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Austin Osman Spare

Born

in London, England, The United Kingdom

December 30, 1886

Died

May 15, 1956

Genre

Religion & Spirituality, Arts & Photography, Philosophy

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Austin Osman Spare was an English artist who developed idiosyncratic magical techniques including automatic writing, automatic drawing and sigilization based on his theories of the relationship between the conscious and unconscious self. His artistic work is characterized by skilled draughtsmanship exhibiting a complete mastery of the use of the line[1], and often employs monstrous or fantastic magical and sexual imagery.

Some of Spare's techniques, particularly the use of sigils and the creation of an "alphabet of desire" were adopted, adapted and popularized by Peter J. Carroll in the work Liber Null & Psychonaut . Carroll and other writers such as Ray Sherwin are seen as key figures in the emergence of some of Spare's ideas and techniq ...more

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Average rating: 4.13 · 1,576 ratings · 104 reviews · 80 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Book of Pleasure (Self-Love): The Psychology of Ecstasy 4.13 avg rating — 376 ratings — published 1913 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anathema of Zos: The Sermon to the Hypocrites 4.09 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 1927 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Earth Inferno 4.09 avg rating — 117 ratings — published 1905 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Writings of Austin Osman Spare: Automatic Drawings, Anathema of Zos, The Book of Pleasure, and The Focus of Life 4.14 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Book of Automatic Drawing 4.20 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 2005 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ethos: The Magical Writings of Austin Osman Spare - Micrologus, the Book of Pleasure, the Witches Sabbath, Mind to Mind and How by a Sorceror 4.04 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 2001	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Book of Satyrs 3.83 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 1907 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Focus of Life 4.18 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 1921 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Writings of Austin Osman Spare: Anathema of Zos, The Book of Pleasure and The Focus of Life 3.86 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2007 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Zoetic Grimoire of Zos 4.11 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“For I am I: ergo, the truth of myself; my own sphinx, conflict, chaos, vortex—asymmetric to all rhythms, oblique to all paths. I am the prism between black and white: mine own unison in duality.”
― Austin Osman Spare

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“The more Chaotic I am, the more complete I am.”
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“And remember, you shall suffer all things and again suffer: until you have sufficient sufferance to accept all things.”
― Austin Osman Spare

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