Art, Symbol & Imagination
Emanations of the Ego
A human torso rises from a four-legged body beneath a floating winged face. Two more faces emerge beside broad feathers, joined by fine curling lines. The caption Emanations of the Ego gives the composite bodies their place in Spare’s symbolic account of identity.
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Austin Osman Spare. "Emanations of the Ego" [editorial title]. In The Book of Pleasure, Austin Osman Spare. Complete historical pages of The Book of Pleasure (Self-Love): The Psychology of Ecstasy (1913), reproduced within From the Inferno to Zos, Volume1 (First Impressions,1993). Four preliminary pages and60historical pages, including Ernest H.R.Collings’s introduction and the original printer colophon. Supplied custom cover; not a direct scan of an established1913physical copy., 1993, First Impressions. Source scan leaf 14. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0373-0014
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Austin Osman Spare. Emanations of the Ego. The Book of Pleasure. Scan leaf 14. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0373-0014