Le Calendrier Magique (The Magical Calendar)
Le Calendrier Magique (The Magical Calendar) — 2025 Metastazis Reissue.
By poet Austin de Croze
Illustrations by Manuel Orazi
English translation and analysis by Laetitia Barbier
Le Calendrier Magique, translated as the "Magical Calendar" in English, is a French publication from the late XIXth century. This calendar, of great rarity, as it was printed in only 777 copies 130 years ago, primarily deals with occultism and black magic through the lens of astrology.
For the first time since its release, it has been reissued identically. Its size, the use of gilding, the paper used—everything has been done to ensure that the experience of consulting this document closely resembles the original.
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Le Calendrier Magique (The Magical Calendar) — 2025 Metastazis Reissue.
By poet Austin de Croze
Illustrations by Manuel Orazi
English translation and analysis by Laetitia Barbier
Le Calendrier Magique, translated as the "Magical Calendar" in English, is a French publication from the late XIXth century. This calendar, of great rarity, as it was printed in only 777 copies 130 years ago, primarily deals with occultism and black magic through the lens of astrology.
For the first time since its release, it has been reissued identically. Its size, the use of gilding, the paper used—everything has been done to ensure that the experience of consulting this document closely resembles the original.
[read more below]
Le Calendrier Magique (The Magical Calendar) — 2025 Metastazis Reissue.
By poet Austin de Croze
Illustrations by Manuel Orazi
English translation and analysis by Laetitia Barbier
Le Calendrier Magique, translated as the "Magical Calendar" in English, is a French publication from the late XIXth century. This calendar, of great rarity, as it was printed in only 777 copies 130 years ago, primarily deals with occultism and black magic through the lens of astrology.
For the first time since its release, it has been reissued identically. Its size, the use of gilding, the paper used—everything has been done to ensure that the experience of consulting this document closely resembles the original.
[read more below]
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Metastazis
36 pages. Sewn bound. 15 x 48 cm (5.9" x 18.9"). Quadricolor + Gold Pantone color.
Accompanied by an A5 format, 24-page English translation and analysis by Laetitia Barbier.
Contents
36 pages. Sewn bound. 15 x 48 cm (5.9" x 18.9"). Quadricolor + Gold Pantone color.
Accompanied by an A5 format, 24-page English translation and analysis by Laetitia Barbier.
Description
It was commissioned to the poet Austin de Croze and the poster illustrator Manuel Orazi and published in 1895 by the Maison de l'Art Nouveau in Paris, at a time when esoteric spiritualities and dark romanticism were popular trends in the capital.
For each double page of the calendar illustrating a month, there is a set of diagrams highlighting information related to astrology, as well as incantatory poems and full-page illustrations, all drawn and calligraphed by Manuel Orazi.
Numerous references to the worlds of black magic and occultism, but also to artists like Odilon Redon or Francisco Goya, adorn the pages of the booklet".
