The Occult Reliquary: Images and Artefacts of the Richel-Edlermans Collection (Special Edition of 100 Slipcased Copies in Full Red Morocco) by King, Graham (Introduction by), foreword by Daniel A. Schulke - 2010

[Richmond Vista, CA]: Three Hands Press, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 224pp. This special edition was limited to 100 hand-numbered copies bound in full red morocco. Gilt titles and design to spine. Housed in a slipcase. Black endpapers. Over 275 illustrations, 130 of which are in full color. A fine copy in like slipcase. The Occult Reliquary concerns the Richel-Eldermans Collection, an archive of some 2,000 magical images and artifacts housed in the Museum of Witchcraft in Boscastle, Cornwall. Situated at the crossroads of erotic magic, ceremonial angelic conjuration, and witchcraft, the images comprise, in part, a pictorial cipher of the rituals of Ars Amatoria, a European magical order using sex magic, and the lesser-known M M , based in the Hague and Leiden. Also referenced among the collection are materials relating to A A of Aleister Crowley. The transfixing procession of images, charms, magical seals, and ritual objects in the Collection is the work of multiple artists, and displays a high degree of magical insight and creativity. It will be of interest to students of witchcraft, Freemasonry, the Goetia, sex magic, and early twentieth century occultism.