Without him, most of us would never have heard of Austin Osman Spare. Grant is responsible for bringing a great deal of recognition to Spare's work. One of Grant's great acts of service was helping Austin Osman Spare continue researching and publishing his magical system and art. The chief influence on his path was undoubtedly his wife, Steffi as evident by the subtitle: essays in honour of Kenneth and Steffi Grant the cover photo is of a painting of the couple by Osman Spare and across from the title page is a photo of them on their wedding day, February 14, 1946. Servants of the Star and Snake published this year by Starfire and edited by Henrik Bogdan beautifully illuminates the salient points in the legacy of Kenneth Grant's often controversial and iconoclastic career. If Wilson acts as a spiritual progenitor of sorts for me, then Kenneth Grant seems like an Uncle from the same lineage. I have strong affinities with many of the subjects and disciplines found in Cosmic Trigger particularly Sirius, Magick, Qabalah, Lovecraft and synchronicities.
They both experimented extensively with theurgic magick. As well as being adepts at Qabalah, Grant and Wilson also shared an appreciation and a practical use for the works of H.P. Wilson, appropriately enough, cites Grant 11 times in Cosmic Trigger, the first one being a quote from The Magical Revival stating that Crowley identified the heart of his magical current with Sirius. Wilson invoked Grant's researches into his story to support the hypothesis that Beings from Sirius were transmitting preternatural Intelligence to certain individuals on Earth. Divine Daggers summoned around the user will attack automatically, but their attacks will not be treated as standard attacks, and they will not attack automatically while embedded in enemies.I've held a deep fascination for Kenneth Grant since first hearing about him in Robert Anton Wilson's Cosmic Trigger, The Final Secret of the Illuminatti. Divine Sting lowers the target's stormlash resistance by 15% and deals damage over time. Divine Daggers that connect with enemies will remain embedded in the enemy and apply the "Divine Sting" debuff while embedded. This force strike has charge levels equal to the number of Divine Daggers currently summoned around them, throws daggers equal to the number of levels charged directly ahead, and inflicts stormlash. Sigil Released summons Divine Daggers around the user and grants the user a unique force strike.
When the Locked Sigil effect wears off, the user will be granted the "Sigil Released" effect instead. Using Stellar Knives will remove Locked Sigil, but the skill gauge fill rate for Stellar Knives and the amount that gauge-filling effects fill its skill gauge are reduced by 85%. Inflicts the "Locked Sigil" debuff on the user at the start of quests for 300 seconds.
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