Foundations of the Typhonian Trilogies - Treadwells talk
Apr 22, 2017 17:49:02 GMT
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Post by Michael Staley on Apr 22, 2017 17:49:02 GMT
I have arranged with Christina at Treadwells to present a talk on 4th July. The subject will be the foundations of the Typhonian Trilogies.
Though the Trilogies were first published across a span of thirty years from the publication of The Magical Revival in 1972, the foundations for the Trilogies were laid by Grant's diverse studies and experience during the preceding decades. These ranged from his contacts with Crowley in the 1940s; his friendship with Spare from 1949 until Spare's death in 1956; relations with Crowley's successor, Karl Germer from 1948 until the formation of New Isis Lodge in 1955; Grant's immersion in Advaita Vedanta during the 1950s; and the production of the Carfax Monographs from the late 1950s to the early 1960s.
During the early 1950s Grant embarked on a study of Spare's mysticism and sorcery. Though unpublished, it formed the basis for the early version of Images & Oracles of Austin Osman Spare which was to have been published in the mid 1960s by Trigram Press. Though the publication never materialised, some of this material later formed the basis of the two chapters on Spare's work published in The Magical Revival.
This talk is intended as an introduction to a further three talks, each taking one of the trilogies. The dates of these further talks have not yet been set, but will be announced once they have.
Though the Trilogies were first published across a span of thirty years from the publication of The Magical Revival in 1972, the foundations for the Trilogies were laid by Grant's diverse studies and experience during the preceding decades. These ranged from his contacts with Crowley in the 1940s; his friendship with Spare from 1949 until Spare's death in 1956; relations with Crowley's successor, Karl Germer from 1948 until the formation of New Isis Lodge in 1955; Grant's immersion in Advaita Vedanta during the 1950s; and the production of the Carfax Monographs from the late 1950s to the early 1960s.
During the early 1950s Grant embarked on a study of Spare's mysticism and sorcery. Though unpublished, it formed the basis for the early version of Images & Oracles of Austin Osman Spare which was to have been published in the mid 1960s by Trigram Press. Though the publication never materialised, some of this material later formed the basis of the two chapters on Spare's work published in The Magical Revival.
This talk is intended as an introduction to a further three talks, each taking one of the trilogies. The dates of these further talks have not yet been set, but will be announced once they have.
