Books
of Interest: titles by Kenneth Grant
The work of
Kenneth Grant (1924 - ), a former pupil of Aleister Crowley and close associate
of Austin Spare and Gerald Gardner is controversial, often hard to understand,
but cannot be ignored.
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Images and Oracles of
Austin Osman Spare by Kenneth Grant Out of Print in USA, try ABE (below) |
After
almost 30 years out of print this superb collection of artistry and magical
writing is shortly due for re-issue- contact the publisher direct here |
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Outside
the Circles of Time by Kenneth Grant Out
of Print in USA, try ABE (below) |
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Aleister
Crowley and the Hidden God by Kenneth Grant Out
of Print, try ABE (below) |
In this study of Aleister Crowley's system of
sexual magic, Kenneth Grant reveals the occult workings of the Fire Snake or
Kundalini-Goddess the cosmic power that when awakened by magical means
assumes the form that Crowley called the Scarlet Woman. Grant also describes
a method of dream control that Crowley and others used to establish contact
with extraterrestrial and non-human beings and to prepare themselves for the
realization of true cosmic consciousness. |
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Nightside
of Eden by Kenneth Grant Out
of Print in USA, try ABE (below) |
Famed occultist Kenneth Grant continues his
explorations of the left hand path in the compelling study that begins with
the evolution of the Sephiroth of the Qabalistic Tree of Life. He delves into
the almost unknown nightside of the tree , finding evidence of
extraterrestrial dimensions that, even now, stir our group unconscious in
potentially dangerous ways. We must understand these powers, says Grant, for
if they are not controlled, the violent disruptions which are already
overtaking civilization will become pandemic |
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Beyond
the Mauve Zone by Kenneth Grant Out
of Print in USA, try ABE (below) |
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Hidden
Lore: The Carfax Monographs by
Kenneth Grant Out
of Print in USA, try ABE (below) |
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Remembering
Aleister Crowley by Kenneth Grant |
This fascinating and
absorbing book documents a written correspondence beginning in 1944, when
Grant was twenty, and the Great Beast was sixty-nine and had only three more
years to live. This beautifully produced book fills a void of knowledge about
what really occurred at the end of his life by the most knowledgeable man on
the subject, Crowley himself. |
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Zos
Speaks!: Encounters With Austin Osman Spare by Kenneth Grant |
This book consists of two
parts. The first is a collection of short letters by Spare and Kenneth &
Steffi Grant, and also extracts from Kenneth Grant’s diaries, all written
between 1949 and 1956, when Spare died, giving interpretations of Spare’s
magical philosophy and his art in a perhaps less enigmatic way then his
writings do. The second part gives considerable later material by Spare
published here for the first time. The book is filled to the brim with
Spare's art, including some beautiful colour pictures. |
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Hecate’s
Fountain by Kenneth Grant. Out
of print in UK, try ABE (below) |
This text began in the work of the New Isis Lodge
as they created what Kenneth Grant describes as ‘tangential tantra’ - a
profound disturbance which lies between dreaming and dreamless sleep in the
realm of Night. Much of this material had a Lovecraftian weirdness and
intensity. It is chronicled here with a poetic immediacy that outlines the
manifestations of the highest magical zone this side of the Abyss. |
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Cults
of the Shadow by Kenneth Grant |
Many sincere occultists have hesitated to study the
notorious left hand path for fear of stumbling into incalculable evil and ultimate
damnation. As the last student of Aleister Crowley, Kenneth Grant has no such
hesitations. In it he shows that the left hand path has no connection with
black magic-it is a legitimate balance to the right hand path dating back to
the primeval phases of consciousness. Grant leads us on a dark pathway
through Africa's Ophidian (snake) tradition Egypt's Draconian cult and the
Tantric secrets of India and Tibet into the present day. |
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Outer
Gateways by Kenneth Grant |
As Aleister Crowley's last magical student in the
1940's, Kenneth Grant has upheld a proud occult tradition through a lifetime of
study, practice and writing. This latest book is not only for experienced
students of the occult; it is also excellent for those who are new to Grant's
work. Here is Grant moving through magic and beyond to a new and
controversial view of human evolution and the ultimate goal of Undivided
Consciousness. Topics include the primal grimoire the unfamiliar spirit and
the fourth power of the sphinx along with aspects of dream control and the
wisdom of S'lba. |
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The
Ninth Arch |
The final weighty and highly impressive volume of
the three ‘Typhonian Trilogies’ |
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Gamaliel
and Dance Doll, Dance! |
Novel: Grant’s fiction remains compelling, and
allows a different perspective on his factual occult works |
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Against
the light: a nightside narrative |
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