Occult & Esoterica
[SEMPLE, Gavin W.] Zos-Kia: An Introductory Essay on the Art and Sorcery of Austin Osman Spare
[SEMPLE, Gavin W.] Zos-Kia: An Introductory Essay on the Art and Sorcery of Austin Osman Spare
London: Fulgur, 1995. First Edition. In brown card covers with stiff paper dust jacket. Octavo. Though not stated, this edition was limited to 600 copies. 52 pages. Illustrated with 8 color photographs of work by Spare, plus additional drawings and photographs in black and white. A fine copy in like dust jacket. Note: the front cover of jacket looks like it is faded on the lower half in the photo but it is just a light reflection.
An excellent essay in which Spare's personal systems of sorcery are explored, clarified and augmented with judicious application of the artist's own words. Here are excerpts from Spare's last unpublished grimoire 'The Logomachy of Zos' alongside the early text of 'The Book of Pleasure', clearly demonstrating the strength and consistency of his vision through life. Semple explains the techniques of sorcery that imbued Spare's art with such power and demonstrates the methods by which these potentials are controlled and made manifest.



