SOUNDS BEYOND MEANING - Kenneth Grant & His Work (Hardback 1/93, Von Zos, 2014)

SOUNDS BEYOND MEANING - Kenneth Grant & His Work (Hardback 1/93, Von Zos, 2014)

Hardback, Standard edition of 93 copies only. This copy is #33 – Octavo format ( 8 3/4 inches x 5 1/4 inches), 108 pp. Cloth boards, sewn binding, gilt stamped. Includes a Nu-Isis Ritual by Caroline Wise in booklet form, inserted into the main book

A very scarce collection of essays celebrating the life and work of Kenneth Grant: Sounds Beyond Meaning – Kenneth Grant & His Work.

Kenneth Grant was probably the most innovative occultist of the post-Crowley age. There is little in the contemporary occult world that doesn’t bear his influence to some degree. Be it his development of the work of Aleister Crowley, his promotion and analysis of his friend Austin Osman Spare, the towering achievement of his Trilogies or his output of fantastic fiction, Grant achieved in his lifetime what few others could.

Often misunderstood, Grant’s oeuvre has no easy point of access. Indeed his work is so complex and multi-layered that some essential texts are only being properly debated and analysed now.

The essays in this book are not meant to be definitive nor to exist as an ‘explanation’ of anything. Rather they are an interim remembrance and discussion of the man and his work by people who knew both well.

The contributors include Michael Staley, Edward Gauntlet, Alaster Aleph, Caroline Wise, Richard Ward and Mike Magee.

Condition : Unread / Near Fine copy. Lightest of shelf-wear, otherwise as new.