Rufus Camphausen

Remembering through the archive

David Silverberg’s obituary for Digital Journal includes memories from Rufus’s wife Christina. It recalls his love of words, travel and photography, his Amsterdam bookshop, and his prolific contributions to the publication. His publisher also preserves an author profile and bibliography.

• David Silverberg · Digital Journal · 11 June 2013

  Obituary with personal recollections.

• Simon & Schuster · Rufus C. Camphausen

  Publisher’s author page.

Bibliography: scope and editions

Fifteen documented publications, editions and contributions are listed below. They are not fifteen independent books: translations, a revised encyclopedia and two editions of a card deck are distinguished. Rufus’s name appears as Rufus C. Camphausen, Rufus Camphausen and R. C. Camphausen. Each title links to its supporting record.

This is a researched working bibliography, not a claim to a complete collected works. Publisher and library records take priority; specialist collection and bookseller records fill gaps for older editions. Dates describe the cited editions, not automatically the first appearance of a work.

Tarot: books and card editions

• 1981 · The Tree-of-Life Tarot

  Rufus Camphausen and Apolonia van Leeuwen. Netherlands: artists’ edition, 78 cards. Tarot Museum Belgium documents a twelve-colour silkscreen edition printed by Dik Al.

• 1983 · Tree-of-Life Tarot / Kabbalistisches Tarot

  With Apolonia van Leeuwen. Neuhausen: AGMüller. Commercial deck of 78 cards, two title cards and an English/German instruction booklet. Distinct from the 1981 artist edition.

• 1983 · Spiegel des Lebens: Tarot und Kabbala

  Basel: Sphinx. German. ISBN 9783859143197. Also catalogued with the title order Tarot und Kabbala: Spiegel des Lebens. The linked antiquarian record identifies a 1983 copy.

• 1993 · Tarot en kabbala

  Schors. Dutch. ISBN 9789063782795. The collector catalogue identifies this edition as 1993, with 108 pages; its original-title field reads Kabbalistic Tarot.

Reference works, 1991–1992

• 1991 · The Encyclopedia of Erotic Wisdom

  Rochester, Vermont: Inner Traditions International. English. ISBN 9780892813216. Bibliographic record: xvi + 269 pages; LCCN 91015388.

• 1991 · Encyclopedie van de erotische cultuur: verzwegen leringen uit alle culturen en tijdperken

  Amsterdam: Bres. Dutch translation by Victor Verduin; drawings credited to Christina de Vries. ISBN 9789062290307. 316 pages. The library explicitly identifies the English original.

• 1991 · De goddelijke bibliotheek: encyclopedische wegwijzer bij de heilige geschriften van de mensheid

  Amsterdam: Bres. Dutch. 198 pages. A contemporary notice in Literatuur (1992), preserved by DBNL, dates publication to late 1991.

• 1992 · The Divine Library: A Comprehensive Reference Guide to the Sacred Texts and Spiritual Literature of the World

  Inner Traditions. English. Publisher date: 1 June 1992. ISBN 9780892813513. The English edition is recorded separately from the earlier Dutch publication.

Books and translations, 1996–2004

• 1996 · The Yoni: Sacred Symbol of Female Creative Power

  Inner Traditions. English. Publisher date: 1 April 1996. ISBN 9780892815623. An illustrated study of yoni symbolism.

• 1997 · Return of the Tribal: A Celebration of Body Adornment — Piercing, Tattooing, Scarification, Body Painting

  Rochester: Park Street Press. English. ISBN 9780892816101. Library catalogue record; also included in the Pitt Rivers Museum body-arts bibliography.

• 1999 · The Encyclopedia of Sacred Sexuality: From Aphrodisiacs and Ecstasy to Yoni Worship and Zap-Lam Yoga

  Inner Traditions. English. ISBN 9780892817191. Revised and expanded edition of The Encyclopedia of Erotic Wisdom (1991), rather than an unrelated new encyclopedia.

• 1999 · Yoni: die Vulva; weibliche Sinnlichkeit, Kraft der Schöpfung

  Munich: Diederichs. German translation of The Yoni by Annette Charpentier. ISBN 9783424014822. 151 pages. DNB record 955504287.

• 2001 · Diccionario de la sexualidad sagrada

  José J. de Olañeta, Editor; Alejandría 11. Spanish translation by Borja Folch. ISBN 9788476519370. 413 pages. Year and translator confirmed by the publisher.

• 2004 · Heksen en heidenen: een lexicon over de geschiedenis, rituelen, symbolen en tradities van heksen, magiërs, sjamanen en tovenaars

  Amsterdam: Schors. Dutch. ISBN 9789063785826. 202 pages. OBA credits Rufus as author and illustrator, Christina Camphausen and others for photography, and Marian van Agt as editor.

Contributions to another author’s work

• 2000 · Eva Sawada: Magie der bloemen

  Schors. Dutch. ISBN 9789063784485. 191 pages. De Slegte credits illustrations to R. C. Camphausen and C. Camphausen; photographs are credited to Christina. Listed here as a contribution, not a sole-authored Rufus book.

Journalism and the open archive

Digital Journal’s 2013 obituary records more than 320 contributions over four years. That body of reporting and photo essays belongs beside the books, but an item-by-item article bibliography has not yet been reconstructed. His former Yoniversum author page could not be retrieved during this research; it is not treated as a verified source for additional titles.

A further edition to clarify

Magie der Blumen (IRIS, 2001; ISBN 9789076274799) is listed in German book-trade records under Eva Sawada. Some biographical lists attach Rufus and Christina as coauthors, whereas the Dutch edition gives illustration credits. Until a title page or colophon settles the German credits, this remains a related edition with Rufus’s exact role unconfirmed.

• 2001 · Magie der Blumen — edition record

  ISBN 9789076274799 · IRIS · 191 pages. Credit requires clarification.