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PERDURADO: The Life of Aleister Crowley - by Richard Kaczynski

2012-02-07T17:30:00.000-08:00

PERDURADO: The Life of Aleister Crowley - by Richard Kaczynski

The Definitive Biography of the Founder of Modern Magick - This book is being called by some the best biography of 'The Beast' Aleister Crowley yet written - It traces Aleister Crowley's remarkable journey from his birth as the only son of a wealthy preacher to his death in a boarding house as one of the most notorious men of his time.

Crowley was a tireless magician, prophet, poet, scholar and adventurer - he inspired generations of social and spiritual truth-seekers and shaped popular culture throughout the years with his philosophy of "Do What Thou Wilt Shall Be The Whole of The Law."

Based on twenty years of research which includes previously unpublished details and photographs, this revised and expanded edition of this biography about one of the most fascinating characters of the twentieth century is destined to become the definitive work on the subject. Kaczynsky takes an accessible and even-handed approach to this controversial figure.

"Richard Kaczynski's PERDURADO: The Life of Aleister Crowley is the one biography that is absolutely necessary for anyone who wishes to know more about one of the most creative, seminal and misunderstood figures of the last hundred years." --- David Tibet, Founder of 'Current 93' (the band)

North Atlantic Books - 2010 Revised and Expanded Edition - 705 Page Thick Hardcover Book - Many B&W Illustrations - PRICE: $25.00

THE REAL BLUEBEARD: The Life of Gilles de Rais By Jean Benedetti

2012-02-07T16:48:00.000-08:00

THE REAL BLUEBEARD
The Life of Gilles de Rais
By Jean Benedetti

This gripping tale explores the life of Gilles de Rais with an authoritative grasp of the historical context surrounding the real life figure of this well-bred French soldier who once fought alongside Joan of Arc - he was later convicted of the sexual abuse, torture and murder of 140 children. He was hanged and burned, then his body was placed in an iron casket. What led this wealthy Marshal of France, owner of extensive lands and great houses, to turn to sorcery, sexual deviancy and horrific murders? This book investigates extensively the true story of the medieval Nobleman who practiced a secret life of black magic and debauchery unequaled in the annals of history.

Sutton Publishing, 2003 Edition/Originally published in 1971 - 207 Page Paperback - No Illustrations - PRICE: $12.00

ALEISTER CROWLEY: The Biography - Spiritual Revolutionary & Magus - by Tobias Churton

2012-02-01T02:12:00.000-08:00

ALEISTER CROWLEY: The Biography - by Tobias Churton
Spiritual Revolutionary, Romantic Explorer, Occult Master and Spy !!

The extraordinary true story of one of the most vilified men of all time - known in his lifetime, and for ever after as the world's most wicked man - Aleister Crowley. This book incorporates 20 years of fresh research that includes previously unpublished documents, correspondence and rare photographs. A definitive account of the philosopher, explorer, mountaineer, prophet, artist, magus and one time spy, who both captivated and appalled millions in his lifetime and beyond the grave.

Although it has been 60 years since his death, Aleister Crowley is still shrouded in mystery and infamy that has sealed his reputation as a controversial figure in his time - and that reputation is still intact to this very day. Tobias Churton has set out to untangle a century of scandal and unfounded accusations that persuaded the world that Crowley was a traitor, black magician, drug addict, sexual deviant and anti-social outcast.

Watkins Publishing - 2011 Edition - 474 Page Hardcover - Many Illustrations - PRICE: $25.00

UNUSUAL BOOKS / INFERNAL LIBRARY

2012-01-24T17:03:00.000-08:00

UNUSUAL BOOKS - For the Upwardly Mobile Witch and Warlock !!

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THE COMPLETE BOOKS OF CHARLES FORT: Book of the Damned/ Lo!/ Wild Talents/ New Lands

2012-01-24T16:23:00.000-08:00

THE COMPLETE BOOKS OF CHARLES FORT: by Charles Fort
Book of the Damned/ Lo!/ Wild Talents/ New Lands:
Four Complete Books in One Large 1125 Page Paperback Volume - How can we account for all the inexplicable astronomical observations that have been made over the years: lights on the moon, extension of lunar rays, objects seen leaving planet Mars, flying saucers, aliens, abductions etc...?

These things were referred to by Charles Fort as being 'the damned' - by which he meant all the wide range of Unsolved MYSTERIES that are ignored by orthodox science, not fully understood or explained away improperly.

Charles Fort worked full time for twenty-seven years at the British Museum and the New York Public Library researching scientific journals, old periodicals, newspapers and manuscript accounts to gather material on phenomena from the borderlands between science, reality and fantasy. His researches appeared in these four books, now altogether in one huge volume. The Book of the Damned, New Lands, Lo! and Wild Talents - masterpieces of unexplained phenomena.

Dover Books - 1125 Page Paperback - No Illustrations - PRICE: $25.00

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VOLUPTUOUS PANIC: The Erotic World of Weimar Berlin - by Mel Gordon

2012-01-21T03:13:00.000-08:00

VOLUPTUOUS PANIC: The Erotic World of Weimar Berlin
By Mel Gordon

“Voluptuous Panic is simultaneously appalling and thrilling, repellent and seductive, grotesque and gorgeous — not a coffee table book. It would go better with absinthe drunk from a human skull.”
-- Gary Meyer, Clean Sheets

This sourcebook of hundreds of rare visual images from pre-Nazi, Cabaret period Weimar Berlin Germany has the distinction of being praised both by scholars and avatars of contemporary culture, inspiring filmmakers, historians, graphic designers, and musicians. Heavily illustrated with never before seen images from the "Babylon on the Spree" time period - to put it simply, this book is incredible !!

Voluptuous Panic’s expanded edition includes the new illustrated chapter “Sex Magic and the Occult,” documenting German pagan cults and their bizarre erotic rituals.

Mel Gordon is also the author of 'Erik Jan Hanussen: Hitler’s Jewish Clairvoyant', 'The Seven Addictions and Five Professions of Anita Berber' (Feral House), and 'The Grand Guignol: Theatre of Fear and Terror' (DaCapo).

Feral House Books - Updated Edition - 320 Page Large Format Deluxe Edition Paperback - Extravagantly Illustrated in Color and Black and White - Hundreds of Images - Erotica/ Sex Study/ Photography/ Art - **CONTAINS ADULT MATERIAL** - PRICE: $34.95

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EMPIRE OF DEATH: A Cultural History of Oussuaries and Charnel Houses

2012-01-21T03:07:00.000-08:00

EMPIRE OF DEATH: A Cultural History of Oussuaries and Charnel Houses

By Paul Koudounaris

Visitors to the Paris catacombs were once greeted with a sign saying that they were entering the 'EMPIRE OF DEATH'. Beginning in the early modern period and continuing into the nineteenth century, elaborately decorated charnels, tombs and chapels were constructed with the focus being human bones. This book takes the reader on a tour of these macabre masterpieces including many arresting, specially taken photographs and commentary researched from a multitude of sources - It is an essential 'memento mori' for our modern age.

It is sometimes said that death is the last taboo, but it was not always so. For centuries, religious establishments constructed decorated ossuaries and charnel houses that stand as masterpieces of art created from human bones. These unique structures have been pushed into the footnotes of history; they were part of a dialogue with death that is now silent.

The sites in this specially photographed and brilliantly original study range from the Monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Palermo, where the living would visit mummified or skeletal remains and lovingly dress them; to the Paris catacombs; to fantastic bone-encrusted creations in Austria, Cambodia, the Czech Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Germany, Greece, Italy, Peru, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, and elsewhere.

Paul Koudounaris photographed more than seventy sites for this book. He analyzes the role of these remarkable memorials within the cultures that created them, as well as the mythology and folklore that developed around them, and skillfully traces a remarkable human endeavor.

Thames & Hudson Publication - 2011 Edition - Large 224 Page Hardcover - PRICE: $40.00

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BODY PROBE: Torture Garden 2 - Mutating Physical Boundaries/ Extreme Fetish

2012-01-19T02:41:00.001-08:00

BODY PROBE: Torture Garden 2

Mutating Physical Boundaries/ Extreme Fetish

Edited by David Wood

This book is the sequel to Torture Garden - It is an anthology collection of Fashion Mutation, Medical Fetishism, Body Modification, Cyborg Sex, Extreme Performance, S/M Art, Deviation and much much more... A very complicated and interesting book compiled from the furthest outer fringes of counter-culture -- Absolute sensory overload !!

Over 100 black and white images and over 50 color plates of mind blowing imagery.

CONTENTS:

The New Flesh
Robot Artists
Towards The Medical (Medical Fetish)
Nick Knight Interview by David Wood (Skinheads, Photography,Violence)
Stelarc Interview (Body Suspension, Extreme Performance, Cyborg Mechanics)
Sex in Space
Breaking Out of the Reality Asylum (Hermann Nitsch & Orgies Mysteries Theatre)
Franko B. (Extreme Performance, Blood, Beauty & Bravery)
Mark E. Garbs & Frank Van Saper (Extreme Fetish Costumes)
S&M Art (More Than A Matter of Taste)
Self Made Freak (Hybrids & Mutations, Bodies in Transition)
Alex Binnie Interview (Tattoo Artist, Tribal Tattoos etc..)
Ron Athey Interview (Extreme Performance Artist)
David Cronenberg (Even Dying is an Act of Eroticism)
Alien Abduction & Fetishism
Fashion & Body Mutation
Cyborg Sex
Jake & Dinos Make Monsters (Jake Chapman Extreme Art)
Orlan Interview
Gender Chameleon (Del La Grace Volcano)
Virtual Mentalities & Virtual Physicalities

Creation Books 1999 Edition - 192 Page Paperback - Extreme Fetish Art/Culture - Heavily Illustrated in color and in black & white - ADULT MATERIAL - Price: $20.00

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PHILOSOPHY IN THE BOUDOIR & Lusts of the Libertines - By The Marquis de Sade

2012-01-15T03:23:00.000-08:00

PHILOSOPHY IN THE BOUDOIR w/ Lusts of the Libertines

By The Marquis de Sade
PHILOSOPHY IN THE BOUDOIR is the most concise and the most representative text of all the Marquis de Sade's works - containing his renegade philosophies and notorious doctrine of libertinage expounded in full - together with liberal doses of unbridled eroticism, cruelty and violent sexuality.

This edition also includes LUSTS OF THE LIBERTINES an explicit translation of the "447 complex, criminal and murderous lusts of the Libertines" as documented by de Sade in his accursed atrocity bible THE 120 DAYS OF SODOM - a catalog of debaucheries still unequalled in the history of transgressive literature - still absolutely shocking to this very day !!

Creation Books 2000 Edition - 223 Page Paperback - No Illustrations - Classic S&M Erotica - ADULT CONTENT - Price: $14.00

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VATHEK: Decadent Novel - by William Beckford Illustrated by Odilon Redon

2011-12-21T12:02:00.000-08:00

VATHEK: By William Beckford

Classic Decadent Gothic Novel

VATHEK by WILLIAM BECKFORD still remains to be one of the most extreme examples of strange 18th Century English Literature ever - a crawling meditation on the vile transgressions of the deparaved - witches, demons, sacrifice, sexual excess and other spectral horrors mark the progress of Vathek, the ninth caliph of the Abassides - eternally addicted to women, glutony and all things extreme - on a pilgrimage to the underworld where sin and damnation flower into eternal torture. Highly unusual fiction with a mystical eastern flavor.

This edition is illustrated by the bizarre b&w lithographs of 19th century symbolist, ODILON REDON - Classic Gothic Decadent Literature first published in 1816 - it was acclaimed by authors ranging from Byron to H. P. Lovecraft.

"Vathek marches onward with a phantasmagoric pomp in which the laughter is that of skeletons feasting under arabesque domes. The descriptions are triumphs of weird coloring which raise the book to a permanent place in English letters."
-- H. P. Lovecraft

Creation Edition 2000 -123 Page Paperback - b&w illustrations by Odilon Redon / Decadent Novel / Literature / scarce book - Price: $20.00

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THE GREAT GOD PAN - by Arthur Machen - Illustrations by Austin Osman Spare

2011-12-20T17:33:00.000-08:00

THE GREAT GOD PAN - By Arthur Machen

ARTHUR MACHEN'S first book, THE GREAT GOD PAN, published in 1894, is still one of the greatest works of weird horror and decadence ever produced. Arthur Machen with his taste for the bizarre and macabre, unfurls the tale of a young girl cursed by her unnatural parentage to become of shape-shifting, poly-sexual, demi-human evil being.

This edition includes cover art and a set of complimentary automatic line drawings by Machen's contemporary and fellow mystic AUSTIN OSMAN SPARE, as well as Machen's own illuminating introduction from the 1916 edition and a brand new foreword by Iain Smith of the Arthur Machen Society.

Creation Books 1996 Edition - 125 Page Paperback - B & W illustrations by Austin Osman Spare - out-of print/scarce book/hard to find edition - PRICE: $60.00

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VENUS IN PINK: Japanese Porn Starlets - Edited by Candice Black

2011-12-18T22:44:00.000-08:00

VENUS IN PINK: Japanese Porn Starlets

Edited by Candice Black

Foreword by Romain Slocombe

Japanese Adult Films - known as "pink movies" - flourished in the 60s and 70s. VENUS IN PINK is a visual tribute to the girls who bared all in those countless erotic productions - Page after page of over 100 black and white photo film stills from a huge variety of "pink films" - Contains nudity and adult themes.

Nice Coffee Table Black and White Picture Book.

Creation Books 2002 Edition - No Page Numbering - Paperback - Many Black and White Photos - scarce book/out of print - ADULT MATERIAL! - PRICE: $20.00

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DREAM MACHINE BOOK: Brion Gysin

2011-12-10T19:16:00.000-08:00

DREAM MACHINE: by Brion Gysin - An Exhibition Guide

The ultimate hallucinogenic drug trip without the drugs !!

During his lifetime Brion Gysin (1916-1986) inspired an array of artists, writers, poets and musicians, most notably the Beat Generation. Since his death Gysin's own work has only increased in popularity, yet his radical approach to art defies categorization. Dream Machine is the first detailed study of Gysin's works in both art-historical and contemporary contexts. A devotee of invention, Gysin created paintings, drawings, photo-collages, installations, poetry and sound experiments. He produced the cut-up collage novel The Third Mind (1965) with William Burroughs, and with Ian Sommerville developed the Dreamachine (1961), a kinetic sculpture designed to induce visions by shining flickering light on the closed eyelids of the viewer - this produces wild colors and psychedelic patterns in the mind.... and if looked at for long periods of time, actual shapes, figures and other hallucinations can appear !!

This new book, features incisive texts, many photos and appreciations by contemporary artists, and captures the remarkable life of a daring, often overlooked artistic visionary genius.

New Museum, New York - With Laura Hoptman and Brion Gysin - 2010 Release - 192 Page Hardcover Book - Art/ Dream Machine - PRICE: $25.00 (New and Sealed Copies)

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ARKTOS: The Polar Myth in Science, Symbolism and Nazi Survival - By Joscelyn Godwin

2011-12-09T23:09:00.000-08:00

ARKTOS: The Polar Myth in Science, Symbolism and Nazi Survival

By Joscelyn Godwin

ARKTOS, is a book written about the archetype of the Poles: Celestial and Terrestial, North and South. This engrossing book on cosmology, occultism, conspiracy theory, visionary insight, creative imagination and the lunatic fringe leads to startling revelations about the powerful secrets of the Poles and it's icebound realms.

Joscelyn Godwin investigates legends of the 'Golden Age' which some claim ended when a catastrophic prehistoric shift in the earth's axis occurred. The current axis tilt is examined as well as predictions of future axis/pole shifts. The fascination with these theories and ideas is shown to be part of a 'polar tradition' of hidden wisdom traced back to earliest times and resurfaces again and again over the decades.

Also studied are the many tales of an ancient race that lived in the Arctic regions and eventually spread throughout the Northern Hemisphere. This supposed 'Aryan Race' entered the mythology of Nazi Germany, and was also studied by the Theosophists and many ethnologists. The author examines the origins of modern day Neo-Nazi ideology, its 'polar' inspiration and its links to other arcana like, UFOs, the Hollow Earth Theory and the hidden worlds of Agartha and Shambhala. Arktos offers a scholarly, responsible treatment of these subjects and topics. Includes 27 B&W Illustrations.

Joscelyn Godwin is the author of many books on Esoterica.

Thames & Hudson Ltd. - 1993 English Edition - 260 Page Paperback - 27 B&W Illustrations - Occult/ Conspiracy/ Hollow Earth/ Nazi/ UFOs/ Polar Myths/ Aryan Race - PRICE: $15.00

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SURREALISM & MODERNISM: From the Collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

2011-11-27T01:46:00.000-08:00

SURREALISM and MODERNISM: From the Collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

Edited by Eric Zafran & Paul Paret

First ever survey of this museum's collection of excellent modern art - The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art's remarkable collection of modern art is due to a succession of adventurous directors and curators. This book showcases the museums collection and provides fascinating details about how it was acquired. Richly Illustrated with the artworks in color and photos of the artists and their studios in black and white.

Many of the works - the surrealist paintings in particular - were bought directly from the artists or from their first exhibitions. The famed Atheneum director Chick Austin mounted the first Surrealist exhibition in America in 1931 and bought works from the then barely known Salvador Dali - works by de Chirico, Ernst, Matta, Tanguy and Calder soon followed. Then in 1934 the Atheneum had the first great American retrospective of Picasso and the museum bought a small neo-classical piece to add to its collection.

Later, Marini, Georgia O'Keefe, de Kooning, Jackson Pollack and many others works were added to provide a broad overview of artistic trends from the last century. An excellent book.

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art w/ Yale University Press - 2005 Edition - 151 Page Hardcover - Richly Illustrated with the artworks in color and photos of the artists and their studios in black and white - PRICE: $30.00

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THE HERMETIC TRADITION: Symbols and Teachings of the Royal Art - By Julius Evola

2011-11-25T14:42:00.000-08:00

THE HERMETIC TRADITION: Symbols and Teachings of the Royal Art - By Julius Evola

This important survey of alchemical symbols and doctrines sets forth the mysterious worldview and teachings of the practitioners of the "royal art." One of the leading exponents of the Hermetic tradition, Julius Evola demonstrates the singularity of subject matter that lies behind the words of all adepts through-out the ages - showing how alchemy is nothing less than a universal secret science of human and natural transformation. First published in 1931 in Italian, this is the first English translation. Draws from a host of sources in the Western Esoteric tradition - works on Theurgy, Magic, Gnosticism and many other medieval sources.

About the Author: Baron Julius Evola (1898 - 1974), born into an aristocratic Sicilian family, was a scholar, philosopher, writer, social thinker, a leader among 20th century Hermeticists, and a leading authority on Tantra and Occultism. He is the author of 'Eros and the Mysteries of Love', 'The Doctrine of Awakening', 'Meditations on the Peaks', 'The Mystery of the Grail', 'Revolt Against the Modern World', 'Introduction to Magic', 'Ride the Tiger' etc...

Inner Traditions Edition - 240 Page Paperback - PRICE: $16.00

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DARK STAR: The Satanic Rites of Gilles de Rais - by Various Authors

2011-11-25T01:34:00.000-08:00

DARK STAR: The Satanic Rites of Gilles de Rais - by Various Authors

The spectre of Gilles de Rais the satanist child-killer, eclipses French history like a 'dark star'. A fallen general, once the champion of Joan of Arc, whose experimentations in cruelty led him through the very Gates of Hell.

His obscene crimes and decadent aristocratic glamour have created an enduring legend of mythic proportions. This collection of essays, quotations, excerpts and fiction from some of the most famous authors in recent centuries evoke a chilling portrait of one of the most sinister figures in the annals of European history and mass murder.

After Joan of Arc was captured, Gilles de Rais fled to the safety his castles in France where he began a steady spiral downwards - one of his first murders was committed in the presence of the sadistic sorcerer Prelati - in Prelati's chambers in the castle - Gilles seized a young boy and slashed his throat - from that moment on he had found his one true passion in life - the torture and murder of children - and where ever he went, children would disappear, never to be seen again - the final number of his victims will never be known but some say it could be as high as 800 deaths....

Authors Include:

Georges Bataille
Blaise Cendrars
J.K. Huysmans
Valentine Penrose
Jean Genet
Marquis de Sade
Andre Breton
Arthur Rimbaud
Gustave Flaubert
Richard Thoma
James Havoc
Charles Perrault

and many others.....

Creation Books - 2005 Edition - 302 Page Paperback - No Illustrations - History/ True Crime/ Collection/ Satanic/ Mass Murder - PRICE: $15.00

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THE ROSICRUCIAN EMBLEMS OF DANIEL CRAMER - Hermetic / Alchemical Sybolism - Introduction by Adam McLean

2011-11-13T10:53:00.001-08:00

THE ROSICRUCIAN EMBLEMS OF DANIEL CRAMER - Introduction by Adam McLean

This book is a significant and yet little-known work of emblematic philosophy published in 1617, only one year after the appearance of The Chemical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz which is believed to be one of the first original Rosicrucian manifestos.

The work consists of 40 emblematic plates, each bearing a title, together with a verse from the Bible and two lines in Latin. The plates revolve around the symbolism of the heart, which undergoes a variety of processes and experiences through a cycle of 40 stages.

Adam McLean, in his introduction and commentary, elucidates the history of the text and the nature of the symbolism. He convincingly argues that Cramer, a Protestant theologian, was consciously trying to produce a series of spiritual exercises for a Protestant, esoteric Christianity. McLean outlines a way to work with the emblems and their symbolism and suggests that "a work as profound and as simple as this can never die, but must always be a source of inspiration."

This book is a Rosicrucian item of great interest and will be valued by all students of emblematic philosophy and the Hermetic tradition. Heavily illustrated in B&W.

Adam McLean is a well known authority on Alchemical texts and symbolism. He is the editor and publisher of over 40 books on Alchemical and Hermetic ideas. Based in the UK, he has been writing and researching Alchemical and Hermetic literature for many years. Between 1978 and 1992, he edited the Hermetic Journal and began publishing the Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks, including The Alchemical Mandala, The Magical Calendar, and Rosicrucian Emblems.

Phanes Press/Magnum Opus Hermetics Sourceworks 1991 Edition - 78 Page Paperback - Heavily Illustrated in B&W - PRICE: $12.00

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GALACTIC OCTOPI Double L.P. - By HELIOS CREED of 'CHROME' - 2 x Black Vinyl Discs

2011-11-13T01:37:00.000-08:00

GALACTIC OCTOPI Double L.P. - By HELIOS CREED (of 'CHROME')

Amazing Cover Art by: Christina Bishop w/ gatefold cover and lyrics

Helios Creed's latest acid-drenched guitar offerings - absolutely thundering, heavy and voice effected alien sounds. This recording is destined to become an instant underground classic. I cannot stop playing this album !! With only a few tracks on each side, the grooves are phat and the sound is superior. SONIC !!

Band Line-Up:
Helios Creed - Guitars & Voice
Lux Vibratus - Bass & Synthesizer
Aleph Kali - Drums & Percussion

Track Listing:

SIDE 1
1) Galactic Center
2) XCIII
3) Warp Slip

SIDE 2
4) Star Streaker
5) Terra Firma Thurma
6) We're Flying.Com
7) Red Chopper

SIDE 3
8) Observation Outpost
9) Psylent Encounters
10) Stranger in the Manger

SIDE 4
11) Terrestrial Manifestations
12) Clarification
13) Galactic Octopi

2011 Transparency/Cobraside Double L.P. Release - 2x Black Vinyl Discs - Limited Edition of 1000 Copies - PRICE: $25.00

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FILTH C.D. - by VENETIAN SNARES (band) / Aaron Funk / Hard Glitch-Core Electro

2011-11-13T00:16:00.000-08:00

Venetian Snares is Aaron Funk - This is a full length release titled 'Filth' - It is comprised of hardcore, broken break-beats, glitch-core, acid, jungle, drill ‘n’ bass, experimental electronica - every track is edgy - a series of bleeps, tweaks and jack-hammer drum beats that change sporadically every few seconds - unsettling, mentally and physically draining - hence the title 'Filth' - the song titles are also 'filth'.... There are a few mellower moments and a pause here and there, but not many - this C.D. is a relentless, hectic blast-off mother fu*ker !! No Mercy !! - ** Original 'Skullflower' Cover Logo by Trevor Brown **

TRACK LIST:
Deep Dicking
Crashing the Yogurt Truck
Labia
Mongoloid Alien
Chainsaw Fellatio
Kimberly Clark
Calvin Kleining
Kakarookee Hates Me
Splooj Guzzlers
Pussy Skull

Planet Mu Records Release/ Mutesong - 2009 Edition C.D. - Hard-core Glitch-core - PRICE: $15.00

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SUN RA: The Eternal Myth Revealed - Volume 1 - 14 x CD Set with 132 Page Book

2011-10-28T20:32:00.000-07:00

SUN RA: THE ETERNAL MYTH REVEALED - The Story of a Universal Being and His Music - Covering the periods from 1914 to 1959 - Volume 1 - 14 x CD Box Set with 132 Page Book

Contains 16 hours and 54 minutes of rare material - with Sun Ra's autobiographical commentary and narration by producer and Sun Ra Music Archive Executive Director Michael Anderson - Tons of Music, Interviews and Narration - INCLUDES 132 page book with text and b&w illustrations and photos.

BOX SET Includes:

An Early History Examination // Sun Ra As An Arranger & Composer // Performing As A Sideman // As A Professional Vocal Coach // Mary Lou William's Piano // Organ & Arrangement Influences // Piano & Solovox Recordings // Solo Piano Recordings // Afro-Cuban Jazz Influence // The Pat Patrick Rehearsals // Early Arkestra Recordings // The Early Avant Garde Rehearsals // Sun Ra R&B Doo Wop Group Recordings // Popular 1950's R&B Doo Wop Recordings // Le Sony Ra Bop Quintet 'Live at Budland' 1956 // and much much more...........

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Transparency/ Sun Ra Music Archive Release - 2011 Edition - 14 x CD Box Set with 132 Page Paperback Book -- PRICE: $100.00

MUSHROOMS, MYTH & MITHRAS: The Drug Cult That Civilized Europe

2011-10-21T22:08:00.000-07:00

MUSHROOMS, MYTH & MITHRAS: The Drug Cult That Civilized Europe -- By Carl Ruck, Mark Hoffman and Jose Celdran

Anthropological evidence has long suggested that psychedelic plants had played important roles in indigenous communities for thousands of years, but most scholarship does not address their formative impact on western culture.

Through careful studies of art and archeology, Mushrooms, Myth & Mithras reveals compelling evidence that ritual use of psychoactive mushrooms was a powerful and closely guarded inspirational force in the development of early European culture.

We discover that Nero was the first in a long line of Roman emperors to be initiated by secret "magical dinners" in which mind-altering mushrooms were used as a source of spiritual awakening. Although this sect was officially banned after Roman conversion to Christianity, aspects of its practices and teachings went on to influence many secret societies, including the Freemasons. It is said that the 'Cult of the Mithras' still exists today in various forms.

Mushrooms, Myth & Mithras is a fascinating historical exploration of a powerful force kept hidden for thousands of years.

City Lights Books Publication - 2011 Edition - 290 Page Paperback - Many B&W and Color Illustrations - Mystery/ Drugs/ Mushrooms/ Psychoactive/ Anthropology/ Mycology/ History - PRICE: $20.00

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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HELL : An Invasion Manual For Demons Concerning the Planet Earth and the Human Race Which Infests It -- Translated from the Demonic

2011-10-21T21:12:00.000-07:00

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HELL : An Invasion Manual For Demons Concerning the Planet Earth and the Human Race Which Infests It

Translated from the Demonic by Martin Olson

Illustrations by Tony Millionaire and Mahendra Singh

WHY THE INVASION ?? Hell has become seriously over-crowded. Lord Satan requires more land mass for the Damned - So to facilitate his invasion of Earth, Lord Satan has written this oddly poetic Military Handbook for the edification of His Demon Invaders.

It includes many disturbing illustrations, diagrams, recipes and a comprehensive and utterly repulsive Dictionary of Earth terms with twisted definitions.

Martin Olson has achieved this preposterous literary feat which has been unaccomplished since Mark Twain and Ambrose Bierce - the channeling of the real voice of Satan !!

This is the 666th Commemorative Edition of 'The Encyclopedia of Hell' which contains a wealth of evil new material - This book is hilarious - believe it or not.....

Feral House Books Publication - 2011 Edition - 204 Page Paperback - Heavily Illustrated in B&W - Esoteric/ Occult/ Collection/ Anthology/ Encyclopedia/ Satanic/ Humor/ Comedy - PRICE $20.00

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GALACTIC OCTOPI C.D. - By HELIOS CREED of 'CHROME'

2011-10-21T19:56:00.000-07:00

GALACTIC OCTOPI C.D. - By HELIOS CREED (of 'CHROME')

Amazing Cover Art by: Christina Bishop w/fold out lyric sheet

Helios Creed's latest acid-drenched guitar offerings - absolutely heavy, thundering and voice effected alien sounds. This recording is destined to become an instant underground classic. I cannot stop playing this CD !! SONIC !!

Band Line-Up:
Helios Creed - Guitars & Voice
Lux Vibratus - Bass & Synthesizer
Aleph Kali - Drums & Percussion

Track Listing:
1) Galactic Center
2) XCIII
3) Warp Slip
4) Star Streaker
5) Terra Firma Thurma
6) We're Flying.Com
7) Red Chopper
8) Observation Outpost
9) Psylent Encounters
10) Stranger in the Manger
11) Terrestrial Manifestations
12) Clarification
13) Galactic Octopi

2011 Transparency C.D. Release - 1000 Copies - PRICE: $15.00

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ROTO VISAGE (Band) - WHERE THE MANDRAKES GROW C.D. - Dark Ambient / Electronic Experimental Sounds

2011-10-21T19:53:00.000-07:00

WHERE THE MANDRAKES GROW: Dark Ambient C.D.

By ROTO VISAGE: Band

A Soundtrack to Strangle Yourself By - Deathly Dark Ambient --- Experimental Electronic Music Inspired by Auto-Erotic Asphyxiation - Mastered by the legendary Robert Rich - Beautiful artwork, packaging and layout - Cover Art by Anastsia Sarandou - Beautiful rich atmospheric dark drone with dense low frequency bass rumbles which produce trance like states in the listener - Autumn Winds Production - An Edition of 1000 copies.

Track List:

Uproot, A Noose of Silk
Willows Deep
Visceral Monologue
Interlude: The Death of Kotzwara
Sickly Sweet Fertilizer
A Breath, Then it Comes
Aural Cavity Obstruction
Light Rejection, The Return

Autumn Wind Production - 2009 C.D. - 64 Minutes - Dark Ambient - Price: $10.00

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SEX AND ROCKETS: The Occult World of Jack Parsons - by John Carter

2011-09-25T13:35:00.000-07:00

SEX AND ROCKETS: The Occult World of Jack Parsons
By John Carter

Foreword by Robert Anton Wilson

The Mysterious Life and Death of Jack Parsons -- In his short 37 years, John Whiteside “Jack” Parsons embodied several different roles in one tormented but glorious life.

By day, Parsons’ unorthodox genius created a solid rocket fuel that helped the Allies win World War II and NASA send spacecraft to the moon. He was the co-founder of Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Aerojet Corporation, and a lunar crater on the dark side of the moon was named after Parsons.

By night, Parsons called himself 'The Antichrist' when he performed Aleister Crowley’s Thelemic rituals to try and create a new sort of human being that would finally destroy Christianity.

In a Pasadena mansion, the dark, handsome Parsons hosted soirees for the young emerging literature of science fiction, visited by writers such as Robert Heinlein, Ray Bradbury, and none other than L. Ron Hubbard himself, who later founded the Church of Scientology.

With L. Ron Hubbard acting as his “Scribe”, Parsons enacted dark “Babylon” rituals to help foment a new occult age - but Jack Parsons dies suddenly in a huge, mysterious explosion that even today cannot be definitively explained. Was it murder ? Suicide ? Conspiracy ? Or just an accident?

Feral House Books - 239 page paperback - Illustrated - PRICE: $16.00

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FOAM OF THE DAZE - Absurd Novel / Bizarre Fiction by Boris Vian

2011-09-19T15:57:00.001-07:00

FOAM OF THE DAZE (L'Ecume des Jours) - Novel/Fiction By Boris Vian

Boris Vian was an engineer, inventor, chronicler of jazz, trumpet player, poet, creator of spectacles and scandals, lyric writer, singer, novelist, and of course pataphysician.

Tam Tam Books publication of Boris Vian's masterpiece FOAM OF THE DAZE (L'Ecume des Jours) with a new translation by Brian Harper has the full approval of the Vian estate.

FOAM OF THE DAZE is a jazz fueled Science Fiction story that is both romantic and nihilistic! Vian's novel is an assortment of bittersweet romance, absurdity and the frailty of life. It is a nimble-fingered masterpiece that is witty and incredibly moving. IT IS THE STORY OF A WEALTHY YOUNG MAN, COLIN, AND THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE, CHLOE, WHO DEVELOPS A WATER LILY IN HER LUNG!

"The most heartbreakingly poignant modern love story ever written"
--- Raymond Queneau

"A kind of jazzy, cheerful, sexy, sci-fi mid 20th century Huysmans..."
--- Richard Hell

Tam Tam Books - 261 Page Paperback - Absurd Novel/Fiction - Price: $16.00

AUTUMN IN PEKING - Absurd Novel / Bizarre Fiction by Boris Vian

2011-09-19T15:55:00.000-07:00

AUTUMN IN PEKING (L'Automne à Pékin)

Novel/Fiction By Boris Vian - Translated from French by Paul Knobloch

Introduction by Marc Lapprand

Boris Vian was a jack of all trades - he was a songwriter, playwright, singer, jazz critic, pataphysician and novelist, among other things. Vian's 1947 novel Autumn in Peking (L'Automne à Pékin) is perhaps his most slapstick work - which included an extra amount of despair in its exotic recipe for a violent cocktail.

The story takes place in the imaginary desert called Exopotamie where all the leading characters take part in the building of a train station with tracks that go nowhere. Houses and buildings are destroyed to build this unnecessary structure.

Exopotamie is a thinly disguised version of Paris, where after the war the city started changing its previous centuries of architecture into something more modern. Yes, something dull to take the place of what was once exciting and mysterious.

Vian, in a mixture of great humor and a huge amount of disgust, introduces various 'eccentric' characters in this 'desert' adventure, all of them in a world similar to Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, where there is a tinge of darkness and anything is possible, except happiness.

Tam Tam Books - Paperback - Absurd Novel/Fiction - Price: $15.00

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THE LOVECRAFT LEXICON: A Reader's Guide to Persons, Places and Things in the Tales of H. P. Lovecraft - by Anthony Pearsall

2011-09-18T02:42:00.000-07:00

THE LOVECRAFT LEXICON: A Reader's Guide to Persons, Places and Things in the Tales of H. P. Lovecraft - by Anthony Pearsall

Although he died in 1937, Howard Phillips Lovecraft's remarkable body of work lives on - including the classics 'The Dunwich Horror' and 'The Call of Cthulhu' his stories continue to astound and amaze a large and varied audience - with elements of Magic, Horror and Fantasy his worlds are very complex - filled with a daunting array of bizarre and obscure characters, creatures, monsters, caves, caverns, abysses things, places and recurring themes - quite a task for anyone to figure out.

So, Anthony Pearsall has done just that - From 'Abbadon' (the demon) to 'Zuro' (a river) The Lovecraft Lexicon is a definitive guide to this incredible universe with hundreds of meticulously researched entries - a catalog of persons, places and things mentioned through-out Lovecraft's vast writings - the first 25 pages are an accurate biography of H. P. Lovecraft -- Massive in it's scope, this is a huge 472 Page Paperback Guide Book - Very Thorough and Inclusive - No Illustrations.

*NOTE: There is one flaw - Page 125 and Page 127 are the same - I read you can find the missing info on the publishers web-site.

New Falcon Press Publication - 2005 Stated First Edition - 472 Page Paperback - No Illustrations - Literary Criticism/ Bio/ Guide Book/ Collection/ Lexicon/ Catalog - PRICE: $20.00

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ATHANASIUS KIRCHER'S THEATRE OF THE WORLD: The Last Man to Search For Universal Knowledge (the last true Renaissance man) - By Joscelyn Godwin

2011-09-18T02:40:00.000-07:00

ATHANASIUS KIRCHER'S THEATRE OF THE WORLD: The Last Man to Search For Universal Knowledge

By Joscelyn Godwin

"All Things Wonderous, Curious and Esoteric..."

'Athanasius Kircher's Theatre of the World' is a major study of both the written and pictorial work of a neglected genius whose vast realm of interest made him a true Renaissance man. This book fully examines every area of Athanasius Kircher’s wide range of study and his varied accomplishments. Magnificently illustrated with the stunning engravings from Kircher’s work.

Jesuit, artist, linguist, archaeologist, geologist, and exceptional scholar, Athanasius Kircher (1602-1680) was the last true Renaissance man. To Kircher the entire world was a glorious manifestation of God whose exploration was both a scientific quest and a religious experience. His works on Egyptology, music, optics, magnetism, geology, and comparative religion were the definitive texts of their time--and yet they represent only a part of his vast range of knowledge. A Christian Hermeticist in the mold of Marsilio Ficino and Pico della Mirandola, his work also examined Alchemy, the Kabbalah, and the Egyptian mystery tradition exemplified by Hermes Trismegistus.

The Hermetic cast of Kircher’s thought, which was foreign to the minds of the Age of Reason, coupled with the extent of his interests, caused many of his contributions to be widely overlooked -- an oversight now masterfully rectified by Joscelyn Godwin. The stunning engravings that are a distinguishing feature of his work are included here so we may fully appreciate and see for ourselves the life work, philosophy, and achievements of “the last man who knew everything.”

About the Author of: 'Athanasius Kircher’s Theatre of the World'

Joscelyn Godwin is a professor of music at Colgate University and the author of many books on Hermeticism and music, including Cosmic Music, The Golden Thread, The Harmony of the Spheres, and Arktos/ The Polar Myth. He has also translated the works of Julius Evola, Fabre d’Olivet and Francesco Colonna.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

1 Kircher's Life and Work: an Overview
2 Frontispieces
3 The Illustration of Kircher's Works
4 Antiquity Misread
5 Antiquity Preserved
6 Antiquity Imagined
7 Naturalia: Fire and Water
8 Naturalia: Air and Earth
9 Music
10 Machines of Past and Present
11 Machines: Magnetic and Optical
12 Maps and Plans
13 Exotica
14 Images of the Gods
15 Didactic Images

Athanasius Kircher's Writings
Bibliography of Works Cited
Sources of Illustrations
Index

Inner Traditions Publication 2009 Edition - Huge 304 Page Harcover Book (10" X 11") - 431 b&w Illustrations - PRICE: $50.00

The Museum of Jurrasic Technology in L.A. is presently hosting an exhibition called 'The World Is Bound With Secret Knots: The Life And Works of Athanasius Kircher.'

Museum of Jurrasic Technology: http://www.mjt.org/exhibits/kircher/Knots.html

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Illustration by Kircher...

REBELS & DEVILS: The Psychology of Liberation - Edited by Christopher S. Hyatt, Ph.D.

2011-09-13T01:44:00.000-07:00

REBELS & DEVILS: The Psychology of Liberation - Edited by Christopher S. Hyatt, Ph.D.

A Collection of Essays by some of the most talented, controversial and rebellious writers of all time. Some are very famous, and others are lesser known - Independent minds that think and act according to standards from within, not from without - to follow one's own path, not that of the masses. Every article and in every aspect of their lives, these contributors have but one focus - to bring freedom to their own worlds. These writers oppose authority and established conventions - in other words they are 'Rebels' - and when those in power recognize their disobedience, the 'Rebel' becomes the 'Devil'

With Contributions By:

William S. Burroughs // Timothy Leary // Robert Anton Wilson // Austin Osman Spare // Aleister Crowley // Israel Regardie // Jack Parsons // James Wasserman // Osho Rajneesh // Peter J. Carroll // Genesis P. Orridge // Phil Hine // Lon Milo DuQuette -- and many others....

New Falcon Publications - 2008 Edition - 428 Page Paperback - B&W Illustrations - Counter Culture/ Occult/ Anthology/ Collection/ Essays/ Rebellion/ Esoteric/ Revolution/ Satan/ Anarchy - PRICE: $20.00

UNUSUAL BOOKS / INFERNAL LIBRARY

2011-09-11T13:15:00.000-07:00

UNUSUAL BOOKS

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Amok Books / Creation Books / Feral House / Vintage Pulps / Sci-Fi / Mystery / Occult / Erotica / Paranormal / UFOs / True Crime / Fiction & Novels / Cult Films / Politics & Control / Anarchy / Exotica / Surrealism & Art / Drugs / Mind Control / Crowley / H.P. Lovecraft / George Bataille / Philip Jose Farmer / J.G. Ballard / Marquis de Sade / Nietzsche / Artaud / Philip K. Dick / J.K. Huysmans / LaVey / Esoteric / Mayhem....

THE ART OF DESTRUCTION: Vienna Action Group - The Films and Performance

2011-09-07T12:49:00.000-07:00

THE ART OF DESTRUCTION by Stephen Barber -- The Vienna Action Group formed the most provocative, insurgent and challenging of all worldwide art movements of the 1960s. Their sexually charged and anti-social actions exacted a profound and irreparable upheaval in the way in which art was conceived.

Using their own bodies as raw material, the Vienna Action Group undertook experiments in cruelty that disassembled the human body and its acts into compacted gestures of blood, meat and excreta.

The films of the Vienna Action Group - made by the group themselves and with collaborators such as Kurt Kren - form the essential residue, debris and lasting evidence of their performances. Film is the medium - as unique and ferocious in its impact as the corporeal material upon which they worked - that allied itself most intimately with their experiments. This book focuses on those films and performances fully revealing the groups obsessions, ambitions, motivations and outrages. Many extreme black and white photos.

The iconoclastic work of the Vienna Action Group seems as current now as ever before and should be compelling to those interested in the study of film, art and performance as well as those questioning today's social and corporate cultures.

CONTENTS: The Origins of the Vienna Action Group/ Otto Muehl/ Gunter Brus/ Hermann Nitsch/ Rudolf Schwarzkogler/ Art Crimes and Exile/ The Films of the Vienna Action Group/ Kurt Kren/ Ernst Schmidt Jr./ Performance & Film/ Mama & Papa/ Action Vienna Walk/ Bodybuilding/ Art & Revolution/ Action Stress Test/ Blood Orgies & Art Pornography/ Sex and the Art of Destruction/ The Vienna Action Group and Contemporary Art

Creation Books 2004 Edition - 148 Page Paperback - includes many b&w illustrations - slightly shopworn with mild wear to cover - Somewhat scarce book -- CAUTION: EXTREME ADULT CONTENT - PRICE: $20.00

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GUNTER BRUS/VIENNA ACTION GROUP:

BLORP ESETTE: Collector's Edition - 4x C.D. Set - by The Los Angeles Free Music Society (L.A.F.M.S.)

2011-09-03T17:46:00.000-07:00

BLORP ESETTE: Collector's Edition - 70 Tracks - 4 x C.D. Set - by The Los Angeles Free Music Society (L.A.F.M.S.)

Reissued and Remastered Legendary 70 Track Four (4x) C.D. Set with 32 Page Booklet

Includes Cover Art and Artworks by DON VAN VLIET (Capt. Beefheart)

One RARE 'CHRISTIAN DEATH' Track included

Remastered in June 2011 by Ju Suk Reet Meate

Crazy, Noisy, Disturbing, Unlistenable, Art Brut, Damaged, Experimental 'Music' ??

Includes Tracks by:

Disc One:

Dr. Odd // Electric Willy // Daniel Stewart // Cheezit Ritz // Reet-Craig // Smegma // Mr. Foon // The Patients // Wolf Loop // The Professor // DK Reet Meat // Le Forte Four // Gods of the Pits // Smegma // Ace // Ju Suk Reet Meate // Mr. Foon's Bandaloon // Frank Bedal // Gage Kenady // Ace Farren Ford // Ed Berger // Smegma // The Reverend Toad Eater // Electric Willy Trio // The Di-De-Dos

Disc Two:

Bix Flent & Stoning Dead Dolphins // Ace & Duce // Amy DeWolfe // Rick Potts // Doo-Dooettes // Larry Fischer & Smegma // Patrick Dutchboy Lubotamy // Henry Kaiser // Reet-Craig // Mr. Foon // Electric Willy Trio // Larry Fischer & Smegma // Dennis Duck // Joe Potts // Smegma & Harry Halibut // Electric Willy Trio // Reverend Toad Eater // Reverend Toad Eater // Los Grifos Band & Ju Suk Reet Meate // The Patients // Chip Chapman // Sucme of the Spud // Ace & Duck // The Child Molesters // Charles Wasserburg

Disc Three:

Frank Rietta & Jimmy Belton // Ace AOS // Jerry Bishop // Smegma // Ark Welding & Ace Farren Ford // Mr. Foon // Hurtin' Bros. // Dr. ID // Lance Growler Richard Snyder // Smegma // Ace Farren Ford // Alcool Mike Russel // Electric Bill Trio // Nopar King // Smegma // Hurtin' Bros. // Christian Death // South Pasadena Free Music Ensemble // South Pasadena Free Music Ensemble // South Pasadena Free Music Ensemble // Lance Growler Richard Snyder // Gage Kenady // Frank & Phil Rietta

Disc Four:

Doo-Dooettes // The Los Angeles Free Music Society Marching Band (8 Tracks Recorded Live at the Pasadena Doo-Dah Parade 1978) // Ju Suk Reet Meate // Electric Bill // Ace AOS // Reverend Marty Nation // Quanternium // Anne Harney

Transparency 2011 Release - 70 Tracks - 4 CD Set w/ 32 Page Booklet - PRICE: $30.00

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LIVIN' FEAR OF JAMES LAST or... JOY IN THE HOUSE OF DADA... (Double - 2 x CD Set) - by NURSE WITH WOUND (Band)

2011-09-01T22:06:00.000-07:00

LIVIN' FEAR OF JAMES LAST or... JOY IN THE HOUSE OF DADA... (Double - 2 x CD Set) - by NURSE WITH WOUND (Band) - A Variety Pack Collection of Hits

A NURSE WITH WOUND Variety Pack - 'Best of' collection of Nurse With Wound songs compiled by Steven Stapleton himself - Stapleton is the head 'nurse' and the original member of the surreallistic, dada, experimental, ever-changing band - Nurse With Wound... the band is Steven Stapleton and a cast of helping band members that is different on each release.

This CD is the perfect starting point for anyone interested in NWW but does not already know their work - it is a two disc set with songs from all of the various styles and periods of NWW music - over a period of several years from the 80s to current times - this CD touches on older and newer works - from surrealistic spoken word stories and non-structured experimental dadaistic sound-scapes to actual structured songs that 'rock'.

Included is an excellent cover of Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention's tune 'Trouble Comin' Everyday' from the first album 'Freak Out' - although this song was written by Zappa in '65/ '66 the lyrics couldn't be more current - and the NWW version is amazing - also included is the hard rocking track 'Two Shaves and a Shine' - a song from the NWW album 'An Awkward Pause' - with David Tibet on vocals ( from 'Current 93' ) - in my opinion this is David Tibet's best vocal track ever - incredible lyrics and delivery - also includes the spoken word / story track titled 'A New Dress' - a hilarious story about an abusive girlfriend. Some of the most bizarre 'art music' ever.

This double CD set is a great starting point to familiarize oneself with Nurse With Wound's work - and if you are a fan already it is still a great CD to add to your collection. A diverse cross-section of work. Cover Art as usual by Babs Santini.

Track Listing:

Disc One:
Six Buttons of Sex Appeal
Dirty Fingernails
Stick That Chick and Feel My Steel Through Your Last Meal
Subterranean Zappa Blues (Trouble Comin' Everyday)
Ag Canadh Thuas Sa Speir
Die, Flip or Go To India
Cold
The Strange Play of the Mouth
Swansong

Disc Two:
Optical Illusion Pad
Sea Armchair
A Piece of the Sky is Missing
Home Is Where the Heart Is / Monument For Perez Prado
Intravenous
A New Dress
Yagga Blues
Two Shaves and a Shine
Rock 'n Roll Station
I Was No Longer His Dominant (Remix)

Castle/ Sanctuary Music Release - February 2005 - Double/ 2 x CD Set - NEW CDs /Still Sealed - PRICE: $15.00

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CELEBRITIES AT THEIR WORST! C.D. - Volume 2.9 - Bitch, Bitch, Bitch -- Bad Commercials, Bad Acting, Bad Everything...

2011-08-28T17:00:00.000-07:00

CELEBRITIES AT THEIR WORST! C.D. - Volume 2.9

Bitch, Bitch, Bitch - Bad Acting, Bad Commercials, Bad Everything!

Brought to You By:
Mad Deadly Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God

More unbelievable scientific evidence that Celebrities are even more stupid than we are !!

Amazing collection of bad commercials, various weird sound bites, clowning actors, pissed off rock stars and other random chaos - Hilarious stuff:

TRACK LISTING:

Joan Crawford (bad commercials & bad everything)
Roger Waters (pissed off)
Courtney Love (pissed off)
Mark Lindsey (bad commercials)
Sharon Tate (Coppertone commercial)
'Manson' (movie commercial)
Joe E. Ross (LSD vs. LBJ)
Angelyne (...doesn't anyone like to fuck anymore?)
Florence Henderson (bad commercial)
Melvin Belli (pissed off!)
Porky Pig (cusses)
NBC Memo (bad commercial)
Peter Frampton (bad Mazda commercial)
Voices of the 70s (bad commercials)
Mae West (bad commercials)
Talullah Bankhead (bad commercial)
Dr. Nina Simone (speaks her mind)
Joanne Worley (who is she?/Laugh-In)
Billy Crystal (Howard Stern Show burns Billy)

Mad Deadly Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God C.D. - Price: $12.00

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PREDICATE: The Dunblane Primary School Massacre - by Peter Sotos

2011-08-27T14:13:00.000-07:00

PREDICATE: The Dunblane School Massacre
By Peter Sotos

The Dunblane Massacre in Scotland, March 1996, remains the most abhorred act of mass murder ever perpetuated in the British Isles - Thomas Hamilton, a 43 year old ex-scout leader, entered Dunblane Primary School armed with 4 handguns and shot dead 16 schoolchildren and 1 teacher before turning these same weapons upon himself.

Controversial author Peter Sotos re-examines Dunblane, dissecting Thomas Hamilton's motives and life revealing the gay sub-culture of clandestine paedophilia which spawned this most reviled of all killers. Sotos also covers such subjects as Operation Ore, the Wonderland arrests, Russian orphanages, Megan's law and non-nude Teen web-sites and illustrates how porn and reality can blur into the banal processes of voyeurism, molestation and even murder.

**CAUTION: EXTREME ADULT CONTENT**

Creation Books 2005 Edition - 191 Page Paperback - True Crime/Sex Studies - No Illustrations except small b&w photos of the 16 schoolchildren - Price: $15.00

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HAMMER OF THE GODS: Apocalyptic Texts For the Criminally Insane - By Friedrich Nietzsche

2011-08-21T01:51:00.000-07:00

HAMMER OF THE GODS: Apocalyptic Texts For the Criminally Insane

By Friedrich Nietzsche

This book focuses on Nietzsche's most prophetic, futuristic and apocalyptic philosophies and traces them through the last century. This radical translation reveals Nietzsche as the only true guide to the current madness of society which he was to predict over a century ago. Nietzsche as a philosopher against society, church, state and the 'herd' - he is a philosopher with a HAMMER !!

Contents Include: Ecstasy / War / Deicide / Nihilism / Chance / Anti-Christ / Ubermensch / Chaos / Masks / Suicide / Will To Power / Eternal Return / Pain / Negation / Iconoclasm etc...

Creation Books 2002 Edition - 240 Page Paperback - No Illustrations - Classic Literature / Philosophy - Price: $14.00

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HERBERT'S FREAKS by Gregory Gibson - Rare Book Dealer, Times Square & The Lost Photos of Diane Arbus

2011-08-21T01:30:00.000-07:00

HERBERT'S FREAKS by Gregory Gibson - The Rare Book Dealer, The Times Square Talker, and the Lost Photos of Diane Arbus

The stranger than fiction true story of how an odd-ball rare book dealer discovered a lost trove of Diane Arbus photographs - and what he did with the find of a lifetime.

Bob Langmuir is an obsessive dealer with an uncanny eye for treasure who makes the discovery of a lifetime when he chances upon a stash of never before seen photos taken by the legendary photographer Diane Arbus.

From the moment he sees some intriguing photos in a trunk he buys from a guy who claims to be a member of the Nigerian Royal family, he knows he's on to something - the trunk holds the archive of a Times Square mid-century freak show called Herbert's that Diane Arbus often frequented.

He begins to suspect that what he has found may add a pivotal chapter to what is now known about Diane Arbus and the "old weird America" that Hubert's Freak Show was a part of.

Bob's ensuing adventure, full of bizarre coincidences - turns into a roller coaster ride that takes him from the fringes of the memorabilia business to Sotheby's, and from the exhibits of a run-down Times Square freak show to the currator's office of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Will the photos be authenticated? How will the Arbus estate react? Most importantly, can Bob, who has seen more than a few promising deals head south, finally make his one big score?

Harcourt Books, 2008 Edition - 274 Page Hardcover - b&w illustrations - Price: $20.00

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PROXY: Tick, Lazy, Index, Tool & Special: Collection - by Peter Sotos - Signed, Numbered w/C.D. Limited Edition of 500

2011-08-18T21:38:00.000-07:00

PROXY: TICK, LAZY, INDEX, TOOL and SPECIAL - Peter Sotos Pornography 1991-2000

By Peter Sotos

A collection of extreme word terror, sadism and degradation from the Peter Sotos books: TICK, LAZY, INDEX, TOOL and SPECIAL - These are five hard to find books because of their extreme content. PROXY is a collection of these five complete books - all compiled, edited or written by Peter Sotos.

A compendium of total abuse - Peter Sotos has honed to a fine art the writing style and choice of subject matter that pisses most people off - over the top combination of extreme, sadistic, degrading sex and violence - very grim reportage from the front lines of the sexual underground.

Peter Sotos has performed with the infamous industrial power noise band 'WHITEHOUSE'- their sound is self-described as 'the sound of sadism'.

Creation Books 2005 Edition - 320 Page Large Format Paperback - No Illustrations - These Copies are Numbered and Signed by Peter Sotos and also includes a spoken word C.D. - Sought after and hard to find - write to me and I will tell you which numbered copies I have available - these are a scarce limited edition of 500 - PRICE: $80.00

*CAUTION: EXTREME ADULT CONTENT - NOT FOR SENSITIVE READERS!
I am NOT KIDDING - this book is disturbing to say the least.

*PLEASE TAKE NOTE:
This will be the MOST EXTREME writing you will probably EVER encounter, SO please HEED these warnings - this book is NOT to be taken lightly so BE WARNED - I have been contacted several times by people who have bought this book from me - and they have expressed their despair at reading this material - Peter Sotos is on a sadistic level comparable perhaps only to the Marquis de Sade himself. MATURE ADULTS ONLY !!!

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PSYCHOPATHIA SEXUALIS: The Case Histories - By Richard von Krafft-Ebing

2011-07-28T03:09:00.000-07:00

PSYCHOPATHIA SEXUALIS: The Case Histories

By Richard von Krafft-Ebing

Lustmurder, Necrophilia, Pederasty, Coprophilia, Fetishism, Bestiality, Transvestism, Transexuality, Self-Mutilation, Sado-Masochism, Exhibitionism;

All these and numerous other psycho-sexual disorders are detailed in the 237 case histories that make up this book - the legendary PSYCHOPATHIA SEXUALIS.

Unavailable for years, this landmark text on the early study of sexual mania and deviancy is presented in this current version - highlighting the cases chosen by Krafft-Ebing himself to appear in the 12th and final edition of the book, the culmination of his life's work compiled shortly before his death. Originally published in 1886 it was first to use the terms 'sadism' & 'masochism'.

An essential reference book on early medical and psychiatric diagnosis of sexual derangement and deviation - from well known cases like Jack the Ripper to the most obscure and extreme instances of perversion and sexual behavior known to psychiatrists and criminologists at the time.

Creation Books - 251 Page Paperback - No Illustrations - **ADULT CONTENT** - Price: $14.00

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ENOCHIAN WORLD of Aleister Crowley : Enochian Sex Magick - by Aleister Crowley

2011-07-27T02:40:00.001-07:00

Crowley's work was the launching pad for all others that followed, it was originally published in 1912 and lifted the veil on the Inner Order of the Golden Dawn and revealed for the first time the instructions that bridge the gap between the material and the spiritual worlds by the use of Enochian Sex Magick.

Aleister Crowley (1875-1947) was one of this century's most profound students of Yoga, Qabalah and Magick and is recognized as being the first Westerner to give initiation ritual a truly scientific methodology.

Don Milo DuQuette and Christopher Hyatt, Ph.D - bring forty years of experience in the esoteric field of study to help show the student how they can use this powerful, yet often misunderstood, system of Magick immediately.

New Falcon Publication - 2006 Edition - Sixth Printing - 162 Page Paperback - Few b&w Illustrations - Esoterica/ Religion/ Enochian/ Egyptian/ Sex Study/ Ritual/ Initiation - PRICE: $20.00

LOVE SEX FEAR DEATH: The Inside Story of the Process Church of the Final Judgement

2011-07-22T01:57:00.000-07:00

LOVE SEX FEAR DEATH: The Inside Story of the Process Church of the Final Judgement

By Timothy Wylie

Edited by Adam Parfrey

The Process Church of the Final Judgement was the apocalyptic shadow side of the flower-powered 60's and perhaps the most notorious cult of modern times.

Scores of black-cloaked devotees swept the streets of New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Boston, New Orleans, Toronto, London, Paris, Rome and other cities selling the Process magazines with titles like; Sex, Fear, Love and Death.

The Process theology brought on accusations of sinister conspiracies.

Personalities like Marianne Faithfull, Mick Jagger and George Clinton participated in Process publications, and the band Funkedelic reproduced Process material in two of their albums.

This book - written by original Process Church member Timothy Wyllie ( who met Robert de Grimston in college ) - is the first book to provide the astonishing inside story of this fascinating group and the mysterious people at its center - Robert de Grimston, Mary Ann MacLean and a host of others.

Included are never before-seen-photographs and reproductions from various rare Process publications.

"I continue to believe that The Process was one of the most creative movements of the twentieth century......"
--- William S. Bainbridge - author

Feral House Book - Published 2009 - Many illustrations in black and white and color - 302 Page Paperback - Price: $24.00

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PROGRESSIVE LYCANTHROPY: Cassette and Booklet - The Sounds and Explanation of the Feriliminal Lycanthropizer

2011-07-22T01:52:00.000-07:00

PROGRESSIVE LYCANTHROPY: Cassette Tape and Booklet -- Explanations and Sounds of the Feraliminal Lycanthropizer

Composed / Edited / Mixed by Thomas Bey William Bailey @ High Plains Driftworks, summer 2007

Cassette track listing:

Phase 1 (Irritation)
Phase 2 (Offense)
Phase 3 (Wrath)

Total running time approx. 33 minutes

Lycanthropy means having to do with wolves...

The 'Progressive Lycanthropy' package includes one professionally duplicated cassette and a handsome information booklet, in which Thomas Bey William Bailey explains his motivations in an exclusive essay “A Weapon For The Wolf Age” - with history, descriptions and various details about wolves and wolf-like behavior.

The three epic pieces on the cassette were built up from the drones of a “feraliminal lycanthropizer” which is a sound making machine that gives off sounds and frequencies too low to hear with the human ear - these 'sounds' are more 'felt' than 'heard' - it is described as an 'experimental binaural frequency generator' and was supposedly used by the military as an 'audio truth serum' or as a 'combat stimulant' - as the name suggests, this audio technique was meant to hurl individuals into 'wolf-like' states where they would careen between poles of focused rage and woozy ecstasy.

Complemented with other sonic ornamentation and digitally-manipulated samples, this material is an eerie interpretation of the ‘lycanthropized’ state as it might exist in a hyper-modern, technology-driven society.

Conducted in the spirit of the d.i.y. audio research that characterized the ‘industrial music’ era, this material should have a wide range of effects on individual listeners, from restlessness to wild abandon, and comes complete with a disclaimer stating: "do not play while experiencing high stress levels or while engaged in potentially dangerous activities" (driving motor vehicles, handling firearms.)

If you have ever wanted to travel to a world where fur and fangs mesh with integrated circuits to form an invincible hybrid, here is your ticket. HEAVY & NOISY !!

Each copy includes:

Professionally printed 22-page booklet on Lycanthropy
Cover: Black & Silver printing on 260gsm art card

Professionally duplicated & factory sealed cassette tape w/ Black and Silver cover art

To hear a sound sample go to: http://www.tbwb.net/audial/Progressive%20Lycanthropy%20Phase%203.mp3

Limited Edition: 200 copies - Booklet & Cassette Tape - PRICE: $10.00

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THE CARNIVALS OF LIFE AND DEATH: My Profane Youth 1913-1935 - by James Shelby Downard

2011-06-06T00:37:00.000-07:00

THE CARNIVALS OF LIFE & DEATH
My Profane Youth 1913-1935
By James Shelby Downard

“The most absurd, the most incredible, the most ridiculous Illuminati theory of them all.”
— Robert Anton Wilson, author of The Illuminatus! Trilogy

James Shelby Downard just might be the most controversial conspiracy theorist of the 20th century -- In his essay “ King-Kill 33° ” Downard has notoriously laid out the involvement of Freemasonry in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy -- 'The Carnivals of Life and Death' is Downard’s autobiographical account of his early years in the deep South, when Ku Klux Klansmen and Freemasons, pulled him into many strange and violent affairs.

Downard does furious battle with both factions and many others. 'Hoodwinked' and set up time and time again, he narrowly escapes numerous attempts on his life. All the while the continuous message of importance seems to be 'nothing is as it seems'.

Adam Parfrey, who introduced Downard to readers in his Apocalypse Culture book compilations, provides the Foreword, based on his personal experiences with the reclusive and now-deceased conspiracy theorist. A real roller-coaster ride of a read !

Contents:

Masonry and the Downardian Nightmare: Foreword by Adam Parfrey

Long Introduction by James Shelby Downard:

Sorcerers and Specters
Of Cowans and Coffins
The Elus and Their Sub-Contractors
Of Sheep and Goats
The Sorcery of Computerized Mind Control
Seeing Past and Future Through a Teardrop
Mesmeric and Magnetic Masonry
The City of the Dreadful Night
Corpus Mysticum of the Past

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CHAPTER Titles:

Chapter 1: The Littlest Bootlegger - 1918
Chapter 2: My Little Alice Blue Gown and Golems - 1918
Chapter 3: The Magical Mystery Tour - 1919
Chapter 4: The Land of Enchantment - 1920
Chapter 5: Little Dixie - 1921-1922
Chapter 6: The Blue Front Cafe on Bloody Elm - 1922
Chapter 7: The Snake Charmer and the Three Assassins - 1923
Chapter 8: My First Gun - 1924
Chapter 9: Cagliostro's Treasure House - 1925
Chapter 10: Re-Tramatization and Radiesthesia - 1925
Chapter 11: Monster Manby and the Switcheroo - 1925
Chapter 12: The Quarry - 1926
Chapter 13: Pipelines and Tunnels - 1926
Chapter 14: Military Complicity in Conspiracies of Silence - 1929
Chapter 15: 'Deja Vu' - 1930
Chapter 16: Into the Tomb - 1931
Chapter 17: Dayton Witch & the State Dept's Black Chamber - 1931
Chapter 18: FDR and the Million Dollar Check - 1931
Chapter 19: Procter Takes A Gamble - 1931
Chapter 20: 'Uncle Brad' - 1931
Chapter 21: Graduation - 1932
Chapter 22: Mr. Zangara - 1933
Chapter 23: The Hanged Man - 1933
Chapter 24: The Military Vendetta - 1933
Chapter 25: Immortals and Illuminati - 1933
Chapter 26: Immortals and Familia - 1933
Chapter 27: Mind Molestation - 1933
Chapter 28: Masonic Sex Circuses - 1934
Chapter 29: Soul Money and Treasure Troves - 1934
Chapter 30: The Eastern Temple - 1934
Chapter 31: Colonel Bunker the Handler -1934
Chapter 32: 'Wild Bill' Donovan's OSS Baker Street Irregulars - 1934
Chapter 33: Of Prophecy and Highbrow Deceit - 1934
Chapter 34: The Chicken Caper - 1934-1935

"Because the dead and deadening scenery of the American city of dreadful night is so utterly devoid of mystery, so thoroughly flat-footed, sterile and infantile, so burdened with the illusory gloss of 'baseball-hot dogs-apple pie and Chevrolet' that it is somehow outside the psycho-sexual domain. The eternal pagan psychodrama is escalated under these 'modern' conditions precisely because sorcery is not what twentieth century man can accept as real." --- James Shelby Downard from his essay: " King Kill 33* "

Feral House Books - 280 page paperback - Few B&W Illustrations - Cover Art by Danger (me) - Price: $15.00

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James Shelby Downard:

UNUSUAL BOOKS / INFERNAL LIBRARY

2011-06-03T02:50:00.000-07:00

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Amok Books / Creation Books / Feral House / Vintage Pulps / Sci-Fi / Mystery / Occult / Erotica / Paranormal / UFOs / True Crime / Fiction & Novels / Cult Films / Politics & Control / Anarchy / Exotica / Surrealism & Dada / Art / Drugs / Mind Control / Conspiracy / Crowley / H.P. Lovecraft / George Bataille / Philip Jose Farmer / J.G. Ballard / Marquis de Sade / Nietzsche / Artaud / Philip K. Dick / J.K. Huysmans / Robert Anton Wilson / Esoteric / Mayhem....

What You Should Know About THE GOLDEN DAWN - By Israel Regardie

2011-06-03T02:01:00.000-07:00

What You Should Know About THE GOLDEN DAWN
By Israel Regardie - Foreward by Christopher S. Hyatt

At an early age, Israel Regardie served as Aleister Crowley's personal assistant and secretary. In this book, Regardie relates his personal experiences and associations with various people and several secret societies which have exerted great influences on the development of Modern Occultism. Regardie is in the tradition of other great Occultists such as H.P. Blavatsky, W. B. Yeats, A. E. Waite etc...

Regardie reveals the mysteries that surround THE HERMETIC ORDER OF THE GOLDEN DAWN, THE ROSICRUCIAN FRATERNITY and THE MASONIC LODGE.

From his close personal relations he reveals the true nature of such leading Occultists as Aleister Crowley, Dion Fortune, MacGregor Mathers, W. W. Westcott and others.

This Sixth Revised Edition includes new material by modern adepts from the Golden Dawn, documents from the period when Regardie worked closely with Crowley which demonstrate his membership in the O.T.O. and the A:.A:. as well, and some unpublished material from Regardie's archive available here for the first time to readers.

Israel Regardie (1907-1985) was considered by many to be the last living Adept of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. He worked with Aleister Crowley as his personal secretary for years, and progressed into a leading Occultist and author of many books on esoteric subjects. He was also a practicing chiropractor, psychiatrist and therapist.

New Falcon Publication - 2005 Edition - 233 Page Paperback - Few B&W Illustrations - Esoteric/ Occult/ Secret Societies/ Fraternal Orders/ Magick/ O.T.O./ Golden Dawn - PRICE: $15.00

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COSMIC TRIGGER Volume 3: My Life After Death - by Robert Anton Wilson

2011-06-03T01:14:00.000-07:00

COSMIC TRIGGER Volume 3: My Life After Death - by Robert Anton Wilson

This long awaited third and final volume of the Cosmic Trigger trilogy includes a humorous look at his reported death (which proved to be premature at the time) and his usual observations on such diverse topics as: Religious Fanatics, UFOs, Crop Circles, Paranoia, Pompous Scientists, Secret Societies, High Tech, Black Magic, Quantum Physics, Hoaxes, Orson Welles, James Joyce, Carl Sagan and the Vagina of Nuit etc... etc...

Robert Anton Wilson (1932-2007 R.I.P.) was a novelist, teacher, philosopher, mystic and former editor of Playboy Magazine - he is the author of many, many books including: The Illuminatus Trilogy (with Robt. Shea), Prometheus Rising, Sex Drugs and Magic, Wilhelm Reich in Hell, Schrodinger's Cat Trilogy etc...

New Falcon Publication - 2010 Edition - 262 Page Paperback - No Illustrations - Psychology/ Social Studies/ Philosophy/ Esoteric/ Social Science - PRICE: $14.00

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COSMIC TRIGGER Volume 2: Down To Earth - by Robert Anton Wilson

2011-06-02T15:28:00.000-07:00

COSMIC TRIGGER Volume 2: Down To Earth - by Robert Anton Wilson

While this book, the second in the trilogy, continues the ideas set forth in first volume of Cosmic Trigger, it also stands solidly own its own. Follow Wilson on a humorous and enlightening exploration into such diverse topics as: Cyberspace, the peculiarities of Irish jurisprudence, links between the Mafia, the Catholic Church and the CIA, anal-sex in the White House, the Barbaric Age remembered, Rumors of Black Magic and many other of his off-the-beaten-path observations.

"A super-genius... he has written everything I was afraid to write." --- Dr. John Lilly, M.D. (author of 'Center of the Cyclone'- A study of LSD & Mysticism and other books)

Robert Anton Wilson (1932-2007 R.I.P.) was a novelist, teacher, philosopher, mystic and former editor of Playboy Magazine - he is the author of many, many books including: The Illuminatus Trilogy (with Robt. Shea), Prometheus Rising, Sex Drugs and Magic, Wilhelm Reich in Hell, Schrodinger's Cat Trilogy etc...

New Falcon Publication - 2007 Edition - 281 Page Paperback - No Illustrations - Psychology/ Social Studies/ Philosophy/ Esoteric/ Social Science - PRICE: $14.00

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COSMIC TRIGGER Volume 1: The Final Secret of the Illuminati - by Robert Anton Wilson

2011-05-22T01:01:00.000-07:00

COSMIC TRIGGER Volume 1: The Final Secret of the Illuminati

By Robert Anton Wilson
Foreword by Timothy Leary

*From the Preface: "Cosmic Trigger deals with a process of deliberately induced brain change... this is called 'initiation' or 'vision quest' in many traditional societies... and a dangerous variety of self-psychotherapy in modern terminology. I do not recommend it for everybody... the main thing I learned is that 'reality' is always plural and mutable." "......I therefore want to make it even clearer than ever before that; I DO NOT BELIEVE ANYTHING."

Some topic examples:
The Sirius Connection, Sufis, Babylon, Zen Tradition, JFK, Millbrook, Illuminati, Aleister Crowley, Queen of Space, Karma, Witchcraft, Tesla. Mothman Prophecy, Weird Critters, Discordian Huxley, Egyptian Gods, The Holy Guardian Angel etc... etc...

"Wilson managed to reverse every mental polarity in me, as if I had been pulled through infinity. I was astonished and delighted." --- Philip K. Dick

Robert Anton Wilson (1932-2007 R.I.P.) was a novelist, teacher, philosopher, mystic and former editor of Playboy Magazine - he is the author of many, many books including: The Illuminatus Trilogy (with Robt. Shea), Prometheus Rising, Sex Drugs and Magic, Wilhelm Reich in Hell, Schrodinger's Cat Trilogy etc...

New Falcon Publication - 2004 Edition - 269 Page Paperback - B&W Illustrations - Psychology/ Social Studies/ Philosophy/ Esoteric/ Social Science - PRICE: $14.00

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NEUROPOLITIQUE: By Timothy Leary - with Robert Anton Wilson and George Koopman

2011-05-16T00:51:00.000-07:00

NEUROPOLITIQUE: By Timothy Leary
With Robert Anton Wilson and George Koopman

Dr. Timothy Leary, Ph.D. has been a world-renowned psychologist, a defrocked Harvard professor, a relentless champion of brain change, a reputed drug guru, stand-up philosopher, and a prisoner of the Nixon adminstration. He has been called the 'most dangerous man on the planet.'

While in prison, at times in solitary confinement, he wrote the first version of this book - now revised and updated it presents some of Dr. Timothy Leary's best ideas, his reflections on the past, and his hopes for the future.

From the Introduction:

"...the performing philosopher does not come down off the mountain with truths carved in stone...

"...a thought inventor is voted into the Hall of Fame or wins the coveted MVP (Most Valuable Philosopher) award based on his batting average over the years..."

New Falcon Publications - 2006 Edition - 187 Page Paperback - No Illustrations - Social Studies/ Philosophy/ Psychology/ Psychedelia - PRICE: $14.00

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THE EYE IN THE TRIANGLE: An Interpretation of Aleister Crowley - by Israel Regardie

2011-05-05T02:31:00.000-07:00

THE EYE IN THE TRIANGLE: An Interpretation of Aleister Crowley - by Israel Regardie

Introduction by Robert Anton Wilson -- Preface by Christopher S. Hyatt Ph.D.

Aleister Crowley, the greatest Magus of the twentieth century, redefined the very basis of the Western Tradition. His vast influence extends throughout modern occultism. He is the father of the modern art of ceremonial magick and western tantra. In 1928 at the age of 53, Crowley was living in Paris when Israel Regardie, a 21 year old disciple, nervously presented himself to be Crowley's personal secretary. Thus began the most significant relationship of Regardie's life. Although they were later to have a bitter parting of company - this experience caused Regardie to devote the next five decades to spreading Crowley's message and tending the flame of his memory - at a time when that was an unpopular, unrewarding and lonely task.

This book provides an accurate, humorous and brilliantly insightful look into the man whom many still regard as the 'Wickedest Man in the World' - get ready to enter the magickal universe of Aleister Crowley as seen through the eyes of Israel Regardie, who was his personal secretary for years. Regardie withstood ridicule and hatred in his continued defense of Crowley - well before most proponents of Crowley's teachings were even born.

New Falcon Publications - 2009 Edition - 517 Page Paperback - No Illustrations - Esoteric/ Philosophy/ Metaphysics/ Occult/ Mysticism/ Biography - PRICE: $20.00

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THE REVIVAL OF MAGICK: And Other Essays - by Aleister Crowley - Oriflamme Series #2

2011-05-03T02:06:00.000-07:00

THE REVIVAL OF MAGICK: And Other Essays - by Aleister Crowley

Oriflamme Series - Book #2

This collection is concerned with Aleister Crowley the essayist. This literary form gave full range to his wit, humor, knowledge and command of the English language. Most of his essays are as fresh today as they were when first written - and some of his best are collected here, forming a curiously charming sampling of Crowley's opinions and interests - His subjects are wide ranging, including mysticism, magick, travel, humor, social satire, drugs, psychoanalysis, religious fundamentalism, 'pop' occultism, art, divination, mythology and drama.

Crowley preaches his new Law of Thelema in several passionate essays - explaining the religious philosophy of the 'New Law' given to him by superior beings in Cairo 1904 which became the infamous 'Book of the Law' - Sometimes writing as Crowley the man, at other times as the Master Therion, Magus of the New Age of Horus - Crowley makes doctrinal connections not made elsewhere, many of great relevance to the theology and social philosophy of Thelema.

The intent of this collection is to introduce Aleister Crowley's writings to a wider audience - his essays have been annotated, with notes on sources, a bibliography of works cited, and an index.

The Oriflamme is a series of writings on magick, mysticism and the history of ideas. This is the second book in the series and was produced jointly by the Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.) and New Falcon Publications.

New Falcon Publications/O.T.O. - 1998 Edition - 240 Page Paperback - Not Illustrated - Esoteric/ Philosophy/ Metaphysics/ Occult -- Somewhat Scarce Edition -- PRICE: $30.00

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THE BAVARIAN ILLUMINATI IN AMERICA: The New England Conspiracy Scare of 1798 - by Vernon Stauffer

2011-04-05T02:57:00.000-07:00

THE BAVARIAN ILLUMINATI IN AMERICA: The New England Conspiracy Scare, 1798
By Vernon Stauffer

An unabridged republication of the 1918 book: 'New England and the Bavarian Illuminati' - The book chronicles the rise and spread of the Bavarian Order of Illuminati - deciphering the unstable political, social, and religious atmosphere that prevailed at the time, allowing the Illuminati to take root in the United States.

Stauffer explains the state of American politics and religion before and after the American Revolution and recounts the real history of the Illuminati. He reveals how knowledge of the secret organization reached America and from the first announcement of the existence of the Illuminati - the conspiracy is traced in detail.

Dover Books Publication - 374 Page Paperback - PRICE: $12.00

STRAIGHT TO HELL: 20th Century Suicides - Edited by Namida King

2011-04-01T19:51:00.000-07:00

STRAIGHT TO HELL: 20th Century Suicides

Edited by Namida King

A study of some of the most shocking and sensational suicides of modern times - this grim collection of often sudden death - serves to constantly remind us of our own fragile mortality. Few B&W Photos.

Contributions by:
Nikolas Schreck and Zeena Schreck, Peter Sotos, Stephen Barber, Jack Sargeant, Mikita Brottman, Peter Webb, Jeremy Reed, Peter Whitehead and several others...

Contents:

Budd Dwyer - by David Kerekes & David Slater

Pierre Molinier - by Stephen Barber

David Rappaport - by Mikita Brottman

Michael Ryan - by Mikita Brottman

Adolf Hitler - by Nikolas Schreck

Guy Debord - by Angus Carlyle

Harry Crosby - by Jack Sargeant

John McCollum - by Mikita Brottman

Jim Jones - by Simon Dwyer

Kurt Kobain - by Mikita Brottman

Rudolf Schwarzkogler - by Stephen Barber

Gilles Deleuze - by Julian Weaver

Fred West - by Mikita Brottman

Unica Zurn - by Peter Webb

Diane Linkletter - by Mikita Brottman

Yukio Mishima - by Stephen Barber

David Koresh - by Mikita Brottman

Donald Cammell - by Nikolas Schreck

Hart Crane - by Jeremy Reed

Heaven's Gate - by Zeena Schreck

Mark Rothko - by Peter Whitehead

Thomas Hamilton - by Peter Sotos

Sid Vicious - by Alan Parker

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Creation Books 2004 Edition - 164 Page Paperback - Few B&W Photos - Somewhat scarce edition - some shop-wear to books - Collection/Suicides/True Crime/Death - Price: $15.00

SATANICA SEXUALIS: An Encyclopedia of Sex and the Devil - by Candice Black

2011-03-25T13:44:00.000-07:00

SATANICA SEXUALIS: An Encyclopedia of Sex and the Devil - by Candice Black

Topics Include:

Anti-Christ - Black Mass - Cannibalism - Demonology - Drugs - Hell - Hysteria - Incubus/Succubus - Nuns - Pornography - Possession - Satanic Sex Crimes - Scatology - Sex Magic - Sodomy - Witches Sabbat and much more...

Wet Angel 2006 Edition - 174 Page Paperback - Many Amazing B&W Illustrations - New copy with some shop wear (not bad) a crease on back cover otherwise clean and new - somewhat scarce book - One Copy Available - ADULT MATERIAL !! - Price: $20.00

THE SEVEN ADDICTIONS AND FIVE PROFESSIONS OF ANITA BERBER: Weimar Berlin's Preistess of Depravity

2011-03-25T13:02:00.000-07:00

THE SEVEN ADDICTIONS AND FIVE PROFESSIONS OF ANITA BERBER: Weimar Berlin's Preistess of Depravity - By Mel Gordon

The Seven Addictions and Five Professions of Anita Berber is the first contemporary biography of the notorious actress/ dancer/ poet and playwright who scandalized sex-obsessed Weimar Berlin during the 1920s.

Even in an era where everything was permitted, Anita Berber’s celebrations of “Depravity, Horror and Ecstasy” were condemned and censored as too extreme. She often haunted Weimar Berlin’s hotel lobbies, nightclubs, and casinos, radiantly naked except for an elegant sable wrap, a pet monkey and a silver brooch packed with cocaine both hanging from her neck.

Multi-talented Anita saw no boundaries between her personal life and her taboo-shattering performances. She was one of Europe’s first postmodern women. After Berliners finally tired of Anita Berber’s outrageous antics, she became a “carrion soul that even the hyenas ignored,” dying in 1928 at the early age of only twenty-nine.

• Includes nearly two hundred photographs and illustrations, including some from Berber’s salacious and enduring performance “Repertoire of the Damned.”

• Berber loved Marlene Dietrich and was influenced and associated with Leni Riefenstahl, Lawrence Durrell, Klaus Mann, and the founder of modern sexology, Magnus Hirschfeld.

• An early movie star, Berber acted in Fritz Lang’s Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler and the silent epic Lucifer.

Feral House Books Release - 260 Page Paperback - Many Color and B&W Illustrations - PRICE: $22.00

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SUN RA and the ARKESTRA - JAZZ SESSION DVD - Just Released !

2011-03-23T01:08:00.000-07:00

SUN RA and the ARKESTRA - JAZZ SESSION DVD - Just Released !

This startling black and white portrait of Sun Ra and his Arkestra is possibly the finest film of the band ever - even surpassing the film 'Space is the Place' in its details of how the tribe conjures the purest magic from musical instruments, costumes and science fiction truths.

Captured on January 8th 1972 during a short stop in France on the way back to Oakland, California after the Autumn/Winter 1971 European and Egyptian tours - this flawless video recording has been seen by few - even the most hardcore collectors of Sun Ra material. Produced and Directed by Bernard Lion

Contents:

1) Somebody Else's Idea
2) Watusi
3) Discipline
4) Synth

Transparency 2011 DVD Release - Approximately 30 Minutes (Running Time) - Price: $15.00

THE BLOODY COUNTESS: Atrocities of Erzsebet Bathory: By Valentine Penrose /Translation Alexander Trocchi

2011-03-16T13:39:00.000-07:00

THE BLOODY COUNTESS: Atrocities of Erzsebet Bathory

By Valentine Penrose - Translated by Alexander Trocchi

Descended from an ancient aristocratic European family, Erzsebet Bathory bore all the psychotic characteristics of centuries of inner family breeding. From early adolescence she indulged in sadistic lesbian fantasies - where only the spilling of others female blood could satisfy her urges.

By middle age, she had regressed into a mirror fixated state and was practicing necro-sadism, torture, cannibalism, vampirism, wholesale slaughter, blood bathing and witchcraft. These years, in the late 16th century, would witness a reign of cruelty unsurpassed in the history of mass murder, with an estimated 650 deaths attributed to the 'Bloody Countess'.

Her many castles were all equipped with torture chambers where she would torture and mutilate her many victims - virtual killing factories where hundreds of girls were killed and processed - the Countess would bath in their virgin blood - believing it would preserve her youth and beauty.

Creation Books 2000 Edition - 154 Page Paperback - One b&w Illustration of the Countess - History / Crime / Decadence / Torture - Price: $12.00

AMOK JOURNAL: Sensurround Edition - Edited by Stuart Swezey

2011-02-27T00:49:00.001-08:00

AMOK JOURNAL: Sensurround Edition Edited by Stuart Swezey

Amok Journal: A compendium of psycho-physiological investigations compiled from the furthest reaches of forensic medicine, sexology, psychiatry, anthropology and hard science research. The focus of this compilation is the pursuit of a neurobiological basis for mystical and ecstatic experience.

The Amok Journal: Sensurround Edition brings together accounts of the search for the erotic in the mechanical, the sublime in the visceral, and the spiritual in the electromagnetic, from explorations of the subtle effects of infrasound to death-defying grasps at the ultimate orgasm. The field of inquiry is the prodigious psychic démi-monde of hallucination, schizophrenia, religious fervor, ecstatic possession, sexual obsession, mass hysteria, and private ritual, as documented by the rational methodology of science. Heavily and graphically illustrated.

Topics include:

•Auto-erotic fatalities
•Self-mutilation/amputee fetish
•Infrasound/low frequency noise
•Trepanation
•Mondo Film
•Cargo Cults
•N.S.K./Laibach/totalitarian art
•Psych-out

“It belongs alongside Krafft-Ebbing’s Psychopathia Sexualis and Bataille’s Erotism: Death and Sensuality in any well-appointed library of the unusual.” — Bay Guardian

AMOK BOOKS - 488 Page Paperback · Heavily Illustrated b&w - EXTREME ADULT CONTENT ! - Price: $20.00

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AMOK JOURNAL: Auto-Erotic Fatalities Section (self-inflicted)

MEXICAN PULP ART: From the Collections of Bobbette Axelrod and Ted Frankel - Lurid Mexican Vintage Paintings

2011-02-22T12:47:00.000-08:00

MEXICAN PULP ART - From the Collections of Bobbette Axelrod and Ted Frankel

The lurid cover art of Mexican pulp novels is a pop culture revelation. Never before seen in an English or even Spanish-language collection are these often surreal and psychedelic images of extraterrestrials, robots, dinosaurs, dastardly killers, beatniks, babes, Zorro, Santo, and many other icons from vintage Mexican pulp novels involving suspense, mystery, romance, space, monsters, damsels in distress and the supernatural.

This book features some of the most striking paintings from this sensational art form of the ’60s and ’70s, collected by Bobbette Axelrod and Ted Frankel. The Introduction by researcher Maria Cristina Tavera contextualizes these artifacts that were unearthed from a defunct publishing company and its forgotten but inspired work-for-hire artists.

Mexican Pulp Art joins Feral House’s award-winning collections of pop culture art history - rediscovering extraordinary forgotten worlds of visual splendor.

Feral House Books - 2007 Edition - 140 Page Paperback of Lurid Color Illustrations - PRICE: $16.00

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TWILIGHT OF THE MACHINES by John Zerzan - Green Anarchy / Anti Technology

2011-02-04T02:54:00.000-08:00

TWILIGHT OF THE MACHINES: Green Anarchy/ Anti-technology
By John Zerzan

“The crisis deepens. Everyday life is plundered as much as the physical environment. Our predicament points us toward a solution. The voluntary abandonment of the industrial mode of existence is not self-renunciation, but a healing return.” — from Twilight of the Machines

The mentor of the green anarchist and neo-primitive movements is back with his first book in six years, confronting civilization, mass society, modernity and techno-culture — both the history of its developing crisis and the possibilities for its human and humane solutions.

As John Zerzan writes, “These dire times may yet reveal invigorating new vistas of thought and action. When everything is at stake, all must be confronted and superseded. At this moment, there is the distinct possibility of doing just that.”

John Zerzan can now credibly claim the honor of being America’s most famous anarchist. His writing is sharp, uncompromising, and tenacious.”—Derrick Jensen, Utne Reader

Previous works from John Zerzan include Elements of Refusal, Future Primitive, Against Civilization, Running on Emptiness, and Questioning Technology. He has also contributed to Apocalypse Culture, Telos, and Fifth Estate. An Oregonian with degrees from Stanford University and San Francisco State University, he is an editor for Green Anarchy magazine.

Today we have all the technology we want at our fingertips, yet it has never been harder to make ends meet !!

Feral House Books - 2010 Edition - 140 Page Paperback - PRICE: $12.00 - Green Anarchy/ Anti-technology/ Cultural Criticism

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THE IMAGE: by Jean de Berg - Erotic Fiction

2011-02-01T23:17:00.000-08:00

THE IMAGE: by Jean de Berg
Cover Illustration by Hans Bellmer

THE IMAGE is a famous classic erotic novel of bondage, dominance and submission in the tradition of 'The Story of O' - and is ultimately a bizarre love story itself - The narrator is assisted by Claire in the domination of the subservient Anne, in a series of sexually explicit scenarios.

Originally written anonymously - the author was Jean de Berg a pseudonym for the French actress/writer Catherine Robbe-Grillet - the preface was written by Pauline Reage - author of 'The Story of O'.

One of only five erotic novels credited with true literary status by Susan Sontag - along with Pierre Louys' 'The She Devils', George Bataille's 'Story of the Eye' & his 'Madame Edwarda' and 'The Story of O' by Pauline Reage.

Creation Books - Classic Erotica/Fiction/Novel/BD&SM - ADULT Content - 109 Page Paperback - No Illustrations - Price: $12.00

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TOKYO SEX UNDERGROUND: Fetish Photography by Romain Slocombe

2011-01-29T01:22:00.001-08:00

TOKYO SEX UNDERGROUND: Black and White Fetish Photography Book
By Romain Slocombe

Introduction by Jack Sargeant

Sex clubs, hostess bars, love hotels, soap parlours, fetish parties, stage shows and porno factories; all across Tokyo a thriving sex industry is populated with beautiful, enigmatic young women.

Photographer Romain Slocombe, a frequent visitor to japan, has documented many aspects of this scene and its participants - rope masters, bondage models, porn actresses, prostitutes and party girls are randomly photographed at work, play or otherwise - some are posed, others aren't even aware they are being photographed.

This provocative selection of Slocombe's photo images provides us with a glimpse of erotic Japanese culture by a European 'outsider'.

Medical Fetish, Bondage, Nurses, Schoolgirls, Erotica, Tattoos etc...

Slocombe Thanks, Trevor Brown, Master Horiwaka, Hisashi Kanai, Ryoichi Maeda, Nawashi Murakawa, Yuka Nakamori, Takao Nakano, Yamoto Noda, Master Chimuo Nureki, Makoto Ohrui, Fumihiko 'Goldman' Takeuchi and many other important players in Japan's sex, porn and bondage community - 90 black & white photos - At back of the book are captions describing each photo.

Creation Books 2000 Edition - No Page Count - Large Format Paperback - Black & White Fetish Photography - ADULT MATERIAL - Price: $20.00

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THE SEED: Unusual Science Fiction Novel - by Davide De Angelis

2011-01-29T01:14:00.000-08:00

THE SEED: Science Fiction Novel
By Davide De Angelis

Erotic and spell-binding prose streaming through realms of phenomenal danger and vibrant beauty - exhilarating layers of adventure, myth and philosophy enriched with eye opening metaphysics - science fiction filled with the incandescence of dreams.

The Dreamweaver - Storyteller, Soundshaper and cult figure to millions, journeys deep into the realm of dreams to retrieve a powerful, healing story from Sunixlan, the Dream-Shaman - but to his horror he learns the Shaman has been destroyed and replaced by a dark, intoxicating Sorceress named Talis. She promises to teach him the mind-altering language of the Sirens but he must first embark on a deadly mission for the mysterious enchantress.

"De Angelis' prose is vital, weird and as devious as his image making, Enthralling!" --- David Bowie

Creation Books - 192 Page Paperback - Science Fiction/ Novel - Price: $12.00

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I LOVE LORD BUDDHA: Manga Style Fiction - by Hillary Raphael

2011-01-29T01:13:00.000-08:00

I LOVE LORD BUDDHA: Manga Fiction

Manga Style Novel by Hillary Raphael

This, her first novel, is being called by some the future of literature - and by others a post-erotic revolution.

Set in late-90's Tokyo it tells the history of the Neo-Geisha Organization - a sex & death cult with an anti-consumerist, pro-hedonist, sub-Buddhist ideology - The cult is led by Hiyoko, a leggy westerner with a taste for Eastern philosophy and drug-fueled sex binges - her followers are curious young women with perfect bodies that have traveled thousands of miles to work in Tokyo's neon-lit network of underground hostess bars.

The novel is inspired by early Japanese literature, the AUM Subway-Gas Cult and the esoteric texts of Buddhism - reads like fetishistic techno cyber-manga.

Creation Books 2004 Edition - 187 Page Paperback - No Illustrations - Novel/Fiction/Manga - Price: $12.00

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LAZY - Book by Peter Sotos

2011-01-24T22:29:00.000-08:00

LAZY: Book by Peter Sotos

Extreme sexual word terror: Intense sex, violence, death and degradation - 'LAZY' is a compendium of total abuse - Peter Sotos has honed to a fine art the writing style and choice of subject matter that pisses most people off - over the top combination of extreme sex and violence - very grim reportage from the front lines of the sexual underground.

Peter Sotos has performed with the infamous extreme power noise/ industrial band 'WHITEHOUSE'- a band that has been self-described as 'The Sound of Sadism'.

Creation Books 1999 Edition - 332 Page Paperback - No Illustrations - CAUTION: EXTREME ADULT CONTENT - Not For Sensitive Readers!!! PRICE: $20.00

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Peter Sotos performing live onstage with WHITEHOUSE

ALEISTER CROWLEY and the OUIJA BOARD - by J. Edward Cornelius

2011-01-21T01:08:00.000-08:00

ALEISTER CROWLEY and the OUIJA BOARD - by J. Edward Cornelius

From the F.H. web-site: Ever since it was adapted by Parker Brothers into a massively popular board game for young people, the Ouija Board has been a lightning rod for controversy. For decades, waves of preachers, teachers and parents have condemned the game as a devil’s gateway to perilous obsessions and spiritual possessions. While these claims recall a special brand of witch trial-era hysteria, master occultist and Aleister Crowley expert, author J. Edward Cornelius, affirms that many of these accusations are founded in truth.

In Aleister Crowley and the Ouija Board – part fascinating history and part practical manual – Cornelius culls wisdom from the Great Beast and offers a compelling course of action: “Tragedies prove beyond a shred of a doubt that the board is capable of bridging the invisible world with our own. Instead of fearing this concept, why not learn to use it more effectively?”

The greatest ceremonial magician of the twentieth century, Aleister Crowley advocated the Ouija Board’s use as an occult tool. He strongly believed that the board utilizes the same principles that were practiced by the famed Elizabethan magician John Dee, who used a crystal ball as a means of “skrying,” or seeing into the invisible realms. Aleister Crowley and the Ouija Board shows how anyone, with the proper knowledge, can communicate effectively with invisible beings through a Ouija Board.

This book reveals for the first time in print many dark secrets about the talking board, and protected truths that for years have only been whispered about behind closed doors.

J. Edward Cornelius is a leading authority on ceremonial magick. A member of Crowley’s Ordo Templi Orientis, he is best known for the series of research journals called “Red Flame, A Thelemic Research Journal,” regarded as the definitive study of Crowleyanity and magick. Mr. Cornelius lives in San Francisco.

Feral House 2005 Edition - 172 Page Paperback - No Illustrations - PRICE: $16.00

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VINTAGE HARDCOVER BOOKS

2011-01-15T00:05:00.001-08:00

THE SEX DIARY OF GERARD SORME

By Colin Wilson

This book was also released as: “The Sex Diary of a Metaphysician” by Colin Wilson.

“The Sex Diary of Gerard Sorme” is a gripping blend of fiction, philosophy, and sex - laced with black magic. The magician in the story, Caradoc Cunningham, is said to be 'loosely' based on Aleister Crowley.

London 1957, Gerard Sorme’s quest for knowledge leads him into a friendship with a notorious magician, Caradoc Cunningham, who claims he can help in Gerard’s search for enlightenment. But Cunningham has enemies who are powerful masters of the dark arts. Gerard gets involved with a married woman - a ritual is performed and they barely escape an attack from demonic forces - during their escape attempt Gerard leaves his sex diary behind - it is found and causes a huge scandal....

1963 Dial Press Books Edition - 256 Page Hardcover - USED Book in Very Good Condition - no dust jacket - bump on front bottom corner of cover - not bad - super clean and tight pages - Occult Novel/ Magic/ Classic/ Vintage -- PRICE: $20.00

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MURDER IN THE HELLFIRE CLUB - by Donald Zochert - Vintage Hardback Historical Novel - 1978 First Edition

Benjamin Franklin visits London in 1757 and is eventually drawn into the bizarre goings on in London's infamous Hellfire Club which is formed by 13 freethinkers who scandalized all of England with blasphemy and sexual debaucheries - it all begins when a dead man is found in a room locked from the inside - the body shows no signs of violence - Franklin knows it is murder and sets out to expose the killer - a classic early tale of the first murder by electricity - distinguished by accurate historical detail the case sweeps to a surprise filled climactic ending.

240 Page Hardcover - 1978 Holt Rinehart & Winston Books Edition - Vintage/ Mystery/ Occult/ Historical Crime Novel

USED Copy in Good Condition - some wear to dust jacket - chipping and a few tears along edge - a piece missing at bottom of spine - overall in good shape - book itself and inside pages very clean and excellent - Vintage/ Mystery/ Occult/ Historical Crime Novel -- PRICE: $10.00

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ATLANTIS: The Antediluvian World - by Ignatius Donnelly

Edited by Egerton Sykes - Gramercy Publishing 1949 Edition

The definitive edition of Donnelly's well known work on Atlantis. First published in 1882 it gained widespread attention, and soon became the foundation upon which most later investigations into the "lost continent" were built.

A Modern Revised Edition - 356 Page Hardcover - Blue papered boards, black lettering on spine - Dust Jacket very clean in a clear plastic protective sleeve - index included - b&w illustrations.

Classic History - a solid USED Copy in unmarked Very Good Condition with VG dust jacket - very clean pages - Early Civilization / History / Exotica / Vintage / Hardcover/ Classic - PRICE: $12.00

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DEVIL'S GAMBLE - by Frank G. Slaughter - A Novel of Demonology

Vintage 1977 Edition Hardcover - Occult/Mystery/Novel

Janet Burkes life was spared in a plane crash - among those who died on board the plane was a ruthless terrorist and a self proclaimed agent of the devil named Lynne Tallman - Tallman's dead spirit takes control of Janet Burke and she becomes not just a pawn of evil but the main player in the game of world control.

1977 Doubleday Books Edition - 282 Page Hardcover - USED Copy in Very Good Condition - Inside book pages very crisp and clean - dust jacket VG as well with protective clear sleeve.

Vintage/ Suspense/ Supernatural / Occult / Mystery / Fiction / Novel -- PRICE: $10.00

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THE SILVER SKULL - by Les Daniels - A Novel of Sorcery - Vintage 1979 Aztec Vampire Occult Book

In a setting not often explored in terror or vampire novels, this book is about the dead but soon to be reincarnated vampire wizard Don Sebastian de Villanueva - the source of his great power is the 'silver skull'

The magic skull is in the hands of a Spanish alchemist - but he soon loses it to an Aztec priestess named Toci - after an elaborate ritual and sacrifice are performed Don Sebastian is re-born as 'Smoking Mirror' - a vampire black magical god.

With magic powers and the help of a Mexican tribe of vampire worshipers Don Sebastian and Toci - now deeply in love, attempt to set the great Aztec city free.

1979 Scribner & Sons Books Edition - 222 Page Hardcover - USED in Very Good Condition - dust jacket also in VG condition with clear protective sleeve - inside book and pages very clean & crisp - Occult / Vampire / Aztec / Mystery / Adventure / Vintage / Fiction / Novel -- PRICE: $15.00

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EROS IN HELL: Sex, Blood and Madness in Japanese Cinema - by Jack Hunter

2011-01-06T02:15:00.000-08:00

EROS IN HELL: Sex, Blood and Madness in Japanese Cinema
By Jack Hunter

SEX: The history of "pink" movies, from Daydream and Ai No Corrida to the pop avant-garde violence of Koji Wakamatsu and beyond: Violated Angels, The Embryo Hunts in Secret, Violent Virgin and many others. Bondage and S/M from Moju and Captured For Sex to Kinbiken rope torture. The New Wave pink films of Hisayasu Sato: The Bedroom, Naked Blood, Private Torture of Uniforms, Thrust It In! and tons more.

BLOOD: From Shogun Assassin and Psycho Junkie to the killing orgies of Guinea Pig and Atrocity: from the "pink horror" nightmare Entrails of a Virgin to the post-punk yakuza bloodbaths of Kei Fujiwara's Organ and Takashi Miike's Fudoh.

MADNESS: Homicidal psychosis, hallucination, mutation: Tetsuo, Death Powder, the films of Shozin Fukui: Pinocchio 964, Rubber's Love. Post-punk excess, nihilism, violence, suicide: Burst City, Labyrinth of Dreams, Squareworld, Tokyo Crash.

Eros in Hell examines all these movies and many more - it is heavily illustrated with rare and unusual photographs, and contains illuminating interviews - includes massive film index - very unique guide to the most prolific, fascinating and controversial underground cinema in the world.

Creation Books 2000 Edition - 221 Page Paperback - Many many black and white illustrations - Extreme ADULT Material - Price: $20.00

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From the Film: Embryo Hunts in Secret

H.P. LOVECRAFT'S THE HAUNTER OF THE DARK: And Other Grotesque Visions/Cthulhu Inspired Art of John Coulthart

2011-01-02T23:33:00.000-08:00

H.P. LOVECRAFT'S THE HAUNTER OF THE DARK:
And Other Grotesque Visions

Art by John Coulthart - Introduction by Alan Moore

This presents all of John Coulthart's harrowing Lovecraft / Cthulhu inspired black & white artwork from the past decade - including two complete illustrated story adaptations & over 40 pages of drawings and paintings - Unique fantastic Cthulhu inspired art and illustrated Lovecraft stories by John Colthart.

Coulthart's style is highly detailed, intricate and dense - showing influences of H.R. Giger, Salvador Dali, Odilon Redon, Aubrey Beardsley and others - Any Lovecraft fan will enjoy these interpretations of his dark fantasy world - Amazing Beautiful Art !!!

Also includes, The Great Old Ones - a kabbalah of images of Lovecraft's otherworldly gods, with accompanying text by the legendary Alan Moore.

Creation/Oneiros 2006 Edition -136 Page Paperback - Many many b&w illustrations - Very Good Book - Price: $15.00

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FROM The Book HAUNTER OF THE DARK:

CRAWLING CHAOS: H.P. LOVECRAFT Collection/ 1920-1935

2011-01-02T23:29:00.000-08:00

CRAWLING CHAOS: By H. P. LOVECRAFT
Collection of 22 Stories from 1920 to 1935

Cthulhu Cult: Choosing the field of "weird horror" in which to express his anatomical alienation and existential torment, H. P. Lovecraft easily transcended the limitations of the genre.

Within the matrix of his grotesque and complex mythology, he was able to create a hideous universe just beyond our own - his style and language forged a convoluted literary form which ultimately achieves the pinnacle of horror - the accumulation and repetition of his visions climax in cosmic revulsion and mutation. His labyrinthine demonology articulates a kind of atavistic dread - both archaic & modern at the same time - The Cult of Cthulhu......

The 22 stories in this volume comprise an essential, chronological collection of this unique writer's best work. With an introduction by Colin Wilson.

Creation Books Publication, 2000 Edition - 256 Page Paperback - No Illustrations - Price: $20.00

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THE SOURCE: The Untold Story of Father Yod, YaHoWa 13 and the Source Family

2011-01-02T23:27:00.000-08:00

THE SOURCE: The Untold Story of Father Yod, YaHoWa 13 and the Source Family - By Isis Aquarian and Electricity Aquarian - Book with C.D. Included

It was 1972, time of the cult-occult-commune explosion. By day, the Source Family served organic cuisine to John Lennon, Julie Christie, Frank Zappa and others at the famed Source restaurant. By night, in a mansion in Hollywood Hills, they explored the cosmos through the channeled wisdom of their charismatic leader, Father Yod. Father was an outlandish figure who had 14 “spiritual wives,” drove a Rolls-Royce, and fronted the rock band YaHoWa 13, now considered by collectors to be one of the most singular psychedelic bands of all time.

The Source Family’s true story—kept secret for over 30 years after Father’s spectacular hang-gliding death in 1975—is revealed here by the Family members themselves, with over 200 photographs and a full-length CD of rare YaHoWa 13 live performances and Family recordings.

Process Media Books - 280 page paperback - over 200 original period photographs - *C.D. included - PRICE: $24.00

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YE OLDE BOOKSHOP STOREFRONT in Downtown Los Angeles - Now Defunct R.I.P.

2010-12-30T00:59:00.000-08:00

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BORIS (Band) 'SMILE' L. P. (Double Vinyl Album) w/ Silver Mirror Finish Cover Art

2010-12-30T00:36:00.000-08:00

BORIS (Japanese Doom Metal Band)

'SMILE' L.P. (Double Vinyl Album) - Southern Lords Label [ Sunn O))) etc.. ]

Guest Appearance by Stephen O'Malley from SUNN O))) on Guitar (side four)

The deluxe 180 gram vinyl edition of the BORIS double album 'SMILE' on the infamous Southern Lords Label (Sunn O))) etc..) -- Included are exclusive L.P. only tracks as well as extended versions and different mixes than the CD versions. The front and back cover are reflective silver "mirror" stock. Both records are housed in printed inner-sleeves that contain photos, lyrics and artwork by BORIS - Cover by Stephen O'Malley (colored vinyl??) Heavy Duty Blast Off Doom Metal....

Track Listing:

*side one*
Statement
Buzz-In
Laser Beam
Vein

*side two*
My Neighbor Satan
Ka Re Ha - No Ones Grieve

*side three*
Flower Sun Rain
You Were Holding an Umbrella
After Me

*side four*
Untitled D-1 (?) with Stephen O'Malley on Guitar - [ from Sunn O))) ]

Southern Lords Record Release 2008 - Double Vinyl 2 Record Set -- colored vinyl perhaps ?? - PRICE: $25.00 -- NEW COPY in New Condition - STILL SEALED

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I'M NOT EXERCISING ENOUGH C.D./E.P. --- By The Centimeters (L.A. Band)

2010-12-28T00:31:00.000-08:00

I'M NOT EXERCISING ENOUGH C.D. 3-Song E.P.

By The Centimeters (L.A. Band)

Odd quirky art damaged band from Los Angeles with a Dada/Wiemar Berlin sound - Jangly Velvet Underground guitars, swirling electronics with surrealistic male and female vocals, lyrics and themes - One of my favorite L.A. art bands !! The first track is 'peppy'- the second track is slow, downtempo and moody - the third track is downright bizarre, haunting and strange....

"Tango Dancing - I don't know how..."

"I had nothing to say - so I wrote it on African Paper..."

Max Gomberg-vocals -- Nora Keyes-vocals -- Ray Day-guitar -- Quinn-electronics -- Phillip Haut-electronics

Song List:
I'm Not Exercising Enough // African Paper // Tango Dancing-Divortion

B-Zang Edition CD - Scarce 3 Song E.P./C.D. - Price: $10.00

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FORWARD INTO THE FURNITURE C.D. - By ANTEDILUVIAN ROCKING HORSE (Band) - Mash-up Plunderphonic Electronics

2010-12-17T15:21:00.000-08:00

FORWARD INTO THE FURNITURE C.D.

By ANTEDILUVIAN ROCKING HORSE (Band/Group)

Sample-delic techno, cut-up mayhem, mash-ups and plunderphonics with a beat.

Exploring the territory between chance and rhythm, Antediluvian Rocking Horse has traveled a long unique route in Australian electronica. Part Easy Listening Lounge-act and part Noise Guerrillas, this 'group' hails from Melbourne, Australia.

Formed in 1994, The Horse cut its teeth DJ-ing in the local techno scene. Bringing multi-layered sound collage to the chill out rooms at raves, their style was distinctive - Eager to connect these random excursions, ARH hit the studio where they crafted a sample-heavy offering that happily defied labeling - too curious to be techno - it's more like plunderphonics or mash-up style music.

San Francisco legends NEGATIVLAND heard their first recorded album and immediately re-realeased it on their Seeland label. Never quite fitting in to any particular 'scene' or 'genre' they found an appreciative audience in Japan and toured there several times.

"Forward into the Furniture" released in 2003, is a largely self-produced affair, with Ollie Olsen (friend of late great Rowland S. Howard) joining them on a few tracks. Mindful of their use of unauthorized samples, ARH started their own label to release it - Whacked, Lovely and Haywire sounding CD.

One sample beckons you to: "riot in the street, punch-out everyone you meet" !!

ANTEDILUVIAN ROCKING HORSE is Melbourne artists Susan King and Paul Wain - guest appearance on several tracks by Ollie Olsen (of 'The Young Charlatans' a band he was in with Rowland S. Howard/Birthday Party).

Track List:
Convoluted Plot Machine
Road Hog
Forward into the Furniture
September Shuffle
Ohms For Homes
Ignorant of the Situation
Typhoon of '98
Set and Forget
Artaud 10cc
The Jum Jum Song
DaDanger Music
Long Sweet Dream
The Ted Turner Soul Train Experience
Chatterboxed
Theme From Project Cracker
Avoids Color Monotany
Control's 5:30 Laundry Flight to Peru
On Her Majesty's Secret Dune
Ao Voice

Start Transmission Special Projects Label C.D. Release, 2003 - Includes mini bumper sticker - Price: $10.00

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SECRET AGENT 666 - Aleister Crowley, British Intelligence and the Occult - by Richard B. Spence

2010-12-07T22:17:00.000-08:00

SECRET AGENT 666 - Aleister Crowley, British Intelligence and the Occult

By Richard B. Spence (Author of Trust No One: The Secret World of Sidney Reilly)

Aleister Crowley is best known today as one of the founding fathers of modern occultism and his influence can be found everywhere in popular culture.

“The Great Beast” has been the subject of several biographies, some painting him as a misunderstood genius, others as a manipulative charlatan. None of them have looked seriously at his career as an agent of British Intelligence.

Using documents gleaned from British, American, French and Italian archives, Secret Agent 666 sensationally reveals that Crowley played a major role in the sinking of the Lusitania, a plot to overthrow the government of Spain, the thwarting of Irish and Indian nationalist conspiracies, and the 1941 flight of Rudolf Hess.

Author Richard Spence argues that Crowley—in his own unconventional way—was a patriotic Englishman who endured years of public vilification in part to mask his role as a secret agent.

The verification of the Great Beast’s participation in the twentieth century’s most astounding government plots will likely blow the minds of history as well as occult aficionados.

Author Richard B. Spence has been seen on various documentaries on The History Channel and is a consultant for Washington D.C.’s International Spy Museum.

He is also the author of 'Trust No One: The Secret World of Sidney Reilly' - (Sidney Reilly was a real life 'James Bond' type secret agent - Feral House Books)

Feral House Books 2008 Edition - 288 Page Paperback - B&W Illustrations - PRICE: $20.00

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GNOSTIC PHILOSOPHY: From Ancient Persia to Modern Times - by Tobias Churton

2010-12-04T11:27:00.000-08:00

GNOSTIC PHILOSOPHY: From Ancient Persia to Modern Times - by Tobias Churton

Gnosticism was a contemporary of early Christianity whose demise can be traced to Christianity's efforts to silence its teachings. The Gnostic message, however, was not destroyed but simply went underground. Starting with the first emergence of Gnosticism, the author shows how its influence extended from the teachings of Neoplatonists and the magical traditions of the Middle Ages to the beliefs and ideas of the Sufis, Jacob Bohme, Carl Jung, Rudolf Steiner, the Rosicrucians and the Freemasons. In the language of spiritual Freemasonry, gnosis is the rejected stone necessary for the completion of the Temple - a Temple of new cosmic understanding that today's heirs to Gnosticism strive to create.

The Gnostics believed that the universe embodies an endless contest between opposing principles. Terrestrial life exhibits the struggle between good and evil, life and death, beauty and ugliness, enlightenment and ignorance: gnostic and agnostic. The very nature of physical time and space is an obstacle to humanity's ability to remember its divine origins and recover its original unity with God. Thus the preeminent Gnostic secret is that we are God in potential, and the purpose of real Gnostic teaching is to return us to our godlike nature.

Inner Traditions Books 2005 Edition - 463 Page Paperback - No Illustrations - PRICE: $20.00

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SUN RA Live in London 1970 - Double CD Set

2010-11-30T20:07:00.000-08:00

SUN RA Live in London 1970 Double CD Set

Two musical sets recorded live at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London on November 9, 1970 - their debut UK concert.

FEATURING: Sun Ra (Farfisa organ, Hohner Clavinet, piano, Rocksichord, Spacemaster organ, Mini-Moog synthesizer, Hohner Electra, vocals); Kwame Hadi (trumpet, percussion): Akh Tal Ebah (trumpet, space dimension mellophone); Marshall Allen, Danny Davis, John Gilmore, Absholom Den Shiomo, Danny Ray Thompson, Pat Patrick, Eloe Omoe, Robert Cummings (reeds, percussion); Alan Silva (violin, viola, cello, bass); Al Batin Nur (English horn); Alex Blake (bass); Lex Humphries (drums); James Jacson (large drum, oboe, flute); Nimrod Hunt (hand drums); Roger Aralamon Hazoume (African percussion); Gloristeena Knight (percussion); June Tyson (vocals)

Track Listing:

Disc One:
1. Intro Improv/Drum Ensemble
2. Walking On The Moon
3. Outer Spaceways Incorporated
4. untitled
5. The Shadow World
6. untitled
7. Watusi
8. Theme Of The Stargazers
9. Life Is Splendid
10. Moog Solo

Disc Two:
1. untitled
2. untitled
3. Planet Earth
4. Second Stop Is Jupiter/Myth vs. Reality/End Of The World
5. untitled

Transparency CD Release, 2010 - Double (2x) CD Set - Avant Garde/Experimental/ Classic Jazz - PRICE: $20.00

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THE DEVIL'S NOTEBOOK - A Noir Grimoire - by Anton Szandor LaVey

2010-11-29T15:49:00.000-08:00

THE DEVIL'S NOTEBOOK - by Anton Szandor LaVey - Introduction by Adam Parfrey

The collected wisdom, humor, and dark observations by the founder of the Church of Satan. The Devil’s Notebook was the first original collection of Anton LaVey’s writings to be published in two decades.

The High Priest speculates on such topics as occult faddism, erotic politics, non-conformity, demoralization and the construction of artificial human companions. Like P.T. Barnum, Ben Hecht, H.L. Mencken and Friedrich Nietzsche before him, LaVey zeroes in on humankind’s limitless capacity for self-deceit and self-denial.

Included are instructions for the creation of what LaVey terms as “total environments,” or places of magical evocation, where the enlightened may escape the deleterious effects of contemporary existence - The Devil’s Notebook is truly a noir grimoire - now just as relevant as ever.

Feral House Books, 1992 Edition - 147 page Paperback - No Illustrations - PRICE: $10.00

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SUN RA and His INTERGALACTIC SOLAR RESEARCH ARKESTRA - Live in Helsinki 1971 - 2x CDs with DVD set

2010-11-29T14:36:00.000-08:00

SUN RA and the ARKESTRA - Live in Helsinki 1971

Transparency Double (2x) CD Set with DVD (Region 0)

The complete documentation of a rare Finnish performance by the Sun Ra Arkestra - the material recorded in Helsinki on October 14, 1971 is presented here in a 2 CD package with a bonus DVD! The CDs feature both the first and second sets of the evening - and was recorded by the Finnish broadcasting company, so the quality is very good and well-recorded, with as much clarity as some of the better-known live Arkestra albums of the time. The DVD features an TV interview with Sun Ra, recorded in black and white during the same trip to Finland -- really great footage! (DVD is Region 0.)

The group's in wonderful form -- a fairly large lineup, given the Scandinavian trip - and they run through modes that are spacey, spiritual, and straight. Players include Kwame Hadi, Marshall Allen, John Gilmore, Danny Davis, James Jacson, Pat Patrick, Danny Ray Thompson and June Tyson sings some really wonderful vocals on the recording as well.

Titles include "Love In Outer Space", "Watusi", "Enlightenment", "Theme Of The Stargazers", "To Nature's God", "Somewhere Else", "Second Stop Is Jupiter", and "The Satellites Are Spinning".

Transparency Release - 2x CD + DVD Set - Sun Ra and the Arkestra - Live in Helsinki 1971 - Avant Garde/Experimental/ Classic Jazz - Double/2 x CD with DVD SET - PRICE: $25.00

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DESTROY: Sex Pistols 1977 - Black and White Photo Book - by Dennis Morris

2010-11-20T00:24:00.000-08:00

DESTROY: Sex Pistols 1977 - Black and White Photo Book - by Dennis Morris

In 1977 Dennis Morris was asked by Johnny Rotten to be the Sex Pistols official photographer - so for a year he followed the band around photographically documenting the choas of their short and incendiary career.

This book, 'DESTROY' is a collection of the best of those photos. Many photos were taken on the infamous boat ride down the Thames on 'jubilee weekend' to celebrate the Virgin label's release of the single 'God Save the Queen' - the Sex Pistols played on board the boat while a crowd of friends and fans watched - among those present were Malcolm MacLaren, Vivienne Westwood, Richard Branson and a host of others.

Hundreds of dramatic black and white photos by Dennis Morris of the Sex Pistols at the height of their infamy!!

Creation Books 1998 Edition - No Page Count - Large Format Paperback - Out of Print - PRICE - $25.00

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SOFTCORE JUKEBOX C.D. - COMPILATION By LADYTRON

2010-11-16T21:20:00.000-08:00

SOFTCORE JUKEBOX COMPILATION C.D.

COMPILED By LADYTRON (Band)

*Various Bands / Electronica / Electro Pop / Art Rock / Vintage

The 'Softcore Jukebox' CD was released October 7th 2003 on the Emperor Norton Label - It is an 18 track compilation C.D. put together by the members of the band LADYTRON - it features an assortment of songs by various bands from several genres - It includes two songs performed by LADYTRON; the Remix of 'Blue Jeans' and an amazing electro thrash cover of TWEET'S 'Oops Oh My' - also includes an ass kicking remix version of FANNYPACK'S 'Hey Mami' - NOT TO MENTION one of my all time FAVORITE SONGS 'Teenage Daughter' by the Band FAT TRUCKERS - The CD Cover appears to be a homage to ROXY MUSIC'S 'Country Life' Album Cover and the band's name LADYTRON is a reference to ROXY MUSIC as well --- Also Includes: MY BLOODY VALENTINE, THE FALL, WIRE, SHOCKING BLUE, NANCY SINATRA/LEE HAZLEWOOD etc.... Great Collection !!!

Track Listing:

1. Soon --- by My Bloody Valentine
2. Hit the North: Part 1 --- by The Fall
3. What's a Girl To Do --- by Cristina
4. Peng –-- by Dondolo
5. The 15th –-- by Wire
6. Blue Jeans 2.0 –-- by Ladytron
7. Saviour Piece –-- by Snap Ant
8. Big –-- by New Fast Automatic Daffodils
9. Feel Good Hit of the Fall –-- by !!!
10. Teenage Daughter –-- by Fat Truckers
11. Hey Mami (Sharaz Mix) –-- by Fannypack
12. Manila (Headman Remix) –-- by Seelenluft
13. You Got the Love –-- by The Source
14. Crazy Girls –-- by Codec & Flexor
15. Oops Oh My --- by Ladytron
16. Send Me a Postcard –-- by Shocking Blue
17. Twins –-- by Pop Levi
18. Some Velvet Morning –-- by Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra

Emperor Norton 2003 CD Release - Electro / Art Rock Compilation - Price: $15.00

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FREEMASONRY and its ANCIENT MYSTIC RITES - By C. W. Leadbeater

2010-09-18T01:30:00.001-07:00

FREEMASONRY and its ANCIENT MYSTIC RITES -- By C. W. Leadbeater

A classic book on the subject of Freemasonry, C. W. Leadbeater has written numerous books on esoteric topics - This book, originally written in 1926, is an in depth study of the rites of the Mystery schools of ancient Egypt, Greece and Judea from the middle ages to the 20th century - and shows how these ancient rites have since emerged in this century as Freemasonry.

Based on his vast knowledge of the esoteric and almost every Masonic record available to the historian at the time, Leadbeater relates little known facts about the Mystery schools and their practices and beliefs - the origins of these schools are now for the most part "lost in the mists of antiquity".

Contents include:

The Origins of Masonry: Authentic School / Anthropological School / Mystical School / Occult School / Knowledge of the Occultist / Occult Records / Sacramental Power / etc.

The Egyptian Mysteries: World Teacher / Gods of Egypt / Isis & Osiris / Animal Dieties / The Practice of Embalming / Brothers of Horus / Consecration / Degrees of the Mysteries / etc.

The Cretan Mysteries: Unity of the Mysteries / Creatan Race / Worship in Ancient Crete / The Throne Room / The Three Columns / Models of Shrines / The Alter Objects / etc.

The Jewish Mysteries: Jewish Decent / Jewish Migration / The Prophets / Builders of the K.S.T. / Recasting the Rituals / Essenes and the Christ / Kabbalism / etc.

The Greek Mysteries: Eleusinian Mysteries / Greek Mysteries / Greek Gods / The Lesser Mysteries / Greater Mysteries / Hidden Mysteries / School of Pythagoras / Three Degrees / etc.

The Mithraic Mysteries: Zarathustra & Mithraism / Mithraism in Rome / Mithraic Rites / Roman Collegia / Work of King Numa / Colleges and the Legions / etc.

Craft Masonry in Medieval Times: Evolutionary Methods / Withdrawal of the Mysteries / Christian Mysteries / Repression of the Mysteries / Crossing of Traditions / etc.

Operative Masonry in the Middle Ages: Temporary Custodians / Decline of the Collegia / The Comacine Lodges / The Compagnonnage / German Stonemasons / etc.

Transition from Operative to Speculative: The Reformation / First Minutes / Scottish, English and Irish Minutes / Grand Lodge / The Recomposition of the Rituals / etc.

Other Lines of Masonic Tradition: Secret Societies / Templars / Preservation of Templar Tradition / The Royal Order of Scotland / Brothers of the Rosy Cross / etc.

The Scottish Rite: Origins / Jacobite Movement / Oration of Ramsay / Chapter of Clermont / Council of Emperors / Spread of the Scottish Rite / Frederick the Great / etc.

The Co-Masonic Order: Restoration of an Ancient Landmark / The Succession of Co-Masonry / The Co-Masonic Rituals / The Future of Freemasonry / etc.

Gramercy Books N.Y., 1998 Edition - 241 Page Hardcover Book - No Illustrations - Price: $15.00

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Author C. W. Leadbeater in Masonic Regalia 33*

SEVERED: The True Story of the Black Dahlia Murder - by John Gilmore

2010-09-04T22:50:00.001-07:00

SEVERED: The True Story of the Black Dahlia Murder

By John Gilmore

The grisly 1947 murder of aspiring starlet and nightclub habitué Elizabeth Short, known even before her death as the “Black Dahlia,” has over the decades transmogrified from L.A.'s crime of the century to an almost mythical symbol of Hollywood Babylon/film noir glamour-cum-sordidness.

SEVERED, a true-crime book published on the strangest of all “unsolved” murders in the annals of modern crime, offers the documented solution to the case as endorsed by law enforcement and forensic science experts. It is appropriate that hard-boiled, Hollywood-born author John Gilmore, whose father was an LAPD officer at the time of the murder, should be the one to unravel the multilayered mystery of this archetypal Los Angeles slaying, having begun his painstaking investigations into the case over thirty-five years ago.

Gilmore tells several previously unrevealed stories at once, each filled with its own bizarre elements through which SEVERED transcends the true crime genre. One is the tale of victim Elizabeth Short, small-town beauty queen with big hopes, who seemed to float through her tragically futile life as an alluring yet doom-laden enigma. Another is the tangled inside story of the police investigation and the remorseless, Hearststoked press hoopla that paralled it. Finally Gilmore reveals the twisted psychology and down-and-out life story of the actual murderer— as well as the startling circumstances and gruesome details of the killer's indirect confessions to him. SEVERED contains a thirty-two-page photo section with many never before-published photos from the life of Elizabeth Short and from the case, including graphic crime scene and postmortem police photos.

"The most satisfying and disturbing conclusion to the Black Dahlia case... " -- David Lynch

"My god this is a frightening tale...." -- Kenneth Anger

AMOK BOOKS - 230 Page Paperback - Illustrated b&w - Price: $15.00

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BLACK DAHLIA CRIME SCENE:

MEGATHERION: Magickal World of Aleister Crowley - by Francis King

2010-09-04T22:32:00.000-07:00

MEGATHERION: The Magickal World of Aleister Crowley -- By Francis King

Aleister Crowley (1875 –1947) was the synthesizer of what he termed as “Magick”, a system of occult philosophy and technique outlined in such classic texts as THE BOOK OF THE LAW and MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE.

In this highly readable account of Crowley’s occult progress, Francis King examines each of the three main sources of Magick – other planes of existence, human will-power and the links between macrocosm and microcosm - this brings new light to Crowley himself and does much to explain the continued respect and admiration for his writings after all these years by such diverse individuals as occultists, artists, writers, musicians, film makers and others. Includes 12 pages of black and white photographs.

CONTENTS: The Magical Decade/ The Golden Dawn/ The Book of the Law/ Towards the Silver Star/ Choronzon/ The Rites of Eleusis/ Book Four/ Western Tantrism/ The Departure and Later Life of Neuburg/ Sexual Wisdom/ America/ Leah Hirsig/ The End of the Abbey/ Wanderings of a Magician/ Twilight of a Master/ A Magical Revival and a Death/ The Aftermath

Creation Books 2004 Edition - 193 page paperback - illustrated black and white - Price: $15.00

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PORTABLE DARKNESS: An Aleister Crowley Reader - Edited by Scott Michaelsen

2010-09-04T22:24:00.000-07:00

PORTABLE DARKNESS:
An Aleister Crowley Reader

Edited with Commentary by Scott Michaelsen

Forewords by Robert Anton Wilson and Genesis P. Orridge

Aleister Crowley was a brilliant man and a major intellectual figure in the occult world - This is a collection of some of his best writings with commentary that illuminates his notoriously complex and impenetrable theories.

As an intellectual and mystic he devoted his life to the study of the Qabalah, Gematria, Numerology, Astrology, Myth, Glyphs, Yoga and Linguistics. His intense methodical exploration of such an immense and arcane range of knowledge has yielded a huge and challenging body of literature.

In this book editor Scott Michaelsen has sifted through his vast amount of writings in search of those works which best display the razor-sharp insight for which Crowley has become known.

The selections are thematically organized and accompanied by Michaelsen's enlightening commentary - an indispensable lexicon for the novice and adept alike - making Crowleyan philosophy both accessible and intelligible.

Solar Books 2007 Edition - 293 Page Paperback - b&w photographs- Price: $15.00

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DIRT: Two Extreme Erotic Novels in One Book - by Diane Bataille and Marcus Huttning

2010-09-03T23:57:00.000-07:00

DIRT: Two Extreme Erotic Novels in One Book

The Whip Angels - by Diane Bataille (Wife of Georges Bataille 'Story of the Eye' author)

Linda's Strange Vacation - by Marcus Huttning

About this book: 'The Whip Angels' and 'Linda's Strange Vacation' are long-lost forbidden classics of explicit literary erotica, first published clandestinely in 1950s/60s Paris, and now restored to their original place in the history of extreme erotica. Both books are rites-of-passage stories throbbing with stunning sexual manias, lusts and perverse twists.

'The Whip Angels' blazes with erotic excess and incandescent cruelty as Victoria is schooled in the ways of whips and bondage by incestuous guardians. Attributed to Diane Bataille (wife of Georges Bataille, author of 'Story of the Eye').

'Linda's Strange Vacation' starts out as Linda arrives at her uncle's beachside villa for a 'vacation' and is immediately seduced by Lola the mistress of the house - she is then introduced to more and more increasingly bizarre activities - climaxing in an orgy of staggering diversity.

Two erotic novels published in one edition.

Creation Books 2001 Edition - 255 Page Paperback - No Illustrations - **ADULT CONTENT** - Price: $15.00

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UGLY THINGS: Music Magazine - Retro, Surf, Garage Rock, Psychedelic and Beyond.

2010-08-24T22:20:00.000-07:00

UGLY THINGS: Music Magazine
Retro, Garage, Surf, Rock, Psychedelic and Beyond.

In This Issue: The Move/Trevor Burton Interview - Roky Erickson's Pre-Psychedelic Days - 13th Floor Elevator Box Set Review - Lost Beach Boy David Marks - The Dave Clark Five - The Spades - The Pretty Things - The New Dawn - The Candymen - The Good Feelins and tons more !!! Many many amazing black and white band photos - this magazine is a plethora of knowledge on well known and not-so-well known bands from the 60s, 70s and beyond.

Ugly Things Music Magazine - Large Format 208 Page Paperback with Glossy Cover - Price: $9.00

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DUMB ANGEL: The Life of Dennis Wilson (of the Beach Boys)

2010-08-24T22:16:00.001-07:00

DUMB ANGEL: The Life of Dennis Wilson (of the Beach Boys) by Adam Webb - With Preface by Peter Buck of R.E.M.

"Dumb Angel" is said to have been an expression of Brian Wilson's insight into the character of his brother Dennis Wilson.

Dennis Wilson was the drummer of the band The Beach Boys - and was the only true surfer in the group. He died prematurely in 1983, shortly after marrying his cousin's illegitimate love child. Although he died early - he seemed to have still lived a very full life.

He indulged in copious amounts of sex and drugs, had dealings with Charles Manson and the Family, starred in the movie 'Two Lane Blacktop', was married several times, wrote and recorded on over twenty Beach Boy tracks and had many solo recordings as well.

Dumb Angel is a study which reveals the highs and lows of his amazing life and career - and the tragic details of his early death - focusing mainly on his true legacy, his voice and music.

Creation Books 2001 Edition - 189 Page Paperback - b&w Illustrations - PRICE: $15.00

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