{"product_id":"yearning-for-spirit","title":"Yearning for Spirit by Lucian Blaga (Hell Fire Club Books, 2018) Limited Edition Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eLucian Blaga. \u003cem\u003eYearning for Spirit: Daimonion \u0026amp; Selected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e. Translated \u0026amp; illustrated by Radiana-Georgina Pit with a Foreword by Georg Dehn. Hell Fire Club Books, 2018. Quarter leather binding with silk covered boards and marbled end-papers. 93 pages. Limited to 150 copies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition: \u003c\/strong\u003eFine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription from the publisher: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"style460\" align=\"center\"\u003eDaimonion\u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003eSelected Poems of\u003cbr\u003eLucian Blaga\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"style460\" align=\"center\"\u003eTranslated and illustrated by Radiana Pit\u003cbr\u003eForeword by Georg Dehn\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e“Rather be called a devil worshipper, an agnostic, an atheist, or even The Great Beast, than corrupt your deepest spirituality\u003cbr\u003ein the face of organised intolerance”\u003cbr\u003e(Georg Dehn)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003eHere for the first time is the work of powerful Romantic Luciferian banned poet and philosopher Lucian Blaga (born Romania 1895) presented by the extraordinary artist, musician and practitioner of\u003cbr\u003efolk magic Radiana Pit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"style404\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"style8\"\u003e‘…\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"style450\"\u003eI wrapped mys\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"style461\"\u003eelf in heavy clouds of oil\u003cbr\u003eAnd with the great flood of lightning\u003cbr\u003eI melted the rough links\u003cbr\u003eIn which headed with iron\u003cbr\u003eI guarded the depths of the world.\u003cbr\u003eI am a lord of my own\u003cbr\u003eAnd wandering through cosmic swirls\u003cbr\u003eThrough a flight of flames I shall defeat\u003cbr\u003eThe limits which separate me from the force\u003cspan class=\"style8\"\u003e…’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"style484\" align=\"justify\"\u003eFrom the translator’s introduction:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Through his work, he developed a sense of \u003cem\u003eMyth and Magic\u003c\/em\u003e that he does not only acknowledge as the embrionary states of history and religion, but also as a drive for science and art, and the closest thing to the Guardian of Mysteries – \u003cem class=\"lazyloaded\"\u003eThe Great Anonymous\u003c\/em\u003e. He was always a passionate promoter of self awareness and of the cultural dignity of the Romanian people. His attempt was to raise awareness about the inner rhythm of the mythical and magical plane, though he was often misunderstood. This may be the reason why, alongside his spiritual attitude, the sense of yearning for the sacro-profane essence of this plane is so present in his poetry. And that is a distinctive characteristic of Blaga’s philosophy and poetry: \u003cem\u003eyearning for spirit\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI believe \u003cem\u003eDaimonion\u003c\/em\u003e to be a pillar of \u003cem\u003eRomantic Luciferianism\u003c\/em\u003e. It speaks of a force, overwhelmingly active in some, that exceeds our comprehension. I often take it to be God (or the Great Anonymous) shattered within our lives, history, being.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"style484\" align=\"justify\"\u003eLucian Blaga was a radical Luciferian personality whose influences included Faustian and Transylvanian folk currents, included in the present publication is his essay ‘Daimonion’ and a selection of his spiritual poetry. His defiance of communist control and his insistence on the prime position of the daemonic genius as the source of all art and discovery place him in the ranks of Faustian figures from Goethe to Aleister Crowley, despite being banned by the communists his position as Cultural Professor in the Romanian University of Cluj and his achievements as a playwright, novelist, diplomat and philosopher led him to nomination for the Nobel Prize by the renowned Mircea Eliade. Publishing plays and volumes of poetry throughout his life, Blaga was active in promulgating his highly individual and magical philosophical ideas (beginning with an early essay on the subjectivity of time) including ‘Luciferian Knowledge’ (1933) and his vast ‘Cosmological Trilogy’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"style484\" align=\"justify\"\u003eSelected Poems are from the following collections of Blagas work:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"style484\" align=\"justify\"\u003ePoems of Night (1919)\u003cbr\u003eThe Prophets Footsteps (1921)\u003cbr\u003eIn the Great Passage (1924)\u003cbr\u003eIn Praise of Sleep (1929)\u003cbr\u003eAt the Watershed (1933)\u003cbr\u003eAt the Courtyard of Yearning (1938)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arcane Offerings","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48177196925098,"sku":null,"price":93.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0622\/8407\/1082\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_14b38db1-a729-4e99-8b02-58ddb9825c5e.jpg?v=1775526521","url":"https:\/\/arcaneofferings.com\/products\/yearning-for-spirit","provider":"Arcane Offerings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}