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 [2007]. Special "Arbor Infernis" Limited Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xvi + 526pp. Stunning moss-green cloth with Mandrake Death’s Head blocked in gilt on upper board, gilt titling to spine. More than 70 black and white illustrations. The special "Arbor Infernis Edition," released in 2007, limited to 77 numbered copies of which this is number 70. An original hand-drawn coloured ink on papyrus talisman by Schulke representing "one of the 77 Emanants of the Arbor Infernis – the liminal genii of Midnight’s Eden" is housed in a loosely inserted special green card folder. The volume is described as "...An extensive grimorium of wortcunning, or plant-magic, the Pleasure Garden treats of the Secret Knowledge of Trees and Herbs as delivered by the Fallen Angels unto Man. The book’s principal concerns are the sorcery and gnosis of the Greenwood. The work encompasses magical practices, formulae, and mystical exegesis, all treating the respective arcana of plant genii. The whole is a textual reification of occult herbalism within the Sabbatic Craft Tradition, and the greater ambit of Witch-lore." A scarce edition of hard-to-obtain book by this prominent member of the Cultus Sabbati, following in the magical footsteps of Andrew Chumbley, Austin Osman Spare etc. Appears unused, thus in Fine condition. A truly lovely production of a work now scarce in all editions. Item #68645
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