Sounds Beyond Meaning - essays on the work of Kenneth Grant

[Michael Staley]

Sounds Beyond Meaning is a forthcoming collection of essays by several people on various aspects of the work of Kenneth Grant, and is published by Von Zos, a New York publisher of limited editions. Further details can be found on the publisher's website: www.landofzos.com/

To mark the publication, there will be an event at Treadwells in central London on Monday 6th October. From the Treadwells website :


Monday 6 October
Kenneth Grant Remembered
Von Zos's Sounds Beyond Meaning

Kenneth Grant (1924-2011) was probably the most innovative occultist of the post-Crowley age; he knew both Aleister Crowley and Austin Osman Spare, yet forged his own imprint upon occulture. Sounds Beyond Meaning is a collection of essays by people who knew him and his work well: Michael Staley, Edward Gauntlett, Alaster Aleph, Caroline Wise, Richard Ward and Mike Magee. A small gathering with a limited number of a special Treadwells edition available (pls reserve by email).

Free, but places limited. RSVP required: [e-mail]

Time: 7pm to 9 pm with presentations at 7.30

[Gregory Peters]

ordered my deluxe edition when I got the notice, can't wait for it! If only I were in London for all these great events

[Michael Staley]

Just a reminder of the event at Treadwells this evening to mark the publication of Sounds Beyond Meaning,a collection of essays on various aspects of the work of Kenneth Grant. The book is published by Von Zos, a New York publisher of limited editions. Further details can be found on the publisher's website: www.landofzos.com/

Details of this evening's event from the Treadwells website:

Monday 6 October
Kenneth Grant Remembered
Von Zos's Sounds Beyond Meaning

Kenneth Grant (1924-2011) was probably the most innovative occultist of the post-Crowley age; he knew both Aleister Crowley and Austin Osman Spare, yet forged his own imprint upon occulture. Sounds Beyond Meaning is a collection of essays by people who knew him and his work well: Michael Staley, Edward Gauntlett, Alaster Aleph, Caroline Wise, Richard Ward and Mike Magee. A small gathering with a limited number of a special Treadwells edition available (pls reserve by email).

Free, but places limited. RSVP required: [e-mail]

Time: 7pm to 9 pm with presentations at 7.30

[Gregory Peters]

Damn all the interesting events are in the UK!

[Nalyd Khezr Bey]

Like Gregory I am on the other side of the Atlantic so it's a bit hard for me to drop in on some of these events. However, I did receive my deluxe copy of Sounds Beyond Meaning a few days ago. I haven't read any of it more than a brief scan so can't say anything much about its content yet. From what stuck out to me on first glance it looks like it's going to be a fun read. The book is a lot smaller than I was thinking it to be but it's beautifully done.

Just out of curiosity, for anyone who has looked at this book, does anyone know the source for (if they have been previously published somewhere) and meaning of the seven Spare-like sigils that head the chapters as well as the eighth on the cover and title page? Some of them look very similar to some of Spare's sigils in Zos Speaks! but nothing close enough to say they have derived from there. Perhaps they are each significant to each contributing author?

Also, did copies of the deluxe edition all come with the same sigil talisman (mine is the one on the cover of the book) or were there five talismans made for each of the eight sigils previously mentioned and then divided up with the 40 deluxe copies? As I said, I'm just curious how it was all conceived and put together.

[Gregory Peters]

Very nicely done. I am about 3 essays in and enjoying it immensely.

Nov 2, 2014 15:35:10 GMT Nalyd Khezr Bey said:

Also, did copies of the deluxe edition all come with the same sigil talisman (mine is the one on the cover of the book) or were there five talismans made for each of the eight sigils previously mentioned and then divided up with the 40 deluxe copies? As I said, I'm just curious how it was all conceived and put together.

I have the same sigil included with my deluxe edition, so I suspect it is that one sigil for all.

[KD]

I managed to get a copy of the deluxe edition. It came in a slipcase, and had a card which all of the contributors have signed. But I see no sigil. Does it come bound in the book?

Thanks,

Kevin.

[Nalyd Khezr Bey]

The sigil is in the form of a small talisman. Mine was contained in a separate tiny square envelope of about 2" x 2" sealed with a round sticker with one of the other sigils from the book printed on it. You might want to double check all your packaging to make sure you didn't lose it in there. I don't remember exactly how the book was packaged to know how the talisman was placed but I do remember everything being wrapped nicely to where nothing should have been easily lost..

[x51]

Just picked up a copy of this (for a mint). Almost done reading. Will post a new thread with thoughts soon.