The Dancing Sorcerer
The Dancing Sorcerer: Essays on the Mind of the Magician
by P.T. Mistlberger
Illustrations by Rowan E. Cassidy
Typeset, Layout, & Design by G. McCaughry
“The present book is dedicated to the magnum opus of the unification of opposites that is necessary for deeper movement into life, the mind, and reality. The magician – the psychopomp who guides others into and through the netherworlds – has always been around, in varying degrees of quality. We walk with that figure; more, we become that figure when we fearlessly face within and engage the process of redemption and ownership of our darker angels.” — P.T. Mistlberger
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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.
ISBN: 978-1-989339-22-0
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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 (sold out) | ISBN: 978-1-989339-04-6
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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.
Limited to 25 copies (sold out) | ISBN: 978-1-989339-04-6
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Dancing Sorcerer and the Fall of Humanity
Chapter 2: Solomonic vs. Faustian Magic
Chapter 3: Pharaoh’s Curse, Imagination, and Deception
Chapter 4: Dragon Magic
Chapter 5: Dee, Kelley, and Faust: Brothers in Elysium
Chapter 6: Vampires and the Magician
Chapter 7: Integration, Banishing, and the Demon Belial
Chapter 8: The Golden Dawn and the Secret Chiefs
Chapter 9: Alchemy, Demons, and Mysteries of the Goetia
Chapter 10: The Trickster, the Missing Devil, and the Redemption of Faust
Appendix I: General Survey of Goetic Spirits
Appendix II: Jung, Alchemy, and a Common Misunderstanding
Description
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.
