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Weiser Antiquarian Books is Pleased to Announce the Availability of
Signed Copies of three new books on Aleister Crowley & his Works
J. Edward Cornelius, The Magickal Essence of Aleister Crowley. Berkeley, CA: Privately Published, 2010. First Edition thus. Hardcover. 8vo. x + 246pp. Black cloth with gilt titling to spine, b&w frontis, appendixes, index. Edition limited to 777 numbered copies. Signed by way of a bookplate affixed to the front endpaper.
"The Magickal Essence of Aleister Crowley" focuses on the central philosophies and practices of Magick, in particular the "attainment of the knowledge and conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel," and the secrets that lie at the heart of Crowley's "Liber Aleph" and "The Book of Lies." The text has its origins in a series of instructions that Aleister Crowley gave to an American disciple, Grady Louis McMurtry, during the last years of the Second World War. McMurtry returned to the United States, and in his later years went on to head both the O.T.O. and his own lineage of the A.'. A.'. He became both friend and mentor to the author of this book, J. Edward Cornelius, to whom he confided the secrets and teachings that he had received from Crowley. Following McMurtry's death, Cornelius explored these insights in a series of "Epistles" that were privately circulated amongst his own students. In 1999, he made a synthesis of these teachings, which he published in the Red Flame series of journals under the title "The Magickal Essence of Aleister Crowley." It sold out rapidly, and soon became one of the most sought after modern explorations of Crowley's work. In the decade that has elapsed since the publication of the original Red Flame edition of the book, Cornelius has carefully reworked the text, removing sections that he no longer felt to be of relevance, clarifying passages that some of his students found difficult or perplexing, and extensively revising and augmenting the rest. In the process he has added fifteen new chapters, effectively reshaping the entire publication, and filling it with new insights for those interested in the Magick of "the Beast." ISBN: 9780692007327. New book thus Fine in fine dust jacket. (38029) $45.00
Blair MacKenzie Blake, Foreword by Danny Carey, Photography by Duncan Blake, The Wickedest Books in the World. Confessions of an Aleister Crowley Bibliophile. USA: Privately Published, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Small folio. viii + 98pp (1pp advert). Original black cloth with gilt titling to spine and upper board, well illustrated in color. A limited hand numbered edition of 1,000 copies. This copy signed on the title page by both Blair MacKenzie Blake and Danny Carey. An entertaining, and personal glimpse into the ways and wiles of collecting Aleister Crowley rarities by two aficionados: the Foreword is by Danny Carey, drummer with the Grammy winning band "Tool," and the text by fellow bibliophile, Blair MacKenzie Blake.
Fine in Fine dust jacket. ISBN: 9780615328744. NOTE due to the large format of the book extra postal charges will apply. (37855) $50.00
Paul Weston, Aleister Crowley and the Aeon of Horus, Glastonbury, England: Avalonian Aeon Publications, 2010. First Edition. Softcover. 8vo. 384pp. Printed pictorial wrappers. Diagrams and Ills. Signed by the author.
Whilst dealing with a variety of "diverse and extraordinary subjects," this book focuses particularly on the Beast, and the various individuals, movements and madnesses that have followed on from him. Discussions of Crowley, Thelema, magick, and mysticism lead to explorations of the life and thought of Gerald Gardner, Kenneth Grant, L. Ron Hubbard, Timothy Leary, Jack Parsons, Robert Anton Wilson and others. The author also explores a number of bizarre and sometimes bewildering subjects, from the atom bomb and hallucinogens, to Nazi occultism, UFO's and "the Sirius Mystery", with various divergences and forays into sixties popular culture, Illuminati, Men in Black, the Church of Satan, the Process Church, Manson murders, the Thule Society, 'New Aeon English Qabalah', and the alleged secret United States government research into time travel said to have been conducted at Montauk Air Force Station. One reviewer has not unreasonably likened the work to that of Robert Anton Wilson on account of its scope and sometimes deliberately surreal perspectives. ISBN 978-0-9557696-1-0. New book thus Fine condition. (38031) $24.50
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