In
1904 at age 17 Austin Osman Spare had already exposed at the Royal
Academy and a year later produced his first book of drawings and
writings of a spiritual/magical nature , “Earth
Inferno”.
By
1910 he had become the London art hipsters poster boy, opened at
Bruton gallery in London and had been wooed by Aleister
Crowley into the ranks of the Argentium Astrum.
Despite
his increasing distaste for the art scene Spares
career soared until the calculated release of “The
Anathema of Zos”
in 1927 which was for him a formal exit. From this point until his
death in 1956 Spare dedicated his life to his understanding of the
occult and magical practice. His work in this field has become the foundation of many
practical magical systems including chaos magic.
Spare
is now rightfully reconsigned by some as one of the United Kingdoms
greatest figure artists not to mention one of the most important occultist
of the modern era. A truly lost treasure
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