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Working on the cutting edge of both magic and art, Austin Osman Spare developed a unique synthesis of older ritual magic systems with post-modern, erotic, and surrealist themes. His theory of magic eschews complex formula and ritual to favor creativity, spontaneity, and ecstasy, embracing artistic expression and alternative sexualities. Collected here are some of Spare's most important works. Though dense and esoteric, these texts bear repeated study by the serious occultist, for they speak to the human drives that make real magic possible.

The selected works contained within this pocket-size volume of Crowley's works offer a way of thinking that is scientific and individualistic, but also deeply mythic and metaphysical, leaving room for both human intelligence and religious inspiration.

Tendrel: A Meeting of Minds is an examination and recollection that ventures into the heart of a unique cultural and intellectual crossroads. Anne Waldman's profound exploration of the fusion of poetics and Tibetan Buddhist wisdom, set against the backdrop of the compelling and provocative figures of Chögyam Trungpa and the celebrated writers of the Beat literary movement, shines a light on one of the most influential periods in American poetry. With the inclusion of never-before-published poetic works by Waldman, Tendrel offers a rare opportunity to delve into the soul of a generation, where the power and essence of spirituality, literature, and activism meet.

Astrid would rather blast off into space than suffer through her mental health struggles. Literally. Alongside astrophysicist and engineer, Doctor Barbara Loonsfoot, Astrid schemes and pilfers the components for a ship capable of reaching a lightyears-away world. Astrid's mother, Cassie, and best friend, Willa, have spread themselves thin. Astrid attempted to take her own life not long ago, and they are doing everything they can to keep her from sinking to those depths again. Cassie has even turned to an eccentric new psychiatrist-a one Doctor Barbara Loonsfoot-to aid in Astrid's ongoing recovery. But Loonsfoot and Astrid's ship needs one more thing: uranium. And there happens to be a nuclear power plant nearby.

Evoking the black humor of Kurt Vonnegut, Jonathan Lethem's way of subverting expectations, and a delightful strangeness endemic to a world of her own, Claire Hopple's work reveals the enchanting, the absurd, the violent, and the sensational. A woman wants to be caught stealing people's identities, but nobody is paying attention. A suburban father becomes convinced that he's transformed into a dinosaur-shaped chicken nugget. A hitman's target collapses before he can be killed. The novella and stories in Echo Chamber reverberate, wild and beautiful.

Fleeing the emotional tragedies of his hometown in Kansas, Tanner Ballengee set out for Southeast Asia. The plan was to meet up with a comrade and ride motorcycles across Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia, a harsh bargethrough the infamous Killing Season. The only problem was that Ballengee knew nothing about the region, even less about motorcycles, and only had the money he'd been able to save by delivering pizzas. The result is a narrative that entirely shuns the tedious pretensions of travel writing. Full of illegal camping, horny monks, and plenty of booze, Tourorist strips lust for experience to the bone.

The Green and the Gold is the story of a young man trying his damnedest to deal with the changing terrain of life. It's about the small town he grew up in, and the larger one he went off to for college. It is a very Midwestern book and because of that it is the most American kind of book. The Green and the Gold is a story of quiet winter days, frozen interstates, troubled love, work, fevers, sex, basement parties, horses, cattle, corn fields and soy fields, cowboys, college kids, and farm families.- From the foreword by Adam Gnade, author of Float me Away Floodwaters

In June 2020, Trident Booksellers and Cafe celebrated its 40th anniversary. This book was made in celebration. It commemorates the history and community of Trident with pictures, stories, poems and more submitted by the Trident community near and far, old and new. May Trident continue to be a scared communal space in Boulder for many years to come!

Samantha focuses on slowing down her breath. Slower and Slower, invisible to the naked eye.Carmen, Margo, and Camille continue chanting.Samantha exhales one last time. Her head slowly tilts up, helping her soul leave the body.Her breath disappears as the candles go out... one... by... one.Darkness.Camille, Carmen, and Margo are still, silent, absorbing the moment of transcendence. Four grandmas stop the passing of generational karma by interrupting a wedding with a funeral. Los Espiritus is an absurdist, spiritual romantic comedy with a heartfelt message: "How do we transcend our humanity?"

"Socialism, Communism, or whatever one chooses to call it, by converting private property into public wealth, and substituting co-operation for competition, will restore society to its proper condition of a thoroughly healthy organism, and insure the material well-being of each member of the community."

Ex-girlfriends. LSD. Motorcycle and canoe trips. Seinfeld. Skateboarding. Drunk friends and punk rock and shitty jobs. Sixty Tattoos I Secretly Gave Myself at Work is the most beautiful, the most vulnerable of punk and adventure memoirs. Each vignette centers around a hand-poked tattoo that the author gave himself on company time.

I looked at Little Guy face down in the dirt with 200-plus pounds of correctional officer on his spine. Depending on dosage, a typical mescaline trip can last anywhere from eight to 12 hours. It was the American West on a Friday night.

What if you had to live for eternity with your current shitty attitude?

it gets cold demands a body that is both the haunting and the house, a queerness that is both living and dying. What can be gained by inhabiting this liminal space? What can the inhabitation of dying bring to the living? What can be done when it gets cold?