Occult & Esoterica
[SMITH, David Chaim] The Blazing Dew of Stars (Deluxe Edition of 88 Copies)
[SMITH, David Chaim] The Blazing Dew of Stars (Deluxe Edition of 88 Copies)
London: Fulgur Limited, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Square quarto. Limited deluxe edition of 88 copies only, hand-numbered by Smith on the front free end paper. Hand bound in full black Morocco, with a large silver device designed by Chaim Smith pressed into front panel, top edge silver, with original dust jacket, and matching black slipcase. Illustrated with fourteen full-page pen and ink plates, twenty-nine seals and vignettes, and a large foldout plate of the "Metacartograph". All components in fine condition.
An exceptional work born of living ecstatic mysticism, an artifact in concrete form. It contains essays, equations, seals, poetic transmissions, diagrams, fully worked drawings, and detailed instructions for highly structured meditative practices. It takes the reder deep within the kabbalistic process of 'Iy'yun' (ideational contemplation), which alchemically distills profound meaning from the unfolding of perception. Its outer dimensions are intellectual, but its inner life consists of subtle non-conceptual resonances (or aromas) which are unveiled layer after layer. This strips the chain of worlds of their coarse barriers, until the reflection and division which fragments subject and object becomes nullified. The process isolates the 'dew' of gnostic realization, which accumulates as the distilled radiance of consummate wonder and astonishing beauty.














