ARTISANAL Edition of MUSES NO MORE: Portraits of Occult Women by Ùna Maria Blyth
Attention, book collectors! This exquisite artisan edition of 'Muses No More' boasts a half-leather binding in Venetian Crimson Shagreen Leather, set upon five raised bands. It features Scarlet Moon Lokta handmade marbled endpapers and gold foil blocking on a rounded spine.
The book is printed on fine Munken Premium White 130gsm paper, ensuring a superior quality. Its typography and layout are meticulously crafted for a truly refined reading experience.
Muses No More: Portraits of Occult Women by Ùna Maria Blyth
Illustrations by Luciana Lupe Vasconcelos
Muses No More: Portraits of Occult Women is a meandering ghost train through the lives, work, politics and beliefs of both familiar and lesser known female occultists from the distant past to the 21st century. From the freedom fighting New Orleans Voudon Queen Marie Laveau to the witch-next-door personality of Sybil Leek, these biographical portraits bring light to women often sidelined in occult spaces and memory in favour of the (white, male) heavyweights such as Arthur E. Waite, Aleister Crowley and Gerald Gardner.
Readers will discover that there was much more to Pamela Colman Smith’s magical undertakings than her illustrations for the Rider Waite Smith tarot deck, and that Doreen Valiente, whilst valiantly fighting for the modernisation of Wicca, was an ardent follower of televised football.
Filled with fascinating historical trivia, there are deeper narratives at play in this compendium too - the struggle for women’s liberation, pleas for modernisation of religious movements, the reign of the patriarchy in many magical traditions, and the fight for civil rights.
Thoroughly well-researched and written with the flair of an impassioned queer, feminist occultist, Muses No More tells the centuries-spanning stories of women who threw off their aprons in favour of the search for greater esoteric knowledge.
The book concludes with tried and tested personal practices and rituals, respectfully designed in honour of these wondrous women, so that we might channel their power and knowledge and pursue the mysteries of the vast unknown.
Ùna Maria Blyth is an occult writer, researcher and practitioner of peatbog folk magic. She lives on a small croft in the Shetland Islands, a sub-arctic archipelago between Scotland and Norway. She has written for a range of publications including Folklore for Resistance, Scavenged Rituals, Sabat Magazine, Doggerlandand Reframing Immersive Theatre (published by Palgrave Macmillan). She is a skilled cartomancer too, and leads tarot courses as well as lecturing on the folk magic of the Shetland Isles, with its fascinating melting pot of both Celtic and Nordic influences. A former member of ritual theatre and film company FoolishPeople, Ùna is particularly interested in queer, feminist explorations of magical history, as well as the fine line between magic and madness. Along with her partner. Sammy Paloma, she runs the online ritual supply store Church of Squirt.
Strictly Limited to 28 hand-numbered copies.
Shipping: 4 weeks after order.
Shipped from France. The cost of shipping is already included in the total price. Any shipping fees charged at the time of purchase will be promptly refunded.
Attention, book collectors! This exquisite artisan edition of 'Muses No More' boasts a half-leather binding in Venetian Crimson Shagreen Leather, set upon five raised bands. It features Scarlet Moon Lokta handmade marbled endpapers and gold foil blocking on a rounded spine.
The book is printed on fine Munken Premium White 130gsm paper, ensuring a superior quality. Its typography and layout are meticulously crafted for a truly refined reading experience.
Muses No More: Portraits of Occult Women by Ùna Maria Blyth
Illustrations by Luciana Lupe Vasconcelos
Muses No More: Portraits of Occult Women is a meandering ghost train through the lives, work, politics and beliefs of both familiar and lesser known female occultists from the distant past to the 21st century. From the freedom fighting New Orleans Voudon Queen Marie Laveau to the witch-next-door personality of Sybil Leek, these biographical portraits bring light to women often sidelined in occult spaces and memory in favour of the (white, male) heavyweights such as Arthur E. Waite, Aleister Crowley and Gerald Gardner.
Readers will discover that there was much more to Pamela Colman Smith’s magical undertakings than her illustrations for the Rider Waite Smith tarot deck, and that Doreen Valiente, whilst valiantly fighting for the modernisation of Wicca, was an ardent follower of televised football.
Filled with fascinating historical trivia, there are deeper narratives at play in this compendium too - the struggle for women’s liberation, pleas for modernisation of religious movements, the reign of the patriarchy in many magical traditions, and the fight for civil rights.
Thoroughly well-researched and written with the flair of an impassioned queer, feminist occultist, Muses No More tells the centuries-spanning stories of women who threw off their aprons in favour of the search for greater esoteric knowledge.
The book concludes with tried and tested personal practices and rituals, respectfully designed in honour of these wondrous women, so that we might channel their power and knowledge and pursue the mysteries of the vast unknown.
Ùna Maria Blyth is an occult writer, researcher and practitioner of peatbog folk magic. She lives on a small croft in the Shetland Islands, a sub-arctic archipelago between Scotland and Norway. She has written for a range of publications including Folklore for Resistance, Scavenged Rituals, Sabat Magazine, Doggerlandand Reframing Immersive Theatre (published by Palgrave Macmillan). She is a skilled cartomancer too, and leads tarot courses as well as lecturing on the folk magic of the Shetland Isles, with its fascinating melting pot of both Celtic and Nordic influences. A former member of ritual theatre and film company FoolishPeople, Ùna is particularly interested in queer, feminist explorations of magical history, as well as the fine line between magic and madness. Along with her partner. Sammy Paloma, she runs the online ritual supply store Church of Squirt.
Strictly Limited to 28 hand-numbered copies.
Shipping: 4 weeks after order.
Shipped from France. The cost of shipping is already included in the total price. Any shipping fees charged at the time of purchase will be promptly refunded.
Attention, book collectors! This exquisite artisan edition of 'Muses No More' boasts a half-leather binding in Venetian Crimson Shagreen Leather, set upon five raised bands. It features Scarlet Moon Lokta handmade marbled endpapers and gold foil blocking on a rounded spine.
The book is printed on fine Munken Premium White 130gsm paper, ensuring a superior quality. Its typography and layout are meticulously crafted for a truly refined reading experience.
Muses No More: Portraits of Occult Women by Ùna Maria Blyth
Illustrations by Luciana Lupe Vasconcelos
Muses No More: Portraits of Occult Women is a meandering ghost train through the lives, work, politics and beliefs of both familiar and lesser known female occultists from the distant past to the 21st century. From the freedom fighting New Orleans Voudon Queen Marie Laveau to the witch-next-door personality of Sybil Leek, these biographical portraits bring light to women often sidelined in occult spaces and memory in favour of the (white, male) heavyweights such as Arthur E. Waite, Aleister Crowley and Gerald Gardner.
Readers will discover that there was much more to Pamela Colman Smith’s magical undertakings than her illustrations for the Rider Waite Smith tarot deck, and that Doreen Valiente, whilst valiantly fighting for the modernisation of Wicca, was an ardent follower of televised football.
Filled with fascinating historical trivia, there are deeper narratives at play in this compendium too - the struggle for women’s liberation, pleas for modernisation of religious movements, the reign of the patriarchy in many magical traditions, and the fight for civil rights.
Thoroughly well-researched and written with the flair of an impassioned queer, feminist occultist, Muses No More tells the centuries-spanning stories of women who threw off their aprons in favour of the search for greater esoteric knowledge.
The book concludes with tried and tested personal practices and rituals, respectfully designed in honour of these wondrous women, so that we might channel their power and knowledge and pursue the mysteries of the vast unknown.
Ùna Maria Blyth is an occult writer, researcher and practitioner of peatbog folk magic. She lives on a small croft in the Shetland Islands, a sub-arctic archipelago between Scotland and Norway. She has written for a range of publications including Folklore for Resistance, Scavenged Rituals, Sabat Magazine, Doggerlandand Reframing Immersive Theatre (published by Palgrave Macmillan). She is a skilled cartomancer too, and leads tarot courses as well as lecturing on the folk magic of the Shetland Isles, with its fascinating melting pot of both Celtic and Nordic influences. A former member of ritual theatre and film company FoolishPeople, Ùna is particularly interested in queer, feminist explorations of magical history, as well as the fine line between magic and madness. Along with her partner. Sammy Paloma, she runs the online ritual supply store Church of Squirt.
Strictly Limited to 28 hand-numbered copies.
Shipping: 4 weeks after order.
Shipped from France. The cost of shipping is already included in the total price. Any shipping fees charged at the time of purchase will be promptly refunded.
