#53 - Toby Chappell - Infernal Geometry And The Left-Hand Path

Our friend Toby Chappell returns to the show to discuss his new book, Infernal Geometry and the Left-Hand Path. The formation of the Law of the Trapezoid and the early days of the Church of Satan. The significance of H.P. Lovecraft. Toby is an author and lecturer presently living in Atlanta, GA. His interests include 'weird tales' (H.P. Lovecraft, et al.), semiotics, the Left Hand Path from a Setian perspective, and the runes and other aspects of the Northern Tradition. His latest book is Infernal Geometry and the Left-Hand Path: The Magical System of the Nine Angles (Inner Traditions, 2019). Infernal Geometry... discusses the history and development of the unique practice called angular magic in the early Church of Satan and the Temple of Set. Angular magic takes the "strange angles" of H. P. Lovecraft's fiction, the number mysticism of Pythagoras, the photograph composition theories of William Mortensen, and Anton LaVey's Law of the Trapezoid, and combines them into a coherent system of magical theory and practice. More info about the book, and purchasing options: https://www.innertraditions.com/infernal-geometry-and-the-left-hand-path.html https://www.amazon.com/Infernal-Geometry-Left-Hand-Path-Magical/dp/1620558165 More info about the author: Facebook: https://fb.me/TobyChappellAuthor Blog: https://stonyrubbish.tumblr.com/ Twitter: @motiondemon Musical Projects: https://eyesofligeia.bandcamp.com/ and https://misdreamt.bandcamp.com/ Upcoming lecture and book signing appearances: June 15 @ 7pm CDT: Draconis Arcanum, Nashville, TN https://www.facebook.com/events/840767166316117/ July 13 @ 2pm CDT: Good Nature, Columbia, MO https://www.facebook.com/events/433353023889887/