THE CHALDAEAN ORACLES AS SET DOWN BY JULIANUS
Book Details + Condition: Heptangle Books (Gillette, NJ), 1989. Hardcover. Octavo. 109 pages. Publisher's original purple cloth with printed paper spine label, appendices and index. Printed letterpress, and rubricated title page. The Heptangle Books edition of "The Chaldean Oracles" is comprised of poetic fragments commonly attributed to Zoroaster, but assigned by recent scholarship to Julianus the Theurgist (2nd-3rd century). The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn considered the work important, and Crowley referenced it when constructing his Liber XXV (Ritual of the Star Ruby). The text is drawn mostly from that which was originally edited and revised by W. Wynn Wescott (Sapere Aude), a prominent early member of the Golden Dawn, for his 1895 edition. The first Heptangle Books edition was published in 1978. This second edition (1989) has been substantially revised, and includes an Introduction by Golden Dawn member Percy Bullock. Published by Daniel Driscoll (1944 - 1990), one of the pioneers of late 20th century private press grimoire production. In very good condition, with slight shelf wear to jacket and dust-smudges to cloth (scuffing mainly at top of jacket with a small tear; smudging to rear jacket).
