The Red Goddess

£22.00

The Red Goddess is an ecstatic journey through the history of Babalon, the goddess of Revelation, a provocative vision of a very modern goddess coming into power.

Royal 8vo (234 × 156 mm)
256 pp

Issued in 5 editions –
fine / special hardback / standard hardback / paperback / digital

The Red Goddess is an ecstatic journey through the history of Babalon, the goddess of Revelation, a provocative vision of a very modern goddess coming into power.

Royal 8vo (234 × 156 mm)
256 pp

Issued in 5 editions –
fine / special hardback / standard hardback / paperback / digital


Mother of Pearls edition

– sold out

Limited to 77 signed copies

Handbound in full scarlet caviar grain goatskin, the star of Babalon in gold, all edges red under gold, marbled endpapers, ribboned and presented in a clamshell box.

Rose edition

– sold out

Limited to 156 signed copies

Bound in ruby silk, the star of Babalon in gold, gilt edges, scarlet ribbon, textured black endpapers, translucent scarlet dust jacket and lined slipcase.

Pearl edition

sold out

Limited to 777 copies

Bound in pearl white silk book cloth, stamped in scarlet with the star of Babalon, scarlet edges, ribbon and endpapers, and translucent dust jacket. Printed on 120 gsm paper.

Paperback

– £22

Unlimited

Sewn paperback, printed on 100 gsm paper, cover icon of Babalon by Christopher Conn Askew.


Contents

Editor’s preface:
The Work of the Hierodule

Book I
A History of Mystery
Revelations?
Weeping We Remembered Zion
How Many Miles to Babylon?
Time Gentlemen Please
Egyptian Eyes
All Goddesses Are Not One Goddess

Book II
Words Made Flesh
Mary Mary Quite Contrary
Mary Inviolate
Simon Says
The Bed of Him That Is Fallen
Rhymes With Holy
Jumping Jack Flash
Where Is Love?

Book III
Goddess of Love, Goddess of Lust
Blood Red Roses
Babalon & Beauty
Reflections on Mirrors
Digital Skin
The Oldest Profession
Sexual Chemistry
Ravish Me With Kisses
Bridles, Whips, Needles & Knives
Queen of the Rose Gate…
Divine Retribution
The World Made Flesh
The Unfurling of the Apocalyptic Rose

Description

The 2021 edition of The Red Goddess has been freshly typeset and is introduced with a preface by Alkistis Dimech.

The Red Goddess is an ecstatic journey through the history of Babalon, the goddess of Revelation, a provocative vision of a very modern goddess coming into power. From the Revelation of St John the Divine, back through the Ishtar Gate and forward into a living modern magical current. This is more than a history, it is a passionate account of living magic and the transcendent power of Love. 

The text takes us from Babylon to Jerusalem to Rome, and onwards to Apocalypse. It confronts us with the language and symbols of our own culture and the denied demonised divine feminine. It looks at the angelic work of John Dee and places it in a European eschatology. It delivers a devastating exegesis on the excesses of Aleister Crowley, and unlocks the secrets of ‘Waratah Blossoms.’ It explains the immolation of the Californian antichrist-superstar Jack Parsons and his relationship with Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. There is also a full supporting cast of Solomon, Simon Magus, St John the Divine, Earl Bothwell, the Templars, Mary, the Magdalene and countless others. This is the missing history of the love goddess in the West.

Thirteen essays conclude the book on subjects including: roses, mirror magick, bdsm, aphrodisiac drugs, the information age, love and lust, and the meaning of apocalypse. The Red Goddess is for anyone with blood in their veins, regardless of tradition, background or experience.


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