Writings of Austin Spare

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Author: Austin O. Spare ISBN: 1230000037811
Publisher: Murine Communications Publication: December 11, 2012
Imprint: Ancient Wisdom Publications Language: English
Author: Austin O. Spare
ISBN: 1230000037811
Publisher: Murine Communications
Publication: December 11, 2012
Imprint: Ancient Wisdom Publications
Language: English

Austin Osman Spare was an artist, philosopher and occult magician.  Like Aleister Crowley with whom he had a brief association, Spare was a genius in his own time unappreciated and vilified by a society that could little understand him.   His was the inspiration that led to the formation of the 'Illuminates of Thanateros' (IOT) in England in the late 1970’s and the practice of what is now known as 'Chaos Magic', (see Chaos Magic below).
Austin Osman Spare was born on the 30th of December 1886.  He was born of humble roots, the middle child and only son of five children.  His father was a policeman who often worked the night shift.  Money was short for the Spare family but when the young Spare began to show an unusual propensity for drawing and art, they managed to find enough funds to send him to art school.
At the age of seven somewhat alienated and oppressed by the females of his family, his mother and four sisters.  Spare was befriended by a mysterious old women, a sorceress by the name of Mrs. Patterson. Spare would often refer to her as his second mother, his 'Witch-mother'.  She taught Spare how to visualize and evoke spirits and elementals to reify his dream imagery.  She also initiated Spare into witchcraft during a sabbat meeting and gave him his craft name 'Zos'.
Mrs. Patterson greatly influenced the young Spare.  It was said that she could change her appearance from an old women to that of a young temptress at will.  She also had other unusual powers as well.  A portrait drawing Spare drew of her at the time, is reputed to change before the eyes of those who look upon it.   
Spare left school at the age of 13 to serve an apprenticeship in a stained glass works.  During the evenings he continued his education at an Art College in Lambeth, South London.  This led to a scholarship at the Royal College of Art where he began to study in earnest.

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Austin Osman Spare was an artist, philosopher and occult magician.  Like Aleister Crowley with whom he had a brief association, Spare was a genius in his own time unappreciated and vilified by a society that could little understand him.   His was the inspiration that led to the formation of the 'Illuminates of Thanateros' (IOT) in England in the late 1970’s and the practice of what is now known as 'Chaos Magic', (see Chaos Magic below).
Austin Osman Spare was born on the 30th of December 1886.  He was born of humble roots, the middle child and only son of five children.  His father was a policeman who often worked the night shift.  Money was short for the Spare family but when the young Spare began to show an unusual propensity for drawing and art, they managed to find enough funds to send him to art school.
At the age of seven somewhat alienated and oppressed by the females of his family, his mother and four sisters.  Spare was befriended by a mysterious old women, a sorceress by the name of Mrs. Patterson. Spare would often refer to her as his second mother, his 'Witch-mother'.  She taught Spare how to visualize and evoke spirits and elementals to reify his dream imagery.  She also initiated Spare into witchcraft during a sabbat meeting and gave him his craft name 'Zos'.
Mrs. Patterson greatly influenced the young Spare.  It was said that she could change her appearance from an old women to that of a young temptress at will.  She also had other unusual powers as well.  A portrait drawing Spare drew of her at the time, is reputed to change before the eyes of those who look upon it.   
Spare left school at the age of 13 to serve an apprenticeship in a stained glass works.  During the evenings he continued his education at an Art College in Lambeth, South London.  This led to a scholarship at the Royal College of Art where he began to study in earnest.

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