Selected Correspondence of Kenneth Grant
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The first volume of this is projected to cover the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, and work has already started on gathering surviving letters from which the final selection will be made.The letters will be arranged in date order, affording a glimpse of Kenneth's myriad interests over the years covered.
Included will be letters which Kenneth wrote to Steffi during his stay at 'Netherwood' in 1945. It will also include letters to Karl Germer from 1948, taking in his formal recognition as a IXº initiate, authorisation from Germer to form a 'Camp' of the O.T.O., the Manifesto of New Isis Lodge, and the subsequent expulsion. There are also letters to other O.T.O. initiates such as Carl Petersen, Ithel Colquhoun and W. T. Smith. There are also several letters to Kenneth Anger around the time that he was restoring the Abbey of Thelema in the mid 1950s.
Kenneth was very preoccupied with Advaita Vedanta throughout the 1950s, taking a particular interest in Ramana Maharshi and Pagal Haranath. He corresponded extensively with the editor of 'The Call Divine' - a magazine devoted to promulgating the Life and Teachings of Ramana Maharshi - contibuting a number of articles to the magazine which have since been included in At the Feet of the Guru. There are also letters to Arthur Osborne and to Paul Brunton.
Included will be the letters he wrote to Spare from their first meeting in 1949 to Spare's death in 1956. Although these letters were published in Zos Speaks, this book has long been out of print and their inclusion here will be in the context of Kenneth's other interests and preoccupations at this time.
Also included will be letters to the printers during the period of production of the Carfax Monographs.
Moving through to the 1960s, there are letters to the Trigram Press concerning the first attempt to publish The Images & Oracles of Austin Osman Spare, letters to the poet Vera Wainwright, and letters to the Toucan Press concerning the publication of The Gull's Beak, Grant's second volume of poetry.
The letters in this first volume will show Grant's diversity of interests and development, the basis upon which he developed The Typhonian Trilogies across subsequent decades.
Included will be letters which Kenneth wrote to Steffi during his stay at 'Netherwood' in 1945. It will also include letters to Karl Germer from 1948, taking in his formal recognition as a IXº initiate, authorisation from Germer to form a 'Camp' of the O.T.O., the Manifesto of New Isis Lodge, and the subsequent expulsion. There are also letters to other O.T.O. initiates such as Carl Petersen, Ithel Colquhoun and W. T. Smith. There are also several letters to Kenneth Anger around the time that he was restoring the Abbey of Thelema in the mid 1950s.
Kenneth was very preoccupied with Advaita Vedanta throughout the 1950s, taking a particular interest in Ramana Maharshi and Pagal Haranath. He corresponded extensively with the editor of 'The Call Divine' - a magazine devoted to promulgating the Life and Teachings of Ramana Maharshi - contibuting a number of articles to the magazine which have since been included in At the Feet of the Guru. There are also letters to Arthur Osborne and to Paul Brunton.
Included will be the letters he wrote to Spare from their first meeting in 1949 to Spare's death in 1956. Although these letters were published in Zos Speaks, this book has long been out of print and their inclusion here will be in the context of Kenneth's other interests and preoccupations at this time.
Also included will be letters to the printers during the period of production of the Carfax Monographs.
Moving through to the 1960s, there are letters to the Trigram Press concerning the first attempt to publish The Images & Oracles of Austin Osman Spare, letters to the poet Vera Wainwright, and letters to the Toucan Press concerning the publication of The Gull's Beak, Grant's second volume of poetry.
The letters in this first volume will show Grant's diversity of interests and development, the basis upon which he developed The Typhonian Trilogies across subsequent decades.
