Magic Monday

[ecosophia]

It's getting on for midnight, so we can proceed with a new Magic Monday. Let's start things out with a bit of alchemical text from the Splendor Solis, the most gorgeously illustrated of all the old alchemical texts: 

 

"They further saw the King of the Earth sink, and heard him cry out in an eager voice, 'Whoever saves me shall live and reign with me forever in my brightness on my royal throne,'  and night enveloped all things. [...] Meaning, in this masterly art:  'Deprive the thing of its destructive moisture, and renew it with its own essential one which will become its perfection and life.'" 

 

The image is the seventh illustration from Splendor Solis. It shows, in the distance, an old king in the water, struggling and crying out to be saved. In the foreground stands a young king in a golden robe bathed in the light of the sun and a brilliant star. 

Ask me anything ***about occultism*** (ahem) and I'll do my best to answer it. Any question received by midnight Monday Eastern time will get an answer. (Any question received after then will not get an answer, and will likely just be deleted.) If you're in a hurry, or suspect you may be the 143,916th person to ask a question, please check out the very rough version 1.0 of The Magic Monday FAQ here.

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I've also had quite a few people over the years ask me where they should buy my books, and I have a new answer. Bookshop.org is an alternative online bookstore that supports local bookstores and authors, which a certain other gargantuan corporation doesn't, and I now have a shop there, which you can check out here. Please consider patronizing it if you'd like to purchase any of my books online. 

Please note also that this is the last Magic Monday until February 1, 2021, as I will be taking the month of January off as usual. 

With that said, have at it!

***This Magic Monday is now closed. See you in February!***

And don't forget to look up your Pangalactic New Age Soul Signature at CosmicOom.com!  

Comments

Re: AZ Horoscope Maker edition

[ecosophia]

I don't know. I've never tried to use it. Anyone else?

Re: AZ Horoscope Maker edition

[(Anonymous)]

There's also the issue of a sizable amount of the material from the original having been deleted....

Re: AZ Horoscope Maker edition

[ecosophia]

Llewellyn George's original edition is long out of copyright -- I'm pretty sure Llewellyn did a revised edition so they could have something they could copyright again. It would be a genuine service for the occult community for a publisher to bring out the old edition again -- to avoid hassles with the Sign of the Outhouse Moon, it would probably need a new title (say, The Complete Manual of Astrology by Llewellyn George).

Re: AZ Horoscope Maker edition

[(Anonymous)]

Perhaps only in the US, and that for editions published before 1925 (before 1926 starting 2020, Jan 1^st); George Llewellyn died in 1954, which in principle means 2025 for 70 years of death. As far as I know, US uses publication date for copyright. For example, all George Llewellyn books published in the UK will be out of copyright in 2025, but in the US, only those published before 1930.

In short, copyright varies for each country. It is always necessary to verify the laws in your particular country. I think (don't quote me on this; consult a lawyer) that books in public domain in the US actually are so only there, depending on the date of the author's death, because of the Berne Convention.

Re: AZ Horoscope Maker edition

[temporaryreality]

Thanks for saying this. Out of print isn't the same thing as out of copyright, something not everyone is aware of.

Re: AZ Horoscope Maker edition

[ecosophia]

The first edition of the A-Z Horoscope Maker and Delineator was published in 1910, and thus has been out of copyright in the US for a very long time.

Re: AZ Horoscope Maker edition

[(Anonymous)]

On the thought of out of copyright, I went to Project Gutenberg, and found there are several Astrology-related books there, one of which appears to be a how-to guide. Does anyone know anything of a book titled Astrology: How to make and read your own Horoscope, by Sepharial, published in 1920 by Advanced Thought Publishing Company?

Link to html of book:

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/46963/46963-h/46963-h.htm#Page_39

Thanks,
BoysMom

Re: AZ Horoscope Maker edition

[ecosophia]

Now there's a grand old name in the history of astrology! Sepharial was Walter Gorn Old, a close friend of Madame Blavatsky (she lived with him during her last years) and a major figure in British Theosophical, astrological, and occult circles. His books are well worth reading.

Re: AZ Horoscope Maker edition

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you!

Well, as long as there's electricity and internet, that's an affordable book for anyone to study. I'll have to see what else if anything Project Gutenberg has of his.

It's one corner of the internet I will surely miss when it's eventually gone. Perhaps the one I'll miss the most.

BoysMom

Re: AZ Horoscope Maker edition

[(Anonymous)]

Titles can’t be copyrighted in the U.S. Of course a disgruntled Lord of the Outhouse could make you spend a lot of $ proving that in court.

—Lady Cutekitten

Re: AZ Horoscope Maker edition

[ecosophia]

Exactly. Using a different title avoids that problem.