Search Results: Authors starting with A from JD Holmes, ABAA - ILAB

Pasadena: The Theosophical Society, 1964. In wraps; A VERY GOOD+ copy. 32 pages. 8vo.

NY/London: Four Walls Eight Windows, 1998. FIRST EDITION. A FINE CLOTH VOLUME in fine dust jacket. Replete with comparative tables and illustrations. 428 pages with index. Royal 8vo.

Sequim: Holmes Publishing Group, 2009. Limited Edition of 44 copies, twenty-five of which are hand numbered, and intialed on the verso.. A FINE COPY, hand bound monograph in custom papers with a Patapar overlay. Composed of the following selections: "The Pythagorean Brotherhood"; "Hymn to Ishtar as the Planet Venus and to Idn-Dagan as Tammuz"; and "The Babylonian Caduceus". Octavo.

Aurora, OR; Morris, NY: Charlottesville, VA: David Kherdian, 1983-1991. A FINE SET, with only purchases [by JDH] circled. Of the first 29 issued, only Catalogue Three is missing. Each catalogue averages 32 pages with approximately 300 listings. Much on Gurdjieff, including many titles related to the Fourth Way, but not recognized as such. A wide range of unusual titles in theology, literature, philosophy, mythology, and historical occultism, all well catalogued, and representative of the metaphysical interests of the time. Each catalogue has an illustrated cover, well chosen by David, Octavo.

Stockholm: Trapart Publishing, 2017. Limited Edition. Quality trade paper as issued; A FINE VOLUME, uncirculated, and in the original shrink wrap. This volume focuses extensively on the conference, "Psychoanalysis, Art & the Occult", which was held in London in 2016. As per usual, many authors and artists have contributed As to the symposium, one purpose was to seek to stitch together the ongoing split between psychoanalysis and the occult with contributors Gary Lachman, Dr. Stephen Reisner, Peter Grey, Alkistis Dimech, Val Denham, Carl Abrahamsson, Robert Ansell, Dr. Ingo Lambrecht, and others. Includes titles like "Alchemy as Art"; "Seven Layers of the Vodou Soul"; "Rebis, the Double Being"; and more. 248 pages. Octavo.

Stockholm: Edda Publishing, 2012. Limited to 500 copies, hand-numbered. FINE QUALITY PAPER EDITION, hand-numbered and limited. This volume, the fifth, contains material by Jason Louv, Patrick Lundborg, Gary Lachman, Timothy O'Neill, Dianus del Bosco Sacro, David Griffin, Philip Farber, Aki Cederberg, Renata Wieczorek, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Ezra Pound, Gary Dickinson, Robert Podgurski, Stephen Ellis, Mel Lyman, Hiram Corso, Frater Nagasiva, Peter Grey, Vera Mladenovska Nikolich, Kevin Slaughter, Lionel Snell, Phanes Apollonius, Lana Krieg and Carl Abrahamsson, on topics as diverse as the psychedelic William Shakespeare, secret societies, Rosicrucians, Illuminati, neurological interpretations of magic, the esoteric gardens of Quinta da Regaleira, Italian witchcraft, Pierre Molinier, Derek Jarman, the I Ching, Geomancy, the logic of evil and vice versa, Rémy de Gourmont, Aleister Crowley, Liber AL vel Legis, Macedonian vampires, Satanism, Goethe's Faust, and the creation of a… Read More

Stockholm: Edda Publishing, 2013. Limited to 666 hand numbered copies. A FINE COPY. This volume of FW contains material by Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Michael Horowitz, Frater Achad, Timothy O'Neill, Anton LaVey, Freya Aswynn, Nema, Philip Farber, Kendell Geers, Sasha Chaitow, Shri Gurudev Mahendranath a.k.a. Dadaji, Derek Seagrief, Robert Taylor, Marita, Aki Cederberg, Renata Wieczorek, Gary Dickinson, Vera Nikolich, Robert Morgan, Henrik Bogdan, Alexander Nym, Sara George, Anders Lundgren and Carl Abrahamsson, on topics as diverse as occult London, Tantric quests, rune magic and neurology, Cannabis, LSD, entheogenic influences on culture, the Mega Golem, Aleister Crowley in China, Bogomil Gnostics, decadent French author Josephin Péladan, the birth and death horoscopes of the Great Beast 666, Liber AL vel Legis, the psycho-sexual surrealism of Hans Bellmer, healing, death, the extraterrestrial origins of language, Ernst Jünger's psychedelic approaches, recent Satanic… Read More

Stockholm: Edda Publishing, 2014. Limited edition of 644 copies. Quality text paper edition; A FINE COPY, uncirculated. Color Illustrated cover by Fredrik Söderberg. This excellent journal and review offers another round of intriguing topics as varied as Aleister Crowley, Rudolf Steiner, Anton LaVey, Sar Peladan, Marcel Duchamp, Robert Heinlein, William Burroughs, Brion Gysin, Wilhelm Reich, Thelema, Satanism, symbolism, psychoanalysis, Dada, apocalyptic witchcraft, psychedelic philosophy, visionary book covers, Cannabis, artificial human companions, sacred prostitution, German Expressionist cinema, slam poetry, independent universities, extraterrestrial influences, astrology, sexual magic, science fiction and more. 360 pages. Octavo.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company Inc. 1968, Revised Edition. A FINE CLOTH COPY. [xlii] ,2516 pages. Square octavo.

Edmonds: Holmes Publishing Group, 1988. Hand bound monograph with parchment overlay; A FINE COPY. A work designed by the famed book artisan, Will Ransom. The quotations attributed to the Star-Goddess in this volume are from Liber Al vel Legis. Crowley-Thelema Series XI. Adrian Axworthy (ed.) Octavo.

Sequim: Holmes Publishing Group LLC, 2010. A FINE SET. Hand-bound monographs in custom papers, parchment overlays, and enclosed in a protective slip case. Illustrations. Octavo.

Edmonds: Holmes Publishing Group, 1994. Hand bound monograph with parchment overlay; A FINE COPY. Well done analysis which captures the initiatory drama of the Quest of the Grail. Includes numerous references to the works of Frater Perdurabo (Aleister Crowley). Crowley-Thelema series VII. Edited by Adrian Axworthy. Octavo.

Three Hands Press, 2023. Limited Edition of 936 hand-numbered copies. A FINE COPY, Bound in black cloth, with a two-color dust jacket. The Witch's Dagger in German folklore and sorcery. "Trutmezzer" traces the function of the magical blade as a key in the spirit world, and contemplates its array of powers. Central to the understanding of the blade's power is the figure of the Trud, an oppressive nocturnal spirit, which shares some attributes with the Witch, but also introduces the blade's function as a gatekeeper between worlds. Original illustrations by Rowan Cassidy, and calligraphy by Delia Vico. 80 pages. Octavo.

NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. First American Edition. A FINE CLOTH COPY in fine dust jacket. 399 pages. Tall octavo.

New York: The Free Press, 1965. Ex-libris; no internal marking; firm, clean binding; Very Good reference volume. [xv], 364 pages. Tall 8vo.

Buccaneer Books, 1985. In wraps as issued; small nick front panel; else, VERY GOOD+, unmarked. Octavo.

Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1961. FIRST EDITION. Fine cloth volume without marking or defect. Excellent reference work on the Irish poet and mystic, George Russell a/k/a AE, the friend of Yeats, and many other members of the Golden Dawn. Foreword by Padraic Colum. Compiled by Alan Denson. Twelve illustrations. 255 pages. Octavo.

Novato: Prophecy Pressworks, 1973. FIRST EDITION. Small custom monograph printed on colored paper with illustrations. A FINE COPY. Aflaki was a disciple of the grandson of Rumi and this small work is excerpted from a 14th century work. Considered by some to be the work of Rodney Collin. 12mo.

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1980. FIRST EDITION. A FINE cloth copy in dust jacket. The Ahmadiyya movement was formed in 1889, and sought a return to the purity of Islam. [xvi], 328 pages. Octavo.

Tokyo: Weatherhill, 1982. Quality trade paper edition; FINE. 191 pages. Octavo.