Crooked Confessions -Ian C Edwards

Ian C Edwards, PhD, presents an Ophidian Philosophy of what Andrew D. Chumbley described as the “Sanctified Devil,” a being who is “forever becoming Magic” and one who is “content to stand…a dancing contradiction.”

This groundbreaking book argues for a rebellious, transformative philosophy, based on becoming the “Sanctified Devil,” an archetypal figure who transgresses and transcends ideas of good and evil through personal transformation and magical practice. Beginning with Nietzsche’s “Twilight of the Idols” and “The Antichrist,” “Crooked Confessions” describes Nietzsche’s method of doing philosophy with a “hammer” and then posits a new method of philosophizing with a “scythe.”

This paves the way for laying down the foundations for an ontology of what Chumbley called “the Geminus.” Edwards explores the notion of a “Sorcerous Sisyphus,” an ethics based on the thought of Georges Bataille, where the reader is invited to “transform the Crucified Christ into happy laughter”, put forward a metaphysics of Promethean Fire, show how the Sanctified Devil advances Nietzsche’s understanding of the Übermensch, and suggest another beginning for occult philosophy.
“Crooked Confessions” concludes with the “Psalterium Diabolus Sanctus,” which the reader can use as part of their occult praxis.

CORE IDEAS:
The Scythe
A new way to philosophize beyond Nietzsche's hammer, into the Crooked Path
Ophidian Ontology
A worldview where reality is dynamic and shaped by magical or transformative action
Sorcerous Sisyphus
The Myth of Sisyphus is reinterpreted as a symbol of endless self-creation
Promethean Fire
A full metaphysics of transgression, theft, and sacred defiance
Ethics of the Sanctified Devil
Georges Bataille's ecstatic thought reimagined for the practicing occultist
Living Praxis
Concludes with the Psalterium Diabolus Sanctus, usable for ritual practice.

This is not a book for the timid or the orthodox. It is for those willing to hold paradox and transform crucified suffering into joyous laughter, to become the Übermensch the tradition forgot to name…