Newly released by The Teitan Press:

Thorn in the Flesh
A Grim-memoire

by

Rosaleen Norton


With an Introduction by Keith Richmond

See the Reviews section for a review of the new Fulgur-Treadwells international journal of esoteric studies, Abraxas.

26 November 09 (Thursday) at Treadwells Books

Kenneth Grant's Magic: Lecture Four in the Typhonian Series

With Michael Staley (Typhonian Order)

£5.00, 7.15 for 7.30 start

The fourth lecture in the series by Michael Staley on the work of magician and author Kenneth Grant (b. 1924). This lecture goes into angles of the Typhonian mythos and magical system that has been seminal for magical culture of the 2oth century after Crowley. Michael Staley has been a member of the Typhonian Order for more than thirty years now. He is the editor and publisher of Starfire, an occasional Thelemic journal which first appeared in 1986. The founder of Starfire Publishing, he has been for many years the publisher of Kenneth Grant.

Author and magickal practitioner Jason Miller has a new book called The Sorcerer's Secrets. On this podcast, he discusses how everyone does magick in one form or another and how to influence your surroundings. Learn more about Jason at inominandum.com.

http://oto-usa.org/podcast.html

www.thelemanow.com

A selection of used and rare books and ephemera may now be viewed at: Weiser Antiquarian.

Weiser Antiquarian Books is pleased to announce the release of the sixty-sixth of our on-line catalogs. This catalogue is another of our regular series devoted to Aleister Crowley, and comprises the usual eclectic mixture of antiquarian and modern books and ephemera.

Amongst the older volumes are two unusual works which touch upon Crowley's adventures as a mountaineer: the Jahrbuch des Schweizer Alpenclub 1905 bis 1906 (1906), which contains a French-language account of his Kanchenjunga expedition, and Walter Larden's Guide to the Walks & Climbs Around Arolla (1908) with several comments by Crowley about his climbs in the area. There are also works such as UK First Editions of The Diary Of A Drug Fiend (1922), and Moonchild (1929), and a scarce copy of the Karl Germer edition of Magick Without Tears (1954), still arguably the best and most complete of the editions that have been published, complete with its original prospectus. Alongside that is an original handwritten and signed document by Crowley on O.T.O. letterhead, which is a receipt for moneys paid to him by Anne Macky, one of those for whom the letters that make up Magick Without Tears were expressly written. Other unusual ephemeral items include two different postcard versions of Liber Oz (1942), each with a portrait photograph of Crowley, a short letter (1944) from Crowley to his friend Edward Bryant who assisted with the Thoth tarot exhibitions, and two autograph postcards from Frieda Harris – artist executant of the Thoth tarot deck – to former Crowley associate Edward Noel Fitzgerald.

Modern works include several of the 93 Publishing Equinox series, a good selection of Teitan Press Crowley works, signed by the Editor Martin P. Starr, and two unusual volumes released by Helen Parsons Smith's Thelema Publications. On the quirkier side there is a lovely example of the "Far-Out" edition of the Book of Thoth (Kashmarin Press, 1969) with it's great "cut and paste" design dustwrapper – probably the only Crowley book published with the words "far-out" on it. Also strongly reminiscent of the times are a number of issues of Herman Slater's Earth Religion News some of which include Crowley material, and generally provide an interesting, if rather embarrassing, glimpse of occult-culture in the USA at the time.

A fiction novel written about the meeting of Aleister Crowley and Fernando Pessoa in Lisbon that ended with a fake suicide letter from Crowley found in "Boca do Inferno".

The members of Scarlet Woman Lodge, Ordo Templi Orientis will be hosting J Daniel Gunther, author of Initiation in the Aeon of the Child on "The Star: Messianism in the Aeon of the Child."

lamdhabooks announces that, further to the acquisition of the Barry Selkilld collection, a catalogue of books on or pertaining to the Master of Thelema has been posted on its website. Additionally the relevant subject headings have been considerably expanded and improved.

My thanks to ormyritus…

Roger Hutchinson on ALEISTER CROWLEY The Beast Demystified

31st October 2009
Doors at 6 pm - Lecture commences at 7 pm
Mare Street, London

Often referred to as the "wickedest man alive," Aleister Crowley (1875-1947) had a shocking reputation. Stories abound of drugs, orgies, sacrificial ceremonies, and the tragic deaths of those who associated with him. His early life, however, was one of considerable achievement. One of the most accomplished mountain climbers of his generation, he was also the friend and literary model to a host of celebrated figures. An early convert to eastern philosophies, Crowley attempted to replace Western Christianity with his own brand of religion-most notably through his writings and his commune in Sicily. Addicted to opiates, hounded by the press, and pursued through the courts, the tribulations of his later years would have ruined a lesser man. This biography presents the "Great Beast" for the first time as an accessible figure: a flawed, egotistical individual who left an indelible mark on his era.

Thanks to Horizon Oasis…

Horizon Oasis O.T.O. is pleased to bring J. Daniel Gunther, author of "Initiation in the Aeon of the Child", to Seattle on Saturday, November 28th for two lectures:

"THE DOCTRINE OF THE MESSIAH IN THE NEW AEON" & "RIGHT PERSPECTIVE ON INITIATION"

These are different talks than the ones he gave at his recent appearances in Portland and Vancouver, and we hope you will be able to join us.