Dark Spirits: The Magical Art of Rosaleen Norton and Austin Osman Spare
Nevill DruryBrisbane and Chiang Mai: Salamander and Sons, 2012.
First Edition.
25.5cm x 20.5cm. xii, 198 pages, illustrations, some colour. Illustrated french fold wrappers.
Extensively illustrated and exploring the intersections of Norton and Spare’s practice of Western esoteric traditions including magic, theosophy, kabbalah, Eastern mysticism, and modern psychoanalysis. Dark Spirits profiles the artist-magicians, who never met, and draws distinct parallels between the influence of self-hypnosis and trance states in their work.
. Fine Condition.
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AU$250
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