Illustrated Grimoire of Maria De Naglowska

This is the Deluxe edition of the secret teachings of Maria de Naglowska, the Sophiale of Montparnasse and the self-styled "e;Satanic Woman"e; Maria taught her sex magical doctrines to the symbolist and surrealist artists of 1930's Paris. Her techniques included sensory deprivation, ceremonial magic, sexual intercourse with demons and angels and erotic asphyxia. Please note that this 175 page hard cover book contains approximately 170 illustrations detailing every aspect of Maria's life including Rasputin, The Mariavites, the cafes of Montparnasse, the Surrealists, alchemical diagrams and the magical rituals of the Third Term of the Trinity. Her students included William Seabrook, Michel Leiris, Georges Bataille and her lover, Julius Evola. Robert North is well known to students of the occult for his translation of Paschal Beverly Randolph's Sexual Magic and his original treatment, The New Flesh Palladium.