Ars Philtron
by Daniel A. Schulke
2001
As Cain is Our Fire, so Lilith is the Black Void which receives and contains that Fire; She is the ever-fertile Black Earth of Khem, Conceal’d Mysterium of Midnight and Spirit-Roaming, and the bitter but perpetually-fecund Ashes of Annihilation.
First published at Midsummer 2001, this important work treats extensively of Sabbatic-alchemical gnosis as manifest through the fluidic medium. The book describes eight types of sacramental liquid preparations (philtres), exploring their allied pharmacoepia of plants, gnostic dominions, and preparation.
Released in two editions:
Standard edition
144 copies hand-bound in brown cloth and gilt stamping, with burgundy end-papers; numbered and signed by the author. Each copy of the book is unique, containing a full-colour tipped in frontispiece of one of a series of 24 paintings of the Sabbatic-Alchemic Temple, backed with one of six evocations to Cain or Lilith.
Special edition
9 copies for private distribution only, each hand-bound in gold-stamped green lambskin, and accompanied by the complete set of 24 paintings.
