A Book Of The Offices of Spirits : Teitan Press 2011 [ Jake Stratton-Kent Library ]
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Limited Edition Teitan Press Reprint of Important Grimoire A Book of the Offices of Spirits Formerly Owned By Occult Author Jake Stratton-Kent
Porter, John. A Book Of The Offices Of Spirits: Occult Virtue of Plants and Some Rare Magical Charms & Spells; From a Sixteenth Century Manuscript on Magic & Necromancy. Teitan Press. York Beach, ME. 2011. Limited Edition, One of 800 copies.
A copy of A Book of the Offices of Spirits, a work of “evil” magic recorded by Trithemius, reprinted by Teitan Press from a copy owned by Frederick Hockley, transcribed by John Palmer (a.k.a. Zadkiel) in 1832 from an original manuscript apparently translated by John Porter in 1583 from the Latin original.
The Book Of The Offices Of Spirits is a grimoire of goetic magic with instructions for calling upon the four demon kings of the directions (long associated with the winds), as well as a long list of spirits of various offices including the infernal trinity of Lucifer, Beelzebub, and Satan. The text is believed to predate the more organized Ars Goetia of the Lemegeton, though the two texts are closely related, also sharing sources with the spirit lists of the Pseudomonarchium Demonia.
One of 800 copies, this copy was formerly owned by Jake Stratton-Kent (1956 – 2023), known popularly as “JSK”, a major figure in the ongoing occult revival, particularly noted for his efforts to revitalize the grimoiric tradition. Most famous as the author of The True Grimoire, his Quimbanda influenced take on the Grimorium Verum, he was also the author of many other titles including The Geosophia, The Testament of Cyprian the Mage, and Pandemonium, an analysis of the Pseudomonarchium Demonia, heavily referenced in this text’s introduction by Colin D. Campbell. This copy also includes Stratton-Kent’s bookmarks, left as found.
77pp. Square 8vo. Black cloth boards with gilt title vignette to front board and lettering to spine. Fabric pastedowns and endpapers. Hand numbered 409 of 800 on copyright page. Pages clean. Includes gold certificate of original sale of Jake Stratton-Kent Library as well as Stratton-Kent’s bookmarks. Very good.
If you liked this book, you might also enjoy this signed copy of Goetic Evocation by Steve Savedow also owned by Jake Stratton-Kent. You may also enjoy this rare French edition of Lord Byron’s Cain owned by the occult author Papus, a.k.a. Dr. Gerard Encausse.
