Solar Lodge was arguably one of the most controversial of the many occult groups that sprung up in 1960s America. It was founded by a student of one of the original initiates of Agape Lodge of the O.T.O. and taught a system of magick closely based on that of Aleister Crowley. The author, Frater Shiva, joined Solar Lodge at its inception and rose through its ranks before leaving at the time of its implosion in 1972. In 2007 Frater Shiva released “Inside Solar Lodge – Outside the Law,” a book which is part reminiscence, and part “insider history” of the group. At the time of publication Frater Shiva was reticent about chronicling all aspects of the group’s activities, in particular their uses of a “silver talisman,” “Ceremonial Magick,” and “Legal LSD.”
This new publication contains the complete core text of “Inside Solar Lodge – Outside the Law,” largely expanded (to nearly double the size) by Frater Shiva, and adds new insights by former Solar Lodge members Frater Taurus, Frater Jon, and Frater Anubis, as well as Thelemic commentator and author Jerry Cornelius. It also includes a new Foreword by Martin P. Starr, and (mostly) different illustrations to those that were published in “Inside Solar Lodge – Outside the Law.” £19.99 £12.00
GRIST TO WHOSE MILL?
Kenneth Grant
1st 2012 234pp Starfire h/b in d/w. Frontis. Ltd. ed. 1000 copies.
This is the first novel by Kenneth Grant. Written in late 1952 and early 1953, the typescript was thought lost for many years. A welcome addition to Kenneth Grant’s substantial and diverse body of work, it is now published for the first time as the latest in the novella series of Nightside Narratives. £25.00 £15.00
SCOTTISH WITCHES AND WARLOCKS
Michael Howard
1st 2012 Three Hands Press trade p/b.
Scottish Witches and Warlocks examines the folk beliefs and magical practices of early modern Scotland, constellated especially around witchcraft. Treating matters of spirit-conjuring, herb-magic, and the Diabolical pact itself, it includes accounts of such peculiar personages as Isobel Gowdie, the Aberdeen Witches, Dr. John Fian and the North Berwick coven, Sir Robert Gordon of Gourdeston, and the Witches of Auldearn. Containing a number of illustrations, it is the third book in Michael Howard’s Witchcraft in the British Isles series. £15.99 £10.00
KAFOU: HAITI, ART AND VODOU CATALOGUE
1st 2012 248pp Nottingham Contemporary hardback in dust wrapper. Prof. illus in colour.
This exhibition catalogue (actually a substantial hardback book) traces the extraordinary history of Haiti’s popular art over seven decades, from pioneers like Hector Hyppolite, Philomé Obin, Wilson Bigaud and Georges Liautaud, promoted in the 1940s and 50s by André Breton and the Surrealists, to exciting contemporary figures like Myrlande Constant, Edouard Duval- Carrié, Frantz Zéphirin and the Atis Rezistans group. Its focus is the abiding significance of Vodou in the art of Haiti’s urban and rural poor. Haitian Vodou has been a constant source of inspiration and imagery for Haiti’s popular art, and that art is often at its most visionary and inventive when reflecting its influence. Furthermore, Vodou, which is practiced in some shape or form by most Haitians, is key to understanding Haiti’s culture and history. The book documents a major exhibition presented at Nottingham Contemporary in 2012 curated by Alex Farquharson and Leah Gordon. Kafou means crossroads in Haitian Creole, a key concept in Vodou. £25.00 £15.00
FOSFOROS
Johannes Nefastos
1st 2012 226pp Ixaxaar hardback in dustwrapper. Ltd. ed. 1100 copies.
From the publisher – “One of the most intellectually sophisticated and in-depth texts of modern Satanism/ Left Hand Path and its spirituality ever produced. This valuable occult study delves the student of the Left Hand Path into a comprehensive philosophical system providing a Study on the Being & Essence of Satan, exploring topics such as the Philosophy of God, Philosophical Anthropology, Eschatology, Metaphysics, Cosmology, and various other subjects of Satanism and Mysticism that will guide the serious seeker to form a complete worldview. With the aim of total unity and of understanding opposites, considering even the most wrathful arguments of the downward path of the soul’s death in an unbiased way, Fosforos seeks to build on the fundamental doctrine of Oneness: the quintessences of both the Right Hand Path and the Left Hand Path are herein joined into one amalgam, as they have always been in the heart of a true aspirant. £44.99 £35.00
THE CATECHISM OF LUCIFER
Johannes Nefastos
1st 2012 82pp Ixaxaar small hardback. Ltd. ed. 1200 copies.
The Catechism of Lucifer was written as a counter-gospel for the Evangelical Lutheran catechism, but in addition to this, it represents a Gnostic form of Satanism on its own. In this book is outlined the path out of worldliness, out of theology mortally wounded by its false theodicy, even out of humanity taken as something small-minded, powerless and petty. The Catechism of Lucifer is founded upon the idea that by hating the perverted picture made of God by the Christian doctrine, we may truly attain higher possibilities for our Spiritual development and Empowerment. On this demanding but beautiful and meaningful path we are led by our innermost potential of ingeniosity, the divine Master Lucifer. £34.99 £25.00
TRADITIONAL WITCHCRAFT – A CORNISH BOOK OF WAYS
Gemma Gary
2012 224pp Troy hardback. No d/w as issued.
Traditional Witchcraft – A Cornish Book of Ways is a 21st century version of traditional Cornish witchcraft, of the kind recorded by Hunt, Bottrell and others. This is no neo-pagan or modern wiccan manual, but rather a deep drawing up into modern times of some of the ancient practices of lore and magic practiced by the white witches, charmers, conjurers and pellars of the Cornish villages. Topics include the Cunning Path, the Dead and the Underworld (Fairy Faith), the Bucca, Places of Power in the villages and landscape, the Tools used by Cunning Folk (working versions of what can be seen, for example, in the Museum of Witchcraft), Village cunning, substances and charms, and Rites of the Year’s Round. £24.99 £17.99
AUSTIN OSMAN SPARE EVOLUTION VOL. TWO
Stephen Pochin
1st 2013 220pp Mandrake square format hardback. Prof. illus.
A fearful asymmetry, the peculiar stylistic innovations of an Edwardian symbolist. Afterword and commentaries by Dr. William Wallace. The aim of the Evolution series is to demonstrate that Spare’s art (and also his occultism) did not exist in a vacuum and in A Fearful Asymmetry, the second volume in the series, Austin Spare’s bookplates are closely scrutinised to provide a deep contextual insight into many of the artist’s most intimate preoccupations. Amongst the most constrained works of any artist’s output is usually ‘the bookplate’ being predominantly tailored, controlled and mediated by the desires of the commissioner. The artist is therefore required to interpret and encapsulate, the rank, interests or self-perceptions of his client whilst remembering that he must create a ‘visual ambassador’ to proclaim the book owner’s interests. Spare produced countless artworks comprising of drawings, paintings, pastels and dozens of sketchbooks but it is his bookplates which reveal a dependence upon patronage to survive as an artist in London, through two world wars. His five published books represent the development of his ethos and magical praxis but it is his devotion to graphic reproduction, used to convey his personal vision, which is reflected in the bookplates. £50.00 £30.00
OCCLITH O OMNIFORM
Joseph Uccello
August 2013 272pp Three Hands Press hardback in dustwrapper. Illus. Ltd. Ed. 555 copies
Published in collaboration with The Viatorium Press. Containing essential texts of the Paracelsian School of Alchemy, the whole serves as an animated sourcebook of essential Hermetic philosophy and Natural Magic, vivified through the letterpress-inspired type design and Uccello’s masterful ink and brush drawings. In addition to the lavishly-illustrated alchemical texts, Omniform includes an essential lexicon of alchemical terms, and an original Introduction by Uccello serves as the portal of ingress into this Corporeal Book. £49.99 £30.00
ABRAXAS NO. 2
1st 2011 210pp Fulgur A4 journal. Prof. illus. inc. col. Includes CD.
Contributions for this second issue include: Ira Cohen Special Feature, The Ritual Theatre of Hallucination Allan Graubard, The Far Side of the World’s Mirror Ian MacFadyen, Remembering Ira Cohen Edwin Pouncey, Brion Gysin: Shaman of the Beat Hotel Jon Crabb, Peter Redgrove: Blood and Dreams Edward Gauntlett, Finding the Long-Lost Friend Dan Harms, The White Goddess, A Personal Account Grevel Lindop, Fossil Angels Alan Moore, Pashupâti: A Cainite Trimurti? Shani Oates
plus many illustrations. £30.00 £10.00
THE EQUINOX VOL. VII NO. 9
2009 84pp Hadean Press. Perfect bound with cloth spine. Prof. illus.
The controversial, cutting-edge 9th issue of Volume VII of The Equinox: British Journal of Thelema. Exploring English Qaballa, Goetic, Lunar and Enochian magick, myth and folklore and including rituals, tables and sigils — a cornucopia for every serious practitioner of magick. Including articles by Jake Stratton-Kent, Caroline Tully and Ramsey Dukes and others, and original art. £11.00 £3.00
THE EQUINOX VOL. VII NO. 11
2010 64pp Hadean Press. Perfect bound with cloth spine. Prof. illus.
Includes several pieces by Jake Stratton-Kent, plus Charlotte Rodgers etc. £11.00 £3.00
THE ORACLE OCCULT MAGAZINE NO. 9
2008 32pp A4 stapled journal. Illus.
Edited by David blank, this issue includes “Moon Age Daydreams _ Parsons and The Witchcraft” by Peter Grey of Scarlet Imprint, “Dead Sull” by George Sieg, “Witchcraft” by Nathaniel J. Harris etc. £3.50 £1.00
SILKMILK SPOOL 4
1st 2010 184pp A4 perfect bound journal and DVD. Prof. illus. inc. colour. Compendium of articles, art, fiction etc, plus a DVD/CD of additional material and a poster. Contributions from the editor Orreyell Defenestrate-Bascule, Charlotte Rodgers, David Aronson, Liv Rainey-Smith, Linda Falorio, David Rankine and Sorita D’Este etc. £19.99 £8.00
STARFIRE VOL. 2 NO. 3
1st 2008 192pp Starfire 4to p/b. Prof. illus.
Includes material by Michael Staley and Peter Smith, plus a special section devoted to the Thelema Beyond Crowley conference in 2004. £20.00 £10.00
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Secondhand titles
S1401. MARGOT ADLER: DRAWING DOWN THE MOON
1990s 594pp Beacon Press trade p/b. Sl. creased spine else VG. Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers and other pagans in America today. £4.00
S1402. ANON: THE ENCHIRIDION, SNOWFLAKES THROUGH STRAIN
1st nd. 1990s 54pp A4 stapled booklet. Illus with colour. VG+. “A journey of lawful enquiry.” Anonymously issued, but credited to Gareth Hewitson-May, author of Dark Doorway of the Beast. Articles from a Typhonian perspective. Includes bookmark and the original prepaid envelope to respond to issues raised in the magazine. Scarce. £25.00 £15.00
S1403B. DOUGLAS BAKER: THE TECHNIQUES OF ASTRAL PROJECTION
1st nd 1970s approx 80pp Douglas Baker trade p/b. Illus. VG. Scarce self published edition. £2.00
S1404. FRANCIS BARRETT: THE MAGUS
1970 approx 380pp Vance Harvey 4to h/b. Illus. inc. col. No d/w as issued, page edges sl. marked else VG. Ltd. ed, 454/500. Facsimile of the first edition. Includes colour plates of the fallen angels etc. and a fold-out plate of cabalistic tables. £115.00 £60.00
S1405. FRANCIS BARRETT: THE MAGUS
2000 374pp Weiser 4to p/b. Illus. inc. col. Spine sl. faded else VG+. A good facsimile copy. £10.00 £6.00
S1406. ORRYELLE DEFENESTRATE BASCULE: THE BOOK OF GOING BACK BY NIGHT
1st 2009 approx 80pp Ars Obscura 4to h/b. Full night-blue goatskin. Papyrus endpapers. Illus. Boards are slightly warped due to moisture content in papyrus else NM. Ltd. Ed. 2/22 only, signed by author. A book with a troubled history. Originally entrusted to an English binder who turned out to be a crook, the author was forced to have the book bound in the US at his own expense and distributed to customers who had been defrauded. A received text, extremely scarce. £795.00 £695.00
S1407. DAVID BETH (ed): ATUA
1st 2011 200pp Fulgur. Prof. illus. in. col. NM in NM d/w. Collection of articles, prose and art from members of the Societe Voudon Gnostique. Material by David Beth, Peter Dyde, Craig Williams, Roberto Migliusi etc. Includes a CD. £35.00 £20.00
S1408. ROBERT BLANCHARD (Trans): THE RED DRAGON VOL. 1 & 2
1st 2 vols 1995 170pp & 210pp (numbered sequentially across volumes) I.G.O.S. 4to h/bs. Leatherette style black boards. Vol. 1 VG in VG d/w. Vol. 2 Knocked at top of spine, two inch closed tear on front near spine else VG in G+ d/w. One of the legendary International Guild of Occult Sciences translations. Superseded by the Teitan Press version (now out of print) this is still a scarce and collectable item. Vol. 1 is the full English translation, vol. 2 a complete facsimile of the French edition from “1521”. £195.00 £145.00
S1409. ALAN BLEAKLEY: FRUITS OF THE MOON TREE
2nd 1988 312pp Gateway trade p/b. Illus. VG. The medicine wheel and transpersonal psychology. £2.00
S1410. PHILIP CARR-GOMM: THE REBIRTH OF DRUIDRY
2003 307pp Element trade p/b. VG+. £1.00
S1411. PHILIP CARR-GOMM: IN THE GROVE OF THE DRUIDS
2002 264pp Watkins trade p/b. Illus. NM. The Druid teachings of Ross Nichols. £2.00
S1412B. PETER J. CARROLL: LIBER NULL & PSYCHONAUT
1st US 1987 214pp Weiser trade p/b. Covers scuffed, page edges grubby, good reading copy. £5.00
S1413B. CARLOS CASTANEDA: THE POWER OF SILENCE
1st 1987 286pp Simon & Schuster. VG in VG d/w. £10.00 £5.00
S1414B. CARLOS CASTANEDA: THE SECOND RING OF POWER
Rpt. 1987 286pp Penguin p/b. VG. £4.00 £2.00
S1415B. CARLOS CASTANEDA: JOURNEY TO IXTLAN
Rpt. 1987 282pp Penguin p/b. VG. £4.00 £2.00
S1416B. CARLOS CASTANEDA: A SEPARATE REALITY
Rpt. 1986 268pp Penguin p/b. Rolled spine, some waterstaining, G reading copy. £1.00
S1417B. CARLOS CASTANEDA: THE EAGLE’S GIFT
Rpt. 1987 282pp Penguin p/b. VG. £4.00 £2.00
S1418B. CARLOS CASTANEDA: TALES OF POWER
Rpt. 1987 284pp Penguin p/b. VG. £4.00 £2.00
S1419B. RICHARD CAVENDISH: THE MAGICAL ARTS
1984 375pp Arkana trade p/b. Sl. crease to top corner of cover else VG. Study of Western occultism and occultists. £4.00 £2.00
S1420. MICHAEL CECCHETELLI: CHASING THE DRAGON
1st 2011 12pp Hadean Press A5 stapled booklet. NM. The magick of the Veritable Dragon Noir. A supplement to Crossed Keys. Signed by author. £3.00
S1421. MICHAEL CECCHETELLI: CROSSED KEYS
Bibliotheque Rouge ed 2011 212pp Scarlet Imprint paperback. Front cover bent else VG+. The Black Dragon and The Enchiridion of Pope Leo III. £5.00
S1422. ANDREW COLLINS: THE SEVENTH SWORD
1st 1991 484pp Century. 16pp plates. Page edges sl. browned. Small tear to top of d/w else VG in VG d/w. The search for the seven swords of Meonia. £35.00 £15.00
S1423. ALEISTER CROWLEY: MAGICK
Rpt. 1985 511pp RKP. Ex library copy, usual labels, scruffy, G in G only d/w. Reading copy. £5.00
S1424. ALEISTER CROWLEY: THE DRUG AND OTHER STORIES
2010 610pp Wordsworth trade p/b. NM. Large collection of short stories. Forward by David Tibet and edited by William Breeze. £3.00
S1425. [ALEISTER CROWLEY] MARTIN BOOTH: ALEISTER CROWLEY, A LIFE
1st 2000 507pp Hodder & Stoughton. 16pp photos. Pages sl. browned else VG+ in VG+ d/w. Biography by the late author. £6.00 £3.00
S1426. [ALEISTER CROWLEY] CHARLES CAMMELL: THE MAN, THE MAGE, THE POET
1996 230pp Black Books trade p/b. Illus. VG. Inscribed on title page. £2.00
S1427. [ALEISTER CROWLEY]: JOHN SYMONDS: THE KING OF THE SHADOW REALM
1989 588pp Duckwrth trade p/b. 8pp photos. Spine quite creaed else VG. Massive biography covering his life and magick. £6.00
S1428. NEVILL DRURY: THE OCCULT EXPERIENCE
1st 1987 160pp Hale. 8pp photos. VG+ in VG+ d/w. Wide ranging study inc. Temple of Set, H.R. Giger, Rosaleen Norton etc. £5.00
S1429. JIMAHL DIFIOSA: A VOICE IN THE FOREST
2004 198pp Harvest Shadows trade p/b. Illus. Tear on front cover repaired with clear tape, contents NM. Spirit conversations with Alex Sanders. NB. This copy is numbered 3/27 and is signed by Director of the Museum of Witchcraft Graham King. Copies were sold as part of a fundraising effort. £4.00
S1430. MICHAEL EDWARDES: THE DARK SIDE OF HISTORY
1st 1978 262pp Granada. Sl. spotting to bottom edge else VG in VG d/w. Magic in the making of man. £3.00
S1431. STEWART FARRAR: THE SWORD OF ORLEY
1st 1977 235pp Michael Joseph. VG in VG d/w. Occult novel from Alan Wicca. £3.00
S1432. MICHAEL FORD: LUCIFERIAN WITCHCRAFT
1st 2005 504pp Succubus 4to p/b. Illus. Sl. marked at edges else VG. Massive tome inc. Persian sorcery, goetic magic, the toad rite etc. etc. £10.00 £6.00
S1433. GERALD GARDNER: MEANING OF WITCHCRAFT
1982 288pp Magickal Childe trade p/b. Creased covers, G+ only. Good reading copy. £3.00
S1434. [GERALD GARDNER]: J.L. BRACELIN: GERALD GARDNER, WITCH!
1st 1960 224pp The Octagon Press. 8pp photos. d/w sl. scuffed at edges else VG+ in VG d/w. Biography of Gardner, actually written by Idries Shah. £60.00 £35.00
S1435. [GERALD GARDNER] PHILIP HESELTON: GERALD GARDNER AND THE CAULDRON OF INSPIRATION
1st 2003 438pp Capall Bann trade p/b. Illus. NM. An investigation into the sources of Gardnerian witchcraft. £10.00 £5.00
S1436. KENNETH GRANT: CULTS OF THE SHADOW
1st 1975 244pp Muller. 16pp photos. No d/w else VG. £15.00
S14367. KENNETH GRANT: REMEMBERING ALEISTER CROWLEY
1st 1991 66pp Skoob 4to h/b in d/w. Prof. illus. inc. 4pp. col. NM in NM d/w. Collection of letters, drawings and memorabillia relating to Grant’s friendship with Crowley. £20.00 £10.00
S1438. [KENNETH GRANT]: ROBERTO MIGLIUSSI: DEAD ENDS AND BREAKTHROUGHS
1st 2012 36pp Labirinto Stellare A5 stapled booklet. Illus. NM. Ltd. ed. 200 copies. An appreciation of Kenneth Grant. The author is known for his Italian translations of works by Grant and Spare. £8.00 £4.00
S1439. EDMOND C. GRUSS: THE OUIJA BOARD A DOORWAY TO THE OCCULT
1994 210pp P&R Publishing trade p/b. NM. An xtian hysterical study. £2.00
S1440. PETER HAINING (ed): THE MAGICIANS
1st 1972 220pp Peter Owen. Illus. d/w sl. torn else VG in VG d/w. Excellent collection of occult stories and vignettes. Material from Aliester Crowley, Sax Rohmer, Arthure Machen etc. £3.00
S1441. BARRY WILLIAM HALE: LEGION 49
1st 2009 160pp Fulgur. Prof. illus. NM in NM d/w. Ltd. Ed. 777, with fly wing bookmark. A copy of the standard edition. £75.00 £35.00
S1442. DAN HARMS & JOHN GONCE: THE NECRONOMICON FILES
2003 342pp Weiser trade p/b. Illus. NM. Revised and expanded edition. Useful reference. £6.00
S1443. CHRISTINA HOLE: WITCHCRAFT IN ENGLAND
1977 200pp Book Club. Illus. VG in VG d/w. Decent history, illustrated by Mervyn Peake. £2.00
S1444. MURRY HOPE: PRACTICAL EGYPTIAN MAGIC
1st 1984 192pp Aquarian trade p/b. VG. £3.00
S1445. DAVID ALLEN HULSE: THE KEY OF IT ALL BOOK 2
1st 1994 578pp Llewellyn trade p/b. Illus. NM. An encyclopaedic guide to the sacred languages and magickal systems of the world. £5.00
S1446. RONALD HUTTON: WITCHES, DRUIDS AND KING ARTHUR
1st 2003 365pp Hambledon. 8pp photos. Sl. knocked at edges else VG in VG d/w. £18.00 £8.00
S1447. EVAN JOHN JONES: SACRED MASK, SACRED DANCE
1st 1997 178pp Llewellyn trade p/b. Illus. inc. col. VG. £3.00
S14468. KERSAINT: THE 13 PANTACLES OF PROMISE
1st 1973 96pp Editions Dangles. 13 tipped in pantacles on parchment (Pantacle 8 missing, replaced by Pantacle 13). No d/w as issued. 2inch tear on spine else VG. A relic of the 70s. £12.00 £6.00
S1449. FRANCIS KING & STEPHEN SKINNER: TECHNIQUES OF HIGH MAGIC
1981 228pp Sphere p/b. VG. £3.00
S1450. E.A. KOETTING & BARON DE PRINCE: THE SPIDER AND THE GREEN BUTTERFLY
1st 2009 145pp Eternal Ascent h/b. Laminated boards. NM. Now out of print. NB. This copy had 3 blank pages due to a printing error. These pages have been replaced with tipped in scanned copies. £45.00 £20.00
S1451. DONALD M. KRAIG: MODERN MAGICK
10th 1996 558pp Llewellyn trade p/b. Illus. VG+. 11 lessons in the high magickal arts. £4.00
S1452. DONALD M. KRAIG: MODERN SEX MAGICK
2nd 1999 378pp Llewellyn trade p/b. Illus. VG+. With material by Linda Falorio, Nema, Lola Babalon etc. £4.00
S1453B. ELIPHAS LEVI: THE HISTORY OF MAGIC
11th 1977 384pp Rider trade p/b. Illus. Ex lib. Copy, G reading copy only. £2.00
S14514B. ELIPHAS LEVI: THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES
5th 1977 215pp Rider trade p/b. Illus. Ex lib. Copy, G reading copy only. £2.00
S1455. C.B. LEWIS: CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY AND ARTHURIAN ROMANCE
1st 1932 332pp St. Andrews Press. Ex Keele University library. Sl. shaken else G+. Interesting study. £4.00
S1456. JASON LOUV (ed): GENERATION HEX
1st 2006 288pp Disinformation trade p/b. VG+. Interesting collection of articles by new names in the occult world. Includes early material by Stephen Grasso etc. £6.00 £3.00
S1457. KENNETH MACGOWAN & HERMAN ROSSE: MASKS & DEMONS
1st 1923 178pp Harcourt Brace. Prof. illus. Spine sl. shaken, light pencil marks else VG. Consists of 1 page photo of mask with text opposite. Interesting collection of ritual masks from around the world. £8.00
S1458. CHRISTOPHER MCINTOSH: THE ROSY CROSS UNVEILED
1st 1980 160pp Aquarian. 16pp plates. Ex library copy, usual stamps, G in G d/w. Reading copy. £5.00
S1459. ADAM McLEAN: A TREATISE ON ANGEL MAGIC
2006 225pp Weiser trade p/b. Illus. NEW. Originally published as part of the Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks. A rare 17th. century manuscript on Angel magic, an important link between John Dee and modern occult thought. Several copies available. £6.99 £3.00
S1460. EDAIN MCCOY: MAKING MAGICK
1st 1997 320pp Llewellyn trade p/b. VG. What it is and how it works. £2.00
S1461. S. L. MACGREGOR MATHERS: THE GRIMOIRE OF ARMADEL
1st 1980 80pp RKP. Illus. Ex library copy, white d/w soiled, half title page removed, usual stamps G in G d/w. Reading copy. £6.00
S1462. ANTONIO MELECHI: SERVANTS OF THE SUPERNATURAL
1st 2008 290pp Heinemann. 8pp photos. NM in NM d/w. Study of the night side of the Victorian mind, séances etc. £10.00 £4.00
S1463. ALLOA PATRICIA MERCIER: THE MAYA SHAMANS
1st 2002 222pp Vega. Illus. NM in NM d/w. £3.00
S1464. SHANI OATES: THE ARCANE VEIL
1st 2012 300pp Mandrake. NM in NM d/w. Ten discourses on the craft and the history of magic. £15.00 £6.00
S1465. SHANI OATES: TUBELO’S GREEN FIRE
2011 288pp Mandrake trade p/b. Frontis. NM. Mythos, ethos, female, male and priestly mysteries of The Clan of Tubal Cain. £10.00 £3.00
S1466. ELIZABETH PEPPER: MAGIC SPELLS AND INCANTATIONS
2001 94pp Witches Almanac trade p/b. Illus. NM. £1.00
S1467. BARBARA ROSEN: WITCHCRAFT
1st 1969 407pp Edward Arnold. Illus. No d/w else VG. A good general history. £4.00
S1468. KATON SHUAL: SEXUAL MAGICK
3rd 1995 120pp Mandrake trade p/b. VG. Foreword by Peter Redgrove. £2.00
S1469. STEPHEN SKINNER & DAVID RANKINE: PRACTICAL ANGEL MAGIC OF DR. JOHN DEE’S ENOCHIAN TABLES
1st 2006 292pp Golden Hoard. Illus. d/w sl. knocked at edges else VG+ in VG+ d/w. Sourceworks of Ceremonial Magic – Book I. From two previously unpublished 17th century manuscripts on Angel Magic, with instructions for their use as used by Wynn Westcott, Alan Bennett, Rev. Ayton, F L Gardiner and other members of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. £35.00 £20.00
S1470. STEPHEN SKINNER & DAVID RANKINE: KEYS TO THE GATEWAY OF MAGIC
1st 2008 255pp Golden Hoard. Illus. d/w sl. knocked at edges else VG+ in VG+ d/w. Sourceworks of Ceremonial Magic – Book II. Summoning the Solomonic Archangels and Demon Princes. This work includes the complete unabridged version with variants of The Nine Great Keys, a vital early 17th century manuscript detailing the evocation of the Archangels and Orders of Angels. £35.00 £20.00
S1471. STEPHEN SKINNER & DON KARR: SEPHER RAZIEL
1st 2010 264pp Golden Hoard. Illus. d/w sl. knocked at edges else VG+ in VG+ d/w. Sepher Raziel – also called Liber Salomonis – is a full grimoire in the Solomonic tradition from a rare sixteenth century English manuscript. It is completely different from the Sepher Raziel ha-Melakh published by Steve Savedow, and is the oldest grimoire so far published in the Sourceworks of Ceremonial Magic series, and shows clear signs of it Hebrew and Greek roots, quoting both Solomon and Hermes. £39.95 £20.00
S1472. MARK SMITH: THE SCORPION GOD
Deluxe edition 2012 415pp Primal Craft. Bound in full brown leather, gilt titling to spine, gilt edges and gilt scorpion device on front board. Illus. Housed in slipcase. NM. Ltd. ed 33/73. Signed and sigilised by the author. The final part of the Trident. £575.00 £375.00
S1473. AUSTIN OSMAN SPARE: EWOKACJA
1st 2011 22pp Zoas Press. Thick cream paper. Sl. tear on bottom of last page else NM. Ltd. ed. 141/222. Polish text with several automatic drawings. This copy had been damaged in transit in that the cardboard slipcase had become unglued and affixed itself to the last page of the book, hence the damage. £5.00
S1474B. [AUSTIN OSMAN SPARE]: ARTIST OCCULTIST SENSUALIST
1st 1999 70pp Beskin A4 papeback catalogue. 54 illus. inc. 16 in colour. A catalogue to accompany the exhibition of Spare’s art at Marx House, Clerkenwell, London, 9-22 August 1999. Includes essays by Keith Richmond, Frank Letchford, Michael Staley, Sunny Shah, John Balance, Marcus Jungkurth and Roy Curtis-Bramwell. £25.00 £15.00
S1475. ‘TSIRK SUSEJ’: THE DEMONIC BIBLE
2006 181pp Embassy of Lucifer. Illus. NM in NM d/w. Half arsed compilation of spirit lists and rituals culled from various sources and no doubt published on Lulu. £0.50
S1476. PETER TOMPKINS: THE MAGIC OF OBELISKS
1st US 1981 470pp Harper & Row 4to h/b. Prof. illus. d/w sl. chipped at edges else VG in VG d/w. Fascinating study of Egyptian obelisks, how and why there were constructed etc. Also notable for insight into the occult significance, including material on Kenneth Grant etc. £20.00 £10.00
S1477. MERILYN TUNNESHENDE: RAINBOW SERPENT
1st 1999 224pp Thorsons trade p/b. VG+. The magical art of sexual alchemy. An interesting approach, the author claims to be a pupil of Toltec master Don Juan (of Carlos Castenada fame). Similar in style to the Castenada books, Tunneshende embarks on a first person narrative of her experiences in using her sexual energy for healing etc. under the guidance of her mentor Chon Yakil. £15.00 £8.00
S1478. DONALD TYSON: LIBER LILITH
1st 2006 318pp Starfire trade p/b. Bottom right corner scuffed and stained, rest of book NM. £20.00
S1479. [VARIOUS] ARCANUM NO. 1
1991 44pp A4 stapled magazine. Illus. VG+. Weird fiction and art from the people behind Nox. Edited by Stephen Sennitt with illus. by Peter Smith plus John Beal, Willum H. Pugmire etc. £5.00 £1.00
S1480. [VARIOUS] CLAVIS ISSUE 1
Deluxe ed. 2012 96pp Three Hands Press. Full olive goatskin, key device to front board, raised bands on spine. NM. CLAVIS is a journal of the advanced occult disciplines, produced by esoteric publishers Ouroboros Press and Three Hands Press.
Contents for issue 1: Cover Art by Thomas Allen Kopera, Shaddai’s Gate by Frater A.I., Nebiros Et Ars Necromantica by Johnny Jakobsson, One Beyond Twelve: The Thirteenth Spirit, Judas and the Opposer by Martin Duffy, Beyond the Paths of Frustration: Daath Gnosis by Craig Williams, Diablo Stigmata by Daniel Schulke, The Vision of George Ripley Illustrated by Joseph Uccello, The Grosvenor Grimoire, an Ashmolean Manuscript, Visionary Artwork by Rima Staines and Sasan. £175.00 £125.00
S1481B. [VARIOUS] MOONSHINE 16
Nd 1990s 40pp A4 stapled mag. Illus. VG. A magazine of pagan thought and life. £1.00
S1482. [VARIOUS] SKOOB ESOTERICA ANTHOLOGY
1st 1995 approx 250pp Skoob trade p/b. Illus. VG+. Includes Kenneth Grant’s The Stellar Lode, Colin Wilson, George Hay etc. £4.00
S1483. [VARIOUS] TYR 1
2002 286pp Ultra trade p/b. Illus. NM. Radical traditionalist essays, Stephen Flowers, Michael Moynihan, Ian Read etc. £2.00
S1484. A.E. WAITE: THE BOOK OF CEREMONIAL MAGIC
1st 1911 338pp Rider 4to h/b. Prof. illus. Gilt decorations on cream boards (bds sl. soiled). First and last few pages quite spotted, text block quite nice and tight. Includes original yellow silk bookmark. Overall G+/VG. Very scarce first edition. Effectively a revised edition of The Book Of Black Magic And Of Pacts, with additional material. £395.00 £250.00
S1485B JAMES WEBB: THE OCCULT ESTABLISHMENT
1st 1981 536pp Richard Drew. Ex library copy. E.p. removed, usual stamps. G in G d/w. Reading copy of this classic study. £6.00
S1486. LEILAH WENDELL: OUR NAME IS MELANCHOLY
2002 420pp Westgate trade p/b. Illus. NM. The complete books of Azrael. 4 books in one. £5.00
S1487. NEIL WHITEHEAD (ed): IN DARKNESS AND SECRECY
2004 328pp Duke University Press. No d/w as issues. Front and rear boards badly bowed else VG. The anthropology of assault sorcery and witchcraft in Amazonia. Excellent collection of essays. £6.00
DAVE EVANS
Some customers will know Dave Evans passed away earlier this year. I had been selling his personal books on commission for him as he travelled the world. What remains of his library is listed below. NB. All proceeds from these items will go to the Museum of Witchcraft in Boscastle.
S1488E. DAVID BETH: VOUDON GNOSIS
1st 2008 90pp Scarlet Imprint. Col. frontis. No d/w as issued. NM. Scarce first edition, before the Fulgur reprint. This was one of the first issue copies, which were withdrawn due to printing error. £50.00
S1489E. [ALEISTER CROWLEY] LOBSTER POT INN EPHEMERA
2000s Brochure plus letter and plans, in large white envelope. NM. Whilst researching A.C. Evans wrote to The Lobster Pot Inn in Mousehole where Crowley stayed. I believe this may have now closed down. £5.00
S1490E. FORTEAN TIMES NO. 231
January 2008 80pp A4 magazine. Prof. illus. inc. colour. NM. Aleister Crowley special. Several articles on The Great Beast. This copy is signed by Dave Evans. £2.50
S1491E. FORTEAN TIMES NO. 267
Oct 2010 80pp A4 magazine. Prof. illus. inc. colour. NM. This copy is signed by Dr. Dave Evans (contains his article “The magical battle of Britain”). £2.50
S1492E. RALPH HARVEY: THE LAST BASTION
1st 2005 304pp Zambezi trade p/b. NM. Inscibed by author to Dave Evans. The suppression and re-emergence of witchcraft, the old religion. £3.00
S1493E. SAX ROHMER: DOPE
Popular ed 1924 304pp Cassell. Spine shaken, pages browned, G+. Novel of Chinese opium trade, which was influential on Kenneth Grant. £6.00
S1494E. JOURNAL FOR ACADEMIC STUDY OF MAGIC 1
2003 188pp Mandrake trade p/b. NM. Signed by Dave Evans. Includes material on Barrett’s The Magus, Dagon, streghe etc. plus reviews and more. £6.00
S1495E. JOURNAL FOR ACADEMIC STUDY OF MAGIC 2
2004 388pp Mandrake trade p/b. NM. Signed by Dave Evans. Includes Dave’s article on Kenneth Grant etc. £10.00
S1496E. JOURNAL FOR ACADEMIC STUDY OF MAGIC 3
2005 332pp Mandrake trade p/b. Sl. knock to top else NM. Ex libris stamp of Dave Evans on title page. Inc. articles on Buffy, sacred drama, H.P. Lovecraft etc. plus reviews and more. £10.00
S1497E. RED FLAME 1
2nd ed 2001 approx 160pp trade p/b. NM. Dedicated to the poetry of Grady Louis McMurtry. £6.00