- Earth Inferno
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name = Earth Inferno
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author =Austin Osman Spare
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country =England
language = English
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genre =Occult
publisher = C.H.L., London
release_date = Feb 1905
media_type = Limited print (Paperback )
pages = 34 pages
isbn = ISBN 1872189563
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followed_by =A Book of Satyrs (1907)Earth Inferno is the first book by the English artist and magician
Austin Osman Spare . Conceived as an anti-establishment reaction to the publicity surrounding his inclusion in the Royal Academy summer show in 1904, the book was developed over the remainder of that year and was eventually published in 1905. Printed by the Co-Operative Printing Society, the book was designed by the artist and self-published in an edition of 265 numbered and signed copies. [ [http://www.austinspare.co.uk/bibliography.html "Revised Notes Towards A Bibliography of Austin Osman Spare"] , Clive Harper and Mandrake Press, 2007 ] .Influenced heavily by
Dante 's "Inferno" the book is decorated with poems and aphorisms in an aesthetic style and clearly shows the design influence of Spare's early supporter Charles Ricketts. Each pair of pages contains a painting a commentary toward that painting. In addition to excerpts from Dante, the book also contains excerpts from Edward FitzGerald's translation of "Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam ".Published when the artist was 18 years of age the book introduces the reader for the first time to Spare's fundamental concepts such as Kia, Ikkah and Sikah and Zos.
On page 10, Spare alluded the title "The Book of KIĀ" to this book.
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Austin Osman Spare External links
* [http://www.fulgur.co.uk/ebooks/earth-inferno-1905.pdf Facsimile of the original book]
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