Opuscula Magica Volume 1

Andrew Chumbley, Opuscula Magica, Volume I, Witchcraft and the Sabbatic Tradition, Three Hands Press 2010 One of 726 copies hand numbered copies bound in charcoal cloth with dustwrapper, textured black endpapers. Spine gilt blocked. pp149 Has 5 full page illustrations and over 20 vignettes, all by the author. A major vehicle for the presentation of ideas were articles in pagan and occult journals. Previously these important texts have been fiendishly difficult to track down. Some are now collected here with an Introduction and helpful notes by Daniel A. Schulke (which are quoted and paraphrased here to assist this description);- Proem - previously unpublished A Short Critique and Comment Upon Magic - explores solitude as a tutelary genius and visionary art as a vessel of Gnosis Heart of the Sorcerer - remarkable for its early clarity of magical vision and the introduction of the term "Sabbatic Witchcraft". Question of Sacrifice - a provocative statement uncharacteristically written for a neo-pagan audience The Hermit - Explores individual engagement with the path and warns against the many character defects that plague occultism. Hekas - Draws together disparate magical strands to illustrate the Sabbat as a trans-aeonic vehicle of sorcery The Secret Nature of Ritual - Described by Andrew as "...an essay which deals with the geometry of magical ritual and the manner in which it expresses 'Time'" What is Traditional Craft? - a controversial article when first published, especially amongst American Wiccans. The Golden Chain and the Lonely Road - Describes the initiatory processes known within the Sabbatic Tradition Initiation and Access to Magical Power in Early Modern Cunning Craft and Modern Traditional Craft - Published here for the first time, a lecture given at the Museum of Witchcraft, Boscastle. An Interview with Andrew D. Chumbley Mint in Fine Dustwrapper