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maxomaiEight months of work has come to fruition:
Fifty wood block prints in less than a year is no small feat, kids, and SC and I are both delighted that this book is finally done and about to head out the door. If you want to keep up with more news and information on this and other Liv Rainey-Smith projects, I'd suggest going here or here.
We now return you to the usual political discussion.
ARCANUM BEASTIARUM
OF THE SUBTIL & OCCULT VIRTUES of DIVERS BEASTS
By Robert Fitzgerald
With original woodblock prints by Liv Rainey-Smith
Written in the great tradition of the medieval bestiaries, Robert Fitzgerald's long-awaited new work Arcanum Bestiarum re-imagines the animal menagerie in the context of bestial mystery and atavistic power. Written for the modern magical practitioner and zoophile, the volume examines the occult virtues and totemic majesties of fifty animals, theriomorphs, and their kindred. Correspondences with deific powers, atavistic wisdom, and mythopoetic emanation are examined, especially in light of the tutelary powers all animals possess.
The text is graced with fifty-five original woodcut illustrations by artist Liv Rainey-Smith, prepared especially for this title in close collaboration with the author. Amongst the more ambitious renderings in the work are the occult cryptofauna Homunculus, Manticore, Ouroboros, and Basilisk, as well as animals prominent in the ancient dawn of magick: the Bear, Goat, Viper, Peacock, and more. Completing the design elements is an original typeface designed for the work by calligrapher Gail Coppock, serving to illuminate this grimoire of the Magician’s Primal Eden.
The book is 272 pages, printed in two colour ink on heavy stock, and illustrated throughout. The book is available in two editions, limit one pre-order copy of each edition per customer.
Standard Edition: cloth hardcover, full colour dust jacket, limited to 1400 copies: $60
Deluxe Edition: full brown antique skiver, marbled end sheets, signed by the author, with a unique hand-numbered woodblock print by Liv Rainey-Smith created for this edition, limited to 49 copies: $385
Shipping: $10 per book, worldwide
For ordering information, go here.
Fifty wood block prints in less than a year is no small feat, kids, and SC and I are both delighted that this book is finally done and about to head out the door. If you want to keep up with more news and information on this and other Liv Rainey-Smith projects, I'd suggest going here or here.
We now return you to the usual political discussion.
