Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first paperback edition, first printing of William Blake’s Sexual Path to Spiritual Vision by Marsha Keith Schuchard. First Edition stated, 2008 Inner Traditions. First printing with complete number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 and $19.95 cover price. No hardcover edition was published.
The exterior of the paperback edition is in Near Fine condition, with clean, The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with an erased price on the first free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions, or signs of ownership inside. The inside covers and the interior pages are clean and lightly toned, making it an excellent addition to any collection. Appears unread.
The author’s investigation into the radical psychosexual spiritual practices surrounding William Blake, which includes new archival discoveries of Blake family documents, reveals that Moravian and Swedenborgian erotic and visionary experimentation fueled much of Blake’s creative and spiritual life. Drawing also upon modern art restoration techniques, Marsha Keith Schuchard shows that Blake and his wife, Catherine, were influenced by secret kabbalistic and tantric rituals designed to transcend the bonds of social convention. Her exhaustive research provides a new context for understanding the mystical practices at the heart of Blake’s most radical beliefs about sexualized spirituality and its relation to visionary art.
Ships promptly in a secure mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.
