Anand, Margo
The Art of Sexual Ecstasy
Comment:
One of my favorites! Buy this book! JT
Anand, Margo
The Art of Sexual Magic
Comment:
She presents the information and techniques in a way
that is palatable to Westerners. Her workshops are wonderful too! JT
[Anonymous] (attributed to Hargrave Jennings, q.v.)
Phallic Worship
Privately Printed, 1880, London
Comment:
A fine tome on phallic worship. PR
Comment:
I have not seen this volume, but for reasons that will become obvious, it is worth mentioning that it is not listed in the
series advertisements for the anonymous "Nature Worship and Mystical Series"
titles listed below. CY
Note: the following nine anonymous works, published under the series heading "Nature Worship and Mystical Series," are listed in chronological order of publication rather than alphabetical order, for ease of understanding their relationship to one another. Although no author is given, they were all issued in matching cream vellum bindings with red stamping and bevelled edges, limited to 500 copies. For similar works of the same era, see also entries under the authors Clifford Howard, Hargrave Jennings, and Sha Rocco. For guesses about the true identity of the author, see "Byways in Bibliography" at the end of this section.
[Anonymous] (attributed to Hargrave Jennings, q.v.)
Phallism: A Description of the Worship of Lingam-Yoni in
Various Parts of the World, and in Different Ages, with an
Account of Ancient and Modern Crosses, Particularly the Crux
Ansata (or Handled Cross) and Other Symbols Connected with the
Mysteries of Sex Worship
"Nature Worship and Mystical Series" [#1]
Privately Printed, 1889, London.
Reprinted as "Phallicism"; Privately Printed, circa 1890-91, London
viii + 107 pp., with a bibliography
Comment:
Red cover stamping: the word "Phallism." A later edition -- with
different interior typesetting but matching binding -- is cover-stamped
"Crux Ansata" and bears an image of an ankh. The reprint was offered for sale in
later series advertisements under the title "Phallicism." CY
[Anonymous] (attributed to Hargrave Jennings, q.v.;
attributed by the bibliographer Gershon Legman to the otherwise
unknown Abisha S. Hudson, who is equated with the pseudonymous
Sha Rocco, q.v.)
Ophiolatreia: An Account of the Rites and Mysteries Connected
with the Origin, Rise, and Development of Serpent Worship in Various
Parts of the Word, Enriched with Interesting Traditions, and a
Full Description of the Celebrated Serpent Mounds and Temples,
the Whole Forming an Exposition of One of the Phases of Phallic,
or Sex Worship
"Nature Worship and Mystical Series" [#2]
Privately printed, 1889, London
viii + 103 pp.
Comment:
Red cover stamping: a caduceus. There are knotty problems
associated with Legman's attribution of this title to Hudson
rather than to Jennings. For details, see "Byways
in Bibliography" at the end of this section. CY
[Anonymous] (attributed to Hargrave Jennings, q.v.)
Phallic Objects, Monuments, and Remains: Illustrations of
the Rise and Development of the Phallic Idea (Sex Worship) and
Its Embodiment in Works of Nature and Art
"Nature Worship and Mystical Series" [#3]
Privately Printed, 1889, London.
viii + 76 pp.
Comment:
Red cover stamping: a phallic-shaped tower. In the preface, the author refers to "our volumes,
'Phallism,' and 'Ophiolatreia," thus reinformcing the idea that
one person wrote all the titles in this series. This volume is largely devoted to the round towers of
Ireland, a subject that provides a definite thematic link between
the anonymous author and Hargrave Jennings, whose book
"Phallicism, Celestial and Terrestrial" also addresses the same
topic. In addition, a chapter here covers Neolithic "holed stones" of Ireland. CY
[Anonymous] (attributed to Hargrave Jennings, q.v.)
Cultus Arborum: A Descriptive Account of Phallic Tree
Worship with Illustrative Legends, Superstitions, ec.; Exhibiting
Its Origin and Development Amongst the Eastern and Western
Nations of the World, from the Earliest to Modern Times
"Nature Worship and Mystical Series" [#4]
Privately printed, [1890?], London.
??? pp.
Comment:
I do not have a copy of
this one (YET!) but it is listed in the series ads as "in
preparation" immediately after "Phallic Objects, Monuments, and
Remains." A note in the advertisement states that "This work has
a valuable bibliography which will be of the greatest use and
value to the student of Ancient Faiths. It contains references to
nearly five hundred works on Phallism and kindred subjects." CY
[Anonymous] (attributed to Hargrave Jennings, q.v.)
Fishes, Flowers, and Fire as Elements and Deities in the
Phallic Faiths and Worship of the Ancient Religions of Greece,
Babylon, Rome, India, etc., with Illustrative Myths and Legends
"Nature Worship and Mystical Series" [#5]
Privately printed, [1890?], London.
??? pp.
Comment:
I do not have a copy of
this one (YET!) but it is listed in the series ads as "in
preparation" immediately after "Cultus Arborum." CY
[Anonymous] (attributed to Hargrave Jennings, q.v.)
Archaic Rock Inscriptions: an Account of the Cup and Ring
Marking on the Sculptural Stones of the Old and New Worlds
"Nature Worship and Mystical Series" [#6]
Privately printed, [1890?], London.
??? pp.
Comment:
I do not have a copy of
this one (YET!) but it is listed in the series ads as "in
preparation" immediately after "Fishes, Flowers, and Fire." CY
[Anonymous] (attributed to Hargrave Jennings, q.v.)
Nature Worship: An Account of Phallic Faiths and Practices,
Ancient and Modern, Including the Adoration of the Male and
Female Powers in Various Nations and the Sacti Puja of Indian
Gnosticism
"Nature Worship and Mystical Series" [#7]
Privately printed, 1891, London.
105 pp.
Comment:
Red cover stamping: an Indian lingam-argha and the
words "Nature Worship." The preface mentions the "exhaustion of the
first edition of Phallicism [sic]" and implies that it will be
reprinted. The text also refers to the author's previous books on
"the Worship of Serpents, of Trees, Fishes, Flowers, Fire, etc."
-- again reinforcing the claim that all titles in the series are
by the same writer. CY
[Anonymous] (attributed to Hargrave Jennings, q.v.)
Phallic Miscellanies: Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern
Sex Worship, as Explained Chiefly in the Religions of India: an
Appendix of Additional and Explanatory matter to the volumes
Phallism, and Nature Worship
"Nature Worship and Mystical Series" [#8]
Privately printed, 1891, London
viii + 104 pp.
Comment:
Red cover stamping: the words "Phallic Miscellanies." A
series advertisement notes that this is "by the author of
Phallism." CY
[Anonymous] (attributed to Hargrave Jennings, q.v.)
Mysteries of the Rosie Cross, or the History of that
Curious Sect of the Middle Ages, known as the Rosicrucians, with
Examples of their Pretensions and Claims
"Nature Worship and Mystical Series" [#9]
Privately printed, [1891?], London.
??? pp.
Comment:
I do not have a copy of
this one (YET!) but it is listed in the series ads immediately
after "Phallic Miscellanies." This title, which seems off the
topic of "Sex Worship," however provides a definite thematic link
between the anonymous author and Hargrave Jennings, whose book
"Phallicism, Celestial and Terrestrial, Heathen and Christian,
Its Connexion with the Rosicrucians and the Gnostics and its
Foundation in Buddhism" attempts to document the sex-worship
practices of the Rosicrucians. CY
Byways in Bibliography: About the Authorship of the "Nature Worship and Mystical Series"
Advertisements and text in these books make it clear that the entire series is the work of one person. Most bibliographers attribute all nine volumes to Hargrave Jennings (q.v.), and i concur with this. The one bibliographer who believed othewrwise is Gershon Legman. He stated that "Ophiolatreia," the second volume in the set, was written by Abisha S. Hudson. Legman did not publish this theory, merely noting it on a piece of paper he slipped into his personal copy of the book in question. However, Legman's stature being what it is, his little note has entered several bibliographical databases and been published in numerous bookdealers' catalogues.
To understand why Legman reached this conclusion, it is necessary to know that the name Sha Rocco (q.v.) appears as the author of two books similar to those listed above, namely "The Masculine Cross" and "Sexual Mythology," and that Sha Rocco -- an obvious pseudonym -- is said by some bibliographers to have been the pen-name of one Abisha S. Hudson. However, no biographical data on Abisha S. Hudson has ever come to light, and it is highly likely that this was yet another pseudonym for the author of "The Masculine Cross."
Legman probably drew the conclusion that "Ophiolatreia" was written by Rocco/Hudson because (1) the writing style is the same, (2) in one edition of "Phallism" there is an advertisement for a "cream vellum binding" edition of Sha Rocco's "The Masculine Cross" which places it before "Phallism," indicating its earlier publication date, and (3) circa 1890 edition of "The Masculine Cross" is a reprint of the 1874 Sha Rocco book bound to match the "Nature Worship and Mystical Series" titles [making it #0 in the series]. Here is what the bookdealer Peter Cockrell (antiques@cockrell.co.uk) says of this reprint:
[In] reference [to] your web page describing "Nature Worship & Mystical Series" and to your comments on the inclusion of "The Masculine Cross" in the series:We have a copy of "Masculine Cross" which matches your description of having cream vellum bindings with red stamping and which lists, in the back, "Nature Worship & Mystical Series" -- "only a very limited number - privately printed" -- and which then lists the following titles:
NATURE WORSHIP
OPHIOLATREIA
PHALLIC OBJECTS
FISHES, FLOWERS & FIRE
CULTUS ARBORUM
PHALLIC MISCELLANIES
ARCHAIC ROCK INSCRIPTIONS
MYSTERIES OF THE ROSIE CROSS.This information would seem to place our book, very clearly, in the series.
So there are two problems with Legman's theory:
(1) "Ophiolatreia" is part of the "Nature Worship and Mystical Series" and in ads and text it is made clear that this series is the work of a single author. Thus, if the otherwse unknown Abisha S. Hudson wrote "Ophiolatreia," he would have had to have written the entire series, which Legman does not claim for him.
(2) Most bibliographers attribute the nine volume "Nature Worship and Mystical Series" set (minus "The Mascuine Cross") to Hargrave Jennings, but in fact the writing style and subject matter of all ten volumes in the series (including "The Mascuine Cross" by Sha Rocco) are virtually identical to those found in Jennings' "Phallisicm, Celestial and Terrestrial," to which he affixed his real name.
Fitting this data together, it is clear that three contradictory suppositions arise:
(A) Inclusion of "The Masculine Cross" by Sha Rocco in the "Nature Worship and Mystical Series" by Jennings is an unexplained anomoly and the other nine books in the series (including "Ophiolatreia") were written by Hargrave Jennings, as most bibliographers state;
(B) Inclusion of "The Masculine Cross" by Sha Rocco in the "Nature Worship and Mystical Series" implies that Rocco / Hudson -- not Hargrave Jennings -- wrote the entire series. This theory has not been published by any bibliographers, inlcuding Legman, who merely attributed "Ophiolatreia" to Hudson;
(C) Inclusion of "The Masculine Cross" by Sha Rocco in the "Nature Worship and Mystical Series" by Jennings is a tacit admission by the author himself that the pseudonymous "Sha Rocco" who wrote "The Masculine Cross" in 1874 is none other than Hargrave Jennings, who wrote "Phallicism, Celestial and Terrestrial" in 1884 and is widely believed to have written the entire "Nature Worship and Mystical Series" of 1889-1891.
I have favoured theory (C) since first taking up this problem, but have hesitated to go up against so respected an authority as Gershon Legman. When and if further information on this one-hundred-year-old literary mystery is forthcoming, i shall present it here.
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