Being & Non-Being in Occult Experience: Volume 2: The Chiasmata of Austin Osman Spare by Ian C. Edwards (Atramentous Press, 2022) Hardcover

Ian C. Edwards. Being & Non-Being in Occult Experience: Volume 2: The Chiasmata of Austin Osman Spare. Atramentous Press, 2022. Hardcover. 172 pages. Limited to 333 copies.  Condition: Near Fine. Slightly bumped corner on back cover.  Description from the publisher:  Themes to highlight is how Spare's Book of Pleasure speaks to a wider audience who have attempted to make explicit unknown dimensions. Building on and from Spare's understanding of Kia (for example), Volume 2 draws on the work of Nietzsche, Derrida, and Lacan to exorcise key contingents embedded within Spare's understanding of image and word. Evolving from what has come before, Ian Edwards embarks on an intense exploration of Being and Non-Being from the position of Spare, and in doing so accomplishes the greatest feat: the creation of an innovative and unique perspective of Spare. Hence, Chiasmata of Austin Osman Spare dispenses with vague celebration and replaces it with a revolutionary zeal that is so capable that i