Occult & Esoterica
[LOUGHRAN, Eamonn] Secret Symbols of the Hell Fire Club or The Mystic Society of Thelema Considered from an Occult Perspective being a series of Chapter Papers given informally amongst its members ...
[LOUGHRAN, Eamonn] Secret Symbols of the Hell Fire Club or The Mystic Society of Thelema Considered from an Occult Perspective being a series of Chapter Papers given informally amongst its members ...
Full title: Secret Symbols of the Hell Fire Club or The Mystic Society of Thelema Considered from an Occult Perspective being a series of Chapter Papers given informally amongst its members at different times & arranged in themes
Edited by Shaun Johnson
[UK]: [Hell Fire Club Books] Published by the Stewards for the benefit of all Members, their Guests, and Friends of the Priory of St Francis of Wycombe, 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 258 pp. This edition limited to 156 hand sewn and leather bound copies, signed by the author for private circulation. This is copy No. 35. Full blue sapphire kid binding with gilt emblems to front and back panels, spine titled in gilt. Pictorial endpapers. Color frontispiece. Illustrated throughout in color and b/w. Some light corner wear otherwise a near fine copy, issued without dust jacket.
The Hell Fire Club…a group that elicits responses ranging from horror to fascination to macabre obsession. It smacks of secret society rites, mysteries revealed and revelled in, hedonistic excess and laudanum-soaked dreams; yet the sensationalist image of the Hell Fire Club quickly pales in comparison to the description of the oral tradition and the modern, continuing and resurrected tradition it has become in the hands of seekers wishing to preserve the teachings and symbols of the Club and who have at their hearts the desire for self-knowledge and truth. “Secret Symbols of the Hell Fire Club” takes the reader on a journey into the darkness of the infamous caves in which the secrets were originally given, and illuminates for those who wish to see the deeper meaning of the Mystery of Life within the sanctuary of their own soul. The book examines the use of two symbolic ‘Keys’ which unlock Dashwood’s notorious 18th century caves in surprising ways, shows the whereabouts of the legendary ‘secret passage’ in the caves and discloses the precise magical nature of the mysterious Rosicrucian lamps which lighted the passages and secret temples within. The book relates the symbolism and activities of the Club to magickal evolution and indicates the possible existence of both Orphic mystery cult and survivals of an Etruscan witch cult within the Club as well as elements of Templar cosmology in the Hell Fire Caves. Originally published and circulated in private amongst members as a series of ‘Chapter Papers’, the material in this book vividly describes the inner world of one of the most famous secret societies in history. Includes a facsimile of the incredibly rare ‘Hebrew Epistle’ of Dashwood’s daughter Rachel Frances Antonina. rare information on the 1940’s ‘Phoenix Nest’ group which met at West Wycombe influencing the thought of occult researchers including Aleister Crowley, Gerald Gardner, Robert Cochrane, Evan John Jones and members up to the present day. Complete with ten detailed appendices and two select bibliographies.