Wisht Waters
The numinous hangs heavy around bodies of water – places of liminality and otherworldly congress, haunted by eldritch presences and rituals of magic and custom.
Wisht Waters explores the spirits, deities, magical traditions and ceremonies of holy wells, sacred springs, pools, ponds, lakes, rivers, streams, the sea and dew, alongside matters of hydromancy and the use and significance of water within the witch-cult.
(Wisht – a dialect word from Devon, Cornwall and Somerset meaning ‘weird’, ‘uncanny’ or relating to supernatural influence)
First published by Three Hands Press in (2014) as part of the Occult Monograph Series as Wisht Waters – Aqueous Magica and the Cult of Holy Wells, Troy Books is pleased to reissue the title with the addition of extensive complimentary photography.
1st Edition (Three Hands Press)
Hardcover Edition
Cloth Hardcover with Letterpress Dust Jacket. Limited to 1,000 copies
Deluxe Edition
Deluxe Hardcover, full chestnut goatskin with marbled endpapers. Limited to 80 copies
2nd Edition (Troy Books)
Paperback Edition Gloss cover
Original Price - £14.25
Standard Hardback Edition
Sage green/grey case binding with copper foil blocking to cover & spine, 90gsm cream paper stock, dark green mottled endpapers, with green head and tail bands.
Original Price - £25.50
Special Edition
A limited edition of 175 hand-numbered examples, bound in green faux leather, with copper foil blocking to the front and spine, 90gsm cream paper stock, mottled grey endpapers, with light green head and tail bands.
Original Price - £34.00
Black Edition
A limited edition of 125 hand-numbered examples, bound in black faux leather, with black foil blocking to the front and spine, 80gsm white paper stock, red endpapers, with red head and tail bands.
Original Price - £36.50
All editions are Royal format 234 x 156mm. 144 pages extensively complimented with black and white photography & illustrations.
