atura
an anthology of esoteric poesis
edited by ruby sara
in a strictly limited edition of 500 copies

Datura is an elegant collection of esoteric poetry and essays.
She is hand bound in moonsilver silk cloth.
The cover is stamped in silver with the angel's trumpet.
She is artisan printed on heavy paper stock folded within smoke endpapers.

Datura comes in an edition of 500 copies, of which 465 hand numbered exemplars are for sale.

A copy of the Lunar edition can be yours for forty english pounds.

The lady of moth and moon unfurls her shy and deadly petals. these navigators of the midnight sea – occultists and poets and devotees seeking after that which seduces them – are familiar with the dream of intoxication that follows her scent. She is the woman in the song, the night-blooming narcotic, gorgeous and strange. she is the horned blossom, the guardian of the threshold, the keeper of madness.

Datura comprises the work of 26 leading poets from the occult and pagan communities, and six essays on the agony and ecstasy of the creative process, and giving the history of occult poetry from ancient greece through to the modern day.
From triadic rubaiyat to sestina, acrostic, lyric, free verse and praise hymn this is poetry in full flower.
This collection includes recognised major poets, we are indebted in particular to Penelope Shuttle for her contribution and that of Peter Redgrove.
Datura contains modern published poets alongside new undiscovered writers whose work shows them strong enough to keep such company.
This is a literate and narcotic text which will inspire both ritual practice and further incursions into living poetry.

Our writers for this project are:

Ruby Sara (editor)
Penelope Shuttle
Peter Redgrove
Caroline Carver
Paul Newman
John Harness
Christopher Greenchild
Paul Holman
T.Thorn Coyle
Mr VI
Geo Athena Trevarthen
-Ariel
Veronica Cummer
Erynn Rowan Laurie
Sara Amis
Chris Page
Michael Routery
D.B Myrrha
Elizabeth Vongvisith
Anna Elizabeth Applegate
David Trevarthen
Pamela Smith-Rawnsley
P. Sufenas Virius Lupus
Rebecca Buchanan
Patricia Cram
Mark Saucier

An interview with editor Ruby Sara can be found here

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