Occulta-Antiquariats-Katalog 14

Erstausg. Berlin, Verlag "Stein der Weisen" Sigrid Kersken-Canbaz, 1982. 1 Bl., 168 S., 2 Bll.,
mit einigen Abb., 8°, Roter illus. O-Karton 93,00 €
Herausgegeben im Auftrag der A.:.A.:. Thelema. - "Das Buch enthält die vollständigen sexualmagischen Unterweisungen
des VII°, VIII° + IX. des O.T.O. [Ordo Templi Orientis] und damit die vollständigen Details der tantrischen Techniken, mit
denen der Adepten wie Aleister Crowley ihre überragenden magischen Erfolge erzielten." (Klappentext) - Ein sehr gutes
Expl.
253. Frater Achad [d.i. Charles Stansfeld Jones]: Crystal Vision through Crystal Gazing
or The Crystal as a Stepping-Stone to Clear Vision. A Practical Treatise on the Real Value of
Crystal-Gazing. 1st edition. Chicago, Yogi Publication Society, [1923]. XII, 116 p., with 5 figs.,
8°, Gilt O-Halfcloth 240,00 €
"Those who have already travelled some distance along the Occult Path may still find help through the study of the more
advanced, if less understood, methods of the Ancient Seers. Those who are seeking to make their own Vision more
Perfect, so that the Light of Truth may focus itself within them, will also find hints as to the means of accomplishing their
True Purpose." (Foreword). One Chapter deals with the methods of Dr. Dee and Sir Edward Kelly. - Frater Achad (i.e.
Charles Robert Stansfeld Jones, 1886-1950), the "magical son" of Aleister Crowley. He was member of the O.T.O. where
he holded the X° and he was head of the order for Canada and America. - Cover little rubbed, browned and slightly
spotted; pages uncut, else a good copy.
254. Frater Achad [d.i. Charles Stansfeld Jones]: Q. B. L. or The Bride’s Reception.
Being a Short Cabalistic Treatise on the Nature and Use of the TREE Of LIFE. With a Brief
Introduction and a Lengthy Appendix. Limited edition of 250 signed and numbered copies, this
is No. 219 [= 1st edition]. Chicago, Privately Printed for the Author Collegium ad Spiritum
Sanctum, [1922]. XIV, 106, [2], 43, [1] p. with 4 coloures plates, 1 folded b/w plate (with
2 illus.) and 17 Textfig., Gr.-8°, Gilt O-Halfcloth 398,00 €
Limited edition, which is signed and numbered by the author. - Contents: The Formation of the Tree of Life being a
Qabalistic Conception of the Creative Process; Concerning the Natural Basis of Correspondences in the Hebrew Alphabet;
Of the Twenty-two Paths with Their Yetziratic and Colour Correspondences; Concerning the Tarot Trumps and Their
Attributions to the Hebrew Alphabet; Some Account of the Ineffable Name and of the Four Worlds with Their
Correspondences to the Minor Arcana of the Tarot; Concerning the Macrocosm and the Microcosm and how by Means of
the Tree of Life We May Learn to Unite Them; Concerning the Literal Qabalah and the Methods of Gematria, Notaricon and
Temurah; Concerning Numbers, Symbols and Matters Cognate; Of that which Was and Is and Shall Be; Of the Kingdom of
the Bride. - With Appendix. - From 1923 on Achad had contact with Heinrich Tränker (1880-1956), who likewise had the X°
of the O.T.O. Tränker, the founder of the rosicrucian "Pansophical Brotherhood", appreciated especially Achad’s current
work (Lechler p.267), which was his first book. - Little knocked; first page with pencil-notes; pages uncut and little browned,
partly with foxing; the folded plate with some notes; maybe in the end there is missing a white sheet; a good copy.
255. Frater Achad [d.i. Charles Stansfeld Jones]: The Anatomy of The Body of
God.Being The Supreme Revelation of Cosmis Consciousness. Explained and depicted in
graphic form by Frater Achad. With Designs showing the Formation, Multiplication, and
Projection of The Stone of the Wise by Will Ransom. 1st edition of 250 numbered and signed
copies, this is No. 78. Chicago, [Frater Achad] Collegium ad Spiritum Sanctum, 1925. [2], XV,
111 p., with coloured frontispice and 39 textfigs., 4°, Patterned O-Halfcloth 385,00 €
Limited edition, which is signed and numbered by the author (22 copies were numbered from Aleph to Tau; and 228 copies
1-228). - Here the author presents the further Light he has received on the Qabalah and the Tree of Life recently. - Little
knocked and browned; pages uncut; last endpaper with owner’s stamp (William B. Halsey, Brooklyn), else a good copy.
256. Frater Achad [d.i. Charles Stansfeld Jones]: The Egyptian Revival or The Ever-
Coming Son. In the Light of The Tarot. 1st edition, limited to 1001 copies, numbered and
signed by the author (this is No.132). Chicago, Privately Printed for the Author, The Collegium
ad Spiritum Sanctum Publication Department, [1923]. XVIII, [2], 120, [10] p., with 1 folded
illus., Gr.-8°, Gilt O-Haltcloth 395,00 €
Limited edition, which is signed and numbered by the author. Achad "discusses the symbolism of the Tarot Trumps
according to the reformed Astrological Order, which he presented in the Appendix to ‘Q.B.L.’ He offers a summary dealing
with the earliest traditions of man, and their effect upon the present day." (Cover text of a later edition) - Contents: Light on
the Egyptian Revival; The Essence of the Practical Qabalah; More Light on the Tarot Trumps; The Sun, the Devil, and the
Redeemer; The Mystery of Babylon and the Beast; Further Light on the Tree of Life; The Law of Thelema (will); The
Tradition of the Golden Age. - Little knocked and rubbed; gilt print partly rubbed away; ExLibris by "Charles Asa Muzzy";
very few pencil-marks by a book-dealer; pages uncut, else good and with dedication by the author: "To my dear Frater
‘Noven’ with all Good Will from Achad. An XIX."
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