The Dancing Sorcerer
The Dancing Sorcerer has been a term used for the past half-century to describe the iconic figure of a 15,000-year-old work of cave art found in present-day southern France. This image, of a man dressed up in animal skins, who appears to be performing a ritual dance, has been offered up by anthropologists as an example of how the real oldest profession has always been that of the shaman, magician, or sorcerer.
The present book offers a series of essays commenting on the purpose and function of the magician archetype, using as a focal point what the author broadly defines as the Solomonic and Faustian approaches. The essays herein are concerned mainly with psychological themes, based principally on what Jung termed the mysterious conjunction, the idea that no movement into higher realities is possible without first unifying our lower nature. For this, it is necessary to investigate and even embrace the dark side – which can include such powerful archetypes and themes as dragons, vampires, Goetic demons, pharaonic curses, Enochian spirits, and occult literary frauds – all with the ultimate purpose of redeeming both the personal and collective psyche.
Paperback Edition
5.25 x 8.5 inches. 368 pages. German Binding. Gloss (Scuff Free) finish. Full Colour interior (illustrations and photography). Fine typography, printed on Cougar 160M (thick) archive-quality paper. Fully illustrated by Rowan E. Cassidy.
Original Price - £24/CA$40
Collector’s Edition
5.25 x 8.5 inches. 368 pages. Hardbound 90pts, 3/4 bound Bronze Metal Mesh Buckram on spine + Olive Coloured Assuan Tele Legatoria Bookcloth covers. Gold foil blocking on rounded spine and on the cover. Full Colour interior (illustrations and photography), with printed Endpapers. Amazing illustrations by artist Rowan E. Cassidy. Fine typography, printed on Cougar 160M (thick) archive-quality paper. Individually hand-numbered.
Limited to 600 copies
Original Price - £53/CA$90
Artisanal Edition
5.25 x 8.5 inches. 368 pages. Hand-bound in genuine calf leather — army green colour / with Slipcase bound in dark brown bonded leather with gold foil stamping on the front. Gold foil blocking on rounded spine with raised bands, blind deboss on the cover and back cover. And an anodized Aluminum plate with main illustration embedded in the front cover of the book.
Full-Colour interior, with Ochre marbled endpapers. Amazing illustrations by artist Rowan E. Cassidy. Fine typography, printed on Cougar 160M (thick) archive-quality paper. Individually hand-numbered. Comes with a book-plate signed by the author.
Strictly limited to 25 copies
Original Price - £353/CA$599
