Hecate’s Fountain
by Kenneth Grant
(Volume VI of the Typhonian Trilogies)
Hecate’s Fountain is a highly original approach to contemporary Hermetic thought and experimental occultism.
During the rituals of New Isis Lodge (1955-1962) it was noted that not all of them achieved the object for which they were performed. The exceptions had curious and often alarming side-effects which the author calls ‘tangential tantra’. It was discovered that these anomalies effected a rapprochement with highly charged dimensions existing between the realms of dreaming and dreamless sleep. This catalytic interface Grant calls the Mauve Zone. The weird nature of these phenomena suggested parallels with H. P. Lovecraft’s Cycle of Myths extrapolated in the fabulous Necronomicon, and its affinity with Mauve Zone magick is here meticulously explored.
Many years of research then led to an interpretation, in terms of this magick, of Aleister Crowley’s The Book of the Law. Also explored are seemingly related phenomena in the work of another contemporary, Michael Bertiaux, whose independent discoveries show evidence of traffic with alien beings of Intelligence and Power. Crowley saw contact with such entities as “the only chance for mankind to advance as a whole”.
The Magical Workings of New Isis Lodge have opened the gates to an influx of influences from Outside that will radically alter the direction of experimental occultism.
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Table of Contents
Part One: Magick of the Mauve Zone
1 ‘Objets d’Art Noir’
2 The Cult of the Kû
3 Parsons in Mauve
Part Two: AL in the Light of the Necronomicon Gnosis
Introduction
1 Nuit Beyond Yuggoth
2 Sticks of Trance
3 Space Seed
4 Sentient Mist
5 Spells of Hadit
6 Centres of Pestilence
Part Three: The Outer Shadow
1 Out of the Abyss
2 Vevers of the Void
3 Thunder Dragon
4 Dark Angel
5 Through the Space Gates
6 Stopheles
7 Kalas of Chaos - I
8 Kalas of Chaos - II
9 Zothyrian Gnosis
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Afterword
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Cover artwork and design by Steffi Grant.
20-page centre section of colour and half-tone plates.
Hardcover Edition
316 pages. Black-cloth hardcover, sewn-bound, octavo format. Printed on high-quality paper, with full colour illustrated endpapers. Full colour dustjacket and frontispiece.
ISBN: 978-1-906073-22-0
Paperback Edition
316 pages. Printed on high-quality paper and sewn-bound in a full colour printed cover. Colour frontispiece.
ISBN: 978-1-906073-48-0
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About the Typhonian Trilogies
The Typhonian Trilogies consist of nine volumes, spread across thirty years, from the first, The Magical Revival, in 1972, to the final, The Ninth Arch, published in 2002. Although each volume is complete in itself, taken in series they represent a developing body of work.
A beautifully-written and in-depth account of the development of the Trilogies, situated within the context of Kenneth Grant’s development as an occultist can be found here: The Typhonian Trilogies - Starfire Publishing Ltd. This account was written by Michael Staley, longtime friend and confidant of Kenneth and Steffi Grant, and the founder of Starfire Publishing. Through his publishing imprint, Michael is the custodian and continuation of the Grants’ legacy by making their irreplaceable work available to a contemporary audience.
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About the Author
The late Kenneth Grant (1924 – 2011) was an English occultist, poet, novelist, and writer. He was the head of several important Thelemic orders and the author of the influential Typhonian Trilogies series.
When Aleister Crowley died in 1947, Kenneth Grant became heir apparent of the esoteric magical order Ordo Templis Orientis (OTO). Alongside his artist wife Steffi, Grant was one of few to attend Crowley's funeral service, becoming the last living link with "the Beast", whose work he championed, nurtured and refined for over six decades. From his New Isis Lodge, established in London in 1955, through to his final organisational vehicle, the Typhonian Order, Grant's occult credentials are without parallel.
Grant’s own brand of occultism was a fusion of science, fantasy and metaphysics, through which he offered a radical decoding of Crowley, the artist Austin Osman Spare and the author H.P. Lovecraft, alongside healthy doses of astral projection. Grant's writings and teachings have proved a significant influence over other currents of occultism, including chaos magic, the Temple of Set, and the Dragon Rouge. They also attracted academic interest within the study of Western esotericism, particularly from Henrik Bogdan and Dave Evans.
