Witness the monarch of the occult In the realm of the mystical and the unknown, there exists a figure of immense power and authority – the Monarch of the Occult. This enigmatic figure holds dominion over the secrets and hidden knowledge that lie beyond the understanding of ordinary mortals. A witness to the supernatural, the Monarch possesses a deep and profound connection to the realms of the arcane and the esoteric. With an aura of mystique surrounding them, the Monarch commands respect and reverence from those who seek out the wisdom of the occult. They stand as a living testament to the limitless possibilities that exist in the realms beyond our own, holding the key to unlocking the mysteries of the universe. To witness the Monarch in action is to be transported into a world where the laws of nature bend and the unseen becomes visible.
Notebooks rubbed and used, commensurate with a working archive, but overall in good condition.
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To witness the Monarch in action is to be transported into a world where the laws of nature bend and the unseen becomes visible. Their abilities and knowledge are unparalleled, granting them the power to shape reality itself. Through rituals, divination, and ancient practices, the Monarch taps into a wellspring of energy and understanding that few can comprehend.
Archive of manuscript material concerning the occult.
An engrossing small archive of original manuscript material compiled by chemist and druggist Hezekiah Venman (1831-1897), an assiduous collector of the occult. An associate of the Society for Psychical Research and contributor to their journal, he was connected to some of the leading figures of the movement, as exemplified by the interesting group of correspondence with such luminaries as Frederic Myers and Edmund Gurney.
Listed as a bankrupt in the Law Times (9 August 1862), Venman's fortunes clearly improved as his later business address (as Venman and Co.) is given as 20 Pimlico Road and his home was a respectable if unassuming three-storey terraced house up a flight of stairs at 138 Dawes Road, Fulham. He was born in Islington in 1831; his father and grandfather, both also Hezekiah, were Devon men. He had been an honorary quartermaster in the 1st Tower Hamlets Artillery Volunteer Corps, resigning his commission in October 1873, when that unit was disbanded.
"In 1897. a Mr Venman advertised that he sold a variety of flint-glass crystal balls, 'the result of 40 years' experimental research', for prices varying from 2s 6d to 5s 6d" (Davies, p. 251). Apparently this aspect of Venman's business was carried on by his widow as she is mentioned in Joseph Maxwell's Metaphysical Phenomena: Methods and Observations (London: Duckworth, 1905) as selling "well-made crystal balls". Venman published in a small way: Spiritualism: The Modern Mystery (1874), a couple of
An engrossing small archive of original manuscript material compiled by chemist and druggist Hezekiah Venman (1831-1897), an assiduous collector of the occult. An associate of the Society for Psychical Research and contributor to their journal, he was connected to some of the leading figures of the movement, as exemplified by the interesting group of correspondence with such luminaries as Frederic Myers and Edmund Gurney.
Listed as a bankrupt in the Law Times (9 August 1862), Venman's fortunes clearly improved as his later business address (as Venman and Co.) is given as 20 Pimlico Road and his home was a respectable if unassuming three-storey terraced house up a flight of stairs at 138 Dawes Road, Fulham. He was born in Islington in 1831; his father and grandfather, both also Hezekiah, were Devon men. He had been an honorary quartermaster in the 1st Tower Hamlets Artillery Volunteer Corps, resigning his commission in October 1873, when that unit was disbanded.
"In 1897. a Mr Venman advertised that he sold a variety of flint-glass crystal balls, 'the result of 40 years' experimental research', for prices varying from 2s 6d to 5s 6d" (Davies, p. 251). Apparently this aspect of Venman's business was carried on by his widow as she is mentioned in Joseph Maxwell's Metaphysical Phenomena: Methods and Observations (London: Duckworth, 1905) as selling "well-made crystal balls". Venman published in a small way: Spiritualism: The Modern Mystery (1874), a couple of pamphlets and various articles. His reading was clearly extensive.
The collection comprises:
Notebook No. 1 ("Gleanings").
Square octavo (275 x 230 mm). Late 19th century commercial springback binder of light purplish grey patterned cloth, manuscript label to front "Manuscript notes on 'xxx - Paper' - chiefly Typical Cases". MS headed "Gleanings", in five sections numbered 1-4 (c. 234 pp.) plus continuation of Part 4 (7 pp.), and appendix (12 pp.), each wire-stitched or sewn (230 x 180 mm). Part I includes an autograph letter signed from Frederic W. H. Myers in reply to an enquiry from Venman on life after death (19 April 1891, Leckhampton House, Cambridge); he writes that "I should conceive that the manifestations may be in some cases the result or reflection of passions energies exercised on earth … But I have intentionally kept my expressions on these points as general as possible, as I do not wish to theorize beyond the point which seems needful is one is to bind together actual observations". Myers (1843-1901) was one of the founders of the Society for Psychical Research (the SPR) and its driving force. "He devoted a great deal of time and energy to the investigation of cases of apparitions (he was co-author with Edmund Gurney and Frank Podmore of the monumental Phantasms of the Living, 2 vols., 1886) and of automatic writing, trance mediumship, and so forth, and travelled widely in Britain and abroad to obtain first-hand testimony and sit with mediums" (ODNB). Venman's "Gleanings" include articles or transcriptions from various authors, including Myers, on subjects from spirit photography (particularly those of John Beattie of Bristol) to apparitions, automatic writing, ghosts, and double personality.
An archive of approximately 22 autograph letters signed to Venman during the 1880s, concerning topics relevant to the Society of Psychical Research. This includes seven from Edward Trusted Bennett (1831-1908), first secretary of the SPR and author of The Society for Psychical Research: its Rise & Progress & a Sketch of its Work (1903). His letters all date to 1888, those of March intriguingly describe an "apparatus" that Venman had put before the council of the SPR. Bennett writes that large and small versions of this have arrived at the SPR but that "the putting together will be a practical difficulty" as "many people are so stupid!" (in passing he mentions Mrs Bidder, the wife of G. P. Bidder QC, a council member of the SPR). The "apparatus" turns out to be a planchette, a small board fitted with a pencil used for automatic writing and in seances. On 2 April, Bennett writes that he has left the assembly of the "Dial Planchette" in the hands of his wife and sister-in-law but that they found this too much of a challenge: "I am sorry to say that after an hour's patient trial it was given up in despair". As revealed here, it seems that Ernest Westlake, a member of the SPR since 1887, designed the models for the planchettes and Venman had them made up. Bennett notes that Frederic Myers has ordered a number of planchettes. Four letters are from F. W. Hayes of the SPR, from around the same period in 1888; in one he returns a copy of Paracelsus and discusses "the theory of the persistent vitality … in the case of persons dying by murder, suicide or accident" and the linga sarira of Hinduism; and in another has a dig at the Theosophical Society. The parapsychologist Edmund Gurney (1847-1888) writes to Venman on 3 September 1884 thanking him for having "taken the trouble to re-write those mesmeric cases which so unfortunately got mislaid by Mr Myers … they are of great interest … It is not an experiment that could well be deliberately repeated. I think that the trance can usually be 'slept off' & the subject awake normal". In a short note, F. M. Wright, a contributor to The Occult Review requests simply of Venman that he may "bring a fellow enquirer into occult subjects" to what we assume to be a talk that Venman was giving. The correspondence here reveals a figure at a nexus of information sharing and sheds light on the spirt of communality among members of the SPR.
Notebook 2 ("Book 'B' Chapter 6th").
Square octavo (190 x 160 mm). Black cloth notebook (ragged label of Westleys bookbinders pasted on front). Commonplace book, MS (approx. 30 pp.) headed "Book 'B' Chapter 6th". Includes essays on, inter alia, somnambulism, clairvoyance, and mesmerism.
Numerous written notes and essays in a variety of hands; includes material relating to physicist Sylvanus Thompson (with an unpublished manuscript poem and printed small broadside for a debate in which Thompson was to appear, with mss notes in margins); notes on unperceived motions in nature, on evolution of species, and much more. About 100 items, mostly manuscript though also a few printed items.
Square octavo (235 x 200 mm). Commercial quarter roan notebook, marbled sides. MS, 28 pp of mathematical calculations and diagrams; small quantity of clippings from Punch and newspapers.
Extensive MS notes on Plato, c. 35 pp; loose, on unlined sheets (200 x 165 mm).
Description
3 notebooks, square octavo (various sizes); approx. 22 autograph letters signed from various correspondents; approx. 100 notes in various hands; 35 pp. of notes on Plato.
Notebooks rubbed and used, commensurate with a working archive, but overall in good condition.
Owen Davies, Witchcraft, Magic and Culture 1736-1951, 1999.
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But with great power comes great responsibility, and the Monarch is tasked with safeguarding the delicate balance between the earthly realm and the supernatural. They dedicate their lives to the study and mastery of the occult, delving into ancient texts, deciphering cryptic symbols, and seeking out lost knowledge. Yet, despite their remarkable prowess, the Monarch remains an enigma even to those closest to them. Their true identity and origins shrouded in secrecy, they move through the shadows, leaving behind only whispers and legends. They are a singular figure that transcends the boundaries of the known world, straddling the line between myth and reality. The Monarch of the Occult is a beacon of inspiration for those who thirst for the forbidden knowledge that lies beyond our grasp. They represent the untapped potential of the human spirit, reminding us that there is more to our existence than what meets the eye. So, if you ever have the opportunity to witness the Monarch of the Occult, prepare to have your preconceived notions shattered and your understanding of the world forever altered. In their presence, the veil between the tangible and the ethereal will be lifted, and you will glimpse a fragment of the infinite and limitless possibilities that lie within the realms of the occult..
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