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Lucas, a failing student, urgently seeks out his father Nick, psychedelic-era wreck and self-proclaimed channel for "Qabalistic knowledge", now confined to a mental hospital alongside Wolfbane, a forgotten rock & roll icon. Pauline, ultra-rationalist mother and burnt-out teacher, dreads their encounter. Her nightmares seem realised when Nick escapes and Lucas disappears – to enter a parallel world, peopled by a rogues' gallery of bohemian riff-raff and sacred harlots, whose operations – artistic, criminal or magickal – are scribed with hallucinatory intensity. He undergoes poetic – and erotic – initiation. It's a story worm-holed with dark wit and satiric allusions. The manias of an imploding alternate world are only a modulation of our more familiar obsessions, here at the base levels of The Qabalistic Tree, amid the broken shells and debris – the Qliphoth – of our Creation.

Ebook599 pages9 hoursEnglishThe QliphothShow full titleBy Paul A. GreenRating: 0 out of 5 stars(0 ratings)Read free for daysRead previewSaveDownloadShareShare titleAbout this ebookLucas, a failing student, urgently seeks out his father Nick, psychedelic-era wreck and self-proclaimed channel for "Qabalistic knowledge", now confined to a mental hospital alongside Wolfbane, a forgotten rock & roll icon. Pauline, ultra-rationalist mother and burnt-out teacher, dreads their encounter.Her nightmares seem realised when Nick escapes and Lucas disappears – to enter a parallel world, peopled by a rogues' gallery of bohemian riff-raff and sacred harlots, whose operations – artistic, criminal or magickal – are scribed with hallucinatory intensity. He undergoes poetic – and erotic – initiation.It's a story worm-holed with dark wit and satiric allusions. The manias of an imploding alternate world are only a modulation of our more familiar obsessions, here at the base levels of The Qabalistic Tree, amid the broken shells and debris – the Qliphoth – of our Creation.Read moreSkip carouselGo to previous itemsFantasyGo to next itemsLanguageEnglishPublisherLibros Libertad PublishingRelease dateDec 12, 2011ISBN9781466103092AuthorPaul A. GreenPaul A. Green grew up in South London, and studied at Oxford and the University of British Columbia. His plays have appeared on BBC Radio 3, CBC Radio Canada, RTE Ireland, Capital Radio and Resonance FM London. His poetry has been disseminated in magazines, anthologies and, increasingly, in audio formats via alternative radio stations, podcasts, and on-line journals like www.culturecourt.com. The enigma of the paranormal has been a constant theme in his work, exemplified in plays like Ritual of the Stifling Air, The Voice Collection, and Babalon, his speculative drama about occult rocket scientist Jack Parsons, recently performed by Travesty Theatre in London. The Qliphoth probes still further into these eldritch realms...Read moreRelated authorsSkip carouselGo to previous itemsMichael A. AquinoFrater AcherSakaki 4MalphasFrater AchadGo to next itemsRelated categoriesSkip carouselGo to previous itemsParanormalFantasyMagical RealismOccult & SupernaturalSuperheroesGo to next itemsReviews for The QliphothRating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings0 ratings0 reviewsWhat did you think?Rate as 1 out of 5, 1 stars. Rate as 2 out of 5, 2 stars. Rate as 3 out of 5, 3 stars. Rate as 4 out of 5, 4 stars. Rate as 5 out of 5, 5 stars. Tap to rateWrite a reviewReview must be at least 10 wordsBook previewThe Qliphoth - Paul A. GreenThe Qliphoth Paul A. Green * * * SMASHWORDS EDITION * * * PUBLISHED BY: Paul A. Green on Smashwords Smashwords Edition, License Notes This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author. Paul A. Green grew up in South London, studied at Oxford and the University of British Columbia. He has worked as a freelance writer/broadcaster in Canada, college lecturer in Devon, supply teacher in inner London, and used-book operative in Hay-on-Wye. He is currently Lecturer in Media at the Royal National College for the Blind, Hereford. His plays have appeared on BBC Radio 3, CBC Radio Canada, RTE Ireland, Capital Radio and Resonance FM London. His poetry has been disseminated in magazines, anthologies and, increasingly, in audio formats via alternative radio stations, podcasts and on-line journals like www.culturecourt.com. His Selected Poems are scheduled for publication in 2011 by Shearsman Books. The enigma of the paranormal has been a constant theme in his work, exemplified in plays like The Dream Laboratory, Ritual of the Stifling Air, The Voice Collection, and Babalon, his speculative drama about occult rocket scientist Jack Parsons. The Qliphoth probes still further into these eldritch realms … An End-Time fabulation in the lineage of Burroughs and Ballard: complex, fast-twitch language spasms, loud with interference and radio static. The voices of the new dead transmit warp knowledge. Straight-blade satire. Deadpan humours. A word quest launched from the edge-lands of arcane knowledge. ~ Iain Sinclair Lucas sets out to find affinity with his demented Dad, a drug casualty of the sixties - or visionary - in Oakhill, sunniest hotbed of sanity in Devon, where Dad, old Nick, is buried like a rusty drum of plutonium, irradiating the depths of the Qabala or the arcana of old Brit rock’n’roll. There is a mysterious black box with the Lore of the Brazen Head in it, opened in a stream of the funniest, most hip and haunting prose, where the DNA dialogue and descriptive powers of Ken Kesey, James Joyce, Lawrence Durre...

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