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The Book of Lies is a complex work of occultism. Deciphering its
many layers of hidden meaning requires a little patience and more
than a beginner's knowledge of Thelema. For those interested in
passing beyond the initiate stage, the reward offered by a deeper
understanding of this challenging text is well worth the effort.
The Book of the Law is the central sacred text of Thelema, written
by Aleister Crowley, who claimed it was dictated to him by a
discarnate entity named "Aiwass".
Inspired by Psychopathia Sexualis, Richard Krafft-Ebing's
controversial study of sexual perversity, White Stains purports to
be "the literary remains of George Archibald Bishop, a neuropath of
the Second Empire." Aleister Crowley's book of provocative verse
was clandestinely published in 1898 and of the hundred copies that
were originally printed, only a handful were spared destruction by
Her Majesty's Customs.
The Aleister Crowley Collection includes Crowley's seminal works
The Book of the Law and The Book of Lies, as well as his esoteric,
entertaining drug memoir, Diary of a Drug Fiend.
The Book of the Law, the holy text that forms the basis of Thelema,
was transmitted to Crowley by the entity known as Aiwass in Cairo,
on three successive days during April 1904. Acting as a medium,
Crowley recorded the communications on hotel notepads and later
organized his automatic writing into a short, coherent document.
Aiwass/Crowley presents The Book of the Law as an expression of
three god-forms in three chapters: Nuit, Hadit, and Ra-Hoor-Khuit.
The Book of Lies consists of 93 chapters, each of which consists of
one page of text. The chapters include a question mark, poems,
rituals, instructions, and obscure allusions and cryptograms. The
subject of each chapter is generally determined by its number and
its corresponding Qabalistic meaning. This is the original 1912
public domain text without Aleister Crowley's 1921 commentary and
without any later additions by others. As Crowley describes it:
"This book deals with many matters on all planes of the very
highest importance. It is an official publication for Babes of the
Abyss, but is recommended even to beginners as highly suggestive."
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Magick (Hardcover)
Aleister Crowley
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R1,273
Discovery Miles 12 730
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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First published in Liber ABA (Part II), Aleister Crowley's dark
masterpiece Magick is essential reading for students of Thelema and
the occult. This guide to the principle tenets of black magic is a
concise version of the more dense four-book magnum opus Liber ABA
or `Book 4' and is recommended to initiates.
First published in 1919, The Equinox: Volume III, Number I, also
known as The Blue Equinox is essential reading for students of
Thelema. Within its pages are instructions for initiates, including
Aleister Crowley's own extensive reading lists divided into
courses. The book also details the history, principles and aims of
the secret society O.T.O. and its ally the A
Aleister Crowley's black magic masterpiece 'The Book of the Law' is
the central sacred text of Thelema, written or ?channeled? by
Crowley in 1904, who claimed it was dictated to him by a
disembodied entity named ?Aiwass? while he spent the night in the
King's Chamber of the Great Pyramid of Giza. 'The Book of Lies'
consists of 93 chapters, each of which consists of one page of
text. The chapters include a question mark, poems, rituals,
instructions, and obscure allusions and cryptograms. The subject of
each chapter is generally determined by its number and its
corresponding Qabalistic meaning.
Included in this anthology are four of Crowley's seminal works: The
Book of Lies, The Book of the Law, Magick, and Cocaine. Each title
has been newly edited and revised based on the original
manuscripts, restoring each work as it was intended to be read by
Crowley.
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