Pre-order: The Faceless God, 2nd Edition

In this highly acclaimed work Dr. Vincente establishes hitherto unexplored connections between the European lore of the Witches’ Sabbath and the archaic fertility cult of the ram-headed Banebdjedet, a totemistic representation of Osiris in his netherworld aspect – Osiris as the Black Sun. It is the daemon of the depths, the Faceless God, who serves as the bridge between these two esoteric currents. This dark psychopomp, who reveals the mysteries of the Black Sun, was fictionalized by Lovecraft as Nyarlathotep. The Egyptians knew him as Anubis, and in European witch lore he is described as the black man of the Sabbath, the initiator of the witch cult. Thus the book has a triple focus – Lovecraftian, Egyptian and Sabbatic. It is not a question of extracting a complete occult system from Lovecraft’s stories, or drawing exact correspondences between entities of his Mythos and gods and spirits of paganism. There is no system to be decoded. Instead there are traces, insinuations, echoes of a genuinely primal vision found in his nightmarish worlds.

Supporting his arguments with the strategic use of qabalistic methods, Dr. Vincente achieves a careful balance between esoteric hermeneutics and scholarly methodologies, so that the reader is always drawn back to the concrete realities of magical practice. A set of powerful rituals of initiation, sexual gnosis and sorcery will enable the discerning initiate to operate effectively within the sinister dimensions of this counter current.

Introduced by David Beth this work is indispensable for any serious student of diabolism and the Sabbatic Gnosis.

This meticulously updated edition includes a completely new introduction by the author, alongside other valuable additions. It also features an exclusive new essay by David Beth titled “Children of the Abyss”.

Bibliographic details:

• 172 pages, 165×235 mm,
• printed on wood-free high quality EOS paper in natural white (110gsm),
• incl. 3 full-page greyscale illustrations by Mitchell Nolte.

Fine Hardcover Edition (PRE-ORDER)

• Bound in Peyer Cabra (bonded leather) in dark nature (anthrazit-like, 2-colored),
• front embossing, lettering on rounded spine, headbands, ribbon.
• Limited to 840 copies.
• 69,- EUR + shipping.

Auric Edition (PRE-ORDER)

• Hand-bound in full smooth black leather, manufactured in Germany,
• raised bands on rounded spine, headbands, ribbon,
• embossing on front in black and 23ct gold,
• lettering on spine in 23ct gold,
• custom slipcase in purple/violet bonded leather,
• includes an additional page with an invocation handwritten and signed by the author,
• limited to 43 hand-numbered copies only,
• 368- EUR + shipping.

Please be aware that this is a pre-order. The Fine Hardcover Edition is expected in early February 2025. The Auric Edition will take a few weeks longer as it is bound by our master bookbinder in Germany.

Disclaimer: Images of the book are mock-ups of the Auric Edition (not the Fine Hardcover Edition). The actual books may slightly differ in details and color.