Fine edition 2025 235pp Scarlet Imprint hardback. Illustrated. Full blood red morocco, descending solar gold rays over front and back, fallen Venus on the spine, all edges gilt, custom ‘feathered’ marbled endpapers by Renato Crepaldi; finished with a red ribbon and presented in a clamshell box emblazoned with a gold pentagram. NB. Some slight scuffing and discolouration to bottom edge and corner of solander box else fine.
 
Ltd. ed. 23/81, signed by author on title page. Lucifer: Praxis is a profound and original study of spiritual power in the western magical tradition, explored through the evolution of the figure of Lucifer – as the archetype of rebellion, liberation and, ultimately, transformation and renewal. The work continues the trajectory of Lucifer: Princeps, Grey’s meticulous study of the origins of the figure of the light-bringer and the myth of the rebel angels at the root of our occult tradition.
 
In this volume, Grey traces the development of magic as praxis, through a critical engagement with the Christian vision of the spiritual world and its heritage of compulsion, binding and exorcism. Grey rejects the post-Christian materialist dismissal of spiritual encounters, and instead advocates for a counter-tradition of spiritual antinomianism and intercourse. Praxis presents magic as a dynamic pact with spirits, whilst recognising that authority requires the exercise of power.