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Published by Xoanon, [No Place], 2012
Seller: Thompson Rare Books - ABAC / ILAB, Hornby Island, BC, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine in Dust Jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, original colour printed wrappers. 24 pp. Issued in a limited edition of 250 hand-numbered copies. Illustrated in full colour. A catalogue of 96 items displayed at the special Xoanon Exhibition at the 2012 Esoteric Book Conference. A stunning exhibition catalogue, the display included original manuscripts, talismans, initiatic editions and original monadic transmissions. The face of the magical order Cultus Sabbati, a body of English traditional witchcraft initiates, first manifest in 1992 with the publication of Azoëtia: A Grimoire of the Sabbatic Craft by Andrew D. Chumbley. The book presented a sharply different view of the historical practice of witchcraft at the close of the twentieth century, at once drawing resonance with the phantasmagoric Sabbath of the Witches, cults of Sumerian and Graeco-Roman witch-deities, and the high magical operations of medieval necromancy. The most important and enduring feature of the Cultus was its inheritance of orally-transmitted spellcraft and lore, in part derived from the topological features of the daimonic medieval Witches Sabbath. In its textually-transmitted numen, it took as its chosen corpus the grimoire, a spell-book or manual of black magic, thus becoming a book of magic rather than about it. The dense layering of incantation, complex sorcerous precepts and preternatural imagery gave the Azoëtia a visceral and living quality which continues to emanate from its pages. The dreamt name for the entic manifestation of the book was XOANON, the Effigy fallen from the Sky , which came to embody the exterior guise or glamour of Sabbatic Witchcraft. In the years that followed, Xoanon gave birth to a steady procession of "living books", each driven by its own familiar spirit, and each possessing its own distinct magical vehicle.
Published by Three Hands Press, 2012
Seller: Masalai Press, Oakland, CA, U.S.A.
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 66 pp., bibliography. "You ketch a hoppin' toad and carry that in your bowsom till that's rotted right away to the back-boon. Then you take and hold that over running water at midnight till the Devil he come to you and pull you over the water ane then you be a witch and you kin dew all mander of badness to people and hev power over 'em." So spoke TIlly Baldry of Huntingtoft, an English wise-woman of the 19th century, describing the ritual of obtaining th ewitches' amulet known as the toad-bone. Known to rural folk magicians and secret societies such as the Society of the Horseman's Word, the exacting ritual of killing a toad to obtain the bone of power has been documented in various forms and cultural milieus for two millennia, though its origin is likely far older. Focusing on extant forms in Britain and Europe, Chumbley traces the metamorphosis of the toad-bone amulet from its beginning as a talisman for controlling animals to its ultimate manifestation as a conduit of diabolic power of the 'Toad-Witch'. The first academic study of this little-known aspect of folk magic, The Leaper Between is here presented in unabridged form, newly typeset in several fine bindings worthy of its fascination. It will be of interest to students of comparative religion, magic, and folklore alike.
Published by Three Hands Press., 2015
Seller: Thompson Rare Books - ABAC / ILAB, Hornby Island, BC, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine in Dust Jacket. First Edition, First Printing. First Edition. Octavo, original publisher's brown cloth with colour dust jacket. 190 pp, printed on heavy stock. One of 2500 hardcover copies issued. Minor 'waviness' to dust jacket - as if it was inside a plastic protector which shrunk (but it wasn't) - a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. THREE HANDS PRESS has announced publication of PENUMBRAE, An Anthology of Occult Fiction. Edited By Richard Gavin, Patricia Cram, and Daniel A. Schulke, PENUMBRAE is a collection of thirteen works of Occult Fiction by Kenneth Grant, Andrew D. Chumbley, Hans Heinz Ewers and Others. Contents include: "As Long as the Flesh Remains" by Kenneth Grant; "Andromeda Among the Stones" by Caitlín R. Kiernan; "Wormwood Votaries" by Richard Gavin; "The Red Rite" by Don Webb; "The Olive Tree" by Andrew D. Chumbley; "Turquoise on a Bed of Skulls" by Patricia Cram; "Verger" by Daniel A. Schulke; "Altar, Altar!" by Michael Cisco; "The Other Asterion" by Sun Yung Shin; "The Divine Wrath Syndrome" by Dale Pendell; "The Spider" by Hanns Heinz Ewers (A New English Translation by Joe Bandel); "Any Corpse" by Brian Evenson; & "Upon the Fetish Rod to Otherwise" by Lee Morgan.
Includes interview with Kenneth Grant and A Short Critique and Comment Upon Magic by Andrew Chumbly, hid first appearance in print; 57 pages. Paper booklet in fine condition.
Published by Skoob Books, [London], 1990
Seller: Thompson Rare Books - ABAC / ILAB, Hornby Island, BC, Canada
First Edition
Original Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First Edition. Thin quarto, original colour pictorial wrappers. 57 pp, Illustrated throughout, ads. The author's first appearance in print, an approximately 1300 word article (pp 54-55, two full pages of triple column type), plus a small illustration by Chumbley - a variant of a drawing which later appeared in his 'Azoëtia'. See Gavin Semple & Clive Harper 'From the Peacock Quill: A Bibliography of Andrew D. Chumbley (Reineke Verlag, 2005; pages 21-22 & 34). Very slight rubbing to covers, a fine copy in wrappers. The article was reprinted (without the drawing) in 'Opuscula Magica Volume I, Essays: Witchcraft and the Sabbatic Tradition' (Three Hands Press, 2010). 'A Short Critique and Comment upon Magic' was Chumbley's first published article, in which he reflected upon his ideal vision of magic and the role of dream, artistry and the inspiration of solitude in the Path. The tone is fairly informal, despite the Blakean capitalisations, but the scope and originality of his thesis pointed towards the visionary sweep that would mark his mature essay style within a few years. The piece is, in effect, a manifesto, and lays out the salient themes of doctrine and method that he would continue to elaborate in his work; a comparison of this article with 'Cultus Sabbati: Dream, Provenance and Magistry', written twelve years on, reveals the rapid evolution of Chumbley's spiritual insight and capability as both writer and seminal theorist of magic. A small drawing at the column foot accompanied the piece, which was relegated to the very end of the magazine - an indication of the author's status as an unknown voice. The journal also contains an interview with Kenneth Grant (apparently by himself), and Frank Letchford writing on Austin Osman Spare, it was typeset by Ian Read, leading member of the London I.O.T. and erstwhile singer with Sol Invictus, who brought 'Azoëtia' to publication as a private edition eighteen months later.' - quotation, Semple & Harper, 'From the Peacock Quill' (ibid cit).
Published by Starfire Publishing, 1998
ISBN 10: 095278243XISBN 13: 9780952782438
Seller: Gates Past Books Inc., NY, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: New. Austin Osman Spare, Robert Taylor, Peter Smith, Carina van der Snee, Vonn Stropp, Nigel Aldcroft-Jackson, Helen Oliver (illustrator). 1st Edition. London: Starfire Publishing, 1998. NEW. First Edition. Soft Cover. Illus. by Austin Osman Spare, Robert Taylor, Peter Smith, Carina van der Snee, Vonn Stropp, Nigel Aldcroft-Jackson, Helen Oliver. 4to size - 11½" tall. Oversized Safely, Securely Packed.
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Published by Starfire Publishing Ltd, 1996
ISBN 10: 0952782405ISBN 13: 9780952782407
Seller: Gates Past Books Inc., NY, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. London: Starfire Publishing Ltd, 1996. AS NEW / UNREAD (see scan). First Edition. Soft Cover. As New. Illus. by Austin Osman Spare, Robert Taylor, Paul Lowe, Lindsey Calvert, Andrew D. Chumbley, Peter Smith, Carina van der Snee, Vonn Stropp. 4to size - 11½" tall. Oversized Safely, Securely Packed.
Published by Three Hands Press, 2010
Seller: Nicholas J. Certo, Newburgh, NY, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. Limited edition of 726 copies bound in charcoal cloth wrapped with letterpress dust jacket, this being copy #307. A fresh as new copy in like dust wrapper. Opuscula Volume One contains nine essays written between 1990 and 2003, including one previously unpublished. This volume also includes an Author s Introduction never before published, as well as an expanded version of the interview with Chumbley in The Cauldron. The essays reflect a degree of magical insight, clarity of vision, and creativity seldom equaled in occult writing to this day. {glass case}.
Published by Published by Fulgur for Xoanon 21, Chelmsford, Essex, June, 1995
Seller: Occulte Buchhandlung "Inveha", Birstein, Germany
Published by Fulgur for Xoanon 21, Chelmsford, Essex, June 1995. With 11 illustrations in the text. [6], 78, [4] S. Original black cover with gilt-stamped spine title. Front cover and front jacket with a small gilt-stamped dot. First edition. - Handwritten sigil and signature of the author in black ink on the last leaf. - "QUTUB defines the focus of the Magical Current. Its form reflects the Design; a web of interconnection through which the Current manifests; an evocatory poem of 72 verses articulates the transmutative process of the Crooked Path; 11 talismanic illustrations combine to express the telesmata of the Way; a commentary demonstrates in microcosm the macrocosmic pattern of the Design; the Rite of the Opposer reveals the Gateway to the Path of the flesh! There is a stream of initiatic power which flows through the Body of the Gnosis, moulding the Image of the Adept, casting the shadow-form of the Great Opposer - here its Path is traced . from the Yatukih Sorcery of Ancient Persia, through the Yezidic Cult of Shaitan and the widdershins dance of the Sufi, to its presen-day recension within the arcana of the Sabbatic Tradition" (Cover-text). - Cover with minimal signs of wear, otherwise a good copy. Sprache : en.
Published by Three Hands Press Occult Monographs, 2012
Seller: Veronica's Books, Gig Harbor, WA, U.S.A.
Full-Leather. Condition: Fine. De Luxe Edition. Bound in brown, full-leather. This is the Deluxe, Numbered Edition limited to 111 copies (this being #56). Mysticism - together with the bulk of his SOAS essays - were written in a transcendent dialogist style altogether in concord with the body of his occult work. Drawing upon sources as diverse as the dream-vision of Christian saints, Sufic oneiric texts, and Bonpo termas, Chumbley here presents an arcane cartography of the dream as the eternal vessel for the perichoresis of matter and spirit. 56pp. Book.
Published by Xoanon Limited, 1995
ISBN 10: 095192642XISBN 13: 9780951926420
Seller: Veronica's Books, Gig Harbor, WA, U.S.A.
Book Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Standard edition, inscribed by author on rear fly. Very mild finger soil to dark blue dust jacket, now in protective mylar. Signed by Author(s). Book.
Published by Xoanon Publishesr, Chelmsford, 1992
ISBN 10: 0951926403ISBN 13: 9780951926406
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. 23 x 15 cm. Octavo. 362pp. Illustrations by the author, glossary. Stated first edition, limited to 300 copies of which this is copy 221 signed by the author on the copyright page. Faint stain to the foredge, not effecting interior. Top corner bumped, causing some dog-earing. Foundational work which introduces the reader to the first circle of sabbatic praxis, the blood-acre. First book in the Trimagisterion trilogy, "The Book of the Magical Quintessence". This book is divided into three parts: the practical aspects followed by the teachings of ingress, congress and egress, followed by an outline of a series of practises of magic and methods of magical work that revolve around the 22 letters of the sacred alphabet. A reification of traditional British witchcraft, cunning men craft. Chumbley's work touches on a gamut of esoteric traditions such as Kabalah, Enochian magic, Sufism, and Alastair Crowley. Reference: the article "Sabbatic Witchcraft" on the webiste "Photophrenic".
Published by Xoanon Publishing, Hercules, CA, 2015
Condition: fine. Deluxe Third Edition, 108/111. The Third edition presents the complete text of the 'Sethos Edition' of 2002, being the definitive recension of the work. Original images have been digitally conserved and the text has been freshly typeset. Design and Materials are of the highest standard, for which Xoanon is well known. As the incepting text of Xoanon Limited, Andrew D. Chumbley's visionary book 'The Azoëtia: A Grimoire of the Sabbatic Craft' was first published in 1992 and is regarded as the foundation text of the Sabbatic Craft Tradition. The grimoire 'Azoëtia' is comprised of three main parts: an exposition of preliminary magico-aesthetic formulae with detailed descriptions of working instruments, the full text of the Sabbatic Rituals of Ingress, Congress, and Egress, and an eleven-chaptered grimoire detailing the arcana and composite practices of the Sacred Alphabet - the twenty-two lettered code of sorcerous principles underlying the practical spectrum of the Arte Magical. The entire work intends the reification of traditional British cunning-craft praxis according to the spiritual vision and artistry of a contemporary initiate. Deluxe Edition beautifully bound in half crimson goat over marbled boards. Gilt hands stamped to front and back leather. Gilt titles to spine. Black book ribbon. Illustrated, sharp corners, 408 pages. Slipcase.
Condition: New condition. Third edition. Deluxe edition of 111 numbered copies bound in half Crimson Goatskin with corners, marbled panels with gilt impress, marble end papers, silk marker, in matching fine slipcase; With Subscribers' Confirmation Letter and Prospectus; New Foreword by Daniel Schulke and Soror I.S., plus a special new image has been added to the original book as well as three original Andrew Chumbley illustrations, which were not published in earlier editions; [x], 366 pages.