Across these two volumes, Frater Acher develops a deeply personal, non-anthropocentric practice: a goêteia rooted in chthonic intimacy, embodied encounter, and the patient cultivation of reciprocal micro-cultures with daimones and the radically Other. Moving beyond historical reconstruction, grimoiric orthodoxy, and anthropocentric control, these works invite practitioners to engage magic as a relational, phenomenological, and atavistic art forged in the flesh, the wilderness, and unmediated spirit contact.
8vo (245 × 165 mm)
240 pp (vol.1) & 272 pp (vol.2)
Illustrations by José Gabriel Alegría Sabogal, David Herrerías and Rafael Pascuale Zamora
Standard Hardback Edition
Limited to 1000 copies
A two volume set bound in striking black faux goatskin, stamped on the front and spine in red and gold foils, textured red endpapers. Printed on fine 150gsm paper.
£69.99
£55.00
£50.00
Deluxe hardback edition, limited to 500 copies only.
Discover the esoteric writings of occultist and poet William Butler Yeats, in a new collection of his lesser-known magical essays W. B. Yeats is celebrated globally for his contributions to poetry and Irish nationalism. However, his engagement with the occult circles of
the late 19th and early 20th centuries have passed largely unappreciated. A member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, and later drafting his own system for a Celtic magical order, Yeats wrote prolifically on magical philosophy, mystical symbolism, and the
occult experience.
In this new anthology, John Michael Greer presents six of Yeats’ occult writings that have the most to offer the operative mage. From an analysis of the Golden Dawn System, to an investigation of the relationship between folklore and the paranormal experience to occult
philosophy, to an outline of Yeats’ own proposed magical order (The Castle of Heroes) that draws on the symbolism of nature, this collection is a much-needed addition to the occult canon. It concludes with Yeats’ most famous work of esoteric writing, the complete text of the original 1925 edition of A Vision. Written in a series of automatic writing sessions with his wife, Georgie Hyde-Lees, this revolutionary essay delves into innovative system that explores human personality, occult philosophy, cycles of history, the afterlife, and the symbolic structures from which all four arise and interleaf.
Other essays included are Magic; Witches and Wizards and Irish Folk- Lore; Swedenborg, Mediums, and the Desolate Places; Per Amica Silenta Lunae; and Hodos Camelionis.
Edited and annotated, and complete with a new introduction by John Michael Greer, The Magical Writings of W.B. Yeats preserves vital knowledge from the esoteric tradition, and offers the modern magician fresh guidance and perspective from one of the most important occultists of the last century.