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Hardcover. 4to. 224 pages. Deep red cloth lettered in black with black device to upper board. Dust jacket. Printed in large-format on archival paper with over 275 illustrations, 130 of which are in full colour. First edition, released in three states, this being the standard hardcover edition limited to 675 hand-numbered copies. A largely pictorial book, presenting a vast number of occult paintings, drawings, and artifacts - mostly twentieth century representations of classic themes - that were in a Dutch private collection that was presented to the Museum of Witchcraft in Boscastle, England. The publishers explain that "The Occult Reliquary," present a selection from "the Richel-Eldermans Collection, an archive of some 2,000 magical images and artifacts housed in the Museum of Witchcraft in Boscastle, Cornwall. Situated at the crossroads of erotic magic, ceremonial angelic conjuration, and witchcraft, the images comprise, in part, a pictorial cipher of the rituals of Ars Amatoria, a European magical order using sex magic, and the lesser-known M.: M.:, based in the Hague and Leiden. Also referenced among the collection are materials relating to A.: A.: of Aliester Crowley. The transfixing procession of images, charms, magical seals, and ritual objects in the Collection is the work of multiple artists, and displays a high degree of magical insight and creativity. It will be of interest to students of witchcraft, Freemasonry, the Goetia, sex magic, and early twentieth century occultism. The Reliquary presents for the first time a selection of these magical images, many reproduced at full scale, and bound with the highest quality materials." The Foreword is by Daniel Schulke, author of the "Viridarium Umbris: The Pleasure-Garden of Shadow," "Ars Philtron" and other works, who has been presiding Magister of the magical order Cultus Sabbati, since the death of Andrew D. Chumbley in 2004. NEW book in fine condition. Please note, this is a large format, heavy book and will require extra shipping for all services and destinations.

The Occult Reliquary. Images and Artefacts of the Richel-Edlermans Collection.
SCHULKE, Daniel (Edited by) With an Introduction by Graham King.
Richmond Vista, CA: Three Hands Press, 2010.
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Hardcover. Tall Quarto. 174 pp. Colour and black and white plates throughout, photographic facsimiles of letters. Edition limited to 700 copies, 600 of which were bound thus, in cloth. From the publisher: "In his later creative life, Spare was sought out by artists and writers eager to receive insights of experience from the ‘Walworth Road Surrealist.’ And yet, there were very few indeed who became good friends. Vera Wainwright was one such friend. She arrived in Spare’s life as the clouds of war cast a long shadow over South London, and sought him out amid the debris of the blitz to offer her support and affection. Dearest Vera is an account of their friendship told by Spare himself, through the many letters sent to his new pupil. " A magnificent book, beautifully produced, with facsimiles of Spare's letters to Wainwright, reproductions of artwork by Spare, reminisences of Spare by Wainwright, a Foreword by Kenneth and Steffi Grant, etc. etc. NEW book. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Oversized - additional shipping may be required.

Dearest Vera
SPARE, Austin Osman ( Compiled by Kenneth & Steffi Grant ).
London: Fulgur Limited, 2010.
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Hardcover. Octavo (9 x 6 inches, approx 23.5 x 15.2cm), xlviii + 136pp. Heavy dark green cloth binding, with gilt titling etc to the spine. Sewn, printed on acid-free paper. Black and white frontispiece, and eight pages of black and white illustrations. Edition limited to 777 numbered copies. In September 1944, a fifty-one year old Londoner named David Curwen wrote to Aleister Crowley, initiating a correspondence that would last several years. While Curwen approached Crowley with deference, the relationship that evolved between them was a complex one that defied the accepted parameters of the student-teacher nexus. For David Curwen was no newcomer to the study of the occult, and Crowley soon discovered that the flow of knowledge would not be simply one way. In particular Crowley was tantalized by the deep understanding of the principals of tantra that Curwen had acquired during the course of many years study under a mysterious guru. Curwen joined the O.T.O., but he remained skeptical of many of "the Beast's" claims, and the two ultimately parted company on strained terms. However, Curwen retained his interest in the occult, and in later life he devoted himself to the study of alchemy, publishing the results of his researches pseudonymously in the book "In Pursuit of Gold," a work that many believe to be the most significant study ever published of practical alchemy. "Brother Curwen, Brother Crowley" includes an important biographical Foreword by David Curwen's grandson, Tony Matthews. The letters themselves have been edited and annotated by the scholar of Crowley and Western esotericism, Henrik Bogdan, who has also contributed an illuminating Introduction that gives context to the relationship between Crowley and Curwen, as well as exploring the history of their interest in sexual occultism and tantra, and the influence that they had in Kenneth Grant. Illustrated dustjacket. NEW book. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Brother Curwen, Brother Crowley. A Correspondence.
CROWLEY, Aleister and David Curwen ( Edited and with an Introduction by Henrik Bogdan; Foreword by Tony Matthews ).
York Beach, Maine USA: The Teitan Press, 2010.
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Hardcover. Large 8vo. (9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches, approx 23.5 x 16cm), xii + 148pp. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine. Dustjacket. b&w frontispiece. Index. Edition limited to 666 numbered copies. The Progradior Correspondence comprises the text of ninety letters and other documents that were exchanged between “Frater Progradior”, Aleister Crowley’s Lancashire-born follower, Frank Bennett, and members of “the Beast’s” inner circle, including Crowley himself, Charles Stansfeld Jones, Leilah Waddell, Leah Hirsig and others. The correspondence began in 1910 when Bennett wrote to Crowley seeking his advice on the performance of “The Sacred Magic of Abra-Melin the Mage.” It continued through the years of The Equinox, through Crowley’s residence in the United States during the First World War, and on past the heydays of the Abbey of Thelema at Cefalu in the early 1920s. The exchange finally drew to a close in 1926, by which time Crowley had dropped or otherwise lost contact with most of his associates of the preceding decade and a half. A third of the letters were written by Aleister Crowley. Like the rest of the correspondence, these focus largely on the efforts that he and his followers were making to promote his occult fraternities, the A.'. A.'. and the O.T.O. As such they offer valuable first-hand accounts of the development of Crowley’s creed of Thelema during this important period. The letters are highly revealing on a personal level as well, and provide considerable insight into Crowley’s character and the influence that he had on the people around him. In broader terms they give a fascinating impression of the lives and activities of all those involved. The Progradior Correspondence is edited by Frank Bennett’s biographer, Keith Richmond, who has also contributed a short Introduction and added footnotes to elucidate some of the more obscure names, words and passages in the letters.

The Progradior Correspondence, Letters by Aleister Crowley, C. S. Jones, & Others.
[ CROWLEY, Aleister; Frank Bennett; Charles Stansfeld Jones; Leilah Waddell; Leah Hirsig ] Edited and Introduced by Keith Richmond.
York Beach, Maine USA: The Teitan Press, 2009.
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