Khiazmos
A Book Without Pages
Andrew D. Chumbley
2017
Originally written between 1993 and 1999 but unpublished at Chumbley’s death in 2004, Khiazmos: A Book Without Pages explores the magical philosophy of the chiasmus, the concept of a recursive, dual current —moving in forward and reverse direction— within magical power. This aphoristic grimoire deepens the linkage of the Current of Opposition begun in Qutub (1995), specifically its mystical and ‘poetic prose’ traditions. Utilising strategies of paradoxical exposition, together with illustrations of elemental automata, the book’s opposing statements collide to illustrate eternal truths of magic.
The book is 84 pages with 9 colour plates by the author, and an afterword written by Soror Illithiya Shemhiya and Frater Akarais Hran-Issiyah.
The publication consists of four editions:
Standard edition:
727 hand-numbered copies in gray cloth with black letterpress dust jacket.
Deluxe edition:
72 hand-numbered copies in quarter black goatskin with slipcase.
Special edition:
27 hand-numbered copies in full charcoal goatskin with slipcase.
Initiatic edition:
7 hand-numbered copies in full black and gray goatskin with slipcase.
