Gems from the Equinox: Instructions by Aleister Crowley for His Own Magical Order - Hardcover

Aleister Crowley

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1578634172 ISBN 13: 9781578634170

Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser, 2007

Synopsis

In the original ten volumes of the Equinox, Alesiter Crowley succeeded in synthesizing the aim of religion and the method of science. Israel Regardie's selections in Gems of the Equinox make a volume that is invaluable to readers, students, and adepts. It includes material on Crowley's magical order, magical rituals, yoga, invocations, and sex magick, among many other topics. Gems from the Equinox is a unique resource that serves as a veritable textbook for the magickal orders A.A. and O.T.O. Although it is written for the advanced practitioner, beginners will gain much from its many pages of wisdom, including yoga postures and breathing techniques, ceremonial rituals and meditations, an Enochian magick primer, and The Book of the Law. In Gems from the Equinox, Israel Regardie's selections of Aleister Crowley's writings synthesize the aim of religion and the method of science, making it invaluable to readers, students, and adepts. Gems is a must have for every student of Occultism, Mysticism, Thelema, Magick, and comparative religion.

About this title

About the Author:

Aleister Crowley (1875-1947) was the most widely read author in 20th-century occultism. He single-handedly redefined magic as a field of inquiry and endeavor through his books and the order that he led--the A.A. and the O.T.O. He is the author several books including The Book of the Law, 777 & Other Qabalistic Writings, and The Book of Thoth. Israel Regardie, who died in 1985, is widely regarded for working to make Western mystery tradition material available to all.

From the Inside Flap:

This book belongs in the library of every student of the Western Tradition. * This essential reference and study text from Crowley's body of work has been out of print for years.
* Israel Regardie selected the most important magical writings from the ten installments of the original Equinox and made them available to the student in one comprehensive collection.

About this edition

• Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1578634172
• ISBN 13: 9781578634170
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1184