Cthonic Gnosis
Ludwig Klages and His Quest for the Pandaemonic All
This groundbreaking release is the first authoritative work on Ludwig Klages and his pagan metaphysics ever to be published in English. Without a doubt Klages is one of the most intriguing and enigmatic pagan thinkers of the early 20th Century. A figure of great controversy, he radically rejected Christianity and Monotheism in favor of a pan-daemonic paganism. Advocating the return to primordial states of consciousness through magico-erotic encounters with the living powers of the ensouled cosmos, Klages was a driving force in the notorious Cosmic Circle of German mystics. Thoroughly edited and annotated by David Beth this work by Dr. Gunnar Alksnis features additional essays by Dr. Volker Zotz, successor of Lama Anagarika Govinda and head of the Arya Maitreya Mandala Order of Tantric Buddhism and Prof. Paul Bishop of the University of Glasgow.
208 pages, 165×235 mm, printed on high quality Munken paper (120gsm), incl. 8 greyscale photo-reproductions.
Standard Edition
Bound in Telluric Brown fine cloth, front embossing, lettering on spine, headbands.
Limited to 720 copies only.
Auric Edition
Fully hand-bound in Kosmic Blue leather, front embossing, lettering on spine, headbands, ribbon.
Each Auric copy is complemented by a consecrated silver talismanic pendant in the shape of a 3-legged spinning, rotating sun wheel spraying telesmatic light. Originally found engraved on a Vandal spear point, this image became a central symbol for Klages to depict the cosmic, erotic rupture of night consciousness and the ‘Open Life.’
Limited to only 80 hand-numbered copies of which 5 are retained for private distribution (75 for sale).
