The premise for this book was extrapolated from Blatvatzky’s idea that Earth is already Hell. During his college years, in 1905, Spare wrote and illustrated his first grimoire, or textbook of magic, called Earth Inferno. He began learning about Theosophy, specifically through Helena Blatvatzky’s book Isis Unveiled, then later the work of occultists Cornelius Agrippa and Eliphas Levi. Rejecting Christianity, Spare became interested in western esotericism. He rebelled artistically as well as philosophically. Spare’s artistic influences – Charles Ricketts, Edmund Sullivan, George Frederick Watts and Aubrey Beardsley – led him to focus on clear lines, which contrasted the College’s emphasis on shading. He was recommended for a scholarship to the Royal College of Art, and in 1903, being only seventeen, he won the silver medal at the National Competition of Schools of Art. After beginning to draw at the age of twelve, Spare quickly became recognized and awarded for his art. Austin Osman Spare was an English artist and occultist born in 1886.
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