Some touch upon alchemy, astrology, and related concepts. Publishing history this is a chart to show the when this publisher published books. Hermetic press, a publishing company in seattle founded in 1989 by stephen minch, specializes in magic technical literature. Posting on the hermetic press forum, stephen minch stated that he. A study of the hermetic philosophy of ancient egypt and greece hardcover by. Hofzinsers card artistry 20, hermetic press references. The card magic in this book will inspire, delight, and fool you as you learn and use it. This largeformat, hardcover set of books has a total of 861 pages, filled with reproductions of rare photos and artwork to accompany an exhaustive coverage of hofzinser, the man and all his card magic all contained in an attractive and sturdy slipcase. Steven told me that together they will be a whopping 600 700 pages big. Only 900 sets were published and i couldnt be happier to be able to read one of them. If true love be your goal, you have begun your journey. Now after scouring collections all over the world for a set of the color tabloid sundays, hermes press will produce an archival, full size reprint of these exciting sunday stories. The world of modern coin magic has awarded geoffrey latta towering status as an innovator and artist, second only to his mentor, david roth. Second thoughts by ramon rioboo and hermetic press.
New items special promotions subscriber only sales magic related news. First published in french in 1911, this practical guide to the art of spagyrics also outlines the ancient yet forgotten hermetic foundations of herbalism. Were proud to produce great magic tricks, magic books, downloads and dvds. Okay but im asking about hermetic books not general occult books. Its theory and practice a special report from the institute for hermetic studies dear friends, the institute for hermetic studies seeks to make the most accurate, useful, and easily understood materials on esotericism available to students seeking to make one or.
Along the x axis is time, and on the y axis is the count of editions published. Posting on the hermetic press forum, stephen minch stated that he needed someone to take over the businessend of the business, so that i have more time to make the books. Hofzinser collection hermetic press giobbis confidences book hermetic press preorder available now books that id like to see. Archiving, engaging and encouraging the living western esoteric tradition, hermeticism, and aleister crowleys thelema for 20 years. Popular hermetic books showing 150 of 187 kybalion. So you can imagine how pleased i was to see stephen minch announce hermetic presss publication of the magic christian books. After that agrippas three books of occult philosophy, but that is more of dense read. Three initiates shelved 8 times as hermetic avg rating 4.
Johann nepomuk hofzinser 18061875 is called the father of card. The company was founded in 1990 by stephen minch who after writing books on magic for seventeen years, decided to try publishing them as well. The result is this magnificent twovolume set of books, a work that is already considered a fundamental text, and will serve as a springboard for further developments in this fascinating art of magic done with playing cards. Professional magicians joshua jay and andi gladwin are the cofounders of vanishing inc.
Below you will find a number of books that have been collected over the internet and hosted at our website. Accessible book, protected daisy, card tricks, artists books, concrete poetry. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Hermetic press books planned for 2012 0 likes peo olsson inner circle stockholm, sweden 3261 posts. But, every single member of the team is a skilled magician. Magic christian has spent years researching hofzinser and discussing his magic with magicians throughout the world. This page incorporated content from johann nepomuk hofzinser, a page hosted on wikipedia. Hofzinser and karl fulvess hpfzinsers card tricks on my increasingly overcrowded bookshelves. Im very, very exited about the two hofzinsers books. The cookie settings on this website are set to allow cookies to give you the best browsing experience possible. The secret to love lies in eternal rejuvenation and change and profound comprehension. Open this book and you enter the mind of tom stone, one of swedens finest professional magicians and one of the worlds most wildly innovative magical thinkers. Ted berrigan was a poet at the epicenter of the sixties literary underground.
Hermetic press was a publishing company in seattle, specializing in technical literature on magic and mentalism. The company specialized in high quality books and often produces limited edition volumes with fine binding. I am curious about the choice to put so many surnames in all capital letters hofzinser, eg, et al. Collected works of steve freeman fucking hell i want this a new collected works of jerry sadowitz this time, the money and rights going to jerry and no one else. In this post, ill pull them all together to create a reading list for those interested in the subject. Common subjects search for books published by hermetic press. Easily share your publications and get them in front of issuus.
Hermetic, ancient, egypt, sumer, chaldea, babylon, gerald massey, w. He served in the us army, sent to korea in 1954, where he did not see action. Typography and printing by philip gallo at the hermetic press. For the last six years hermes press has been reprinting the daily version of frank robbins masterpiece, johnny hazard. The result is this magnificent twovolume set of books, a work that is already considered a. If you continue to use this website without changing your cookie settings or you click accept below then you are consenting to this.
Hermetic press books planned for 2012 the magic cafe. Introduction to hermeticism institute for hermetic studies. Through all of my writing on hermeticism and hermetic philosophy on this blog, ive recommended a number of books. Only 900 sets of these books have been produced for sale. Johann nepomuk hofzinser magicpedia genii magazine. Starting out as the conjurors press when publishing kirk charles book manual of restaurant magic, future publications included the works of alex elmsley, milt kort, max maven, tommy wonder, and juan tamariz. There are a number of mentions of hofzinsers tricks in german magic literature between 1850 and 1890. Popular hermeneutics books showing 150 of 1,899 how to read the bible for all its worth paperback by.
The magic cafe forums uppcomming from hermetic press. Subscribe to the newsletter be among the first to be alerted to. I cant wait for magic christians hofzinser books, and i would love to see five points in magic, as i. Im very, very exited about the two hofzinser s books. By this effort, he has been able to revise, correct, reconstruct and greatly enlarge what we know of hofzinsers life and card magic. The books of wonder volume 1 stephen minch, tommy wonder. The author provides botanical and medicinal classifications for over 600 plant species and detailed instructions for spagyric extracts, tinctures, elixirs, liquors, oils, unguents, salts, aquae vitae, and quintessences. They have been written, researched and compiled by magic christian. The author has unfolded in these pages the hermetic knowledge of the spiritual science of love that we are privileged to glimpse in these desolate ages. Two volumes in blue cloth with jackets one damaged, housed in publishers slipcase. Kudos to magic christian the original composer of this collection hermetic press and the conjuring arts research center for releasing this set in english.
Having said that the hofzinser set from hermetic press and conjuring arts is not a shoddy chinese production but its actually a world class set of volumes and its our opinion at conjuring arts that the hofzinser set is at least the equal to fechners production and perhaps superior. A version of hofzinsers classic premise that has real impact and its own. More than twenty years ago, another highly respected and honored viennese professional magician, magic christian, took on the task of enlarging and correcting the record we have of his predecessor. If read and practiced in order it leads to a solid theory and practice in hermetic theurgy. Vortex by tom stone and hermetic press book a whirlwind of routines, tricks, ideas and opinions inspired and inspiring. Hofzinser was a resident and wellknown figure in nineteenthcentury vienna. For hermetic philosophy itself id recommend a good copy of the corpus hermeticum, and frater ros neoplatonic basics series or red work course. Volume 1 originally was published in german in 1998. They discuss the divine, the cosmos, mind, and nature. Its a fabulous conception, likely the first book ever devoted entirely to. Steven told me that together they will be a whopping 600. The hermetica are egyptiangreek wisdom texts from the 2nd century or earlier, which are mostly presented as dialogues in which a teacher, generally identified as hermes trismegistus thricegreatest hermes, enlightens a disciple.