Diabolical various
Introduction by Peter Grey
Edited by Alkistis Dimech and Peter Grey
Diabolical is a weighty tome of over 350pp.
With nine colour plates of original infernal artwork from Stafford
Stone, Kyle Fite, Thomas Karlsson, and Johnny Jakobsson.
Bound in red cloth shot through with charred black.
The cover is stamped with the devil's verse in heavy black fractur.
It comes in an edition of 999 copies, hand numbered in dragon's blood ink.
A copy of the No Smoke Without Fire Edition can be yours for thirty-five English pounds.
The Grimoire tradition is being reinvigorated in the living practice of the carcists, magicians and sorcerors who dare to work with these books.
Those of us who do this work, regardless of whether we trepass amongst the angels or daemons, are often slandered as diabolical. Our books are also regarded as diabolical, being incomprehensible, demonic and without spiritual or practical value.
We throw this back at our accusers by demonstrating that these books are more complex than black and white theology allows, and as repositories of forbidden knowledge are worth their weight in gold. This is where the spirits lie.
We are upholding our side of the pact and continuing to produce the most groundbreaking and relevant titles of the modern occult revival. To this end, Scarlet Imprint have convened an international cabal of writers and artists from England, Poland, Holland, Sweden, Spain, Brazil, Canada and America.
Our writers for this project are:
Jake Stratton-Kent
Eric de Pauw
Aaron Leitch
Paul Hughes-Barlow
Mark Smith
Stafford Stone
Thomas Karlsson
Johnny Jakobsson
The Anonymous author of Pharaoan
Humberto Maggi
John J. Coughlin
Krzysztof Azarewicz
Donald Tyson
Kyle Fite
These individuals meet for the first time within the pages of our newest title, Diabolical and give tongue to their excursions into these texts and others:
The Red Dragon/Grand Grimoire
Grimorium Verum
Lemegeton
The Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage
The Testament of Solomon
The Nightside of Eden
The Wisdom of S'lba
Qutub
Liber 231
Liber 325 The Bartzabel Working
The Holy Books of Thelema
The Voudon Gnostic Workbook
The Taufer books...
Substantial original essays and inspired original artwork, in a striking talismanic production, Diabolical will astound you.
More information at scarletimprint.com
The Horse Hospital
Central London
Thursday October 29
Mass celebrated at 7pm sharp
Scarlet Imprint are hosting an infernal evening for their new title Diabolical at the Horse Hospital on October 29. This is no secular book launch. Please dress for the kind of deeply religious experience not seen since Loudon.
All demoninations are welcome.
Order of Service
Peter Grey and Alkistis Dimech will offer unholy communion to initiate the evening.
Startling new talent Johnny Jakobsson will deliver a sermon on how to form a Pact from his extensive work with the notorious Grand Grimoire. This is the most infamous aspect of the grimoire tradition.
Jake Stratton Kent with his hellfire and brimstone delivery will be preaching on the Grimorium Verum.
As the most notorious conjuror in all England, we suggest you take note.
Our Organist, on decks and effects, will be experimental musician Nous playing a selection of hymns for the night.
A whole choir of our authors will be in attendance all well-scrubbed and cherubic, willing to divulge the secrets of necromancy to neophytes for a glass of ale. Or simply deflower your book.
There will of course be ample opportunity to waft your thurible and shake your cassock with the unruly congregation who you will be sharing pews and alcoves with.
To have your name inscribed in the very limited guests list, please rsvp to scarletimprint@gmail.com
For more information on Diabolical see www.scarletimprint.com
We were delighted to be invited to speak at the Esoteric Book Conference in Seattle.
It unfolded into an inspiring event.
Rather than waiting for something to happen, William Kiesel (Ouroborus Books), Catamara Rosarium and Michael Kolson (Night of Pan) made magick manifest.
Over two days of talks and a night of ritual theatre, the attendees were captivated by a true representation of the diversity of the Esoteric Community. More than that, the event was professionally stage-managed and run, with a feast of books to browse and buy between talks. It was a triumph of independent small publishers who make books for love rather than money.
Of particular personal interest to us were Micheal Staley relating his experiences in the Typhonian Order, Amy Hale on Ithell Colqhoun, Thomas Karlsson of the Dragon Rouge, and Daniel Schulke of the Cultus Sabbati.
However, we attended almost all the talks and were favourably impressed by the entire roster of speakers.
The erudition of the audience was also impressive. It is a pleasure to find so many well-informed occultists who still have the passion to act. This energy is as infectious as fire.
What we found overwhelming was the warmth and openness of all who were there. Our thanks for the words of support, the conversations, the raw salmon, the red roses, and the gifts of books and knowledge.
The ideas which we presented will find fuller expression in Seven Heads and Seven Veils, a title which we hope to complete in the next year.
After a whirlwind visit we spent the Equinox being dragged through the time-zones and back to Europe.
Something has started.
For those within striking distance of Seattle, we suggest you make your plans for next year.
We intend to return.
In Nomine Babalon
Peter and Alkistis x
There is precisely one month left for those who wish to submit to our poetry anthology.
Still enough time to be included in what will be a revolutionary collection of work.
This new anthology will combine a sampling of the best poetic work available from contemporary practitioners with additional essays about the practice of poetry as occult art form, poetic spiritual devotion, and the artistic culture of magic.
We will pull from a wide range of traditions and focus on work that is ecstatic, fresh, well-crafted, and cuts to the heart of the savage beauty that runs beneath the surface of the observable world.
Divine inspiration is unquestionably something we are looking for, but preferably with the acknowledgment that just because something came down directly from the aether of limitless potential, does not mean that it cannot be revised - to be honed and burnished until it shines like the star it was meant to be.
We are looking for ecstatic verse, praise poems, hymns, paeans, prayers, and free verse poetic work that is experiential, expository, and raw. Work that penetrates the soul and worries it with its honeyed teeth. We want the best - shattering imagery, unhindered emotion, exquisite word-choice. We are open to rhymed and form poetry if it is stellar. Longer poems will be considered, but we are looking primarily for a maximum of 30-40 lines. Work can be submitted in languages other than English, but must be accompanied by an English translation. Original work only - please do not submit translations or any other copies/editions/pieces of other people's work.
Full information and the email details of our poetry editor can be found here
PS If you are a Subscriber, you should have recieved an email on Friday about our latest title.
Those locked in the grip of a particularly aggressive email filter may wish to check their spam folder.
The Encyclopaedia Goetica
Volume 1: The True Grimoire
The True Grimoire
by Jake Stratton-Kent
In stock now for immediate dispatch
The True Grimoire is a substantial octavo book of 280pp.
The text is profusely illustrated with characters, sigils, magic squares, and pontos riscados.
It is bound in verdant green book cloth, bloody endpapers and stamped with a rubeus memento mori.
This is a volume with presence, as befits one housing so many spirits.
It is being prepared in a strictly limited and hand-numbered edition of a thousand copies.
A copy of the Death's Head edition can be yours for thirty-five English pounds plus postage.
The True Grimoire is a major contribution to the practice and study of Goetic magic.
The neglected Grimorium Verum has been restored to it's rightful place as a potent and coherent system of Goetic magic.
The True Grimoire springs from the source of Goetic magic, enabling us to unlock the secrets of the other grimoires. We are given insights into the Dragon Rouge, Key of Solomon, Lemegeton, Abramelin, Honorius and the Black Pullet. This is a treasure trove for the student of magic.
The True Grimoire lets us experience a grimoire tradition with links back to the Graeco-Egyptian Magical Papyri and the necromancy of the original Goes. It also places Verum within a living tradtion, one which has taken root in the New World, finding expression in Quimbanda and the Legion of Exus, the 'People of the Cemetery' who have clear Verum equivalents.
Scarlet Imprint are proud to support the reborn Occulture Festival in
2009.
Taking place in London on May 23rd at the opulent Courtyard
Theatre.
This promises to be a stunning event, with cutting edge
speakers, art and performances.
www.occulture-festivals.com
The full line-up is very enticing. http://www.occulture-festivals.com/who.htm
You can also friend them on myspace at www.myspace.com/occultureltd
We hope to see you there.
In Nomine Babalon
Scarlet Imprint x
A great new review of Voudon Gnosis by Freya Aswynn, which can also be found at her blog here
Voudon Gnosis Review by Freya Aswynn
Ever so rare a book comes along which changes ones
paradigm permanently. The first book which impacted on my mind and set
my magickal Path was: Secrets of Dr Taverner by Dion Fortune and this
was in Dutch in 1968.
Many books came after, and now in 2008 forty years later another book has a
similar impact.: Voudon Gnosis by David Beth a genuine Adept and True
initiator.
This book is beautifully produced in shiny black cover embossed with a Seal.
I am reading it for the second time, it’s not a big book, but the content is a condensed version of various systems of Magick under the umbrella of Voudon.
I think that the term Voudon is used here as ‘Spirits Work’ and does not exclusively apply to the African Magickal Tradition but
can equally implemented within a Germanic/Norse magickal paradigm.
How could it be otherwise any True initiation manual has to be ‘universalist’.
Yes, my dear Asatru friends I am universalist, guilty as charged! Like it or lump it!
Any authentic occult system will correspond with others. This book is full of ‘triggers’ opening channels of knowledge, which reside in the collective Mind. If we consider the scientific fact that the Black Race is the oldest form of Homo Sapiens the first to appear from Africa and dispersing all overthe planet, it stands to reason that their gods and mysteries are also the oldest on the planet, from which may all others could be derived.
In the Nordic system here is mention of a primal goddess named ‘Nott’ or Night’.
This is not a book for beginners, it’s far to complicated and one must have
an familiarity with the occult concepts and jargon. But for those who
want to go beyond religion into the magick it’s a must. Some serious
excellent sorcery!
It has a strong content of‘sexual’ magick, perhaps this must seem odd to you my faithful friends
as I am a sworn celibate, however it doesn’t stop me adapting it intomy own magickal work obviously without breaking my vows.
There are only 550 copies printed so get your order in NOW! Let’s face it if
it’s beyond you current scope of occult understanding you either study
hard and catch on sell it one year later on Ebay for a multiplicity of
the money you paid.
Topics include: Las
Prise des Yeaux, Points Chauds, Spider Sorcery and Time Travelling,
Elemental Sex Magick and The Grimoire Ghuehde; there are also two
appendices ‘Nganga and the Fetish’ and ‘A-Mor: an initiated analysis of
Love’. Author David Beth is the Sovereign Grand Master for the
international Voudon Orders and is the Presiding Bishop of the Ecclesia
Aeterna.
For those who are really interested but hesitant I suggest listening to the pod cast of David.
(www.occultofpersonality.com)
Dear Friends and Subscribers,
Happy Valentines day.
This is officially our birthday.
We are one, and it has been an incredible first year.
2009 is going to be very important for us, with some striking publications slated for production.
Our creative exile deep in the Alps is proving to be inspirational.
Work continues on important manuscripts and artistic and magical projects.
We have broken our silence and emailed all of our subscribers with the details of our newest title.
(Please check your spam folder if you have a particularly ferocious email client.)
If you are not on our subscribers list, take this as a timely reminder, and email us to be added.
There are some very limited and desirable books imminent.
Love
Scarlet Imprint x
Scarlet Imprint has done it again. Another ravishing text which combines tasteful production with quality writing. Bound in saffron coloured book cloth with a cut back design which, depending on how you look at it, is either a chalice or two faces about to kiss. By all means judge this book by its beautiful cover.
The collection of essays found in Devoted are tales of the bhakti yoga of modern magick. Levannah Morgan described her allegiance to Inanna. Stephen Grasso leads us into the society of the Loa. Peter Grey reveals more on his worship of Babalon. In total fifteen essays, which provide an excellent range, both in style of writing and of the diverse of spirits to which the contributors are consecrated.
In common with previous productions from this energetic publishing house, we have not only quality and substance but also novelty, for these are quintessentially modern practitioners of the arcane arts. If nothing else this book demonstrates successfully that prayerful, even 'religious' praxis within occultism is thriving. Through these essays we are introduced to fourteen occultists who have a living relationship with their gods. This makes a pleasant change from the model that presents spirits as being endogenous psychic productions.
My only reservation is that I want more! (But perhaps that is the doom of those who are devoted!) Not merely more details about methodology (some of the writers in this collection are painfully honest about their techniques). I guess it's that Devoted left me hungry for more of the intensity of experience that our authors have found in their adorations.
In Devoted we hear voices that speak directly from the visionary state. This book is a poetic download from magicians living in the rapture of their gods, and their hymns of praise are quite intoxicating.
-Julian Vayne
Available from www.scarletimprint.com
