Collecting Rare Antiquarian Occult Books - Conversation with James Gray
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- How do you start collecting antiquarian books on topics of the Occult - alchemy, mysticism, inquisition or witchcraft? Join me in a conversation with veteran book dealer James Gray on the world of rare and antiquarian occult books.
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you are one of the rare youtubers i would like to eat wine and cheese with while listening to you speak
we out here
We certainly be
Enter in
Where else would we be, other than out here lol. Of course we are.
James is living my dream
Yeah, I think many will agree 💯
Fantastic discussion. Felt as if I stopped into a bookstore back in the day of green doors and everyone was friendly. ;-) The older books fascinate me on so many levels, particularly the countless hours of human interaction and presence during its use. The fragrance, notations, fingerprints, pollen spores and scuff marks. Each alive and unique to its experience, eager to fulfill its intended purpose. Side note: pollen spores are unique to every location in the world, grab a microscope to see all the locations your books may have been throughout their travels.
Well said.
Fascinating conversation between two scholars on rare books.
21 mins in....'James: 'Do you have a copy?'' Justin ''I have two'' ha ha remindes me of the Python's Holy Grail sketch ''No thank you we already gotta one, its-a very nice''.. :)
That honestly wasn't meant to be a flex - I need to rehouse one of them but can't decide which !
@@TheEsotericaChannel I am sure it was a spontaeous reaction... and it doesn't take a Freudian to guess why you are having trouble deciding which one to let go. Most collectors i know would rather lose a kidney than sell a fine book they have THREE copies of :)
Ha! The one is older and the other has a nicer binding..... problems, problems
Thanks for sharing this Dr. Sledge. This is always been one of those things that's always been interesting to me, but haven't looked into that deeply. Thanks for directing all of us to James' blog!
Thank you for all that you do.💜
So cool to think these historical books are not all locked away in museums and libraries and are available to 'ordinary' people to own. Sadly I cannot even justify a £200 book just for my pleasure in owning it. But I can make and write my own illuminated book and in 600 years time, if it survives, will be worth a fortune, shame I won't be there to enjoy its antiquity. Great interview Dr Sledge, thanks.
While I have nothing against private collectors, I'd argue it's also good that copies exist in museums and libraries and not all are locked away in private collections unavailable to those of us who cannot spend thousands of dollars to own a copy.
@@Altobrun that's why I appreciate translators and publishers that sell reprints of historical books. I will never be able to afford an original.
@@Bildgesmythe absolutely
Super Fascinating. I really enjoyed this video. Thanks to both of you for the talk. My interest in old books of any sort probably started when I was a kid and would go to used book stores in St. Augustine Fl with my mom. This one shop had a few shelves of old books from the 17th and 18th century I think. I loved those shops. So much knowledge and so many stories sitting on shelves waiting to be rediscovered. The only book I have of any real age (quite young compared to what you two are talking about) or monetary value is a first edition William Faulkner novel (missing the dust jacket unfortunately) that I bought at an estate sale for one dollar. I think it's worth about 200 to the right buyer. Due to my financial situation I'll probably never have anything particularly old or rare. But I always do keep an eye out all the same when I go to estate sales and the like.
Thank you Esoterica and James, i work in a bindery and this is inspiring me to get my foot into antiquarian stuff
Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful episode! Many thanks for this. I had the pleasure and honour of knowing and becoming biographer to the painter Robert Lenkiewicz... who had the best private library for esoterica, the occult, and witch-hunting in the British Isles, possibly in Europe. Even if you've tried to extinguish every superstition in your body there is something utterly magical about holding a MS which may once have been in the hands of Dee or Fludd or Kuhnrath.... Sadly, Robert's library was broken up and sold off after his death but you can get and impression of its scope if you Google ''Lenkiewicz Library Images''.
This looks like Dr. Sledge pearing into his future and its amazing
😂 it does omg 😆
what a fascinating career to have. i greatly appreciate both of you taking the time to do this interview. i hope one day to purchase an ancient book. at one time i had an 1854 Dante's Inferno, good condition, that i managed to find at an estate sale for only $50. it was quite large and thick, lavishly illustrated with the tracing paper protection pages. it was my prized possession, but that was long ago and has since been lost to time; i have no idea where that book is today.
The one with the tracing paper? And that illegible signature on the second to last page? I've got that now! Wow. Small world...
I love the music….
Dr. Sledge, your content is some of the best on TH-cam. I’ve literally marathoned your videos. Really good. 🙌
This is awesome! I just finished my second semester for my MLIS degree and a thirty-something page paper on rare books and special collections, and all of your and James' information would have been awesome additions; I'll get it in next time!
I really came to enjoy this interview…what a fun aspect of the channel!
Thanks Dr. sledge!
Love this kind of stuff. And those books showed off are beautiful book. Thanks a lot for the video brothers. Books are one of those things that you cant have enough of especially these days.
I too have a strange passion for antique books, I find it fascinating that the pages and cover of a book from the 1500’s can look WELL newer than say one from 1818… or even 1930 for that matter.
(It’s the acid, or lack there of)
I’ve only seen 3 books pre-1700 in my life, all had very white pages, and more curiously white…ish binding
,but no matter the age, as long as it’s a true antique and leather my favorite thing is the way they smell.
🤣😁
Trust me, around here, that passion is absolutely not strange
This was awesome! Thank you both :).
How nice to know there's a book seller who wants to work with customers to get them what they need. What a lovely video! ✨
This was fun. Thank you both.
This is incredible I know James, we also first met at the antiquarian book fair! Having just connected on these same subjects; he’s just such a great guy & an authentic sweet person! So incredibly happy to see him doing this on Esoterica-two worlds combine that I love-unexpected yet much needed & appreciated. James is just the best this is such a lovely & awesome surprise!
Love the new intro.
Oh nice Harvard square, I worked in Cambridge for years and of course did not know of your book store.... But this was a cool episode. Tyvm
Love me some BOOKS nice vid Doc!
codex that were not burnt.
Im sorry, but i keep getting Ninth Gate vibes lol! So cool...and he just referenced Ninth Gate lol!
I need those glorious things ❤️ if I had $$ like that I’d for sure own some.
What I would give just to be permitted a single hour to very respectfully browse that bookshelf
Reminds me of the relationship I had with my comicbook dealer...😄
these are magic books...😮
I really appreciate this video. I will say, though, I would appreciate hearing some discussion on the ethics of collecting antiquarian books. I know that among archaeologists, there's a great aversion to the private collection of artifacts, especially if they are separated from the culture they originate from. I myself collect some old books (nothing in my collection predates the mid 19th century), but I am hesitant to delve much further back for fear of privately owning something of historic significance and/or an artifact that may have been originally looted or otherwise unethically acquired. I would be curious to hear your thoughts on this.
Auction is king. ✌😄
Reminds me of the film "the 9th gate"
The idea of old Christian sermons as a starter collection is fantastic!
Oooo nice helloooooo❤
Excellent video, thank you. He alluded to "The Ritman Catalog" - I'm unfamiliar with it...could you provide a reference?
Yeah I have a $100 in my bank account and $1,000 on my credit cards I'm not buying any of these books anytime soon I wish though
I wonder what the Italian town mentioned at 46 involving a case of mass infanticide motivated by suspicion of witchcraft was ?
21:34 the 😂 size of that book
The further back in print one goes, the better idea one can grasp the truth about the past and it's history.
Do you have a link to that Ritman Library catalog that you mentioned? I don't see it on their website.
I wish you had asked about the movie NINTH GATE: is it a true story? Or any stories like that? (haha)
It got a mention ;)
Exactly my thought!
I think the most telling part was the sorcerer's books were not as horrible as the witch hunters. The real horror came from the so-called good guys. So.. not a true story.
would love to have one of those german sermons since i can read and speak german but...im just a poor student 😢
You can at least view most of them over at archive. Org
@@TheEsotericaChannel oh thats cool thanks for letting me know
If I had hundreds of thousands of dollars, I'd certainly buy as many of these as possible and vibe with their psychometric energy while reading....
Then, I'd hand select students and pay them well to read and translate the books; I'd get at least ten heads for ten translations of one book....
Oh yeah, and I'd preserve the books really well. Guess I should start a GoFundMe page hahahaha....
Oh yeah, oh yeah, if you haven't already seen it, you might enjoy THE NINTH GATE....😊😊😊😊
STAY TECH
Quick question for you guys. There was something I heard about years ago, but never knew if there was any truth to it or not, or maybe something it was maybe based on. It was supposedly a necklace that was put on a witch before burning them known as the eye of the witch? In the 80s a heavy metal band I listened too were super into the French inquisition and demons. He actually was sued bye kiss for using face paint and stuff. But yeah is there anything that you may have heard of like that?
"I only buy books that I like"
We don't hate watch in this house, so that means we don't hate read either ❤😂
Can someone please list their favorite authors and/or titles mentioned in this video and/or like volumes related to this topic?? I'm about ten years deep but still dont know a whole lot as far as titles are concerned- just the "well known" ones....
Also, y'all might seriously dig the spiritual alchemy inhetent in the lyrics of Archspire....
you got a spell book wel golly gee mister must cost a lot of bucks n by Latin do you mean catholism which i can't read or reg latin but real latin i can underrstan conically like audible
I wonder if he has the original sword of moses book
🤙Mahalo⚒️ for collab immediate click Aloha James
Them: "Describe yourself in three words."
Me: >This video's title
These books started it all :)
😀😀😀
Dr Sledge, Justin, buby... is that a bong on that chemistry stand behind you?
Nah, just a distillation setup. I don't fux with weed, makes me think I'm gonna die 💯
Which book did you say is the "most Harry Potter" of magic books?
disquisitionum magicarum libri sex by Martin del Rio
i'm going to start my collection with the voynich manuscript
I'll let Yale know you're coming ;)
i have lots of forgeries for sale! HMU!
:)
Are you interested in the Puerto Rican misa blanca tradition by any chance and Alan kardec spiritualism origin in France and How it spread around the world?
$30,000 for a book is daft
This sounds like a really expensive hobby.
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Booooy!
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