At the Crossroads.
UK: Scarlet Imprint, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Large squarish octavo (9 3/8 x 8 1/4). iv + 196pp. Mixed black and white cloth with red blocking. Embossed end papers. Printed in black & white and colour on archival paper. "'At the Crossroads' tells the stories of what happens when the Western Magical Tradition encounters the African Diaspora and Traditional religions, and vice versa. It is a mixing and a magic that speaks of a truly new world emerging. In this gathering of kindred spirits, experiences are shared between initiates of very different cultures whose magic proves to be underpinned by the same principles, though clothed in different garb." Contents include: Peter Grey - Preamble: Standing Still, Jake Stratton-Kent - Necromancy: the Role of the Dead in a Living Tradition, Aaron Leitch - Folk Traditions and the Solomonic Revival, Eric K Lerner - Eleggua; Eleggua's Worlds (art), Stephen Grasso - Open up the Gate, Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold - The Invisible City in the Realm of Mystery, Richard Ward - In the Shadow of the Cross, Drac Uber & Ivy Kerrigan - Libations for the Lwa, Michael Cecchetelli - Countermeasures, Humberto Maggi - Crossing Worlds, Ryan Valentine - A brief history of the Juju, Hagen Von Tulien - Soul Dream (art), Kyle Fite - The Syncretic Soul at the Cross of Cosmic Union, ConjureMan Ali - Goetic Initiation, Christopher D Bradford - Nigromantic Putrfaction, Chad Balthazar - A Garden Amidst the Flames, Angela Edwards - Queen of Fire & Flesh (art), Jake Stratton-Kent - Magic at the Crosssroads. A Fine copy. No dust jacket issued. Item #71838
Price: $250.00