THE CLAVIS JOURNAL. Special DeLuxe Editions. Four Volumes.
Xoanon / Ouroboros, 2012-16. Limited DeLuxe Editions. A FINE SET. First three volumes, custom bound by Joel Radcliff. at Ars Obscura, and printed on heavy art sheets, with special end papers throughout. Many rare full page color plates, both original and traditional, and replete with black and white engravings and illustrations. Volume One: Limited to 125 copies, bound in full Olive goatskin. "Vision of Ripley broadside laid in; Martin Duffy examines the gnosis of Judas Iscariot "One Beyond Twelve: The Thirteenth Spirit, Judas and the Oppose"; the mysterious Governor manuscript is examined by Ben Fernee in "The Commonplace Book of Governor"; Daniel Schulke's 'Diablo Stigmata' examines the perpetuity of the Devil's Mark as an accursed brand; plus alchemical writings and plates by Edward Kelley, George Ripley, and Frater A. I. 96 pages. Tall 4to. Volume 2: Limited to 125 copies, bound in full Burgundy goatskin. A numbered lithograph titled, "Defiled Throne" by Carolyn Hamilton-Giles is laid in; Henrik Bogdan discusses the nature of Secrecy in Occult Orders; the German magical order, Fraternities Saturn, discloses the magical gnosis of Saturn; Michael Howard writes of the Freemason's Artificer; an unpublished ritual, with art, by Andrew D. Chumbley; plus research on Arabian Magical Talismans. 216 pages. Tall 4to. Volume III: Limited to 100 Copies, bound in full charcoal goatskin. Articles include: "Through the Gate of Horn: Occult Fiction and the Primordial Image" by Richard Gavin, accompanied by the esoteric images of Scott Finch; "The Triangular Manuscript of the Count of St. German" by Nick Kiss; "Powers Secured and Sealed: Miraculous Rings in Occult Praxis" by William Kiesel; "The Call of Fire: The Hermetic Quest of René Schaller de Pubic" by Aaron Cheek; Stuart Sodium's essay on the hidden Tarot of I.E.. Waite; Art Conservator Derek Elmore's reflections on the images of Austin Osman Spare; Fredrik Hettinger's 'The Incarnation of Denis Lind ohm', and more. 192 pages. Tall 4to. Volume IV: Bound in green Metallic paper over boards, slipcased, with pictorial dust jacket and matching end papers. Limited to 150 copies only. Limited woodblock print by Live Rainey-Smith, signed and numbered, laid in; an analysis of Cicatrix incense formulae by Catamaran Rosario; Daniel A. Schulke's "The Spirit Meadow"; Dale Penndel's alchemical paean, "Love Alchemy and Demon Work"; Harold Roth's "Crating the Magical Garden"; "The Fairy Springs" by Roomer Rustic; "Old Crone Tree of the Dark Edges" by Corinne Boyer; a new translation of a Norwegian conjuration of the Devil by Fredrik Eytzinger, "A Casket of Green Poison, Newly Open's" by John Maple, and a previously unpublished alchemical treatise by IBM Email, translated with commentary, by Darius Klein. 114 pages. Tall 4to. Item #18318
Price: $1,350.00
