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18938837London: David Nutt 1893. First edition thus Bibliotheque de Carabas Vol. VIII. 8vo lxv 5 92 2pp ads at rear. Frontis plate by Lockhart Bogle and one other vignette illustration preceding the Kirk text. Stitched in publisher's plain card wraps with printed paper jacket. Deaccession stamps and labels from Boston library to title and inner front cover worming to edge of ffep else clean internally. Staining to jacket spine mostly chipped away with remaining portion neatly adhered. A good sound copy. <br /> <br /> Gaelic folklorist Robert Kirk's 1644-1692 famous treatise on fairly folkore witchcraft and second sight. This edition published by David Nutt contains a lengthy introductory commentary by Andrew Lang. Scarce. . David Nutt unknown
20218196London: Scarlet Imprint 2021. Rose edition number 44 of 156 signed copies. 8vo 239pp. Vignettes tables. Signed by Grey at front. Bound in ruby silk the star of Babalon in gold gilt edges scarlet ribbon textured black endpapers translucent scarlet dust jacket and lined slipcase. Fine condition. <br /> <br /> Beautiful deluxe edition from Scarlet Imprint. From the publisher:<br /> <br /> The Red Goddess is an ecstatic journey through the history of Babalon the goddess of Revelation a provocative vision of a very modern goddess coming into power. From the Revelation of St John the Divine back through the Ishtar Gate and forward into a living modern magical current. This is more than a history it is a passionate account of living magic and the transcendent power of Love.<br /> <p>The text takes us from Babylon to Jerusalem to Rome and onwards to Apocalypse. It confronts us with the language and symbols of our own culture and the denied demonised divine feminine. It looks at the angelic work of John Dee and places it in a European eschatology. It delivers a devastating exegesis 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 love goddess in the West.</p> <br /> <p>Thirteen essays conclude the book on subjects including: roses mirror magick bdsm aphrodisiac drugs the information age love and lust and the meaning of apocalypse. The Red Goddess is for anyone with blood in their veins regardless of tradition background or experience.</p> . Scarlet Imprint unknown
1971001139London: Robert Hale 1971. Hardcover. See Description. 4 volumes all First Editions. These volumes written by Janet and Stewart Farrar are from the library of the spiritual teacher Gary Charles Erbe AKA Raven Grimassi d. 2019 who also authored numerous books on witchcraft and magic. Each of these four volumes contains Erbe's embossed stamp either on the front free end paper or on the half-title - "Library of Gary Charles Erbe GCE". Two of the volumes are INSCRIBED AND SIGNED by Janet Farrar to "Raven" Gary Charles Erbe. "What witches do" 1971: 8vo 222 mm tall pp. 12 211 1. With 6 pages of black and white photo plates by Stewart Farrar. Diagrams included with the text. This is a review copy with a bookplate mounted on the front free end paper. INSCRIBED by Janet Farrar on the half-title: "To darling Raven. In memory of my beloved Stewart nearly one year on he left us. Love Jan Farrar." This is probably a reference to Stewart Farrar's death in February of 2000. Some pen MARGINALIA is present on the 3rd page of photo plates where the word "CELLULOID" is handwritten below a photo of a nude woman accompanied by a thin arrow line leading to the woman's backside. Lower corner tip of the text block is very slightly bumped. Bound in black cloth with dust jacket. "Eight sabbats for witches" 1981: 8vo 222 mm tall. 192 pages. With 16 pages of black and white photo plates by Ian David and Stewart Farrar. Line illustrations by Stewart Farrar also accompany the text. Bound in brown publisher's cloth with dust jacket. "The witches' way" 1984: 8vo 24 cm tall pp. 12 349 1. With 16 pages of black and white photo plates. Line illustrations by Stewart Farrar accompany the text. INSCRIBED by Janet Farrar on the half-title: "To Raven Blessed Be Love Jan Farrar." This is followed by a simple cartoon of a cat with pentagram and possibly another signature. Bound in black publisher's cloth with dust jacket. "The witches' god" 1989: 8vo 242 mm tall pp. vi 4 278. With 16 pages of black and white photo plates. Line illustrations by Stewart Farrar accompany the text. Bound in red publisher's cloth with dust jacket. The dust jackets for each volume except for "The witches' god" ARE COVERED WITH CLEAR MATTE PLASTIC CONTACT PAPER. A minor spot of bumping is present on the bottom edge of the front board to each volume. Practicing British witches Janet and Stewart Farrar helped make available to the world the practices of modern witchcraft Wicca including those of Gerald Gardner Doreen Valiente and Alex Sanders. "What Witches'Do" records the activities of a modern witches' coven based on the practice of Alex Sanders. Rituals invocations and initiation rites are described. "Eight Sabbats" offers detailed rituals for the seasonal festivals - Imbolg Spring Equinox Bealtaine Midsummer Lughnasadh Autumn Equinox Samhain Yule as well as the framing rites and others. "The Witches' Way" gives the First- Second- and Third-Degree initiation rites the rites of consecration and other passages from the "Book of Shadows." "The Witches' God" discusses the concept of the male god examines 12 gods from history and offers a directory of over 1000 gods from various cultures. Shipping will cost extra due to the weight of 4 volumes. Photos are available on request. <br/> <br/> Robert Hale hardcover
1962000716London: The Aquarian Press 1962. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. Small 8vo. pp. xi 1 7-112. Bound in publishers pale gray-green cloth. The binding is clean and tight with only the most miniscule signs of bumping to the upper corner tip of the front board. The dust jacket is price clipped on the inner flap and shows spots of wear and rubbing to the extremities. The head cap of the jacket spine is chipped 15 x 13 mm. The rear jacket displays some mild soiling and a couple of small tears sealed. An ink stamp from the U.S. distributer Wehman Bros. "Wehman Bros. Publishers 159 Main Street Hackensack N.J" is present in the lower margin of the title page. Interior pages are generally clean. Pages 92-93 contain a small light manufacturing smudge. Doreen Valiente 1922-1999 often called "the mother of modern witchcraft" was a founding figure in the contemporary Wicca movement. During the 1950s while she served as high priestess in Gerald Gardners Brickett Wood coven Valiente re-worked much of Gardners "Book of Shadows" liturgy into forms still used by many in the Craft today. Later Valiente led a successful fight in Britain against proposed anti-witchcraft legislation. Valientes first book "Where Witches Live" contains her own primary research into the folklore witch traditions and witch trials of county Sussex. Valiente also included modern witchcraft practices. According to Ronald Hutton: "the greatest value of her first book to a historian lies in its portrayal of witch ceremonies in the very early 1960s" Ronald Hutton The triumph of the moon. Oxford 1999 p. 310. <br/> <br/> The Aquarian Press hardcover
19774669E. J. Brill. 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. All volumes are in Near Fine or better condition. Volume 2 has rubbing to small portion of spine.; 6 Volume Set. Études Préliminaires Aux Religions Orientales Dans L'Empire Romain; 1-6 . E. J. Brill hardcover
197718545E. J. Brill. 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. All volumes are in VG or better condition. Leather bindings with slipcases. Spines sunned and discolored.; V1: 1987 xxxvii 349 pp 199 pl; V2: 1982 xxxi 278 pp 219 pl; V3: 1977 xxviii 198 pp 302 pl; V4: 1978 xxiii 142 pp 111 pl; V5: 1986 xxiv 226 pp 168 pl; V6: 1989 xxix 224 pp 146 pl; V7: 1977 xv 67 pp 115 pl.; 7 Volume Set. COMPLETE. Études Préliminaires Aux Religions Orientales Dans L'Empire Romain; 1-7 . E. J. Brill hardcover
1634ABC_48501France 1634. Modern marbled boards with a red morocco title-label lettered in gold on the spine. 4to ca. 18.5 x 24 cm. 2 works in 1 volume. With:2 WITCHCRAFT. Remarques et considerations servans a la justification du curé de Loudun autres que celles contenuës en son factum.France ca. 1634. Two exceedingly rare pamphlets about the "Loudon possessions" a case of mass hysteria surrounding the supposed demonic possession of Ursuline nuns that took place in the western French town of Loudun in 1634. The affair led to the trial of a local priest Urbain Grandier who was accused of witchcraft. Interestingly these two pamphlets are by an anonymous partisan of the accused priest. The possession cases began in 1632 when several nuns at the local Ursuline convent claimed to be possessed by demons. The nuns accused Grandier a charismatic and controversial figure in Loudun of casting spells on them and making them his witches. Grandier who had gained the enmity of the powerful Cardinal Richelieu was arrested and put on trial despite a lack of evidence against him. The trial was riddled with corruption and political intrigue and Grandier was ultimately found guilty and sentenced to death by burning at the stake. His execution took place on 18 August 1634.While 18th century accounts of the famous trial such as those by De La Menardaye were popular contemporary accounts are almost unobtainable. Neither pamphlet has appeared in auction records and there are very few institutional holdings.The spine and corners of the boards are rubbed the title label is slightly chipped. Numbers in the upper corners of the leaves indicate that these two works were likely removed from a sammelband containing multiple works. Internally slightly browned an older typed description has been mounted with tape to the recto of the first free flyleaf. Otherwise in good condition.l Ad 1: Caillet 4718; Coumont F7.1; WorldCat 467111589 705771905 7 copies; Yve-Plessis 1285; Ad 2: Coumont R31.1; WorldCat 1254612433 2 copies; Yve-Plessis 1286; cf. for more information about Grandier and the Loudun Nuns see: Robbins The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft and Demonology pp. 312-317; Both ads not in Barbier Dictionnaire des ouvrages anonymes; Rosenthal Bibliotheca Magica et Pneumatica; Thorndike Grandier and the Ursulines only mentioned once in general vol VIII p. 583; Ad 2 not in Caillet. hardcover
