A Self Made By Magic.
New York, NY: Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 198pp. Original black cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, interesting in text b&w illustrations. This copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the front free endpaper by "Kind thoughts to Clive [Harper] / S[ummer] S[olstice] 1978, Bill Gray". The book addresses "the spiritual significance of 'self,' setting out the entire problem of self-approach and individual evolution according to initiated Magical procedures which may be followed by anyone sufficiently concerned with the highest self interest. ... Gray teaches us simply and systematically how to put Magic into practice according to Traditional Inner Methods." William G. Gray (1913-1992), was for a short time associated with the Fraternity of the Inner Light, but his main magical mentor is said to have been the London-based Austrian occultist Emile Napoleon Hauenstein (1877–?). In November 1980 Gray and his friend Jacobus G. Swart formally founded a new magical order, the Sangreal Sodality, a group devoted to study and practice of the Western magical/inner tradition. From the collection of Clive Harper with his discreet book-label neatly tipped in at the rear. Harper is well- known as the bibliographer of Austin Osman Spare, for updating the Aleister Crowley bibliography in the 2011 Teitan Press collection of Gerald Yorke's writings, and as someone who has lent his expertise to numerous other publications. A bright and unmarked near Fine copy in VG+ dust jacket. (Dust jacket has very light chafing to spine ends and corners, not clipped. Dust jacket is now protected in removable mylar cover.) Gray had a reputation as something of a curmudgeon, and signed books by him are genuinely rare. Item #68669
ISBN: 0877283338
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