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DEVOTED
Scarlet Imprint, London;
Winter Solstice, 2008; limited edition of 814 copies.
This
is not a book about dark deities, or a volume of ready-made incantations
and rituals. So many occult volumes published these days continue
to be instruction manuals, rehashing of established systems or new ones
created from whole cloth. At best, we are treated to a few anecdotal
stories from the authors if they have in fact worked the systems they
write about. All in all, the magick books of the 21st Century
are cast from the same mold that was used a century ago.
This
book is different: it throbs with passion, blood and divine intoxication.
It is personal... even intimate, because it is essentially a collection
of lovers' diaries. The Beloved, in this case, is the goddess
or god that has chosen each of the 14 writers to be hir suitor.
This is bhakti yoga, the path of Devotion, in action. Here are
the piquant fruits that come after all the theory and practice, after
long years of penetrating a Mystery.
Evocation
is one thing, invocation is another. Evocation is calling in Merry
Maids to tidy up your house and then sending them on their way; invocation
is inviting one woman or man to move into your house and become your
partner -- devotion. Invocation involves surrender, and trust,
and the willingness to share one's darkest dreams, fears and desires
with the Other. It is an opening of the heart and the shedding
of blood and essence. A relationship always requires sacrifice,
and in the case of the God/esses, the sacrifice is all-encompassing:
body, mind, and heart.
Some
of the devotees in this volume do risk their health and sanity in the
name of Love. Skin is flayed, pierced and tattoed. Poisons
are injected. Possession is invited. The sense of separate
self -- obliterated. Risking All "for love's sake; for the
chance of union." None of the writers express regret or disappointment
for their efforts; all feel they have been richly rewarded, and that
the relationship and rewards will only grow.
Subscribers
to Babalon.nu will find much of value in this book, I think; its focus
is mostly on the Dark Goddess, whether in the form of Ishtar, Babalon,
Lilith, the Yoginis, Tiamat or Hecate. The re-arising of the Sacred
Feminine is well represented. But Dionysos, Loki, the Lwa and
the spirits of the Goetia are here as well.
Another refreshing thing about this volume is, like a previous Scarlet Imprint title -- Howlings -- you get to hear voices from the many traditions that make up the 21st Century magical revival. Thelema is, at best, tangential to these discussions. Most of the authors are followers of the Witch Craft, tantrika, Voodoo, sorcery or are simply eclectic magicians, and in one case, an academician. The public face of magick is only a small part of the picture. I believe the de-centralization of magick is what will ensure its survival as the walls of civilization come tumbling down.
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DEVOTED New Scarlet Imprint title available to order
Scarlet Imprint are pleased to announce that our newest title Devoted is now available to pre-order.
Devoted is an octavo book of 173pp, bound in saffron book cloth, black chalice stamped and finished with night black endpapers.
It is being prepared in a strictly limited and hand-numbered edition of 814 copies.
Devoted comprises fifteen essays by fourteen writers on their devotional practice.It is a bloody and passionate blend of primal gnosis and poetic expression.
These essays reveal and revel in powerful applicable magickal practice.
They are suffused with the living experience of the Spirit world.
A copy can be yours for thirty-one English pounds plus postage.
http://www.scarletimprint.com/devoted.htm
This title will be dispatched to you shortly before the Winter Solstice.
Devoted provides indepth essays on working with:
Babalon
Ishtar
Hecate
Lilith
Loki
Tiamat
Dionysus
The Yoginis
The Lwa
The Spirits of goetia
Our writers are a chorus of powerful new voices and established practitioners whose Work has often been overlooked:
Full biographies can be found at http://www.scarletimprint.com/devoted_biogs.htm
Devoted will enrich your own work, whether you are witch, magician, heathen, thelemite, or sorceror.
From possession work, to blood letting and fetishes, to sabbatic dance, there is a wealth of experience to explore within these pages.
In Nomine Babalon
Scarlet Imprint x
(UK orders placed before Saturday 13 should reach you in time for Xmas)
Scarlet Imprint announces the publication of:
The Red Goddess by Peter Grey on 07/07/07
A strictly limited talismanic publication in an edition of an hundred and fifty and six copies.
All copies are hardback slip cased and 156pp, professionally printed, bound, consecrated, numbered, signed and sealed.
The contents and conclusions of this book have never been published elsewhere.
The Red Goddess takes you through a tale of sex, drugs and violence.
This is an explicit and challenging vision of a very modern goddess coming into power.
This is more than a history, it is a passionate account of living magick and the transcendent power of Love.
The Red Goddess answers the fundamental questions:
Who is BABALON?
Why should we care?
Where did She come from and where is She going?
Is there a hidden western tradition of sacred sex?
The epic sweep of the text takes us from Babylon to Jerusalem to Rome, and onwards to Apocalypse.
It looks at the angelic work of renaissance mage John Dee.
It delivers a devastating exegisis on the excesses of Aleister Crowley, and unlocks the secrets of Waratah Blossoms.
It
explains the immolation of the Californian antichrist-superstar Jack
Parsons and his relationship with Scientology founder L.Ron Hubbard.
There is also a full supporting cast of Solomon, Simon Magus, St John the Divine, Earl Bothwell, the Templars, Mary, the Magdalene and countless others.
This is the missing history of the Holy Whore.
Thirteen essays conclude the book on subjects including: roses, mirror magick, BDSM, aphrodisiac drugs, the information age, love vs lust, and the meaning of apocalypse.
Those
working with Ishtar, Inanna, Lilith, Kali, Sekhmet, Bast, Freya, Pomba
Gira, Erzulie, witchcraft, tibetan tantra, sacred sex and transgression
will find much here to intrigue and inspire them.
The Red Goddess is suitable for anyone with blood in their veins, regardless of tradition, background or experience.
It is a Love story.
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