Qutub
Or, The Point
by Andrew D. Chumbley
1995
Where doth hang the Dragon’s Crown?
Where doth his jewell’d snakeskin drape
And drip the bloodied seed of pain
The Ruby Wine of Khidir’s Grape?
Above the Shadowy Form call’d “Man”
Whose Hand doth touch this Very Page
Where-on are charms to make him God…
…or yet to mask the Ape!
There is a stream of initiatic power which flows through the Body of Gnosis, moulding the Image of the Adept, casting the Shadow-form of the Great Opposer. Here its path is traced, from the Yatukih sorcery of Ancient Persia, through the Yezidic Cult of the Peacock Angel and the widdershins dance of the Sufi, to its present-day recension within the arcana of the Sabbatic Tradition. Defining the focus of the Magical Current of the Opposer, Qutub reflects the Design, a web of interconnection through which the Current manifests.
The book unfolds as an evocatory poem of 72 verses which articulate the transmutative process of the Crooked Path, a distinct and self-contained magical philosophy of the Sabbatic Tradition. Eleven talismanic illustrations combine to express the Telesmata of the Way; a Commentary demonstrates in microcosm the macrocosmic pattern of the Design; and the Rite of the Opposer reveals the Gateway to the Path through the Flesh.
The book was first published by Fulgur Limited for Xoanon Publishing at Midsummer, 1995 in three versions:
Standard edition:
Midnight-blue boards and gold-printed dust wrapper, 78 pages, limited to 500 copies.
Deluxe edition:
Midnight blue boards with black quarter morocco, midnight blue wrapper and slipcase; limited to 36 copies. Each copy was signed by the author and accompanied by a numbered hand-drawn talisman.
Special edition:
Full black morocco, gilt-edged pages, and midnight-blue slip-case. Each copy signed by the author and accompanied by a hand-drawn talisman. Limited to 5 copies for private distribution.