Item #61010 Viridarium Umbris. The Pleasure Garden of Shadows, which Treats of the Secret Knowledge of Trees and Herbs Deliver'd by the Fallen Angels unto Man. Daniel A. SCHULKE, Written and.

Viridarium Umbris. The Pleasure Garden of Shadows, which Treats of the Secret Knowledge of Trees and Herbs Deliver'd by the Fallen Angels unto Man.

Hercules, CA: Xoanon Publishing Ltd., 2005. First edition, limited. Hardcover. Large Octavo. xvi + 526pp. Stunning copper embellished sage green cloth. Seventy b&w illustrations done by the author. This edition limited to 576 hand-numbered copies. By the author of Ars Philtron, and the Magister and Verdelet of the Cultus Sabbati this volume is "...an extensive grimoire of Wortcunning, or plant-magic, The Pleasure Garden addresses the secret knowledge of trees and herbs as delivered to man by the Fallen Angels. The work encompasses magical practices, formulae, and mystical exegesis, all treating the respective arcana of Nature-Spirits and the powers of individual plants. The whole is intended as a textual reification of the Green Arts within the context of the Sabbatic Craft Tradition." Light coloured cloth has a bit of light rubbing and a few small slightly lightened patches on rear board (almost invisible) and two pin-head size brown spots on lower spine. Light bruising to spine ends, a little light bumping to corners and lower edges, else a tight, clean, VG+ copy (no dustjacket - none issued). Item #61010

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