The Red Goddess by Peter Grey
The Red Goddess takes you through a tale of sex, drugs and violence. This is an ecstatic journey through the unheard history of Babalon. This is an explicit and challenging vision of a very modern goddess coming into power. From Revelation, back through the Ishtar Gate and forward into a living modern magickal current. This is more than a history, it is a passionate account of living magick and the transcendent power of Love.
The epic sweep of the text takes us from Babylon to Jerusalem to Rome, and onwards to Apocalypse. It confronts us with the language and symbols of our own culture and the denied demonic feminine. It looks at the Angelic work of renaissance mage John Dee and places it in a European eschatology. It delivers a devastating exegesis on the excesses of Aleister Crowley, and unlocks the secrets of ‘Waratah Blossoms.’ It explains the immolation of the Californian antichrist-superstar Jack Parsons and his relationship with Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. There is also a full supporting cast of Solomon, Simon Magus, St John the Divine, Earl Bothwell, the Templars, Mary, the Magdalene and countless others. This is the missing history of the Love goddess in the West.
Thirteen essays conclude the book on subjects including: roses, mirror magick, bdsm, aphrodisiac drugs, the information age, love vs lust, and the meaning of apocalypse. The Red Goddess is for anyone with blood in their veins, regardless of tradition, background or experience.
Book I
A History of Mystery
Revelations?
Weeping We Remembered Zion
How Many Miles to Babylon?
Time Gentlemen Please
Egyptian Eyes
All Goddesses Are Not One Goddess
Book II
Words Made Flesh
Mary Mary Quite Contrary
Mary Inviolate
Simon Says
The Bed of Him That Is Fallen
Rhymes With Holy
Jumping Jack Flash
Where Is Love?
Book III
Goddess of Love, Goddess of Lust
Blood Red Roses
Babalon & Beauty
Reflections on Mirrors
Digital Skin
The Oldest Profession
Sexual Chemistry: Intoxicated with Love
Ravish Me With Kisses
Bridles, Whips, Needles and Knives
Queen of the Rose Gate, Queen of the Throat of Night
Divine Retribution
The World Made Flesh
The Unfurling of the Apocalyptic Rose
