Son of Prometheus (deluxe edition) by Sasha Chaitow
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Deluxe 'Auric' edition, published by Theion Publishing, limited to 46 hand-numbered copies only.
Fully hand-bound in fine scarlet red leather, manufactured in Germany. Gold cover embossing of an original design by the author, lettering on spine, Custom red velvety solander box with gold embossing on cover. Inside the box’s cover as book mirror is a tipped-in print on smooth watercolour paper in A5 of “Lost in the Light”, an original pen and ink, b/w + red, freehand illustration by Sasha Chaitow, signed and dated, exclusively drawn for this publication.
Son of Prometheus: The Life and Work of Joséphin Péladan by Dr. Sasha Chaitow is the first major scholarly study devoted to the life, work, and esoteric vision of Joséphin Péladan, one of the most colorful and misunderstood figures of the French occult revival.
Best remembered as the organizer of the influential Salons de la Rose+Croix in 1890s Paris, Péladan stood at the crossroads of Symbolist art, Rosicrucian thought, Catholic mysticism, initiatory drama, and fin-de-siècle esotericism. Across more than a hundred novels and monographs, he developed a complex body of teachings concerned with initiation, spiritual hierarchy, sacred aesthetics, myth, and the occult regeneration of the individual and society.
For more than a century, Péladan was often dismissed as an eccentric or reduced to a footnote in the histories of art and occultism. Chaitow’s study offers a necessary corrective. Drawing on twelve years of research, she places Péladan in his proper cultural and esoteric context, giving readers a clear roadmap to his worldview, initiatory doctrines, artistic mission, and philosophy of spiritual transformation.
The book combines biography, historical analysis, translated excerpts, and thematic study in a form accessible to scholars, artists, esoteric practitioners, and readers newly discovering Péladan’s world. Chaitow’s careful engagement with Péladan’s writings allows readers to approach both the esoteric and artistic dimensions of his work with greater clarity.
At once scholarly, readable, and visually evocative, Son of Prometheus restores Péladan as a visionary figure whose questions remain strikingly relevant: What is the purpose of initiation? How may myth and beauty reshape consciousness? Can esoteric teaching, artistic creation, and spiritual discipline contribute to the regeneration of culture?
Son of Prometheus is intended for readers interested in Western esotericism, Rosicrucianism, Symbolist art, initiatory philosophy, fin-de-siècle France, sacred aesthetics, and the occult power of beauty.
Illustrated by Chaitow herself, who undertook several artistic explorations of Péladan’s work alongside her research, the book features forewords by Professors Per Faxneld and Christopher McIntosh, and is endorsed by Professor Christopher Partridge.
About the author: Dr. Sasha Chaitow is a prolific lecturer, writer, and artist. One of the central foci of her research is the life and work of Josephin Péladan, one of the most important and colorful personalities of the French Occult revival. His importance for many modern esoteric movements incl. Rosicrucianism and Gnosticism cannot be underestimated – which makes the lack of available translations of Péladan’s work even more shocking. Sasha studied art, communication and English literature in Athens and after completing her Master in Western Esotericism at the University of Exeter she did her PhD on Joséphin Péladan. As a pre-eminent authority on Péladan, Sasha has been instrumental in bringing him to the greater attention of a contemporary esoteric audience.
Acher then gives a full account of his own personal communion with his holy daimon. As a magical record of a modern practitioner it is an important testimony for those embarking on the path, and a rare account given the secrecy within which most practitioners operate.
In the third and final section of the work Acher gives his streamlined exercises for attaining communion with the daimon; culminating in a fully restored rite from the Greek Magical Papyri.
Whilst the author’s focus is on enabling hands-on magical work, the book is not a traditional grimoire or grammar of magic; the work is of a deeply mystical nature.
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