{"product_id":"the-focus-of-life-redux-by-austin-osman-spare","title":"The Focus of Life (Redux) by Austin Osman Spare","description":"\u003cp\u003eHardback limited to 700 copies only. Published by Fulgur in 2012.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Fine, unread and unmarked copy.\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Focus of Life: The Mutterings of Aãos\u003c\/em\u003e, is arguably the most biographically significant of all Spare’s published works. Often obscure, magical and fragmentary, it invites exploration of a strange Nietzschean landscape through what Spare termed ‘the labyrinth of the alphabet.’ But the recent discovery of Spare’s original conceptual folio for the book, once owned by the respected writer E.M. Forster, has revealed an unseen series of powerful magico-erotic drawings – termed by Spare ‘blasphemous Ideographs’ – that provide an important key to understanding the ‘secret ritual of Self-Love’ that underlies this evocative and deeply personal work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis new issue of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Focus of Life\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eprovides readers with a high quality facsimile of the 1921 first edition, together with a full colour facsimile of the newly discovered conceptual folio for the project. Drawings too explicit for publication in 1921 have thus been reunited with the magical narrative, providing new insight for those exploring the artist’s life and magical philosophy. These important works are further augmented with critical essays from Phil Baker and Robert Ansell.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Watkins Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58137934365046,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/0635\/6656\/files\/IMG_5909.jpg?v=1782226521","url":"https:\/\/shop.watkinsbooks.com\/products\/the-focus-of-life-redux-by-austin-osman-spare","provider":"Watkins Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}