A richly illustrated, case-bound collector’s edition built as a comparative archive of the sacred, the feared, and the forgotten.
Kickstarter pre-launch is open and here are the covers!
Original, Variant 1A, and Variant cover 1B for Codex Caelstis are displayed above. All have print proofs underway; if you don't already follow my Kickstarter and are interested in this richly illustrated research corpus, please do so. The Kickstarter runs from October 1 through Halloween.
Table of Contents:
- Front Matter
-- Introduction 4
-- How To Use This Book 7
-- Purpose Of The Book 7
-- How Sacred Powers Change Across Time 7
- Part I: Ancient Sacred Landscape
-- Chapter 1: Reading the Layers 8
-- Chapter 2: Ancient Gods and Powers 10
-- Chapter 3: Monsters and Underworlds 60
- Part II: Demonization and Reinterpretation
-- Chapter 4: Archons and Aeons 92
-- Chapter 5: Demonized Gods 122
- Part III: Angels, Demons, and Scriptural Orders
-- Chapter 6: Heavenly Orders 148
-- Chapter 7: Demons and Adversaries 175
-- Chapter 8: Watchers and Giants 200
- Part IV: Expanded Heavens and Mystical Intermediaries
-- Chapter 9: Mystical Heavens 232
- Part V: Spirits of Lived Fear
-- Chapter 10: Childbed Terrors 248
-- Chapter 11: Possession and Haunting 256
-- Chapter 12: Spirits in Daily Life 264
- Part VI: Literary, Occult, and Modern Afterlives
-- Chapter 13: Dante's Hell 294
-- Chapter 14: Milton's Rebellion 310
-- Chapter 15: Occult Demons and Horror 315
- Back Matter
-- Glossary 354
-- Bibliography and Further Reading 356
-- Index 358
The overall page count is currently 364 (and counting) and is subject to change based on several factors, mainly the success of the Kickstarter, new research discoveries, errors and corrections, and revised artwork.
For the limited-print collectors' cover illustration, the Original is Metatron; for Variant 1A is Amun; For Variant 1B, starting at the top and going left to right:
- Metatron (3 Enoch transformation angel)
- Sobek (Egyptian crocodile cult)
- Abraxas (Gnostic archon)
- Bes (Egyptian house protection spirit)
- Sekhmet (Egyptian destruction goddess)
