In Memory of the Nativity of Kenneth Grant
Today is Kenneth Grant’s birthday.
His work, and the work of those that were inspired by him deeply effected my early career in magic. My copy of Nightside of Eden along with Linda Falorio’s Shadow Tarot and Mishlen Linden’s Typhonian Terratomas proved to be an incredibly potent combination. I count those explorations among the most important workings I have ever performed in terms of making me who I am today.
His text The Wisdom of S’lba helped prepare me for my adventures in Buddhism. His work overall helped me to see the 93 current as something that could be more vital than the repetition of Crowley rituals.
People that want a very linear approach to magic dismiss him much too easily. I did the same my self for a time. Imagine then my surprise to find myself in the Mauve Zone one night going “holy crap, he was right!”.
Sadly I am only in possession of three of the nine books in the Typhonian collection. I will have to set about collecting the rest.
