Early in 1948, in the wake of Crowley’s death, his long-term friend and colleague Gerald Yorke wrote to Charles Stansfeld Jones (Frater Achad), at one time Crowley’s collaborator and Magical Son. What followed was an extended and substantial correspondence dealing with relations between Crowley and Achad, interpretations of the Book of the Law, and various other aspects of Crowley’s life and work. In the course of it, Achad also documented what he considered to be the incoming of the Aeon of Truth and Justice in April 1948, an event foreshadowed in Achad’s published work of the early 1920s.

Referred to in Kenneth Grant’s monumental book Outside the Circles of Time as ‘Official and Unofficial Correspondence Concerning the Incoming of the Aeon of Maat’, these letters are now being prepared for publication by Starfire Publishing in the Summer of 2010. In this talk, Michael Staley gives the background to the correspondence and outlines some of the issues dealt with in the course of the exchanges. He also gives an account of what Achad meant by the incoming of the Aeon of Truth and Justice, how this relates to the concept of a succession of aeons, and its relationship to the Aeon of Horus.

Other upcoming events include:
Tue 9th March - Black Ravens and Green Dragons: Introduction to Alchemical Symbolism
Mon 29th March - Launch for 'The Chapter Papers': Observations on the Symbolism of the Hell Fire Club
Thur 1st April - Demons and Angels in Early Christianity: A User's Guide
Thur 15th April - Interview with a Ceremonial Magician: John Paternoster of Dion Fortune's Society of the Inner Light
Thur 29th April - Interview with a Chaos Magician, Patricia MacCormack speaks to Christina Oakley Harrington

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