Occult & Esoterica
[SPARE, Austin Osman] The Focus of Life: The Mutterings of Aaos, featuring the Original Conceptual Folio (Deluxe Edition)
[SPARE, Austin Osman] The Focus of Life: The Mutterings of Aaos, featuring the Original Conceptual Folio (Deluxe Edition)
Edited by Frederick Carter with an introduction by Francis Marsden
London: Fulgur Limited, 2012. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Tall 4to. Quarter vellum and custom cloth in dust jacket and slipcase. Limited to 88 hand-numbered copies, SIGNED BY THE PUBLISHER, ROBERT ANSELL. This is copy No. 52. A fantastic book production. Fine in fine dust jacket and slipcase.
The recent discovery of Spare's original Conceptual Folio for the book, once owned by the respected writer E.M. Forster, has revealed an unseen series of powerful magico-erotic drawings - termed by Spare 'blasphemous Ideographs' - that provide an important key to understanding the 'secret ritual of Self-Love' that underlies this evocative and deeply personal work. This new edition features a high quality facsimile of the original edition from 1921 plus a full color facsimile of the Conceptual Folio. Designed, edited and compiled by Robert Ansell.