Astrology
I occasionally get questions about the different editions of the Complete Picatrix. Ok, all editions of Picatrix have the same complete translation of Picatrix. The only difference is that they look different with different fonts, and illustrations and we have added some additional pages from sources other than Picatrix to each edition.
It's a judgment call. Choices can cause confusion! Still, print on demand makes it easy to provide different editions since they are just sitting on a server somewhere until the order comes in, you don't have to do a print run and have physical copies sitting in a warehouse.
It's kind of cool, I think to have different editions because different people like different stuff. Lots of people like the "goth" Liber Atratus (Black Book) It has black letter fonts and woodcut engravings, plus a passage on astrological poisons from Ibn Washiyya's Book of Poisons. It's available directly from the Renaissance Astrology website, but you can also get the Liber Atratus on Amazon.
On the other hand, the Liber Viridis (Green Book) is fairly fab, very loopy Renaissance calligraphic fonts, lots of elaborate foliage ornamentation with a Green Magic focus. It's available directly from the Renaissance Astrology website.
Finally the Liber Rubeus (Red Book) this could be termed Liber Sanguinis "the Book of Blood" this shares the "goth" formatting of the Liber Atratus, but adds a macabre passage from the Arabic Picatrix about the creation of a divinatory head. This edition is only initiated when the Moon is in the 5th Mansion.
It's available directly from the Renaissance Astrology website
- New Picatrix Editions!!!!
I am very pleased to announce 4 new editions of Picatrix, with one new limited time first edition!! To accommodate these changes I've completely revamped my Picatrix book section Ok, so obvious question is, "What's the difference between these...
- Book Recommendation: Bonatti "on Horary"
Here's another of my semi-regular traditional astrology book recommendations, Guido Bonatti's "On Horary" The 13th century Italian astrologer Guido Bonatti wrote one of the most important books of traditional astrology, the Liber Astronomiae...
- Book Of The Treasure Of Alexander Now Available!
I am extremely pleased to be able to launch a new Renaissance Astrology publication, the Book of the Treasure of Alexander! Leafing through the Book of the Treasure of Alexander, we realize that the movie and other fictional depictions of magic and astrology...
- Complete Picatrix Pre-orders!
Faster than I ever could have expected, we can now begin pre-orders for the Complete Picatrix! There are four different versions, leatherbound, clothbound and print on demand hardcovers and paperbacks. You will be among a select few to have the first...
- Picatrix Now On Amazon!
We really debated back and forth whether to put our English translation of the Latin Picatrix Books I & II on Amazon. On one hand Amazon takes a big chunk of the profits, but on the other hand, being on Amazon makes a book so much more accessible to...
Astrology
Different Picatrix Editions?
I occasionally get questions about the different editions of the Complete Picatrix. Ok, all editions of Picatrix have the same complete translation of Picatrix. The only difference is that they look different with different fonts, and illustrations and we have added some additional pages from sources other than Picatrix to each edition.
It's a judgment call. Choices can cause confusion! Still, print on demand makes it easy to provide different editions since they are just sitting on a server somewhere until the order comes in, you don't have to do a print run and have physical copies sitting in a warehouse.
It's kind of cool, I think to have different editions because different people like different stuff. Lots of people like the "goth" Liber Atratus (Black Book) It has black letter fonts and woodcut engravings, plus a passage on astrological poisons from Ibn Washiyya's Book of Poisons. It's available directly from the Renaissance Astrology website, but you can also get the Liber Atratus on Amazon.
On the other hand, the Liber Viridis (Green Book) is fairly fab, very loopy Renaissance calligraphic fonts, lots of elaborate foliage ornamentation with a Green Magic focus. It's available directly from the Renaissance Astrology website.
Finally the Liber Rubeus (Red Book) this could be termed Liber Sanguinis "the Book of Blood" this shares the "goth" formatting of the Liber Atratus, but adds a macabre passage from the Arabic Picatrix about the creation of a divinatory head. This edition is only initiated when the Moon is in the 5th Mansion.
It's available directly from the Renaissance Astrology website
- New Picatrix Editions!!!!
I am very pleased to announce 4 new editions of Picatrix, with one new limited time first edition!! To accommodate these changes I've completely revamped my Picatrix book section Ok, so obvious question is, "What's the difference between these...
- Book Recommendation: Bonatti "on Horary"
Here's another of my semi-regular traditional astrology book recommendations, Guido Bonatti's "On Horary" The 13th century Italian astrologer Guido Bonatti wrote one of the most important books of traditional astrology, the Liber Astronomiae...
- Book Of The Treasure Of Alexander Now Available!
I am extremely pleased to be able to launch a new Renaissance Astrology publication, the Book of the Treasure of Alexander! Leafing through the Book of the Treasure of Alexander, we realize that the movie and other fictional depictions of magic and astrology...
- Complete Picatrix Pre-orders!
Faster than I ever could have expected, we can now begin pre-orders for the Complete Picatrix! There are four different versions, leatherbound, clothbound and print on demand hardcovers and paperbacks. You will be among a select few to have the first...
- Picatrix Now On Amazon!
We really debated back and forth whether to put our English translation of the Latin Picatrix Books I & II on Amazon. On one hand Amazon takes a big chunk of the profits, but on the other hand, being on Amazon makes a book so much more accessible to...