
COMMENTARIES ON THE HOLY BOOKS
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Heavily Illustrated, Color Illustrations, The Equinox, Vol. IV, No. I
Aleister Crowley, H.P. Blavatsky, J.F.C. Fuller, and Charles Stansfeld Jones
From the editor :
This issue of The Equinox is a companion volume to The Holy Books of Thelema (The Equinox Volume Three Number Nine). It is, however, a coherent textbook in its own right. It covers the essentials of the Secret Order; Arcanum Arcanorum, (Mystery of all Mysteries) or A:.A:.. system of initiation, from the preliminary stage of Student to the attainment of the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel. For the first time it makes available practical details that will be of immense value to students of Thelema.
Beginning with Crowley's unpublished work "Occultism," it offers several of the foundation papers of the A:.A:., including Liber 185, Liber Collegii Sancti, which describes the oaths and tasks of each grade in its Outer College. A new paper presents the correct designs (with color illustrations) for the corresponding robes of each grade. This book's lengthy color section includes General J. F. C. Fuller's paintings for the Temple of Arcanum Arcanorum, and Crowley's illuminated manuscript of an A.:.A:. Ritual for the Neophyte, Liber 671 vel Pyramidos.
The central feature of this book is The Master Therion's lengthy and penetrating commentary to the inspired writing, The Book of the Heart Girt with a Serpent (Liber LXV). While Liber LXV gives the best account available of the attainment of the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel, it is couched in the language of mystical poetry. Crowley's commentary gives a more easily understood exposition, and it is some of his most lucid writing on magic and mysticism. Crowley's shorter commentaries to seven others of The Holy Books of Thelema are also included.
This book also contains Madame Blavatsky's inspired text, The Voice of the Silence, with a commentary by Crowley that explores the various stages of consciousness in Mahayana Buddhist mysticism and their correspondences to the Holy Qabalah. Pages: 382, Illustrated, Color Illustrations Special Interest: Arcanum Arcanorum, Secret Societies, Holy Guardian Angel, Occult, Magick, Secret Orders, Qabala, Forbidden Books. Our Price: $29.95
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