The Actor and His Secret

The Magical Writings of Austin Osman Spare: Micrologus, the Book of Pleasure, the Witches Sabbath, Mind to Mind and How by a Sorceror Dedication 4 Contents 8 MICROLOGUS 9 BOOK OF PLEASURE 25 Introduction 26 Definitions 29 Different Religions and Doctrines as Means to Pleasure, Freedom and Power 31 The Consumer of Religion 41 Soliloquy on God-Head 49 The Death Posture 60 The Cloudy Enemies Born of Stagnant Self-Hypnotism 67 Preface to Self-Love 74 Self-Love as Moral Doctrine and Virtue 81 The Doctrine of Eternal Self-Love 88 The Complete Ritual and Doctrine of Magic 93 Note on the Difference of Magical Obsession (Genius) and Insanity 99 Sigils 103 The Sub-Consciousness 110 Sigils: Belief with Protection 116 Automatic Drawing as Means to Art 126 On Myself 133 THE WITCHES' SABBATH 137 MIND TO MIND AND HOW by a SORCERER 147 Spares complete magical writings printed in one volume. Includes Micrologus, (published elsewhere as Axiomata), The Book of Pleasure, The Witches Sabbath and Mind to Mind and How by a Sorceror. Along with rubricated captitals and shoulder notes this edition includes all the original illustrations to The Book of Pleasure plus a colour plate.