Shades in Mauve (Deluxe edition) by Edward Gauntlett
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Antiquarian
Deluxe edition published by Von Zos in 2015. Limited to 40 copies only. Full green cloth with titling foiled in gold, housed in slipcase. Signed by author on limitation page, and comes with a numbered colour sigil postcard (the spirit "Thantifaxath" drawn from Crowley's Liber 231).
Condition: Fine / as new.
Shades in Mauve takes the form of an historical survey of certain streams that have fed the Typhonian Current from the distant past until comparatively recent times. Beginning with the most ancient headwaters in prehistoric Africa, it notes the appearance of springs and tributaries rising here and there throughout European history. Emphasis is placed upon the artistic and creative nature of the Current; an emphasis not amenable to a purely academic approach.
Kenneth Grant’s work forms a constant undercurrent to the discussion. The text leads out from themes that initially appeared in The Magical Revival and elaborates upon some of the topics in that first volume of the trilogies.
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