{"product_id":"obsolete-spells-poems-prose-from-victor-neuburg-the-vine-press-9781913689261","title":"Obsolete Spells: Poems \u0026 Prose from Victor Neuburg \u0026 the Vine Press","description":"\u003cb\u003eA collection of rare pagan poetry and purple prose from the heart of the 1920s counterculture.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVictor Neuburg is most famous for two things: discovering Dylan Thomas, and being the man that Aleister Crowley once turned into a camel. \u003ci\u003eObsolete Spells\u003c\/i\u003e offers another side of Neuburg, through his own poems and the strange books of Vine Press, the hand-operated imprint he ran from his West Sussex cottage between 1920 and 1930. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNeuburg's youth involved terrifying-yet-farcical years as Crowley's lover, victim, and magickal sidekick. His later period, as editor of the influential Poet's Corner column for the \u003ci\u003eSunday Referee\u003c\/i\u003e, found him a key figure in London's literary scene. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut in between, Neuburg acted as a conduit for bohemian writers, arts luminaries, and the sexually adventurous: Peter Warlock set his words to music, singer Marian Anderson lived in his spare room, and he was a fixture at utopian community, the Sanctuary. Through it all, he turned the handle on the Vine Press: books of nature writing and anonymous song; poems and artwork worthy of \u003ci\u003eThe Wicker Man\u003c\/i\u003e, side-by-side with a book on cricket. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eObsolete Spells\u003c\/i\u003e offers a selection of Neuburg's work and others from Vine Press books--over-the-top hymns to the Old Gods, tales from a utopian landscape, and more, most of which has been out of print for a century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Strange Attractor Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/12\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781913689261\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240","brand":"Justin Hopper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42132466008245,"sku":"9781913689261","price":18.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_fab24c93-6659-42d8-9d2a-244c12d7fa7d.jpg?v=1652813427","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/obsolete-spells-poems-prose-from-victor-neuburg-the-vine-press-9781913689261","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}