Book of the Black Dragon Vol. 2: The Headless One
Authored by: Peter Hamilton-Giles
Published by: Atramentous Press
Taking the idea of absence as discussed in previous volumes, the point for this volume focusses on the sinistral horn, this being the left horn of the Black Dragon. Returning then to similar themes mentioned in Volume 1, having already addressed the notion of the ritual ground as defined by Codex Althaeban Malik, allows the Headless One to pursue the idea of becoming detached.
The notion of Otherness and Absence is consequently discussed in such a way that the sorcerer is encouraged to realise the usefulness of becoming detached from the flesh. This eviction of the Self, in that we have a present sense of ourselves, encourages the encroachment of expulsion and therefore displacement. And it does this by envisaging the beheading of the Black Dragon, for this is an iconoclastic act which bases its reason on dismantling form to entice Otherness to emerge. As part of this exercise, a threshold is constructed and from this the sorcerer retreats into the moment by stepping away from the initiatory path. However, this act is not be seen as act of cowardice, but rather a way of commencing contact with the first of three totems that fall under the mantle and responsibility of the Daemon Emissary of the Sinistral Horn.
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Standard Edition
Original price: £90
Binding
Binding: Buckram cover, two foil blocked colours to front and back with single foil block to spine. Each book will come with a ribbon bookmark and head and tail bands.
Special Standard Edition
Original price: £90
Binding
Binding: Buckram cover, two foil blocked colours to front and back with single foil block to spine. Each book will come with a ribbon bookmark and head and tail bands.
Content Note
Accompanying material: Includes an exclusive tipped-in page at the front, featuring a poem and accompanying illustration by Carolyn Hamilton-Giles.
Deluxe Edition
Original price: £715
Binding
Binding: Swathed in black goat leather, higher quality paper than that which the standard was printed on. Two foil block colours, marbled endpapers, book ribbon, head and tail bands, foil blocking on the inside casement front and back
Content Note
Accompanying material: Solander box in marbled quarter Moroccan presentation and foil blocking.
Includes an exclusive tipped-in page at the front, featuring a poem and accompanying illustration by Carolyn Hamilton-Giles. Each piece of artwork will bind an aspect of the volume into that specific copy.
