Ritual Space and the Crooked Path Beyond Volume 3
Authored by: Peter Hamilton-Giles
Published by: Atramentous Press
In this volume we endeavour to explore the relationship we have between a ritual space and our imagination. The premise upon which this book is built proposes a ritual space is demarcated through imagination, as it is this which leads to eventual spirit encounters. There are some interesting observations to therefore make when demarcating a ritual space. To encapsulate imagination, we must rely on the assumption that previously we have experienced other ritual spaces to which our imagination has then rendered itself accountable. Moreover, the ritual space when demarcated by imagination infuses the setting of the encounter with feasible diversions causing our consciousness to then embellish what are unwarranted deviations in form.
What follows on from this is that a ritual space is understood as a byproduct of our imagination, and that our ability to apprehend this unfettered version viscerally climaxes from having had previous encounters with Otherness. Our assembling of a ritual space therefore emulates this alterity via our dreams and imagination. Working together they deepen our sense of disconnection from the physical domain by offering a conduit for reflection and poetry about the ritual space domain.
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Standard Edition
Original Price: £68
Copies Printed: A very small number of this edition has entered circulation from the handful of copies that were fit for distribution.
Physical Description
Other Physical Details: Comes with a printed cover of artifacts found amongst the author’s ritual space. This edition faced a number of issues and as such had to be abandoned early on in production with preorders receiving a free cover upgrade to the same design as the special standard edition but without the additional image tip in.
Binding
Binding: Head and tail bands and book ribbon.
Special Standard Edition
Original Price: £76
Physical Description
Other Physical Details: Comes with a colour photo in the opening pages of a ritual artefact from the author’s altar.
Binding
Binding: Midnight blue buckram cover with gold foiling to front, spine and rear of cover.
Deluxe Edition
Original Price: £465
Copies Printed: Limited to 13 copies.
Physical Description
Other Physical Details: Comes with a colour photo in the opening pages of a ritual artefact from the author’s altar.
Binding
Binding: Gold foil blocking (different cover design to the special standard) to front, spine and back. Marbled endpapers. Head and Tail bands. Comes in a slipcase.
