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Remembering Aleister Crowley by Kenneth Grant

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Enjoyed reading this book which I ordered from Amazon recently, being a collection of letters from Crowley to Grant, and Grant's commentary. Interesting is Grant's critique of Liber III, and photographs of Crowley at Netherwood and his regalia. I wonder if Grant's letters to Crowley survive and why they were not included in the book? Next on my wants list is 'Aleister Crowley and the Hidden God'. My interest was piqued after seeing a dedication to Kenneth and Steffi, and Crowley quotes in Jaz Coleman's new book 'Letters From Cythera'.


   
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I'm glad that you enjoyed Remembering Aleister Crowley, Falcon. Though brief, It's a beautiful, fascinating memoir.

Not having discussed it with Kenneth, I fon't know what prompted the selection of material for the book. My best guess would be, however, that since the book was a memoir of Crowley then Kenneth would have considered that his letters to Crowley did not have as much relevence as letters and notes from Crowley to him.


   
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An excellent book!  I'm actually surprised it's still in print!  Mick, do you know the limitation number?  I'll look again, but I don't recall seeing one.


   
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An excellent book!  I'm actually surprised it's still in print!  Mick, do you know the limitation number?  I'll look again, but I don't recall seeing one.

Perhaps not still in print, but definitely still on sale. They must have printed a good 2,000+ copies.


   
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I don't know what the print run was. It's not given on the copyright page, but must have been several thousand.


   
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"MichaelStaley" wrote:
I'm glad that you enjoyed Remembering Aleister Crowley, Falcon. Though brief, It's a beautiful, fascinating memoir.

Not having discussed it with Kenneth, I fon't know what prompted the selection of material for the book. My best guess would be, however, that since the book was a memoir of Crowley then Kenneth would have considered that his letters to Crowley did not have as much relevence as letters and notes from Crowley to him.

Thanks Michael. One can get the gist of the possible content of Kenneth's letters to 666, by reading Kenneth's commentary.


   
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