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SIGNED COPY: KING OVER THE WATER by Nick Farrell
Bradford, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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Aim
Support Custodia Borealis and you could win this signed copy of 'King over the Water' by Nick Farrell. Every entry makes a difference!
The Prize
We have something rather special to offer in this prize draw - a signed copy of Nick Farrell’s King Over the Water: Samuel Mathers and the Golden Dawn.
It is an excellent account of Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers, one of the great architects of the Golden Dawn and a figure whose influence upon the modern Western Esoteric Tradition is difficult to overstate.
Our copy is signed by Nick Farrell, with the particularly apt message:
“To the owner of this book may you have fun in the madness of this story.”
All proceeds from this prize draw will go directly towards the work of Custodia Borealis, an ambitious project dedicated to preserving the physical heritage of Magic, occultism and the Western Esoteric Tradition.
Books, manuscripts, ritual objects, artworks and the personal possessions of practitioners are more than curiosities. They are the surviving material evidence of a living tradition, and unless they are actively collected, documented and preserved, much of that history can simply disappear.
That is what Custodia Borealis exists to prevent.
By entering tis prize draw you have the chance to acquire a signed copy of this superb book on the history of the Golden Dawn, while directly helping us preserve the wider history of Magic for generations to come.
Please support us, share this prize draw, and help us build something genuinely important.
Here's the blurb:
"Over the years many myths have built up about one of the founders of the Golden Dawn, Samuel L. MacGregor Mathers. Many of these have been created by those who wish to damn the Golden Dawn and its system of magic or by those who want to naively believe a bogus magical story about the Order and its founders. In King Over the Water, Golden Dawn magician Nick Farrell paints a picture of the founders of the Golden Dawn becoming out of their depth as the Order began to create magicians. Rather than painting Mathers as an eccentric genius, Farrell sees him as an autocratic fantasist. He sees Mathers struggling to keep up as his students rapidly became better than him at the system he created, and shows how he was unable to raise his game to help the Order develop further. In what is a portrait of the problems that could befall any esoteric leader, Farrell (author of Gathering The Magic, a textbook on magical group dynamics) reveals how Mathers' later rituals were an attempt to remove the magic from the system he created so that he could milk it for money. Included are previously unpublished papers from Mathers' own version of the Golden Dawn, the Alpha et Omega, including the original Z documents, the full version of the Book of the Tomb (a key document for creating a Vault of the Adepts), the original method for the consecration of the sword, and much more.
King Over the Water is the prequel to Farrell's ground-breaking exposé on the Alpha et Omega, 'Mathers' Last Secret', and provides another look into the mind of a magician that helped develop the magic we use today."
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The Cause
The money from this prize draw plays a vital role in supporting our mission - We have premises and are currently establishing an archive which will help to see us move towards establishing a Museum of Magic and the Occult in the North of England.
Each ticket you purchase contributes to our efforts in making a meaningful impact in our community.
How to Enter
This draw will run until the 4th October
- For every £5 donated you will get one ticket into the prize draw.
- £10 will get you three tickets.
- £25 will get you ten tickets.
- £50 will get you twenty-five tickets.
Plus there is a FREE entry option - which just requires you to send us your name, email address, and postal address with the words 'Redemption by Sin draw' on a postcard or in a letter to: CUSTODIA BOREALIS, C/O Darren Hill, Assembly Rooms, 20 North Parade, Bradford, BD1 3HT
The winner will be selected at random and will be announced shortly after the draw ending date of the 4th of October 2026.
The winner will also be announced on our Facebook page and will be contacted directly.
Please help us to make our vision a reality! Britain has an esoteric, magical and occult history to be proud of - lets preserve it for future generations and bring some magical wonder to our world for everyone.
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Funding method
Keep what you raise – this project will receive all pledges made by 4th October 2026 at 1:00pm