The Baron Citadel
The Baron Citadel sets out preparatory rituals leading up to the making of the Crossroads. Unlike any other working text, this grimoire also engages with introspective contours for optimising successive ambulatory steps across various stakes (points). Each stake comes with the title of a spirit and yet the actual name of each remains guarded. Why? Because the Work encourages the practitioner to gain a rapport with each spirit, with the view that a name will be given which will be particular to each and every person who dares to undertake the work.
Embedded in folkloric practice, this grimoire set the benchmark for subsequent books by the author, in particular, the Book of the Black Dragon series. Indeed, such a coalition resulted in the Baron Citadel pre-figuring many of the topics that have and will be addressed in the Black Dragon series, so much so, that this title places the practitioner ahead of the curve.
Further qualifications for the authenticity of the Baron Citadel relate to the author’s ritual experiences in Northern Haiti. As a primary source, much of what was learnt during these sojourns was accumulated and then transferred into a ritual setting with a view to it having broader appeal. And yet, further countenance requires us to state that this does not mean that what you have with the Baron is a diluted down version, rather the Work stands as a testament to the ability of the author to distil experiences in Haiti with those he had when working with Andrew Chumbley. Drawing on those experiences and then adding to it a philosophic and explanatory lens, means the Baron Citadel continues to present a vital component in detailing a contemporary rendition of crooked path sorcery.
Atramentous Press Editions
Standard Edition
Two colour foil-block to front and back with single foil to the spine, head and tail bands, ribbon bookmark, Munken Rough Paper.
Original Price - £75
Somatic Edition
Single foil block to front, spine and rear, munken smooth paper, goat leather cover. Ribbon bookmark. Head and tail bands. Printed endpapers. Slipcase. Limitation of 40 copies. Signed by author.
Original Price - £500
Telesmatic Edition
Two colour foil block to front and back of cover, with single foil block to spine. Goat leather cover. Munken Smooth paper. Marbled Endpapers. Ribbon bookmark. Head and Tail Bands. Solander box with marbled cover and leather spine. Blind embossed AP logo on inside of Solander Box.
Each deluxe will came with a unique original piece of artwork by Carolyn Hamilton-Giles dedicated to each copy, consequently each copy through her art will imbue an aspect of the Baron Citadel. Limited to 33 copies.
Original Price - £666
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Three Hands Press Editions
36 oz, 9 x 6 x 1 in, Page Count 256, Small octavo. Offset lithography on rich stock, with numerous Illustrations, some in color
Trade Paperback Edition
Hardcover Edition
Dust jacket. Limited to 500 copies
Deluxe Edition
Black buckram with slipcase. Limited to 50 copies
Special Edition
Full charcoal linen buckram with walnut reliquary, each accompanied by a unique spirit-calling cartomantic talisman drawn by Carolyn Hamilton-Giles. Limited to 13 copies
Photograph of The Baron Citadel: THP Special Edition © Thompson Rare Books.
