THE ALTAR OF SACRIFICE (1st Edition) - Mark Alan Smith (Primal Craft, 2013)

First edition. Hardback. Hand-numbered edition of 999 copies. 400 pages.

The Altar of Sacrifice is the first of “The Books of the Way of Sacrifice.” The first volume in this closely woven trilogy consists of three inner books, each revealing legendary power of the Olde Ways, attained through the Arte of Bloody Sacrifice. The Path of the Devotee is illuminated from the initial Gift and Pact that opens The Way of Sacrifice, to the formation of the Mother Temple of Four Pillars of Fire through Vortices of Death and Gnosis of the Apocalyptic Keys. Glyphs filled with sacrificial blood open the Backward Atlantean Path of Hecate. The bodies of forest beasts of modern and ancient worlds are entered, with the Formula of Soul Inversion. Knowledge of the Atlantean Priests is revealed.

Contents : 

1 OPENING THE WAY OF SACRIFICE
2 THE FOUR LESSER FEASTS OF WITCHFIRE
3 BLOOD OF THE ATLANTEAN DRAGON KING
4 THE PATH OF ANCESTRAL VENOM
5 THE HORNS OF THAUMIEL
6 QUEEN OF BLOODFIRE
7 THE DRAGON GATE OF SACRIFICE
8 GATEWAYS OF THE PRIMAL AEON
BOOK TWO: THE BOOK OF THE TEMPLE   OF FOUR PILLARS OF FIRE
9 TEMPLE OF THE ATLANTEAN TRIDENT OF WITCHCRAFT
10 OPENING THE BACKWARD WAY OF HECATE’S PRIMAL TEMPLE
11 KALAS OF WITCHFIRE
BOOK THREE: THE BOOK OF ATLANTEAN FIRE
12 SUMMONING THE DRAGON’S FIRE
13 GATEWAYS OF THE DRACONIAN BLOOD OF THE GODS
14 THE ELEMENTAL BODY OF THE TEMPLE
15 THE CHALICE OF SACRIFICE
16 MAGUS OF THE DARK STELLAR GATE

Condition : Excellent / Near Fine. Unread copy with light shelf-wear to boards / edges, otherwise mint.