{"product_id":"via-tortuosa-an-exposition-on-crooked-path-sorcery-by-daniel-a-schulke-amp-robert-fitzgerald","title":"Via Tortuosa: An Exposition on Crooked Path Sorcery — by Daniel A. Schulke \u0026amp; Robert Fitzgerald","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"129\" data-end=\"468\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"129\" data-end=\"143\"\u003eVia Tortuosa\u003c\/em\u003e is a grimoire of Crooked Path Sorcery, a current of antinomian witchcraft developed within the inner teachings of the Cultus Sabbati tradition. Framed through essay, allegory, and visionary doctrine, the work explores a magical philosophy in which opposition, inversion, and paradox become tools of operative transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"470\" data-end=\"821\"\u003eAt its core, Crooked Path Sorcery is presented as both a historical expression of witchcraft and an initiatory method arising from the “Column,” an inner cell of the tradition. It draws upon the mythic structure of the Witches’ Sabbat and the metaphysical logic of reversal, where opposing forces are unified in acts of will and magical reorientation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"823\" data-end=\"1227\"\u003eThe text is divided into three sections — Exegesis, Prayer, and \u003cem data-start=\"887\" data-end=\"915\"\u003eThe Parables of the Exiled\u003c\/em\u003e — and examines key motifs such as the Opposer, the Serpent of Eld, the Crooked Step, and the transfiguration of the practitioner through encounters with the Other. These themes articulate a worldview in which magical practice is inseparable from transformation of perception, identity, and ontological position.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1229\" data-end=\"1405\"\u003eIllustrated with original artwork by Jim Dunk, the book visually reinforces its themes of distortion, liminality, and hidden divinity within the crooked forms of the tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1407\" data-end=\"1641\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"1407\" data-end=\"1421\"\u003eVia Tortuosa\u003c\/em\u003e will appeal to readers of traditional witchcraft, Sabbatic magic, and antinomian esoteric systems, particularly those engaged with the works of \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eAndrew D. Chumbley\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and the wider Cultus Sabbati lineage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1643\" data-end=\"1790\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1643\" data-end=\"1663\"\u003eStandard edition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1663\" data-end=\"1666\"\u003e160 pages · 10 illustrations\u003cbr data-start=\"1694\" data-end=\"1697\"\u003eFull carmine cloth binding with letterpress dust jacket\u003cbr data-start=\"1752\" data-end=\"1755\"\u003eLimited to 496 hand-numbered copies\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Medici Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53865578692949,"sku":null,"price":200.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1047\/8420\/0021\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_9f0c0c97-21dc-481a-ba2d-cdaa350f6082.jpg?v=1778441715","url":"https:\/\/www.medicibooks.com\/products\/via-tortuosa-an-exposition-on-crooked-path-sorcery-by-daniel-a-schulke-amp-robert-fitzgerald","provider":"Medici Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}