Original Temple Ov Psychick Youth Transmission
$375
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[Baker, Ian. P-Orridge, Genesis Breyer et. al] Thee Temple Ov Psychick Youth. Both The Ones, Vol 1: In the Nameless Sodality. Doncaster: Longship Warrior, 1989. First edition.
A rare original typescript and xerox collage zine produced by the British punk, chaos magical “order” Thee Temple Ov Psychick Youth.
Includes essays and writings from the late Genesis Breyer P-Orridge on vril, sex magic, the Process Church of the Final Judgement, and the Nazi-inspired “Radio Werewolf” movement, as well as a book review of the Anarchist’s Cookbook. P-Orridge, a noted artist and performer, headlined bands Psychic TV and Throbbing Gristle, and maintained tutelary relationships with both William Burroughs and Brion Gysin in their later years. The influence of Gysin’s “dream machine” can be particularly felt in the instructions provided here for empowering a symbol by drawing it over a television screen tuned to a dead channel.
P-Orridge, who identified as one half of an Alchemical Hermaphrodite between two bodies, spent years undergoing surgery to align their body with that of their wife, the late Lady Jaye P-Orridge, who died in Nepal in 2007. The connections to Buddhist philosophy in P-Orridge’s art and thought formed the basis for their solo show “Try to Altar Everything” at New York’s Rubin Museum in 2016.
8vo, 55pp, hand stapled xeroxed pamphlet. Spine creasing and corner folds along front wrap. Creases continue to back. Creasing to top back corner. Past moisture exposure creating warp at lower back corner, with pages warped to match after pg. 23. Good condition.
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