The Book of Pleasure: (Self-love) the Psychology of Ecstasy

Austin Osman Spare

I-H-O Books; Facsimile

2005

68 páginas

2h 16m

ISBN-10: 187218958X

The Book of Pleasure (Self-Love): Psychology of Ecstasy is a book written by Austin Osman Spare during 1909-1913 and self-published in 1913.

The book could be regarded the central text among his writings. It covers both mystical and magical aspects of Spare's ideas;[1] as the modern ideas on sigils (as now have become popular in chaos magic) and Spare's special theory on incarnation are for the first time introduced in this book.

There are some chapters in The Book of Pleasure that Spare has referred to within the text, but are omitted. It seems that they were destroyed during World War II.[2]

The book had originally been planned as a mutus liber of illustrations only - "the Wisdom without words",[3] but was expanded later.

The book has been reissued several times:

Quebec: 93 Publi9shing, 1975.
Northampton: Sut Anubis, 1987 (facsimile).

Resenhas (2)

4 (Muito bom)

Insano, por isso, perfeito!

Comecei a obra do Spare por este livro e logo nas primeiras linhas é possível compreender porque ele é tido como o avô da Magia do Caos. Ainda preciso ler os outros livros para chegar em conclusões mais profundas, porém, já posso afirmar que é um excelente material para inspirar artistas que enfrentam seus processos criativos como uma experiência de autoconhecimento.