Ars Philtron
First published at Midsummer 2001, this important work treats extensively of Sabbatic-alchemical gnosis as manifest through the medium of potion-making, expositing eight principal philtre taxa, their pharmacoepia, gnostic dominions, and formulation. Evocations to aspects of the Sabbatic Guardians Lilith and Tubal-Cain are also given to empower the revelation and reification of the Philtre Arcana.
Ars Philtron’s second edition of 2008 is subtitled ‘Edition Codex Vasculum’, and is the definitive edition of this work. Expanded text and imagery not seen in the first edition is present, as is the 27-stanza Elixirs of the Faithful Gods, a poetic cipher of the fluidic media which permeate the Sabbatic Mysterium.
1st Ed - Standard edition
144 copies, numbered and signed by the author, hand-bound in earthen-hued cloth with burgundy end-papers; 144pp.
Each copy of the book is unique, containing a full-colour frontispiece of one of a series of 24 paintings of the Sabbatic-Alchemic Temple, backed with one of six evocations to Cain or Lilith.
1sr Ed - Special edition
9 copies for private distribution only, each hand-bound in gold-stamped green lambskin, and accompanied by the complete set of 24 Sabbatic-Alchemic paintings.
Standard edition
Rust Cloth boards with Black Pewter stamping, brown endpapers, 304 pages, 33 illustrations, limited to 720 hand-numbered copies.
Original Price £36
Deluxe edition
Gold-stamped hollen-green smooth goat, English marbled endpapers, slipcased and limited to 72 hand numbered copies.
Original Price £130
Special edition
Gold-stamped brown skiver, red gilt endpapers, slipcased and limited to 11 copies, containing the mystery text The Vineyard of the Resurrection.
X-Series edition
Rust cloth over boards with marbled endsheets, slipcased and limited to 14 copies, and additional text Alembick of the Wise.
