The Satyr’s Sermon
Completed in early 2004 and published by Xoanon in 2009, The Satyr’s Sermon formed a portion of the Monadic Transmission Series of texts originally issued in hand-written, hand-illustrated editions of one copy only. Concerning the sorcerous precept of Unfettered Desire, the Sermon unfolds in parable form, orated by the twin sexual hypostases of the Sabbatic Agapae – The Satyr and the Virgin. The book gives voice to a connubial dialectic patterned upon 26 aphoristic formulae or ‘Sermons’ and their accompanying calligraphic sigils. Containing diverse formulae of magical adoration, the Sermon invokes the eternal mystae of The Beloved. 84 pages, small format, printed in full letterpress in red, black and gold.
Standard edition
Quarter morocco with felt-lined slipcase, limited to 333 copies.
Deluxe edition: in full morocco, issued in a specially hand-made oak box, accompanied by a sacramental talisman of the Corpus Satyri, limited to 111 copies.
Original Price £100
Special: full morocco “13 Maxims Edition” in pocketed slipcase, with Corpus Satyri talisman, limited to 13 copies.
Original Price £225
Photograph of Satyr’s Sermon: 13 Maxims Edition © Thompson Rare Books.
