Conjuration – Museum of Witchcraft and Magic
The MWM [Boscastle’s Museum of Witchcraft and Magic] zine, Conjuration, has sold well and there are still a few copies left should you like to grab one. Issue 3 is due out late July.
Tag: Publications
The Starseed Signals – Robert Anton Wilson
In 1974, Robert Anton Wilson wrote a book about the ideas and tribulations of his close friend, Dr. Timothy Leary. Intriguingly, this manuscript would not be published until some 46 years later, having been put aside and then lost for decades.
Tobias Churton: Aleister Crowley in England
Drawing on previously unpublished diaries and letters, Tobias Churton provides the first detailed treatment of the final years of Crowley’s life, from 1932 to 1947. He opens with Crowley’s nick-of-time escape from the Nazi takeover in Germany and his return home to England, flat broke. Churton offers extensive confirmation of Crowley’s work as a secret operative for MI5 and explores how Crowley saw World War II as the turning point for the “New Aeon.”
Richard McNeff on ‘Aleister Crowley MI5’
With kind permission of Richard McNeff, the following is an article by him first published in Mandrake Newsletter about Aleister Crowley MI5, the new edition of his novel, Sybarite in the Shadows.
Static Alignments: Supplement With Deluxe
Jerusalem Press announces a 48-page essay with several unpublished drawings as supplemental to the deluxe edition of ‘Static Alignments’. The centre spread and cover feature the only known colour photograph of AOS with nude life-model. A small number of the deluxe edition are still available.
Static Alignments Now Available
The Static Alignments – Austin Osman Spare’s School of Draughtsmanship is now shipping worldwide, with 50% sold already… Deluxe edition available from end of February. Featuring Fragmentum, written by AOS, here are the principles underlying his art. Detailed notes transcribed by Frank Letchford from his advanced lessons in portraiture, this is an indispensable resource for anyone wishing to gain an intimate understanding of Spare’s work practice.
Aleister Crowley MI5 by Richard C McNeff
NEW BOOK RELEASE: 15 JANUARY 2021 – What if the Beast returned and you were not sure if he were the best or worst thing that had ever happened to you?
The Static Alignments | Jerusalem Press
Exciting news from Jerusalem Press: Featuring detailed notes transcribed by Frank Letchford from his advanced lessons in portraiture, [The Static Alignments] is an indispensable resource for anyone wishing to gain an intimate understanding of Spare’s work practice.
Grant’s ‘The Magical Revival’ Reprint
‘The Magical Revival’ is currently being prepared for reprint, and will go to the printers next week. This is a straightforward reprint of the 2010 edition, and will appear in two formats: hardbound and softbound. This image shows the back, spine and front of the softbound edition.
Hoodoo Pilot by Kyle Fite
SIRIUS LIMITED ESOTERICA presents Hoodoo Pilot, a hardcover volume in 2 editions collecting 16 esoteric essays and 31 magical works of art by Gnostic writer and artist, Kyle Fite. With an Introduction by Michael Staley, Hoodoo Pilot covers a wide range of topics, including Freemasonry, Buddhism, the Typhonian Tradition of Kenneth Grant, the Voudon-Gnostic Tradition of Michael Bertiaux, the mystical artwork, philosophy and sorcery of Austin Osman Spare, and the work of William Blake. These themes and more are woven together in this limited edition collection.
Ithell Colquhoun | Strange Attractor
After decades of neglect, the British Surrealist and occultist Ithell Colquhoun’s unique vision and hermetic life have generated enormous interest amongst historians and practitioners of art and magic. In ‘Genius of the Fern loved Gully,’ the first in-depth biographical study of Colquhoun and her work, Amy Hale examines the magical and cultural confluences that shaped her imaginative life and artistic vision.