Occult & Esoterica
[CHUMBLEY, Andrew D.] Azoetia. A Grimoire of the Sabbatic Craft (Modern Facsimile Leather-Bound Copy)
[CHUMBLEY, Andrew D.] Azoetia. A Grimoire of the Sabbatic Craft (Modern Facsimile Leather-Bound Copy)
Full title: Azoetia. A Grimoire of the Sabbatic Craft Being a full and accurate transcription compiled and amended by the author from the original manuscript of 'The Book of the Magical Quintessence'
No place [India]: No publisher (probably bound by Gyan Books). This is a modern Indian facsimile copy. Hardcover. Large octavo. 366pp. Bound in full blue leather with blind and gilt borders to front and back, titles in gilt to front and spine. All edges gilt. Blue page marker ribbon. Illustrated throughout by the author. The artwork is printed somewhat on the light side (as can be seen in the photos). Otherwise a near fine copy.
The Azoëtia was first published in 1992 and is regarded as the foundation text of the Sabbatic Craft Tradition. The grimoire is comprised of three main parts: an exposition of preliminary magico-aesthetic formulae with detailed descriptions of working instruments, the full text of the Sabbatic Rituals of Ingress, Congress, and Egress, and an eleven-chaptered grimoire detailing the arcana and composite practices of the Sacred Alphabet - the twenty-two lettered code of sorcerous principles underlying the practical spectrum of the Arte Magical. The entire work intends the reification of traditional British cunning-craft praxis according to the spiritual vision and artistry of a contemporary initiate.