The Best of the Equinox, Sex Magick: Volume III

by Aleister Crowley, Lon Milo DuQuette (Introduction)

Overview

Selections from writings of Aleister Crowley on sex magick as published famed magical journal the Equiniox.

The Equinox, in print from 1909-1919, was a magical journal published by Aleister Crowley and included Crowley's own A...A... laws, rituals and rites, reviews, and magical works by other important practitioners. Much of this material was collected by Israel Regardie and published in the massive Gems from the Equinox (1974).

Now, renowned scholar and U.S. Deputy Grandmaster General of the O.T.O. Lon Milo DuQuette presents readers with his own selections from this classic publication, The Best of the Equinox. Volume III of the series presents perhaps the most controversial of esoteric subjects, sex magick. Once Aleister Crowley grasped the fundamentals of sexual magick, he came to understood it to be the key that unlocks the secrets of the universe. He dedicated the entire second half of his life to exploring its mysteries. This volume presents the bulk of Crowley's written works on the subject and includes “The Gnostic Mass,” “Energized Enthusiasm,” “Liber A'ash,” “Liber Chath,” and “Liber Stellae Rubeae.”

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781578635719
Publisher:	Red Wheel/Weiser
Publication date:	11/01/2013
Series:	Best of the Equinox , #3
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d)

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.

Lon Milo DuQuette is the author of 15 critically acclaimed books on Magic and the Occult including Understanding Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot. An authority on tarot and ceremonial magic, he is one of the most respected writers and lecturers in the field of the Western Mystery Traditions. Visit him at: www.lonmiloduquette.com.

Table of Contents

Introduction Lon Milo DuQuette viii

Liber XV, Ecclesiae Gnosticae Catholicae: Canon Missae, Gnostic Mass from The Equinox Volume 3, Number 1 1

Liber DCCCXI, Energized Enthusiasm, from The Equinox Volume 1, Number 9 27

Star Sapphire first published in Book of Lies 57

Liber A'ash vel Capricorni from The Equinox Volume 1, Number 6 61

Liber Chethfrom TheEquinox Volume 1, Number 6 69

Liber Stellae Rubeae from: The Equinox Volume 1, Number 7 75

Liber Astarte from TheEquinox Volume 1, Number 7 83

Liber NVfrom TheEquinox Volume 1, Number 7 105

Liber HAD from TheEquinox Volume 1, Number 7 115

Two Fragments of Ritual from The Equinox Volume 1, Number 10 125

Sexual Outlaw: Ida Craddock 135

About the Author 139

About the Series 141