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Book SynopsisFourteen years after it was first published, the 2021 edition of The Red Goddess has been freshly typeset and is introduced with a preface by Alkistis Dimech. The Red Goddess is an ecstatic journey through the unheard history of Babalon, the goddess of Revelation, an explicit and challenging vision of a very modern goddess coming into power. From the Revelation of St John the Divine, back through the Ishtar Gate and forward into a living modern magical current. This is more than a history, it is a passionate account of living magic and the transcendent power of Love. The epic sweep of the text takes us from Babylon to Jerusalem to Rome, and onwards to Apocalypse. It confronts us with the language and symbols of our own culture and the denied demonic feminine. It looks at the angelic work of John Dee and places it in a European eschatology. It delivers a devastating exegesis on the excesses of Aleister Crowley, and unlocks the secrets of 'Waratah Blossoms.' It explains the immolation of the Californian antichrist-superstar Jack Parsons and his relationship with Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. There is also a full supporting cast of Solomon, Simon Magus, St John the Divine, Earl Bothwell, the Templars, Mary, the Magdalene and countless others. This is the missing history of the love goddess in the West. Thirteen essays conclude the book on subjects including: roses, mirror magick, bdsm, aphrodisiac drugs, the information age, love and lust, and the meaning of apocalypse. The Red Goddess is for anyone with blood in their veins, regardless of tradition, background or experience.
Table of ContentsEditor's Preface: The Work of the Hierodule Book I A History of Mystery Revelations? Weeping We Remembered Zion How Many Miles to Babylon? Time Gentlemen Please Egyptian Eyes All Goddesses Are Not One Goddess Book II Words Made Flesh Mary Mary Quite Contrary Mary Inviolate Simon Says The Bed of Him That Is Fallen Rhymes With Holy Jumping Jack Flash Where Is Love? Book III Goddess of Love, Goddess of Lust Blood Red Roses Babalon & Beauty Reflections on Mirrors Digital Skin The Oldest Profession Sexual Chemistry: Intoxicated with Love Ravish Me With Kisses Bridles, Whips, Needles and Knives Queen of the Rose Gate, Queen of the Throat of Night Divine Retribution The World Made Flesh The Unfurling of the Apocalyptic Rose
