The Blood of the Earth.
UK: Scarlet Imprint, 2012. "Black Gold" Deluxe Edition. Hardcover. Octavo in slipcase. [vi] + 178pp. Full black Nigerian goatskin, gilt blocked with weeping sun device on front board and gilt titling to spine. Original black cloth slip case. Especially commisioned oil and gold marbled endpapers. bibliography and index. Black head and tail bands, ribbon marker, all edges gilt. The "Black Gold" fine bound deluxe edition limited to 55 numbered copies of which this is number 4. From the publishers: "John Michael Greer is a leading writer in the peak oil movement, and an accomplished hermeticist with 27 books to his name. ... His vision of the future covers the dangers of political thaumaturgy and the threats of new dictatorships in an increasingly unstable world. Neither does he shy away from a critique of the mind control antics of the black magicians of the advertising industry. Cautionary examples of UFO cults, mysterious assassinations and fake science are all grist for his mill. Whilst attacking the failures of scientific materialism and the empty technological utopias he does not spare the New Age. Instead he presents a tour de force of occult philosophy covering Neoplatonism, Theurgy, Ritual magic, and thinkers as diverse as Aristotle, Giordano Bruno, Joseph Peladan and Rudolph Steiner. He presents the highly practical mental training methods of magic for countering the tyranny of dualistic thinking. Clearly written and accessible, The Blood of the Earth is part of the fusion of deep ecology and deep paganism we continue to champion, and is equally relevant to heathen, druid, magician and witch." A lovely and bright copy in Fine condition in near fine slipcase. Item #69278
Sold