Howdy, everyone! I hope you’re all well! I adore books (as I’m sure all of us do lol), so I just HAD to jump in for this challenge! For my entry for this challenge, I wanted to do a bit of a show and tell of two of my new (to me) prized possessions.
As I mentioned in one of my previous posts, I’ve been exploring the path of Braucherei, so I’ve been trying to focus on books relating to that topic. I mentioned to my Braucherei teacher that I would love to collect old copies of the important texts to the traditions, and then the most recent time I met up with him, he gifted me these two treasures.
The first one is an old undated copy of John George Hohman’s Long Lost Friend. I’m sure I can find out when this copy is from, but with life craziness, I haven’t gotten a good chance to sit down and dig into estimating the date. It’s definitely a relatively modern edition of it. It’s not in the best shape, but that just means it’s been well-used and well-loved. I would love to find a professional bookbinder or book restoration expert to remove the tape so that if the tape isn’t acid-free, it doesn’t become too terribly damaged, and to re-bind it – probably in some sort of hard cover. We’ll see!
The second book he gifted me was an old copy of The Egyptian Secrets of Albertus Magnus. Someone wrote an inscription in the front and dated it 1885, and a note in the back from a bookstore at which it was for sale dated it to approximately 1845. Clearly, it’s also not in the best condition, but it’s still a beauty in my eyes! I definitely want to get this one repaired and/or rebound as well at some point to help preserve it. It’s written in German and printed in Fraktur script.
I’ve been meaning to write some posts about Braucherei as well as the books and writings that influenced it, but I haven’t gotten around to it yet because of life… Hopefully things will calm down over the winter so that I can have time to put my thoughts together and share information about this practice with y’all! <3
I can’t wait to read through the posts on this thread and check out your suggestions as well!
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