The Infernal Masque by Richard Gavin, acclaimed author of The Benighted Path, is a work of nocturnal occultism devoted to the meeting point of primordial darkness and infernal fire. Here, Gavin leads the reader into the shadowed terrain where necromancy, spirit-contact, daemonic revelation, and the transformative force of the uncanny converge.
At the heart of the book lies the tension between two powers: the deep, primordial darkness from which all forms arise, and the infernal fire that awakens, illuminates, and consumes. Their union draws the soul toward a more dangerous and ecstatic mode of perception, one in which the Dead may be approached, spirits may be encountered, and the world begins to disclose the hidden theatre of the Netherworld.
Gavin draws upon the ancient magical principles of the Eidolon, sciomancy, and theia mania — divine madness — while exploring estrangement, dread, and the uncanny as gateways to spiritual transformation. These are not treated as mere moods or symbols, but as initiatic conditions through which the practitioner may be drawn beyond ordinary consciousness into contact with the numinous powers below.
Both poetic and practical, The Infernal Masque offers reflections, orientations, and suggestions for ritual work. It does not reduce the infernal to simple darkness or theatrical evil; instead, it presents the Masque as a living mystery of spirit-contact, ecstatic terror, and magical revelation.
Written with erudite clarity and visionary intensity, The Infernal Masque opens a path into strange and seductive realms of daemonic experience. It is intended for magicians, necromancers, spirit-workers, esoteric students, and readers drawn to the borderland where dread, sorcery, and revelation become one.
Bibliographic details:
- 160 pages, 165 x 235 mm,
- Printed on wood-free high quality Design paper in natural white (115gsm),
- Surbalin deep black endpapers, headband, ribbon, rounded spine.
Cloth Hardcover Edition (In Stock)
- Bound in black-ivory fine cloth,
- Red embossing on the front, lettering on spine.
- Limited to 890 copies.
Auric Edition (SOLD OUT)
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- Hand-bound fully in German-manufactured deep red quality leather,
- Black and gold embossing on front and back covers, gold lettering on spine,
- Solid custom slipcase with marbled paper,
- Limited to 58 hand-numbered copies.
The Cloth Hardcover Edition is in stich and shipping.
