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227. Crowley, Aleister (Frater Perdurabo) and Soror Virakam [d.i. Mary d’Este
Sturges]: Book 4 [Part I: Meditation & Part II: Magick]. Reprint of the 1st edition. New York,
Gordon Press, 1974. 127 p., with some illus., Gr.-8°, Gilt O-Imitation Leather 58,00 €
Contains the first two parts of "Book Four". I: Meditation. The Way of Attainment of Genius or Godhead considered as a
Development of the Human Brain. II: Magick. Preliminary Remarks. - "If both parts are thoroughly studied and understood,
the pupil will have obtained a real grasp of all the fundamentals and essentiels of both Magick and Mysticism." (Note by
Soror Vikam (Mary d’Este Sturges) who has written this book down from Crowley’s dictation). - A good copy.
228. [Crowley, Aleister]: The Equinox of the Gods. The Official Organ of the A .:.A.:. The
Official Organ of the O.T.O. Vol. III, No. III. [In a pocket at the end:] The Comment. Facsimile
of the Ms. [Manuscript] of the Liber Al [in 3 parts]. 1st edition, first impression. London,
Privately issued by the O.T.O., Sept. 1936 [pasted over: Dec. 1937]. VI, 138 p., with
2 coloured plates (The Stélé of Revealing) and 2 textfigs. (4 horoscopes & Quabalistic Key) /
22, 22, 21 p., 4°, Gilt illus. O-Cloth 900,00 €
Crowley Cross-Index E16: "The circumstances surrounding the dictation of Liber Al"; 122 u. 122a; A18b.; Gerald Yorke’s
bibliography of Crowley (printed in John Symonds’s "The Great Beast" 1951), describes three variants of the Equinox
appearing in 1936: (a) "subscribers’ edition", (b) normal version, and (c) with a slip pasted over the date on the title page
changing it to 1937 (= this copy). - Contents: The Summons; A Summary; LIBER AL vel LEGIS Sub Figura CCXX as
Delivered by XCIII = 418 to DCLXVI; GENESIS LIBRI AL (p. 39-138, contains: The Boyhood of Aleister Crowley,
Adolescence: Beginnings of Magick. The Birth of Frater Perdurabo, Beginnings of Mysticism. The Birth of Frater OU MH,
The Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, The Results of Recession, The Great Revelation. The Arising of THE
BEAST 666, Remarks on the method of receiving Liber Legis [etc], Summary of the Case). - With separate folder in a
pocket at the end: AL (Liber Legis) The Book of the Law sub figura XXXI as delivered by 93 - Aiwass - 418 to Ankh-f-nkhonsu.
The Priest of the Princess who is 666 (facsimile of the manuscript in 3 sections). - Little knocked; half title with
traces of a small red-triangel stamp which represents "Aiwass" or (after a different school) "Heru-ra-ha" (The Active
Aspect is: Ra-Hoor-Khuit); pages uncut; the seperate "Liber AL" at the spine slightly spotted; overall a good to very good
copy.
229. [Crowley, Aleister]: The Equinox. An XV. Vol. III, No I. = March MCMXIX E.V. [Vol. 3,
No. 1, March 1919]. The Official Organ of the A.:.A.:. The Official Organ of the O.T.O. The
Review of Scientific Illuminism. The method of Science; the aim of Religion. 2nd Impression.
New York, Samuel Weiser Inc., 1973. [4], 307, 132 p., with 7 plates (2 coloured: "The Master
Therion" from the oil painting by frater T.A.T.K.T.A. (Leon Kennedy) and "May Morn"), Gr.-8°,
Illus. O-Cloth 130,00 €
Contains: Praemonstrance of A.:.A.:.; Curriculum of A.:.A.:.; Liber II, DCCXXXVII, LXI, LXV, CL, CLXV, CCC, LII, CI, CLXI,
CXCIV, XV; 2 Psalms; The Tent; Stepping out of the old Aeon into the new; The sevenfold sacrament; Nekam, Adonai!; A
la loge; The Tank. - As appendix (132p.): Liber LXXI. The voice of silence. The two paths. The seven Portals. By Helena
Petrovna Blavatsky, with a commentary by Frater O.M. - A fine copy.
230. [Crowley, Aleister]: The Equinox. Vol. I, No. VI. - September MCMXI - "The Method of
Science - The Aim of Religion". The Official Organ of the A.:.A.:. The Review of Scientific
Illuminism. 1st edition. London, Wieland & Co. (3 Great James Street, Gray’s Inn), 1911. [8],
170, VI, 124, [10] p., Gr.-8°, Illus. O-Hardcover 310,00 €
Crowley Cross Index: Nr. 69. - Contents: Editorial; Liber X; Liber XVI; Liber XC; Liber CLVI; Liber CC; Liber CCCLXX;
Aleister Crowley: Three Poems for Jane Chéron; Ethel Archer: Circe; The Electric Silence; Song; Aleister Crowley: The
Scorpion; Francis Bendick: The Earth; Ethel Archer: Sleep; Martil Nay: The Ordeal of Ida Pendragon; Victor J. I.. Neuburg:
The Autuum Woods; The Dangers of Mysticism; John Yarker, E. Whineray, Aleister Crowley, etc.: The Big Stick; Special
Supplement: The Rites of Eleusis. - Cover little knocked, dusty and rubbed; paper a bit browned, else a good copy.
231. [Crowley, Aleister]: The Holy Books of Thelema. 1st edition. York Beach (Maine,
USA), Samuel Weiser, 1983. XLV [45], 270 p., Gr.-8°, Illus. O-Cloth 150,00 €
"The Holy Books of Thelema are the chief legacy of their scribe, Aleister Crowley (1875-1947 e.V.). Their principal value to
us, his heirs, lies not in their considerable literary merit, but rather in the insight and illumination these books yield on each
reading. Written, as they were, on the most exalted planes of spiritual experience, they have a way of unfolding within the
reader, of not only retaining, but increasing their relevance. Since these work were written through Crowley, they cannot be
classed with those books of magical and mystical instruction consciously written by Crowley." (Preface by Hymenaeus
Alpha 777, Grady L. McMurtry) - Contains 14 "Liber" (I, VII, X, XXVII, LXV, LXVI, XC, CLVI, CCXX, XXXI, CCXXXI,
CCCLXX, CD, DCCCXIII), e.g. Liber B Vel Magi; Liber Liberi Vel Lapidis Lazuli; Liber Trigrammaton; Liber Cordis Cincti
Serpente; Liber AL Vel Legis (in printed letters and the facsimile); Liber TAU Vel Kabbalae Trium Literarum. - Inside cover
with traces of a removed ExLibris; table of contents with marks, otherwise a very good copy.
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