Outer Gateways
by Kenneth Grant
(Volume VII of the Typhonian Trilogies)
The Typhonian Tradition discussed in this book matured and declined before even the monumental phase of the earliest civilizations. This is witnessed by fragments of magical and mystical lore once current in Egypt and the Far East. The Tradition lingered on and became corrupt with passing epochs and the gradual attrition of an ages-old lineage of Initiates. Harassment by warring factions seeking temporal power at the expense of intemporal space-transending Knowledge stifled the spark and fouled the springs of the ancient Wisdom. It reappeared fitfully over the centuries in obscure alchemical writings in the West, and in Oriental occult tantras, and traces of it proved sufficient to permit of its powerful resurgence, one of the most remarkable phenomena of modern times.
The earliest themes of Grant’s series of trilogies are here related, intensified and developed. The unearthly provenance of such disturbing messages as The Necronomicon is reaffirmed, leading to a cognate treatment of Aleister Crowley’s reception of The Book of the Law and a reinterpretation of that book’s implications in the light of the Typhonian Tradition. ‘E.T.’ phenomena are regarded as an opportunity for man to integrate with consciousness the ancient stellar influences. The volume concludes with a haunting transmission - Wisdom of S’lba - received in New Isis Lodge under circumstances outside usually accepted magical procedures, and subsequently translated into terrestrial language.
____________________________________________________________
Table of Contents
Introduction
1 The Primal Grimoire
2 Tutulu
3 The Unfamiliar Spirit
4 The Double Voice Behind Liber AL
5 The Madhyamaka & Crowley
6 The Fourth Power of the Sphinx
7 The Magical Significance of Yezidic Symbolism
8 The Mirroracle
9 Ufologicks & the Rite of Mithra
10 Typhonian Implicits of Arunachala
11 Aspects of Dream Control
12 Creative Gematria
13 Wisdom of S’lba
14 The Mystical Gnosis of S’lba
15 Magical Formulae of S’lba
16 Qabalahs of S’lba - I
17 Qabalahs of S’lba - II
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Afterword
____________________________________________________________
Cover artwork and design by Steffi Grant.
16-page centre section of colour and half-tone plates.
Hardcover Edition
298 pages. Black-cloth hardcover, sewn-bound, octavo format. Printed on high-quality paper, with full colour illustrated endpapers. Full colour dustjacket and frontispiece.
ISBN: 978-1-906073-28-2
Paperback Edition - CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT
____________________________________________________________
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.
____________________________________________________________
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.
