Lumen De Lumine or A New Magical Light by Vaughan, Thomas (Eugenius Philalethes); Waite, Arthur Edward (Editor) - 1910

Los Angeles: The American St. Hill Organization, 1970. SCARCE early edition. Third Edition stated, 1970. Near Fine, slight rubs at spine ends, initial P top edge front end page, in a Near Fine dust jacket, light edge wear and a bit of toning to rear panel. . Third Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Thin 8vo.

It was 1972, time of the cult-occult-commune explosion. By day, the Source Family dressed in colorful robes and served organic cuisine to John Lennon, Julie Chistie, Frank Zappa, and many other celebrities at the famed Source restaurant. By night, in their mansion in the Hollywood Hills, they explored the cosmos with their spiritual leader, Father Yod. Yod was an outlandish figure who had 14 wives, drove a Rolls-Royce, and fronted his own psychedelic rock band, Ya Ho Wa 13, now considered one of the most singular psychedelic bands of all time. He surprised many by suddenly morphing from health food restaurateur into mystical leader of what many considered a cult: a group of young people who lived strictly devoted to his esoteric teachings, unusual sexual practices, and philosophies of natural living and dying. Still, as controversial as he was to outsiders, Father Yod was, by inside accounts, a deeply loving and spiritually powerful magus who taught his Family to recognize their divinity within and… Read More

Doubleday, 1974. Paperback. Used - Very Good condition. Book is clean with some signs of age and wear. Book is tight and has no loose pages. Slight bumping at corners and edges. Bottom-right corner of front cover is creased. Some discoloration on front and back covers. Vertical crease down spine. Surface tear and discoloration on back cover from sticker removal. No markings inside the book. Photos are of the copy we have at Barbed Wire Books.

Chicago: The Cherryburn Press, 1976. Designed and printed by R. Hunter Middleton at his Cherryburn Press in Chicago. 49 pages; illustrations, errata slip tipped at rear. Near Fine in handmade paper covered boards, cloth spine with paper label, one corner of label starting to lift, tiny rubs at corners. . First Edition. Paper Covered Boards. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Private Press.

NY: Hermitage House, 1950. Hard cover in original cloth and dust jacket. Published NY: Hermitage House, 1950, sixth printing. 8vo., xxvii+452pp. Gray cloth with green blocked titles. Foxing-like stains in the lower margins of six sheets, small spots on front edge of page block, otherwise very good, clean, tight, unmarked, in very good minus mylar encased dust jacket with wear along the edges and folds. . Hard. Very Good/Very Good Minus. 8vo.

Los Angeles: The American St. Hill Organization, 1970. SCARCE early edition. Third Edition stated, 1970. Near Fine, slight rubs at spine ends, initial P top edge front end page, in a Near Fine dust jacket, light edge wear and a bit of toning to rear panel. . Third Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Thin 8vo.

The Aquarian Press, 1985. Tarot cards. Used- Very Good condition. Tarot deck includes a small 39 page book that fits in the book. The book is slightly discolored, has a scuff along the bottom on the front cover, small tear and fold on the top of page 35, and creasing and tearing on the top corner on pg. 37-39. The box has some scuffing on the edges and corners. All 78 tarot cards plus 2 information cards are included in the deck. The cards are all nice and clean. No markings in the book or on the cards. Photos are of the tarot deck we have here at Barbed Wire Books.

New York, Pageant Press, 1953, hardcover, viii-173 pp, First Edition stated, Good condition, lacking dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, spine-end and corner wear. An epic work of verse comprising a collection of inter-related poems 'to help establish a lasting peace upon our earth'. Presented as a tale of happenings to a family in varying voices of the Father, the Mother, and the Son.

It was 1972, time of the cult-occult-commune explosion. By day, the Source Family dressed in colorful robes and served organic cuisine to John Lennon, Julie Chistie, Frank Zappa, and many other celebrities at the famed Source restaurant. By night, in their mansion in the Hollywood Hills, they explored the cosmos with their spiritual leader, Father Yod. Yod was an outlandish figure who had 14 wives, drove a Rolls-Royce, and fronted his own psychedelic rock band, Ya Ho Wa 13, now considered one of the most singular psychedelic bands of all time. He surprised many by suddenly morphing from health food restaurateur into mystical leader of what many considered a cult: a group of young people who lived strictly devoted to his esoteric teachings, unusual sexual practices, and philosophies of natural living and dying. Still, as controversial as he was to outsiders, Father Yod was, by inside accounts, a deeply loving and spiritually powerful magus who taught his Family to recognize their divinity within and… Read More

Original Rare First Edition Very Good+ Blue Hardcover with Very Good- Mylar Protected Dust Jacket. Several jacket chips and creases. 1945 Clean 93 pp. B/W illus. Old inscription by a previous owner on title page. Great drawing by H. W. Lomas of British Goliath like Giant and King David like British boy facing him. See all our Three Geese in Flight Scans for Cover condition and interior.