Occulta-Antiquariats-Katalog 11

Schriften der A.:.A.:.); Eine Anmerkung (Von Soror Virakam, d.i. Mary d’Este Sturges); Teil I. Meditation oder Der Weg der
Erreichung des Genies oder der Göttlichkeit, aufgefaßt als eine Entwicklung des menschlichen Gehirns; Kapitel 1: ASANA;
II. Kapitel: PRANAYAMA u. seine Parallele im Sprechen. MANTRAYOGA; Kapitel III: Yama u. Niama; Kapitel IV:
Pratyahara; Kapitel V: Dharana; Kapitel VI: Dhyana; Kapitel VII: Samadhi; Kurze Zusammenfassung. - Übersetzt von
Martha Küntzel; ursprünglich Mitglied der Hartmann-TG, später führendes Mitglied des OTO; wurde von der Gestapo
verhaftet u. soll im KZ gestorben sein (vgl. Miers). - Leicht fleckig; Innendeckel mit Besitzerstempel; nach dem Vorsatz
angerissenes Gelenk; Schnitt leicht fleckig, sonst gutes Expl. - Sehr seltene dtsch. EA, via KVK kein Expl. nachweisbar.
292. Crowley - The Master Therion [i.e. Aleister Crowley]: Magick in Theory and
Practice. Published for Subscribers only. Paris, Printed at the Lecram Press, 1929. XXXIV,
436 p., with some Figs., 4°, Cloth 500,00 €
Crowley Cross Index: M5, 116, 153, 194. - The first hardbound edition of Crowley’s most famous book, also known as
"Book 4, Part IV". - Cover is spotted, rubbed and a bit knocked; spine professionally renewed; cutting little spotted, else a
good copy. With a coloured xerox copy of the original jacket.
293. Crowley - The Master Therion [i.e. Aleister Crowley]: Magick. Section 4 [= last Part].
1st Edition. Paris, Printed at the Lecram Press, [1929]. p. 303-436, with some figs. and 1 plate
(The Signs of the Grades), 4°, Illus. O-Paperback 398,00 €
Crowley Cross Index: 115. - Part 4 of a set of exceedingly rare volumes that were the first versions of Crowley’s
masterpiece "Magick". - Contents: "Table of Correspondenences" from "777 Revised"; A few principal Rituals; The star
ruby; Liber XXXVI The star sapphire; Liber XLIV Mass of the phoenix; Liber V vel reguli; Liber XV O.T.O. Ecclesiae
gnosticae catholice canon missae; A few of the principal instructions authorised by the A.:.A.:.; Liber HHH; Liber E; Liber O;
Liber Astarte; Liber RV; Liber Yod; Liber ... vel Thisharb; Liber B vel Magi; Liber Resh vel Helios; Liber III vel Jugorum;
Liber Cheth; Liber A’Ash; Liber A vel Armorum. - Cover a bit rubbed, knocked, dusty and little sunned; pages uncut, else a
good copy.
294. Crowley, Aleister: 777 Revised. Vel Prolegomena Sybolica Ad Systemam Sceptico-
Mysticae Viae Explicandae Fundamentum Hieroglyphicum Sanctissimorum Scientiae
Summae. A Reprint of 777 with much additional matter by the late Aleister Crowley. Limited to
1,100 copies. London, The Neptune Press, 1955. XXVII, 155 p., 8°, Gilt half Vellum, boards in
Cloth 188,00 €
Crowley Cross-Index 150/1: "as 49 [= Crowley Cross-Index; 777 Revised. London 1909] but with much additional material,
including essays." - "777 is a quabalistic dictionary of ceremonial magic, oriental mysticism, comparative religion and
symbology. It is also a handbook for ceremoinal invocation and for checking the validity of dreams and visions [...] It was
published privately by Aleister Crowley in 1909." (Preface) - Little knocked; head of spine (and part of frontcover) scraped;
backcover with spot; nevertheless a nice copy.
295. Crowley, Aleister: The Magical Record of the Beast 666. The Diaries of Aleister
Crowley 1914-1920. Edited with Copious Annotations by John Symonds and Kenneth Grant.
1st edition. Montreal (Quebec, Canada), Next Step Publications, [1972]. XV, 326 p., Gr.-8°,
Gilt O-Cloth with Jacket 98,00 €
Crowley Cross Index: M3, 191/2. "Crowley’s Diary is here published for the first time." (Cover text) - With index. - Jacket is
chipped; book little knocked; a good copy.
296. Crowley, Aleister: The Stratagem and Other Stories. 1st edition. London, The
Mandrake Press (Printed and made in England by The Crypt House Press Limited, Gloucester
and London), [1930]. 139 p., with 1 fig., Kl.-8°, O-Halfcloth in snakeskin-imitation 148,00 €
Crowley Cross-Index Nr. 120 and 666; Bibliotheca Crowleyana, Delectus Book. - Contents: The Stratagem, The Testament
of Magdalen Blair, His Secret Sin. ("The Stratagem" was first published in 1922 in "The English Review"; Crowley Cross-
Index S47). - Crowley dedicated the book to "Josef Conrad, who applauded the first story; Allan Bennett, Bhikkhu Ananda
Metteya, who suggested the second, and Eugene John Weiland, who bowled me out over the third." - Cover is rubbed and
knocked; the lettering piece with fault; else a good copy.
297. Crowley, Aleister und M.D. Eschner: Liber Al vel Legis mit Kommentaren. 2. völlig
neu überarb. Aufl. Clenze, "Stein der Weisen" Johanna Bohmeier & Co., [1985]. 354 S., 4 Bll.,
mit 2 Abb., 8°, Illus. O-Karton 48,00 €
Das Liber AL vel Legis oder Buch des Gesetzes (ursprünglich Liber L vel Legis oder Liber Legis) ist eine mystische
Offenbarungsschrift Aleister Crowleys, die ihm nach eigenen Angaben von einem Geistwesen namens Aiwaz im April 1904
diktiert wurde. Aiwaz erklärte, ein neues Äon beginne u. das Liber AL vel Legis stelle das Gesetz dieses neuen Äons dar.
Das Buch umfasst 220 Verse u. besteht aus drei Teilen, die drei durch Gottheiten symbolisierten Prinzipien zugeordnet
werden. Im ersten Teil spricht die ägyptische Göttin Nuit, die Göttin des unendlichen Raumes u. der unendlichen Sterne,
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