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Originally Posted by Freyasfire (Post 68363)

I'm wishing you the best of health Dan.

And my guess for the look alike Ex Occidente author is Louis Marvick:

The support for my entry is here:
http://tartaruspress.blogspot.com/20...valentine.html

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I hope you are better soon!

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Best wishes for a quick recovery, Dan.

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Take care and wishes for a speedy recovery, Dan.

And, just look on the bright side. As Elbert Hubbard wrote, "if you suffer, thank God! -- it is a sure sign that you are alive." ;)
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Originally Posted by Nigromontanus (Post 68304)

The need to dispel any excessive sympathy could be one of the reasons for which in the end I've decided not to include the author's notes at the end of the volume. I am being candid saying that, I know. Another reason for omitting them was the fuzzy lukewarm feeling I was getting while reading and editing some of these notes. Better to ignore them altogether, I've said and I think I've made the right decision.

And thanks for the clarification. I just hope that you won't forget to upload the notes on your site in the near future.

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Originally Posted by Nigromontanus (Post 68304)

Take a good look at the attached photo and tell me: what Ex Occidente Press author is this man? No, really! This gentleman, a kind of Bishop of the Superior Consistory of the Evangelical Church I think, is so much resembling a certain Ex Occidente author that it cant be real. Amazing! Take your guess (en private or here). The prize: a free copy of The Master in Cafe Morphine.

I will agree with my only friend thus far here, Nemonymous. Your Bishop resembles Mark V., as the following entry may confirm:

http://nightjarpress.wordpress.com/2...tles-released/

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Thank you all for the good wishes. Now, let's stop this before you compromise yourself entirely. Besides, many of you here have passed through seriously more dire deluges than me. I will be fine.

All my best wishes to you, Bendk. A copy of The Master in Cafe Morphine will wait for you when you will be back home, if it was not received already.

Thujone, you are right. But then again, since Stefan George's Algabal, all Germans are right. Anyway, my entire life is being spent under the fated words of "Milutz" Cioran: a quick degringolade. What a fascinating prospect. A quick degringolade as the solution to all problems. I live under the sign of this awesome quick degringolade. When you turn this into an excess, only then you start living; or so I thought. Release as many books as possible in the shortest time possible and be done. So far I think I've made it. Now I start thinking that I am too slow, ahahahaaha!

Rhys, phew, you almost had me there. Thanks gods for the Browning automatic. I was starting to panic at the thought that I will not be allowed with lighters into the hospital. Although I am more of a Mauser fan, a Browning automatic will do it nicely.

Apropos of the Bulgakov ghost, I don't recall ever narrating here my Meyrink experience, just two weeks before Cinnabar's Gnosis was released. Another time.

Mark Samuels, Reggie Oliver, Des, Charles Schneider, Rhys Hughes, Louis Marvick are only a few of the suggestions I've received in regard to the mysterious figure in the Black Church in Brasov. Thank you all.

Mark Samuels could be the second close guess but no. Not to mention that you will most probably need some special glasses, made from the translucent bones of an English gnostic saint, just to be able to look upon an ikon of Mark Samuels, let alone take a photo of it. Speaking of that, I've been long pestering Mark on the subject of a possible "Anti-Ligotti" book of mystic and Christian essays, a contemporary Hilaire Belloc like response to The Conspiracy Against the Human Race. Some day, when I will be ready, I will approach him again. I love and I honestly respect Mark S. for his bold and sincere commitment to the Holiest of Lights.

Des, congratulations, you've just won a copy of the Morphine book. :)

Indeed, Mark Valentine was the subject. The resemblances are absolutely striking. Ha!, now, when I will want to publish a new book by Mark, I will just pray to this five centuries old mystifying ikon and see what happens.

Salut to all & Soon,
Dan

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Originally Posted by Nigromontanus (Post 68401)

Des, congratulations, you've just won a copy of the Morphine book. :)

Oh dear, I didn't enter to win anything. Sorry! I already have my Contributor's Copy.
(I just recalled a photo of MV with a very long beard many years ago - but did I dream it?)

If I happen to receive another copy of Cafe Morphine, I shall give it away in a free competition of my own. It will hopefully be more popular than the current competition I'm running for a rare 'Weirdmonger' book. :)

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I've only just looked at this thread, so may I add my best wishes for your swift recovery Dan.

On a related note to the recent speculation on the mysterious portrait I thought this link might be of interest to some folk. Not of serious interest but somehow redolent with serendipity

http://timothyjones.typepad.com/tlbc...me-bylaws.html

Mark S.

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I hope you recover quickly, Dan.

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My copy of Cafe Morphine arrived today, after being held up an inordinate amount of time at customs. I must say, I am so excited to read it, and it is one of the most beautifully crafted books I have ever held in my hands.

I have a confession to make, however. I have never read any Bulgakov. If I delve into this knowing nothing of his work am I missing out? Should I read Bulgakov before I attempt to immerse myself in this wondrous tome, and if so, which works would people recommend? The Master and Margarita is a given I am sure. Are there any others?