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0806. WILLIAM J. BROAD: THE ORACLE

1st US 2006 320pp Penguin. Illus. Small black remainder mark to bottom edge of pages, d/w sl. scuffed on front else VG in VG d/w. The lost secrets and hidden message of ancient Delphi. £10.00

 

0805. JOEL BJORLING: CONSULTING SPIRITS

1st 1998 214pp Greenwood. No d/w as issued, NM. A bibliography of titles concerned with Spirit contact; in Voodoo, eastern religions etc. Useful reference. £20.00

 

0859. CHARLES BOWNESS: THE WITCHES GOSPEL

1st 1979 160pp Hale. 12pp photos. VG+ in VG+ d/w. The origins and history of witchcraft. £10.00

 

06201. GEORGE H. BRATLEY: THE POWER OF GEMS AND CHARMS

1st 1907 198pp Gay & Bird small h/b. Decorated front board and spine with gilt lettering. Page edges sl. foxed else VG. Charming little book of folklore, notable for an early (if extremely brief) mention of Austin Osman Spare, worth quoting in full; “The clever b&w artist Austin Osman Spare once picked up a golden skull, bearing the word ‘one’ in opals. On the night he picked it up he dreamed that as long as he kept the trinket he would be lucky. So far his dream has come true. It is for this reason he signs his drawings ‘One’.” £30.00

 

06235. PAUL BROADHURST: THE GREEN MAN AND THE DRAGON

1st 2006 218pp Mythos trade p/b. 8pp col. Photos plus illus. NM. The mystery beind the myth of St. George and the dragon power of nature. £10.00

 

0604. RUDOLPH NEAU BUNDY: THE DARK PARADE

1st 1977 20pp Conquering Child A5 booklet. Illus. Sl. crease, minor stain to back cover else VG. Ltd. ed. 190/250. Series of magickal poems based on visions witnessed by the author in Montreal in 1974/5. An early booklet from Conquering Child, publishers of The Cincinnati Journal of Ceremonial Magic. £20.00

 

0808. W. E. BUTLER: APPRENTICED TO MAGIC

1st 1962 105pp Aquarian. VG in VG d/w. Scarce first edition. £25.00

 

0608. FERNANDO CERVANTES: THE DEVIL IN THE NEW WORLD

1st 1994 182pp Yale University. Illus. NM in NM d/w. Fascinating look at the Christian belief that all non-Christian religions in the Americas were based on diabolism. £15.00

 

06205. DAVID CLARKE & ANDY ROBERTS: TWILIGHT OF THE CELTIC GODS

1st 1996 176pp Blandford. Prof. illus. VG+ in VG+ d/w. Scarce and sought after exploration of Britain’s hidden pagan traditions. Focuses on the Peak district of Derbyshire, Cheshire, Alderley Edge etc. £30.00

 

06236. ANDREW COLLINS: THE BLACK ALCHEMIST

1st 1988 416pp ABC trade p/b. Illus. Browned, creased, sl. rolled spine else VG. Psychic questing classic. £20.00

 

06237. ANDREW COLLINS: THE SECOND COMING

Rpt. 1993 336pp Century trade p/b. 16pp plates. Sl. browning to pages and creasing to spine else VG. Further dealings with the black alchemist. £20.00

 

06238. ANDREW COLLINS: THE SEVENTH SWORD

1st 1991 484pp Century. 16pp plates. Page edges sl. browned. Small tear to top of d/w else VG in VG d/w. The search for the seven swords of Meonia. £35.00

 

0875. PATRICIA CROWTHER: LID OFF THE CAULDRON

2nd 1989 156pp Weiser trade p/b. Illus. VG+. Part history, part practical guide. £5.00

 

0877. PATRICIA AND ARNOLD CROWTHER: THE WITCHES SPEAK

1st US 1976 145pp Weiser trade p/b. Illus. Creases to spine else VG. First American edition (original ed 1965). This edition has an introduction by Leo Martello, a special chapter by J Insall-Mason and six original full page b/w illus. Scarce. £25.00

 

0629. LOUIS T. CULLING: OCCULT RENAISSANCE

1st 1972 56pp Llewellyn A5 booklet. VG. Strange booklet, a "great prophecy for the golden age of occultism 1972-2008." Culling was famous for being a founding member of the G .. B .. G.. £5.00

 

0802. PATRICK CURRY: A CONFUSION OF PROPHETS

1st 1992 192pp Collins & Brown. 16pp plates. NM in NM d/w. Very interesting study of Victorian and Edwardian astrologists, inc. “Raphael”, “Zadkiel”, Alan Leo etc. £6.00

 

0819. DAVIDSON: ROWAN TREE AND RED THREAD

1st 1949 286pp Oliver & Bond. d/w chppd. at edges, some loss else VG in G+ d/w. A Scottish witchcraft miscellany. Collection of tales, legends and ballads plus an important section on witches rites and ceremonies. Scarce. £65.00

 

081103. WADE DAVIS: THE SERPENT AND THE RAINBOW

1st UK 1986 297pp Collins. VG in VG d/w. Famous book charting the author’s (an ethnobotanist) journey to Haiti to search for the “Zombie drug”, becoming enmeshed in the world of voodoo as a result. £10.00

 

06145. RONALD DECKER & MICHAEL DUMMETT: HISTORY OF THE OCCULT TAROT

1st 2002 379pp Duckworth. 12pp b/w plates. NM in NM d/w. A follow-up to the authors' A Wicked Pack of Cards, this book covers the Tarot from 1870 – 1970. Includes a chapter on Aleister Crowley,Lady Frieda Harris and the Thoth Tarot. £10.00

 

081104. [JOHN DEE] A TRUE AND FAITHFUL RELATION…

1992 approx 600pp Magickal Childe large h/b. Illus. No d/w as issued, VG+. A True & Faithful Relation of what passed for many years between Dr. John Dee (a mathematician of great fame in Queen Elizabeth & King James their reignes) & some spirits: Tending (had it succeeded) to a general alteration of most states & kingdoms in the world. His private conferences with Rodolphe Emperor of Germany, Stephen K. of Poland, & divers other Princes about it. The particulars of his caufe, as it was agitated in the Emperors Court; By the Popes intervention: His banishment, & restoration in part. As also the letters of sundry great men & Princes (some whereof were present at some of the conferences & apparitions of spirits) to the said Dr. Dee. Out of the original copy, written with Dr. Dee's own hand. Facsimile of the first edition, with additions. £100.00

 

08904. MAYA DEREN: DIVINE HORSEMEN

1st US 1953 350pp Book Collectors Society. 16pp photos plus line illus. Ex libris plate of the peot John Heath-Stubbs. Full leather, slightly rubbed, inner hinges cracked, few pages with corner creases, pages sl. browned else VG. Limited edition of 250 copies, this one unnumbered. Study of the voodoo gods of Haiti by the famous avant-garde film maker. £60.00

 

0632. ERIC ERICSON: THE WORLD, THE FLESH, THE DEVIL

1st 1981 284pp Mayflower. 16pp plates. VG+ in VG+ d/w. A biographical dictionary of witches. Useful A-Z inc. Crowley, Gardner etc. £10.00

 

0820. CLAIRE FANGER (ed): CONJURING SPIRITS

1st 1998 284pp Sutton. Illus. VG in VG d/w. Texts and traditions of Medieval ritual magic, part of Sutton’s “Magic in History” series. Excellent collection of essays, including material on The Sworn Book of Honorius, Liber Visionum, Liber De Angelis and many other rare texts. £40.00

 

06307. FLORENCE FARR: EGYPTIAN MAGIC

3rd. imp. 1985 86pp Aquarian trade p/b. VG+. An essay on the nature and applications of magical practices in Pharaonic and Ptolemaic Egypt. Extracted from “Collectianea Hermetica.” £6.00

 

06239. STEPHEN FLOWERS as EDRED THORSSON: RUNE MIGHT

1st 1989 160pp Llewellyn trade p/b. Illus. VG+. Rune magic. This copy has the signature on the first page of Carl Abrahamsson, editor of The Fenris Wolf magazine. £20.00

 

0636. STEPHEN FLOWERS as EDRED THORSSON: AT THE WELL OF WYRD

2nd 1990 124pp Weiser trade p/b. Illus. VG. A handbook of runic divination. £4.00

 

06240. DION FORTUNE: THE ESOTERIC ORDERS AND THEIR WORK

1962 160pp Llewellyn small hardback. Pages browned, d/w very chipped. VG in G d/w. This copy comes from the library of The Order of the Cubic Stone. Has the order’s stamp on the first page, and a label on the half title page (one stamp, dated 14th. August 1969!). £15.00

 

0885. NICHOLAJ DE MATTOS FRISVOLD: THE VAJRA YAMA

1st 2007 152pp Chadezoad trade p/b. NM. Written as Shri Gurudev Trishulnath, this is a collection of essays on tantric magic, based on AMOOKOS material. £15.00

 

08905. GERALD GARDNER (as SCIRE): HIGH MAGIC’S AID

1st 1949 352pp Michael Houghton. No d/w. Dec. endpapers. Water stain to top of spine, binding tight, VG. Published by Michael Houghton of The Atlantis Bookshop fame, this is attributed on title page to “Scire O.T.O. 4=7 (G.B. Gardner)” £95.00

 

081231. [GOLDEN DAWN] R.A GILBERT: GOLDEN DAWN, TWILIGHT OF THE MAGICIANS

1st 1983 144pp Aquarian h/b. Pictorial bds. Pages sl. browned else VG+. The rise and fall of The Golden Dawn. £15.00

 

0646. [GOLDEN DAWN] R.A GILBERT: REVELATIONS OF THE GOLDEN DAWN

1st 1997 199pp Quantum trade p/b. Illus. inc. 8pp col. VG.  An illustrated history. £10.00

 

0829. [GOLDEN DAWN] FRANCIS KING (ed): ASTRAL PROJECTION, MAGIC AND ALCHEMY

1st US 1971 254pp Weiser. d/w sl. chipping at edges else VG in VG d/w. Previously unpublished (at the time) Golden Dawn material, including the “Flying Rolls.” £30.00

 

0647. [GOLDEN DAWN] FRANCIS KING (ed): RITUAL MAGIC OF THE GOLDEN DAWN

1997 288pp Destiny trade p/b. NM. This is actually a reprint of King’s Astral Projection, Ritual Magic and Alchemy. Includes the flying Rolls etc. £10.00

 

081230. [GOLDEN DAWN] ELLIC HOWE: THE MAGICIANS OF THE GOLDEN DAWN

1985 306pp Aquarian trade p/b. Sl. scuffed at edges else VG. Extensive study of the order from 1887-1923. £15.00

 

06312. DR. ONG HEAN-TATT: CHINESE BLACK MAGIC

Rpt. 1997 269pp Eastern Dragon trade p/b. Illus. Page edges sl. grubby else VG. Includes material on Mao Shan magic, the six chia spirits, Ku magic etc. Scarce. £25.00

 

081106. MITCH HENSON (ed): LEMEGETON

1st 1999 96pp Metatron trade p/b. Illus. VG+. The ‘complete’ Lesser Key of Solomon. A scarce edition. Signed by author. £75.00

 

06210. MICHAEL HOWARD: THE OCCULT CONSPIRACY

1st 1989 196pp Rider. 8pp photos. Page edges browned else VG in VG d/w. Good general history, all the usual suspects; Templars, FreeMasons etc. £10.00

 

08908. RABBI AKIBA BEN JOSEPH : THE BOOK OF FORMATION (SEPHER YETZIRAH)

1923 66PP William Rider. Fold-out plate. Illus. Ex Libris plate of the poet John Heath-Stubbs. Discolouration to endpapers else VG in torn, poor d/w. Translated From the Hebrew, With Annotations, by Knut Stenring. Including The 32 Paths of Wisdom, Their Correspondence With the Hebrew Alphabet and the Tarot Symbols. With an Introduction by Arthur Edward Waite. £50.00

 

0677. FRANCIS KING & STEPHEN SKINNER: TECHNIQUES OF HIGH MAGIC

1st. nd 1970s 228pp C. W. Daniel. VG in VG d/w. A manual of self initiation. £20.00

 

0678. FRANCIS KING: SEXUALITY, MAGIC AND PERVERSION

Rpt. 2002 208pp Feral House trade p/b. Illus. NM. A welcome reprint of this study by the late Francis King. Explores the connection between sex and magic; tantra and the West, Edward Sellon, Crowley and much more. Recommended. £10.00

 

08911. ROBERT KIRK: THE SECRET COMMONWEALTH OF ELVES, FAUNS AND FAIRIES

1933 128pp Eneas Mackay. Frontis. Ex Libris plate of the poet John Heath-Stubbs. VG. in slightly browned VG d/w. A nice edition of the classic of fairy lore, originally written in 1691. Introduction by R B Cunninghame Graham, lengthy comment by Andrew Lang. £60.00

 

0680. GARETH KNIGHT: MANUAL OF RITUAL MAGIC

1st 1969 74pp Helios small h/b. Illus. NM in NM d/w. Volume 3 in the Sangreal series. Clear, concise guide, an ideal starter. £10.00

 

06315. SYBIL LEEK: SYBIL LEEK’S BOOK OF CURSES

1st US 1975 159pp Prentice-Hall. VG+ in VG d/w. Scarce title from Leek. Includes chapters on Blood curses and waxen images, compacts with the devil, hexology etc. £35.00

 

08912. FRANCOIS LENORMANT: CHALDEAN MAGIC

Rpt. 1999 434pp Weiser. NM in NM d/w. Scholarly study of Chaldean Magic and Demonology. Facsimile reprint of the original 1877 edition. £25.00

 

0686. [ELIPHAS LEVI] T. WILLIAMS: MASTER OF OCCULTISM

1st 1975 174pp University of Alabama. 8pp plates. d/w scuffed at edges else VG in VG d/w. Scarce biographical study of the life and magical works of Eliphas Levi. £25.00

 

06247. FREDERIC LIONEL: THE MAGIC TAROT

1st 1982 184pp RKP. VG in VG d/w. Scarce guidebook to an even scarcer (not present) tarot pack designed by the author. £6.00

 

0891. [LOVECRAFT] GEORGE HAY (ed): THE NECRONOMICON

1992 184pp Skoob trade p/b. Illus. browned at edges else VG. With an introduction by Colin Wilson and contributory material by Stanislaus Hinterstoisser, L. Sprague de Camp, Christopher Frayling and Angela Carter. Researched by Robert Turner and David Langford. Interesting essays leading up to selected sections from the infamous grimoire. £12.00

 

0893. [LOVECRAFT] ROBERT TURNER (ed): THE R’LYEH TEXT

1st 1995 175pp Skoob trade p/b. Illus. Browned at edges else VG+. Further leaves from the Necronomicon. £12.00

 

081109. GEORGE LUCK (ed): ARCANA MUNDI

1st UK 1987 395pp Crucible trade p/b. VG. Magic and the occult in the Greek and Roman worlds. Useful sourcebook of original magical texts from 8th. century BC to 4th. century AD. £8.00

 

06249. DONALD McCORMICK: MURDER BY WITCHCRAFT

1st 1968 174pp John Long. 8pp photos. Ex. Lib. Copy. f.e.p. removed, stamps on history page. Edges sl. grubby, small piece missing from edge of d/w (protected), some spotting, overall G+ in G+ d/w. Extremely scarce study of the Lower Quinton and Hagley Wood murders. £50.00

 

06317. CHRISTOPHER MCINTOSH: ELIPHAS LEVI AND THE FRENCH OCCULT REVIVAL

1st 1972 238pp Rider. 16pp plates. Small chip out of top of d/w, slight damage to corresponding front board, else VG in VG d/w. Excellent study of an important period in magical history. Covers Levi, Peladan, Papus, J.K. Huysmans, French Satanism etc. £75.00

 

0692. CHRISTOPHER MCINTOSH: THE ROSY CROSS UNVEILED

1st 1980 160pp Aquarian. 16pp plates. Sl. chp to top of d/w else VG in VG d/w. The history, mythology and rituals of an occult order. This copy is from the library of David Tibet of Current 93 fame. Has his signature "Tibet" and embossed stamp on front e.p. £25.00

 

081110. S.L. MACGREGOR MATHERS (Trans): THE BOOK OF THE SACRED MAGIC OF ABRA-MELIN THE MAGE

1st thus 1956 268pp Watkins 4to h/b. Black buckram with gilt title to spine and gilt device to front board. Illus. Spotting to all edges else VG in VG d/w. Ltd. Ed. 500 copies. The Book Of The Sacred Magic Of Abra-Melin The Mage As Delivered By Abraham The Jew Unto His Son Lamech Translated from the Original Hebrew into French, and now rendered into English from an unique and valuable MS in Bibliotheque de l'Arsenal at Paris With a special introduction and Explanatory Notes by the Translator and Numerous Magical Squares of Letters. Facsimile of the First Edition of 1898. Translated by MacGregor Mathers, famously attempted by Aleister Crowley. Unusual to find a copy in d/w. £125.00

 

081111. S.L. MACGREGOR MATHERS (Trans): THE GREATER KEY OF SOLOMON

nd 1940s 130pp De Laurence h/b. Illus. Sl. spotting to edges. Woodgrain effect bds. No d/w (as issued?) else VG. Dated 1914, but introduction dated 1916, so publication date is speculative. An interesting edition. £40.00

 

08914. S.L. MACGREGOR MATHERS (Trans): THE GRIMOIRE OF ARMADEL

1st 1980 80pp RKP 4to h/b. Prof. illus. VG+ in VG+ d/w. Scarce first edition of this 17th. Century grimoire, translated by Mathers from a manuscript in the Bibliotheque Arsenal in Paris. £50.00

 

06248. S.L. MACGREGOR MATHERS (ed): THE KEY OF SOLOMON THE KING

Rpt. 1974 128pp RKP. Illus. Tape removal marks on d/w and f.e.p. Pages edges sl. soiled else VG in VG d/w. Translation of the grimoire Clavicula Salomonis. £20.00

 

0896. [MAGICA SEXUALIS] GEORGE RYLEY-SCOTT: PHALLIC WORSHIP

Rpt. 1996 234pp Senate trade p/b. Illus. NM. A history of sex and sexual rites. £4.00

 

0897. [MAGICA SEXUALIS] EDWARD SELLON: THE UPS AND DOWNS OF LIFE

Rpt. 1996 128pp Wordsworth trade p/b. Illus. NM. Autobiographical novel from the Victorian soldier and rogue, often credited as introducing Tantra to the West. £5.00

 

0899. [MAGICA SEXUALIS] MERILYN TUNNESHENDE: RAINBOW SERPENT

1st 1999 224pp Thorsons trade p/b. VG+. The magical art of sexual alchemy. An interesting approach, the author claims to be a pupil of Toltec master Don Juan (of Carlos Castenada fame). Similar in style to the Castenada books, Tunneshende embarks on a first person narrative of her experiences in using her sexual energy for healing etc. under the guidance of her mentor Chon Yakil. £20.00

 

0694. ERIC MAPLE: COMPLETE BOOK OF WITCHCRAFT AND DEMONOLOGY

1st thus n.d. (1970s) 600pp+ Barnes. Illus. d/w sl. chppd, else VG in VG d/w. This is actually a compendium of three titles; The Dark World of Witches, The Domain of Devils and The Realm of Ghosts. Lots of interesting material. £20.00

 

06250. GARETH J. MEDWAY: THE LURE OF THE SINISTER

1st 2001 464pp New York University Press. NM in NM d/w. The unnatural history of Satanism. Wide ranging study, from Xtian concepts of the Devil to Aleister Crowley and modern Satanic groups and their denouncers. £15.00

 

06251. GEORGE E. MYLONAS: ELEUSIS AND THE ELEUSINIAN MYSTERIES

1st 1961 345pp Princeton University Press. 24pp plates. Sl. marks to page edge, discreet ex libris plate (under front flap). VG in VG d/w. Scarce investigation into the archaeology of Eleusis and the mystery cult that thrived there for 2000 years. £35.00

 

08915. VENETIA NEWELL (ed): THE WITCH FIGURE

1st 1973 239pp RKP. Sl. spotting to edges else VG in VG d/w. Excellent and important collection of essays in honour the 75th birthday of folklore scholar Katherine M. Briggs. Includes essays on Hostile magic in the Icelandic sagas, witchcraft at some prehistoric sites, some instances of image magic in Great Britain, Cain’s kin etc. £55.00

 

0699. TOYNE NEWTON: THE DEMONIC CONNECTION

1st 1987 160pp Badger trade p/b. 4pp photos. Pages sl. browned else NM. An investigation into Satanism in England and the international Black Magic conspiracy. Hitler, KGB, UFOs, Hecate all get a look in. Scarce. £6.00

 

06100. ROSALEEN NORTON: THREE MACABRE STORIES

1st 1996 36pp Typographeum. Black bds, gilt demon head front bd. Paper label on spine, no d/w, as issued. Frontis. Of Norton tipped in, VG. Limited to 150 copies, this book contains three early tales of the macabre by the noted Australian occult artist. £40.00

 

06101. LAUREN PAINE: WITCHCRAFT AND THE MYSTERIES

1st 1975 192pp Hale. 8pp plates. Sl. Dusty at edges else VG in VG d/w. Good study. £14.00

 

08101. NIGEL PENNICK: PRACTICAL MAGIC IN THE NORTHERN TRADITION

1st 1989 288pp Aquarian. Illus. Page edges sl. browned else VG+ in VG+d/w. Tools and equipment, rituals and techniques. £15.00

 

FRATER P.V.N. MATERIAL

Frater P.V.N. (aka Bill Siebert, currently Alobar Greywalker) has been an active Thelemite/shaman for many years. He founded the Chthonic/Auranian-Templars of Thelema and the Miskatonic Alchemykal Expedition . The following items represent a rare chance to acquire rare original booklets and ephemera put out by his order Math of the Chrystal Humm.

 

06178. --- MATH OF THE CHRYSTAL HUMM

1st 1983 26pp Boleskine House A5 stapled booklet. VG+. Charter and statement of purpose. Together with oversized 2-sided proclamation and A4 2-sided flyer for Math of the Chrystal Humm Travelling Magi show. £30.00

 

06179. --- DOXOLOGY

1st 1983 35pp Boleskine House A5 stapled booklet. VG+. Doxology, commentary, vision of a Gnostic Mass. Three ‘channeled” writings, the first two of which resulted from meditations on The Manifesto of the Antichrist by Jack Parsons. £25.00

 

06180. --- CHRYSTAL WORKINGS THRU THE ASTRAL MIRROR

1st 1983 58pp Boleskine House A5 stapled booklet. VG+. Being the first volume in a series of excerpts from the magickal record of a certain frater P. £25.00

 

06181. --- THE ALCHEMY OF IMMORTALITY

1st 1983 54pp Boleskine House A5 stapled booklet. VG+. Vampires and the aristocracy of blood, being an esoteric legacy of the Holy Grail. £25.00

 

06182. --- APOLOGIA DISCORDIA

1st 1982 14pp Boleskine House A5 stapled booklet. VG+. Written by “B.S.” in response to negative attacks on his magickal work, revised and edited by Frater P.V.N. £10.00

 

06184. --- FEAST INVITATIONS

Collection of A4 and larger 2-sided flyers for various meetings including FEAST OF THE MAGI (Maggie Ingalls a.k.a. NEMA on program staff), TANTRIC BELTANE (with explicit illus.) CONVOCATION OF THE MAGI, HARLEQUIN'S HOLIDAY RETREAT, chain letters. 10 sheets. £20.00

 

06185. --- MAGICKAL DIARIES

An astounding collection of magickal diaries and articles. Photocopies on A4 cream coloured paper, corner stapled. Contains PVN 1–12 plus PVN 35-41, and PVN 31 (photocopied on white legal size sheets) Well over 200 pages in total. PVN 1 is “There and Back Again”, a journal of travels through the country of the mind (using Psilocybe mushroom). Scarce material. £100.00

 

06186. --- ARIAN

1992 14pp A4, corner stapled. VG+. Scarce erotico-magic poetry . £15.00

 

08916. NICOLAS REMY: DEMONOLATRY

Facs. ed. 1970 188pp Muller 4to h/b. No d/w else VG. Drawn from the trials of 900 people put to death for witchcraft. £20.00

 

06104. FRANK RIPEL: THE MAGIC OF ATLANTIS

1st 1985 185pp Amalietti 1985. Illus. VG+ in VG d/w. The real source of the Necronomicon. First part of a trilogy, but the only part to be appear in English. First part presents the text of the Sauthenerom, which is supposed to be the text from which the Necronomicon arose. The second part describes the nature and teachings of Ripel's organisation the Ordo Rosae Misticae. £50.00

 

06187. W.F. RYAN: THE BATHHOUSE AT MIDNIGHT

1st 1999 504pp Sutton. 12pp plates. NM in NM d/w . An excellent study of magic and divination in Russia , 30 years in the writing. Much interesting material. £35.00

 

06188. W.F. RYAN: THE BATHHOUSE AT MIDNIGHT

1999 504pp Sutton trade. 12pp plates. Spine sl. creased else VG . Paperback copy of the above book. £15.00

 

08919. DANIEL SCHULKE: VIRIDARIUM UMBRIS

1st 2005 526pp Xoanon. Prof. illus. No d/w as issued. Sage green cloth, decorations stamped in copper. VG+. Ltd. ed. 319/576. The Pleasure Garden of Shadow, which Treats of the Secret Knowledge of Trees and Herbs Deliver'd by the Fallen Angels unto Man. An excellent discourse on the magical use of plants and herbs. Schulke is the Magister of the Cultus Sabbati, having taken over after the death of Andrew Chumbley. £275.00

 

06106. IDRIES SHAH: ORIENTAL MAGIC

1973 238pp Paladin trade p/b. Illus. VG. Good study of the magic of the middle and far east. £6.00

 

08921. IDRIES SHAH: THE SECRET LORE OF MAGIC

1972 317pp Abacus trade p/b. Sl. browned else VG. Compendium of material from various grimoires. £5.00

 

06319. JOSEPH NAVEH & SHAUL SHAKED: AMULETS AND MAGIC BOWLS

3rd. 1998 304pp Magnes Press. 40pp plates. NM in NM d/w. Detailed study of Aramaic incantations of late antiquity, inc. translations of hitherto unpublished bowls. £30.00

 

06325. “SIMON”: DEAD NAMES

1st 2006 260pp Subterranean Press. Dec. bds. No d/w as issued. NM. Ltd. ed. 47/350. The dark history of the Necronomicon. An account of how the “Simon” version of the Necronomicon came to be published. An interesting read, containing many anecdotes of the occult milieu in 1970s America. £55.00

 

06109. SKINNER, STEPHEN (ED): THE FOURTH BOOK OF OCCULT PHILOSOPHY

2005 232pp Ibis h/b in d/w. NEW. New edition of the 1978 Askin facsimile copy. Contains Of magical Ceremonies, Heptameron, Isagoge, Arbatel of Magick, Of Geomancy and Of Astronomical Geomancy. £30.00

 

06326. LEWIS SPENCE: THE OCCULT SCIENCES IN ATLANTIS

1970 136pp Aquarian. VG in VG d/w. Spence had a life-long interest in Atlantis, publishing several books on the subject, as well as a journal co-edited by C.R. Cammell. £25.00

 

06122. ALAWN TICKHILL & R. WESTWOOD: RIDING THE HORSE

1st 1987 52pp Moonshine A5 booklet. Illus. VG. The theory and practice of native British Shamanism (the shaman's horse being his drum). £14.00

 

06124. VINCI, LEO: TALISMANS, AMULETS AND CHARMS

1st 1977 208pp Regency h/b. Illus. Pictorial bds, VG+. Informative guide from the author of Gmicalzoma. £25.00

 

06258. PAUL WALDO-SCWARTZ: ART AND THE OCCULT

1977 168pp Unwin trade p/b. prof. illus. Crease to bottom corner of cover else VG. £6.00

 

06125. BENJAMIN WALKER: TANTRISM

1st 1982 176pp Aquarian. VG in VG d/w. Tantrik cults of the left-hand path, their philosophies and influence on Western magick. £12.00

 

06126. CHARLES WALL: DEVILS

Rpt. 1974 152pp EP Publishing. Illus. VG in VG d/w. Facs. copy of 1904 first edition. With 50 iilustrations. Names of devils, legends, proverbs etc. £16.00

 

08922. KATHY WALLIS: SPIRIT IN THE STORM

1st 2003 28pp Lyngham House A5 stapled booklet + CD. NM. The true story of Joan Wytte, fighting fairy woman of Bodmin. Wytte was convicted of witchcraft and died in Bodmin jail in 1813. However, she wasn’t buried an came to ba an exhibit at the Museum of Witchcraft. She was finally buried in secret in 1998. Includes a CD telling the story. £5.00

 

06128. VERA WINTERBOTTOM: THE DEVIL IN LANCASHIRE

2nd. 1963 87pp Runninghill. Illus. VG in chppd, small pieces missing d/w. Excellent compendium of local Devil-lore and verse. £4.00

 

MAGAZINES AND JOURNALS

08934. INNER KELTIA 7

Nd. 1980s 112pp A5 stapled booklet. Prof. illus. VG+. A labour of love by the editor Kaledon Naddair, this journal heralded the revival of ‘Keltic Spirituality’. This issue features From the Wildman to the Lord of The Forest, a Keltic pagan Initiation Path, plus Secrets from Ogham and the Koelbren, Keltic Divination scripts. £8.00

 

08936. KELTIC ANIMAL LORE VOLS 1 + 2

1987 164pp A5 stapled booklet. Prof. illus. VG. Comprehensive collection of animal lore in the Keltic tradition. 2 vols £10.00

 

06219. TYR NO. 1

1st 2002 286pp Ultra trade p/b. Illus. NM. Journal of myth, culture and tradition of pre-Christian, pre-modern Europe. Edited by Michael Moynihan. Includes articles by Stephen Flowers, Stephen Pollington, Nigel Pennick etc. £12.00