Amrita. Essays in Magical Rejuvenation.
Kings Beach, CA: Thelema Publications, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xviii + 60 pp. Original gilt decorated purple cloth with color frontispiece and purple endpapers. First and only Edition - limited to 1000 copies (there was also a sub-limitation of 33 leather bound copies). This copy SIGNED by editor Martin Starr on title page. A collection of Aleister Crowley's writings on occult medicine, particularly on Amrita: an ambrosia or "elixir of life" said to ensure longevity, restore youth and energy, and bestow various occult boons. It was referred to by Crowley as "the principal Secret of the Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O. )." Contents are: Foreword by Soror Grimaud (Helen Parsons Smith); Introduction by Martin P. Starr; A. M. R. I. T. A. ; The Elixir of Life: Our Magical Medicine; The Elixir of Life (I); The Elixir of Life (II); The Order of the Purifications on Waking; Remarkable Experiment with the Elixir of Life; AMRITA; Additional Cases; IT; On Food. Spine a little faded as almost always, to pin-head sized faded spots to cloth at front hinge, previous owner's blind seal on titlepage. Otherwise a tight, bright VG + copy. No dust jacket issued. Item #58191
ISBN: 0913576182
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