First Edition published by Xoanon Publishers, Chelmsford, 1992
Paperback, 23 x 15 cm, 362 pages with b/w illustrations by the author. Stated first edition, limited to 300 copies of which this is copy 100, hand-numbered and signed by the author ("With a Thousand Blessing! A.C.").
Condition:
Clean, unmarked text pages, firm binding, minor dust soiling to edges of text block with small stain to top edge, mild creasing and slight staining along edges and bottom corners of front and back covers, faint reading creases along spine - in all, a good+ copy of this very scarce first edition. "Originally published by Xoanon in 1992, Azoëtia or ‘The Book of the Magical Quintessence’ has become one of the most sought-after new magical works of our time and may be regarded as the foundation text of the Sabbatic Craft Tradition. Azoëtia is comprised of three main parts: an exposition of preliminary magico-aesthetic formulae with detailed descriptions of working tools; the full text of the Sabbatic Rituals of Ingress, Congress, and Egress; and an eleven-chaptered Grimoirium detailing the arcana and composite practices of the Sacred Alphabet – the twenty-two lettered code of sorcerous principles underlying the practical spectrum of the Arte Magical. The entire work intends the reification of traditional British cunning-craft praxis according to the spiritual vision and artistry of a contemporary initiate."
