For anyone interested in religious or art history, or for those looking either for inspiration or a patron saint, this appealing compendium is a beautiful, informative guide to the glories -- and weaknesses -- of sainthood and saints.

For beauty, humor, pathos, and captivating detail, few stories can equal those of the saints: Ursula was slaughtered by the Huns along with 11,000 other virgins; Joseph of Cupertino was legendary for recognizing sinners, whose faces appeared black to him; an angel dropped down a chastity belt for Thomas Aquinas. 

Lushly illustrated with portraits drawn from medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and contemporary sources, this elegant book offers concise, accessible retellings of over 120 saints' lives, from the renowned and popular to the obscure, together with a list of their attributes and feast days.

Rare Vintage Book – La Magie Africaine – Les Cauris: Paroles des Dieux (1995, Éditions du Rocher)

Discover a hidden gem in the world of African divinatory traditions with this rare vintage book authored by Jean-Yves Le Fèvre and Gnamba Cheikh. Published in 1995 by Éditions du Rocher, this French-language book explores the sacred practice of caurilogie—divination through cowrie shells, a deeply rooted spiritual art in West Africa.

Key Features:
Title: La Magie Africaine – Les Cauris: Paroles des Dieux
Authors: Jean-Yves Le Fèvre & Gnamba Cheikh
Publisher: Éditions du Rocher, 1995
Language: French
Format: Softcover
Pages: 126 pp (approx.)
Illustrated with 80 symbolic drawings
ISBN: 2-268-01886-5

What’s Inside?
The book offers both theoretical insight and practical guidance, teaching readers how to prepare and use the cauris (cowrie shells) for African oracle reading. Rich in ethnographic context, it unveils the animistic traditions and sacred symbology that have remained largely unknown in the West.

Why You’ll Love It:
Perfect for collectors of rare spiritual books, ethnology enthusiasts, and practitioners of African traditional spirituality. This book is a rare opportunity to access authentic teachings from Burkina Faso’s divinatory wisdom, illustrated with care and depth.

Condition:
Very good vintage condition. Minimal shelf wear. All pages intact.

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A breathtaking and truly singular creation, The Encyclopaedia of Fernal Affairs is one of the most ambitious visionary-art publications of the 21st century. Conceived, designed, and produced by Liba Waring Stambollion, this monumental volume gathers the work of 114 international artists, forming a complete illustrated mythology of the sublime and surreal world of Fernalia.

More than a book, it is a portal: a 245-page hardback overflowing with hyper-detailed paintings, illuminated letters, intricate borders, maps, and essays exploring the metaphysics, species, gods, culture, eroticism, architecture, flora, fauna, portals, spirits, and rituals of the Fernal universe.

This copy is signed by the artist, making it especially desirable.
Printed in 2015, this is the Limited Edition of only 1000 copies, long sold-out and increasingly difficult to find.

Details

🔹 Title: The Encyclopaedia of Fernal Affairs
🔹 Edition: Limited to 1000 copies (2015) – SIGNED
🔹 Format: Full-colour hardback, 245 pages - Size: Approx. 30 × 23 cm
🔹 Designed & Produced by: Liba W. Stambollion
🔹 Contributors: 114 artists (visionary, outsider, surrealist, fantastic art)
🔹 Condition: Excellent internal condition; cover in very good condition as photographed

🪶 Collector’s Note

This encyclopaedia has acquired cult status among visionary art collectors. Its fusion of myth-making, fantastical taxonomy, and cutting-edge contemporary art mirrors the spirit of Hieronymus Bosch, Ernst Fuchs, and outsider surrealism—yet stands entirely on its own.

Because the edition was capped at 1000 copies, and many are now kept in private collections, signed copies are exceptionally scarce. Each page is a self-contained artwork, making the book a treasure for lovers of esoteric worlds, imaginative ecosystems, and high-concept collaborative art.

A centrepiece volume worthy of any serious collection.

A biography by Nicole Rudick told in Saint Phalle's own words, assembled from rare and unseen materials

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Siglio
• Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 21, 2022
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Print length ‏ : ‎ 267 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1938221311
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1938221316
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.3 pounds
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.75 x 1.1 x 10 inches

Known best for her exuberant, often large-scale sculptural works that celebrate the abundance and complexity of female desire, imagination and creativity, Niki de Saint Phalle viewed making art as a ritual, a performance―a process connecting life to art.

This unconventional, illuminated biography, told in the first person in Saint Phalle's voice and her own hand, dilates large and small moments in Saint Phalle's life which she sometimes reveals with great candor, at other times carefully unwinding her secrets. Nicole Rudick, in a kind of collaboration with the artist, has assembled a gorgeous and detailed mosaic of Saint Phalle's visual and textual works from a trove of paintings, drawings, sketches and writings, many previously unpublished or long unavailable, that trace her mistakes and successes, her passions and her radical sense of joy.

Saint Phalle's invocation―her "bringing to life"―writes Rudick, "is an apt summation of the overlap of Saint Phalle’s life and art: both a bringing into existence and a bringing to bear. These are visions from the frontiers of consciousness."

A captivating early-20th-century manual on the art of divination, offering one of the most accessible and influential introductions to French cartomancy of its time.
Published by the Parisian editor A.-L. Guyot, this rare booklet belongs to the inexpensive esoteric collections sold at newsstands and bookshops at the turn of the century—yet very few copies survived in collectible condition.

Richly illustrated on the cover, the book explores the origins and methods of fortune telling with cards, blending practical instruction with occult tradition. It examines the teachings of Etteilla, the legacy of Mademoiselle Lenormand, the symbolic structures of Egyptian Tarot, and the mystical narratives that shaped modern divination in France.

Divided into thematic chapters, it covers subjects such as the history of card reading, the interpretation of suits and spreads, the role of intuition, biographies of famous seers, and the connection between Tarot, the Book of Thoth, and the Bohemian (Romani) esoteric tradition.

🔹 Title: L’Art de Tirer les Cartes
🔹 Author: (Attributed) — Collection A.-L. Guyot
🔹 Publisher: A.-L. Guyot, 20 Rue des Petits-Champs, Paris
🔹 Year: Early 1900s (c.1900–1910)
🔹 Dimensions: approx. 18 × 12 cm
🔹 Pages: Complete
🔹 Language: French
🔹 Binding: Original softcover with illustrated chromolithographed wrapper
🔹 Condition: Adhesive marks and wear to the cover margins; light foxing on some pages; overall solid and remarkably well-preserved for a booklet of 120+ years (as pictured)

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🪶 Collector’s Note

A beautiful survivor from the early 1900s, this rare Guyot edition captures the birth of modern cartomancy through Lenormand, Etteilla, and the Egyptian Tarot revival. A charming, fragile, and culturally important manual—nearly impossible to find today in complete condition. A treasure for any Tarot or esoteric library.

Awaken your inner High-Priestess and divine feminine energy

Step into a radiant journey of spiritual discovery with this beautifully illustrated and deeply inspiring book by best-selling author Doreen Virtue, PhD. In Goddesses & Angels, the reader is invited to reconnect with sacred feminine energy through encounters with powerful goddesses, healing angels, and ascended masters.

From Sedona to Hawaii, Glastonbury to the South Pacific, Doreen shares personal spiritual experiences and divine messages received from figures like Mother Mary, Isis, and Kuan Yin. Learn how to invoke their guidance in your everyday life and awaken your own sacred gifts.

💫 Highlights:
Published by Hay House UK, 2003
Hardcover with dust jacket (light wear, visible edge creases – see photos)
ISBN: 1-4019-0473-4
245 pages of spiritual insight, meditations, and divine wisdom
A practical guide for connecting with feminine deities and celestial allies

Perfect for lovers of goddess spirituality, angel work, and intuitive development.

Very rare edition for connoisseurs and collectors.