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Author Dr. Richard Kaczynski discusses the new expanded editition of Perdurabo: The Life of Aleister Crowley. David Tibet, founder of Current 93, says, "This is the one biography that is absolutely necessary for anyone who wishes to know more about one of the most creative, seminal, and misunderstood figures of the last hundred years.” We couldn't have said it better ourselves!

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This item will be of interest to very few visitors - for those that are interested, though, read on…

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Crowley's Amalantrah Working: Thelema, The Tao, and the New York Years

Gary Dickinson

In New York in 1918, Aleister Crowley undertook a visionary session with his friend Roddie Minor, with her having visions and reporting them to Crowley as they occurred. One part of the record relates her saying, "We went down by the stream and across it into the woods where the wizard and the child were. They both looked a little lonely. I asked his name and he told me Amalantrah. I asked who I was and he said 'Part of the Tao.'"

Gary Dickinson looks in greater depth at this episode, Crowley's relationship with the Tao Te Ching, and other related themes in the Working.

Gary Dickinson is a sinologist and Crowley researcher: a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society, he worked in the field of Chinese art for over twenty years, lecturing throughout the world on Chinese ritual and symbolism. He is co-author of Imperial Wardrobe, widely regarded as a source-work on the court dress of the Qing period (1644-1911). He was also an historical consultant for the Oscar-winning costumes in Bertolucci's The Last Emperor.

Price: £7.00
Time: 7.15 for a 7.30 start

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To coincide with its next Rose Croix meeting, Sakura Chapter will be housing an OTO gathering in Queenstown, New Zealand in January 2011.

The gathering will provide an opportunity for friends and family to share in the company of our OTO brothers and sisters, while enjoying an exciting family holiday.

Read more…]]> Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:04:46 +0000 http://www.lashtal.com/nuke/Article1375.phtml Chemical Wedding, also known as Crowley in the US.

The movie will be released on Blu-ray on 16 November from Starz/Anchor Bay.

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Red Wheel/Weiser is going to publish Sexual Outlaw, Erotic Mystic: The Essential Ida Craddock by Vere Chappell.

Crowley was very impressed by Ida, and there is a review of her writings in The Equinox.

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£445.00

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In the Lake District, Keswick, featuring both Lon Milo DuQuette and Michael Staley

This 2-day experience is suitable for all levels of interest and experience, and features rare and unpublished materials, Lon & Michael on a Panel of "Living Thelema" and much more.

Click here for more information

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Brother Curwen, Brother Crowley

By Aleister Crowley and David Curwen
Edited and with an Introduction by Henrik Bogdan and a Foreword by Tony Matthews



In September 1944, a fifty-one year old Londoner named David Curwen wrote to Aleister Crowley, initiating a correspondence that would last several years. While Curwen approached Crowley with deference, the relationship that evolved between them was a complex one that defied the accepted parameters of the student-teacher nexus. For David Curwen was no newcomer to the study of the occult, and Crowley soon discovered that the flow of knowledge would not be simply one way. In particular Crowley was tantalized by the deep understanding of the principals of tantra that Curwen had acquired during the course of many years study under a mysterious guru.

At Crowley's urging Curwen joined the O.T.O., but he remained skeptical of many of "the Beast's" claims, and the two ultimately parted company on strained terms. However, Curwen retained his interest in the occult, and in later life he devoted himself to the study of alchemy, publishing the results of his researches pseudonymously in the book In Pursuit of Gold, a work that many believe to be the most significant study ever published of practical alchemy.

In addition to reproducing all of the surviving correspondence between the pair, Brother Curwen, Brother Crowley includes an important biographical Foreword by David Curwen’s grandson, Tony Matthews. The letters themselves have been edited and annotated by the scholar of Crowley and Western esotericism, Henrik Bogdan, who has also contributed an illuminating Introduction that gives context to the relationship between Crowley and Curwen, as well as exploring the history of their interest in sexual occultism and tantra, and the influence that they had in Kenneth Grant.

Praise for Brother Curwen, Brother Crowley:

"A subtle, demanding spiritual teacher and a skeptical, literal-minded student -- what could possibly go wrong? A fascinating and often amusing correspondence, and a brilliant editorial debut by Henrik Bogdan."
Hymenaeus Beta, Frater Superior O.T.O.

"Brother Curwen, Brother Crowley illuminates a hitherto shadowy figure in Aleister Crowley's twilight years, David Curwen, a tantric and alchemist who was the last person to be initiated into the Ninth Degree of the O.T.O. by Crowley himself. Curwen emerges from this study Janus-faced, reflecting back on Crowley's life in magick while simultaneously looking ahead to the inspiration he himself would provide to one of Crowley's more prolific followers and interpreters, Kenneth Grant. Brother Curwen, Brother Crowley thus represents a fascinating nexus in the transmission and transmutation of esoteric traditions across the twentieth century."
Dr. Richard Kacznyski Author of Perdurabo.

"An important series of previously unpublished Crowley correspondence on the OTO and its secrets, with contemporary commentary which clarifies these esoteric teachings and their history."
Martin P. Starr Author of The Unknown God.

"A moving, funny and profound volume detailing the correspondence between an impecunious, querrulous and impatient Magus-Beast and a respectful, determined and stubborn Alchemist-Magus-in-waiting. Brother Curwen, Brother Crowley includes a Foreword as fascinating and revealing as its Introduction, and is beautifully presented and published—this is a perfect book!"
David Tibet / Current 93

The book is a hardcover, octavo sized (9 x 6 inches, approx 23.5 x 15.2cm), xlviii + 136pp. Sewn, printed on acid-free paper. Heavy dark green cloth binding, with gilt titling etc to the spine. Black and white frontispiece, and eight pages of black and white illustrations. Pictorial dustjacket. ISBN: 9780933429277. Edition limited to 777 numbered copies. Price: US $45.00

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Altered Stages
212 W 29th St. 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10001

Directions: #1 subway to 28th Street & 7th Ave stop.

Website: http://www.meetup.com/Aiwass-Study-Group/calendar/14432075/

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

Read more…]]> Sat, 14 Aug 2010 19:05:00 +0000 http://www.lashtal.com/nuke/Article1368.phtml The Subtlety or Force Encampment has released the sixth issue of its internationally acclaimed quarterly periodical, Doomsayer's Digest, and the same is now available for purchase! There are only 150 in print with less than 100 remaining!

Doomsayer's Digest brings together rigorous academia, esoteric studies, and creative writing. Articles from some of Thelema's most respected voices are featured in every issue with no bad poetry serving as filler. It is a dedicated vehicle for educated and intelligent discourse on critical issues in Thelemic culture, history, and philosophy with considerate appeal to Crowley's antecedents and contemporaries.

In Volume 2, Issue 4, there are two featured articles, three extensive letters to the editor (and included responses), and one Crowley reprint. We've been calling this this "Oz Issue" around the lab. Here's the skinny:
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In 1963 the world of entertainment was transfixed by the terrifying movie The Birds directed by Alfred Hitchcock and based on a short story by Daphne Du Maurier. But what many people do not know was that the same story had been written thirty years earlier by a brilliant young writer called Frank Baker who depicted the city of London falling apart as it was mercilessly attacked by a mysterious flock of birds. This novel had been forgotten and Baker was smarting in penury as he watched what he saw as his own creation go on to reap thousands of dollars. He communicated his anxieties both to Hitchcock and Du Maurier. The first ignored him; the second sympathised and consoled; but this did not salve his torment. Isolated and neglected, bisexual and devoted to alcohol, he felt very much a literary leftover, hiding away with his family mainly in the duchy of Cornwall, about which he wrote with tremendous passion in his brooding first novel The Twisted Tree (1935), in which a mother sacrificed her son, and a later work – also set on the Penwith Peninsula – Talk of the Devil in which a black magic conspiracy turns out to be a ruse concealing a Nazi espionage network. But he was actually a writer of worldwide renown whose classic supernatural comedy Miss Hargreaves was adapted for the London stage with his friend, Margaret Rutherford, taking the leading role. And yet, although he’d been saluted by several critics and a film had been made, starring Robert Donat, of his heart-rending novel Lease of Life, the greater body of his work remained unknown.

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His wonderful book, Real Magic, was what got me into all this…

From the Blog at neopagan.net:

Isaac Bonewits 1949-2010: August 12th, 2010

Philip Emmons Isaac Bonewits, founder and Archdruid Emeritus of of Ár nDraíocht Féin: A Druid Fellowship, one of North America’s leading experts on ancient and modern Druidism, Witchcraft, magic and the occult, and the rapidly growing Earth Religions movement, died today after a short struggle with cancer. Mr. Bonewits first came into the public eye when he graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a Bachelor of Arts in Magic and Thaumaturgy (1970). During his tenure there, Mr. Bonewits worked with many renowned professors including Nobel Prize Laureate Owen Chamberlain. The work he did for that degree became his first book, Real Magic: An Introductory Treatise on the Basic Principles of Yellow Magic (1971)…

He is survived by his wife, Phaedra, his son from a previous marriage, Arthur Lipp-Bonewits of Bardonia NY, his mother Jeannette, his brothers Michael and Richard, and sisters Simone Arris and Melissa Banbury.
]]> Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:56:37 +0000 http://www.lashtal.com/nuke/Article1365.phtml Aleister Crowley: A Passion For Evil, as currently being performed at the Edinburgh Fringe.

The review is written by LAShTAL.COM's very own roving reporter and media correspondent, Frater FS.

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Now Available from Weiser Antiquarian Books:

Perdurabo.
The Life of Aleister Crowley

by

Richard Kaczynski

Hardcover. Large 8vo. viii + 706pp. Black cloth with silver gilt-stamped author and title to spine. References, notes and index. Illustrations. Berkeley, California: North Atlantic Books, 2010. Revised and Expanded Edition. The new edition of Richard Kaczynski's highly regarded biography of Aleister Crowley. The revisions are substantial and this new edition has been widely lauded as the best Crowley biography to date, with many speculating that it is destined to be seen as the definitive study of "the Beast." NEW BOOK, Fine in Fine dustjacket. ISBN-10: 1556438990 / ISBN-13: 978-1556438998

Recommended Retail Price: US $29.95, our price $ 25.00.

Special launch offer.

For one week, or while supplies last, copies of the new edition of Perdurabo will come with a book-plate signed by the author.*

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This landmark book comprises:

An introduction by Robert Ansell
A cartographic study by Gavin Semple
Biographical essay by Geraldine Beskin
Essays by the curators Christopher Jordan and Stephen Pochin
Detailed commentaries on the works in the collection by renowned AOS commentator Dr William Wallace

Sales of this publication will help to fund the exhibition. The deluxe edition will feature a Patron list. A list of those who purchased this volume and who therefore directly supported the exhibition. Of course, if you so wish, you can purchase the deluxe without appearing on the Patron List. There is an extra benefit attached to the purchase of this edition. You will be eligible to attend a special patrons-only private view of the exhibition. The date of this exclusive event will be disclosed to purchasers once orders have been processed.

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Quicksilver is pleased to announce the release of two limited edition prints of Richard T. Cole's stunning oil pastel portraits of Aleister Crowley.





Prints are sized at a large A2+ (24" x 18" or 609.6mm x 457.2mm) and printed on heavy, 235gms silk art paper.

Each print is accompanied by a four page, A5 numbered booklet containing a description of the inspiration behind this stunning portrait, and the techniques utilied in its creation.

Each print is priced at only £11.11 (approx. $17.65 or €13.40) or £20 for both (a saving of £2.22) and shipped worldwide in a sturdy cardboard mailing tube durable enough to survive the worst excesses of various postal services.

Only 31 prints of each portrait will be created. It is anticipated that our stock of these beautiful and evocative creations will not last long. Orders will be processed on a 'first come, first served' basis.

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IN MEMORIUM



Robert North

It has come to our attention and personally just verified during a telephone conversation with his wife, that noted author and translator, Robert North has passed into the Next Step last Friday, 30 July 2010 at age 59. Survivors include his wife Sarah Gozland North and daughter Justine.

Born 28 July 1951 e.v., Robert North is perhaps best known for his translation and publication of Pascal Beverly Randolph’s Sexual Magic, Magickal Childe Publications, Inc., New York, 1988 e.v. (Randolph was identified as a powerful influence on the founders of both the Golden Dawn and the O.T.O.) Those of you who have read the Editorial within The Equinox, Thelema Publishing Company, 1981 e.v., Vol. V, No. 4 will remember Marcelo Ramos Motta’s honorable mention, wherein Mr. North is noted for having an O.T.O. Lodge in Missouri. His O.T.O. motto was Peni Tento Non Penitente. He would later relocate to Florida where he organized his Seminole O.T.O. Lodge after the Native Indian Tribe of Florida of the same name. He there extensively annotated a copy of Francis King’s The Secret Rituals of the O.T.O. for Lodge Initiation. Robert North would thereafter relocate to Boston Massachusetts where he was perhaps most productive as an accomplished artist, musician, writer, guru, translator, band manager, photographer, researcher and Grand Imperial Hierophant and Visible Head of The New Flesh Palladium, his own magical order, whose teachings explore sexual magick in its extremes. He continued his researches upon returning to Florida’s South Beach and also released the remainder of his writings recently through Lulu Publishing. Bob was our longtime Brother and friend, his place in the magical community shall be missed. Memorial Services will be held in Florida’s Miami Beach area toward the end of August. We shall post further details as information develops. May the Work he established continue and the cells of the New Flesh live on.

Sincerely.
Gregory von Seewald



Internet:

The New Flesh Palladium:
http://newfleshpalladium.blogspot.com/


Robert North at Lulu Publishing:
http://www.lulu.com/browse/search.php?fListingClass=0&fSearch=robert+north


Photo Credit:
Robert North at the shore of Aleister Crowley’s Oesopus Island on the Hudson.
Photo taken and ©1987 e.v. by Gregory von Seewald.

]]> Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:11:29 +0000 http://www.lashtal.com/nuke/Article1360.phtml Coming from Red Wheel Weiser in September…

This is a true story. . . It is a terrible story; but it is also a story of hope and of beauty.



Written by Aleister Crowley, The Diary of a Drug Fiend tells the story of young Peter Pendragon and his lover Louise Laleham, and their adventures traveling through Europe in a cocaine and heroin haze. The bohemian couples’ binges produce visions and poetic prophecies, but when their supply inevitably runs dry they find themselves faced with the reality of their drug addiction. Through the guidance of King Lamus, a master adept, they use the application of practical Magick to free themselves from addiction.

First published in 1922 and dubbed “a book for burning” by the papers of the time, The Diary of a Drug Fiend reveals the poet, the lover, and the profound adept that was Aleister Crowley.

Aleister Crowley (1875-1947), who claimed to be the re-incarnation of Dr. John Dee among others, lived in England from 1875 through 1947. He is the author of several Weiser Books titles, including Book of Thoth, Diary of a Drug Fiend, Magick, Book of Lies, Book of the Law and 777 & Other Qabalistic Writings. He was a poet, mountaineer, secret agent, magus, libertine, and prophet – was dubbed by the tabloids “The Wickedest Man in the World.”

Read more…]]> Wed, 04 Aug 2010 21:17:27 +0000 http://www.lashtal.com/nuke/Article1359.phtml As always, I am delighted to be able to draw the attention of members and visitors to the latest online catalogue from Weiser Antiquarian. Not only are there many items of great interest to the Crowley collectors here, but also some fascinating snippets of information buried in the book descriptions...

Welcome to this, the seventy-eighth of our on-line catalogs, another of our special lists devoted to books by and about Aleister Crowley.

The catalog is divided into three subsections, the first of which is made up of a select group of used and rare books, letters, and documents, a number of which are signed by Crowley himself. The books include various First Editions, notably Crowley's Eight Lectures on Yoga (1939) in the scarce dustjacket, Magick In Theory and Practice (1930) in 4 parts with color plate, an early printing of Liber Oz (1941) featuring one of the Thoth tarot designs, and the first separate printing of the Hymn to Pan (Circa 1919). The letters are particularly interesting, with three from Crowley to his collaborator on the Thoth deck, Frieda Harris. In one long letter, written from his English "Abbey of Thelema" at Barton Brow, Crowley encourages her to read The Book of the Law, and also discusses, of all things, his attainments as a road-racing cyclist! In another letter he makes reference to his plans for the text that would become known as Liber Oz, and also speaks of his abhorrence for the forthcoming fifth "National Day of Prayer," whilst in the third he gives suggestions about the presentation of the original designs of the Thoth tarot cards, and also expounds upon the issues facing young men growing into adulthood, including the need for them to separate from their mothers, citing C. J. Jung in the process. Other fascinating documents include a three page holograph manuscript in which Crowley outlines his lifetime of literary achievements, a letter from a pharmacist to Crowley demanding payment of his account, with Crowley's note "chemist's crazy letter," and a mysterious selection of papers, termed by Crowley the "Philips dossier." These were clearly of some importance to him, although their actual meaning is obscure.

The second section contains works related to Aleister Crowley, most of which are magazines, although with a few bound books. Amongst the magazines are a good run of the 1970s British Thelemic journal, The New Equinox, and a number of (slightly) more mainstream magazines, including Real - a "men's magazine" from April, 1966 - and High Times, from July, 1978, both of which feature article about Crowley. The third section of the catalog comprises a selection of books by Kenneth Grant, as well as a number of issues of Starfire (1996), the journal of the Typhonian Order.

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WHOLE OV THEE LAW by GOTHICK

Available on free 4-CD compilation DO WHAT THOU WILL from Notariqon

http://notariqon.quartier23.dk/?indhold=dl&nr=26

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Sept 11th 2010
Memorial Hall
Clun
Shropshire
SY7 8NY England

11am til 6pm

Speakers are David Cypher on Agrippa, David Rankine on Key of Solomon, Jake Stratton Kent on Grimoirium Verum and Geraldine Beskin on Frederick Hockley.

Bookstalls, Atlantis, Midian, Labyrinth, Scarlet Imprint, etc.
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The Biennale Film Program, Magickal Songs, Mythical Histories and Fictitious Truths

NOKO: will be performing a live AV performance of ORDER 41: Conjuration of Beelzebub at the 17th Australian Art Biennale.

noko (Michael Strum, Scott Barnes and Barry Hale) operate at the very fringes of expanded cinema, live performance, music and magick. Their rare public appearances – the last of which took place at the Equinox Festival in London in 2009 – see them engaging in esoteric rituals through abstracted experimental sound and visuals. These visuals mix animation, found footage, documentation of magickal practices and real-time image-capture to create a swirling sea of ever-changing images. Working in broadly the same occult traditions as Harry Smith, they manifest magick as art and their art as magick – for Noko there can be no separation.

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