Some pictures

The Unknown Mandara by William Blake

Titled "Spiritual Condition of Man".  Now in custody of a museum, this work was originally kept hidden from the public eyes by the owner W. Graham Robertson.

Eden: a color experiment

The Card that gave Crowley a chance for lawsuit

"On the 7th January, 1933, Crowley was walking down Praed Street in London. He stopped to look into the window of a bookshop and there saw a copy of his novel Moonchild. Attached to it was a card with these words written on it: "Aleister Crowley's first novel The Diary of a Drug Fiend was withdrawn from circulation after an attack in the sensational Press".  John Symonds The Great Beast (London: Rider and Company, 1951). p.285.

Found in Moonchild  (London: Mandrake Press, 1929).

an image

Althea Gyles

from The Dome (1898).

Sapiens Dominabitur Astris

From Astrologie Theologized (1886) by Anna Kingsford.

Nightmare By Daylight (1936)

edited by Christine Campbell Thomson. This horror anthology contains "The Flute of Seven Stops", a very rare short story written by Dion Fortune.

Blue Temple of Crystal

For meditational purpose

Eliphas Levi's Lamp

Banners and the Temple

Weapons

Some weapons

Some Original Trumps

Beni Hasan

Servants of the Kar.

"In the great scence of offerings to Amenement on the South Wall of Tomb 2, in the right hand top corner, is a representation of the priest engaged."

copied by M.W. Blackden, 1891.

The Last Letter of Percy Bullock

It was not long before G.H. Fra. Levavi Oculos passed away.

The Portrait of Algernon Blackwood

painted by William T. Horton

FAKE ADVERTISEMENT

A Joke, indeed.

Formidable Women

". . .she was a very stout fair lady of 60, resembling Mrs. Tingley, she also called herself Swami Vivekananda, but gave no real name. . ."

left: Mrs Tingley.  right: Mme Horos.

A sample letter of A.E.F. Horniman

 

"Dear Sir,
I am sorry to say that your play would no do for my theatre so I return it at once.
Yours truly
A.E.F. Horniman"

Her letterhead mark shows GD symbolism.

Inscription by Kenneth R.H. Mackenzie

 

Found in The Marvellous Adventure of Tyll Owlglass (1860) by Kenneth R.H. Mackenzie.

Inscription by Maurice Beachcroft

 



Found in The Perfect Way (1891) by Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland.
Beachcroft was a member of the Independent and Rectified Rite R.R. et A.C.

Bookplate of A.E. Waite

 

Found in Later Poems (1902)  by Alice Meynell

Tree and Serpent

 

CG Vault

 

Experimental. v.2.

Bookplate of M. Curtis Webb

found in The Rosicrucian Mysteries (1911) by Max Heindel.

Dare to Make Magic

 Dare To Make Magic (1969) by D. Edwards.  The very first edition published by the Order of the Cubic Stone.

ATTIC

The purpose of this blog -- another storehouse for big files of magical materials i.e. pictures, PDFs etc with additional comments, in case some guests are not able to make access to the files stored in the main archival blog.

        ------  Oujupah

Signature of W.E.C.D.