PILLARS, Circling the Compass. Volume 2, Issue no. 1.
Montreal Canada: Anathema Publishing, 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 200pp. Fine grey cloth with silver foil illustration on the upper board, silver titling to spine, blue textured endpages. b&w & colour illustrations, printed on archive-quality paper. Edition limited to 550 hand-numbered copies. From the publisher: "In this issue of 'PILLARS": The Circle & The Compass' both authors & artists approach the present topic from numerous angles: How will you unearth the reason, or impetus, behind individual or group praxis of either traditional ceremonial magicians or of contemplative mysticism? How will you attempt to bridge the divide, to discover why (or how) there appears to be no more formalized Mystery Tradition(s) out there (and if there are, why have these not yet risen back to the surface?). But what is the Mystery Tradition, standing somewhere between Religion and Magick? What symbolism and allegory exist within these ‘living’ Temples, and in the divine rites of passage? Who are these Seekers willing to live a life in accordance with age-old principum passed down through the generations? These so-called ‘Mystery Traditions’ are possibly the underlying basis and foundational reality behind most contemporary esoteric structure, and yet they are either purposely or casually shunned and dismissed by many practitioners and adepts. By “Circling the Compass,” is the Seeker indeed participating (or somehow resuscitating) in the Traditions of old, or are these disciplines truly lost under the sands of Time?." Contributors include: Shani Oates, Stephen Skinner, Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold, Abby Helasdottir, Victor F., Arnett Edward Taylor III, Clint Marsh, Daniel B. Griffith, David Zibert, Douglas Kincaid, Helene Arts, John Hope, Frater Theobald, Lukasz Grochocki, Nukshean, Phil T. Mistlberger, Gabriel McCaughry, Blial Cabal, Daniele Valeriani, Geraldine Lambert, Glyn Smyth, Jim Pavelec, Lia Ve?, Oliver Liebeskind, Daniel Yates. An unused copy, never read - in Fine condition. (no dust jacket issued). Out of print. Item #72878
ISBN: 9780994911186
Price: $200.00