The Magical Diaries of Aleister Crowley. Tunisia, 1923.
New York, NY: Samuel Weiser Inc., 1979. First American edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 252 pp. Blue cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, purple end pages, appendixes, index. The texts of Crowley's 1923 diaries, edited and with an Introduction by Stephen Skinner. "These diaries were written by Aleister Crowley after his expulsion by Mussolini from his abbey of Thelema in Cefalu in Sicily. The records consolidate the work which Crowley initiated in Cefalu and explore more deeply the various techniques of cabbalistic and sexual magic as well as his contact with the Arab magic of North Africa where he spent some years. As an accurate and scientific record of consistent and well-documented magical practice there is little to equal Crowley's diaries, they are in fact the raw data from which, as Crowley had hoped, the science of magic will rise from the art which it has so long been." Cloth unevenly faded and discoloured, spine ends and corners bruised and rubbed, page edges darkened, pages a bit toned, otherwise a tight, clean VG copy in Good dust jacket. (Dust jacket somewhat worn - chafed, creased and chipped at edges, points and folds, not clipped). Item #59462
ISBN: 0877283583
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