Hymn to Pan.
NP: Privately Printed, ND [C. 1952 ]. First Edition Thus. A single sheet of stiff grey paper, flecked with silver, folded once, and printed on 3 sides, with a photograph of a Pan sculpture tipped onto the first "page.' One typewritten and one mss. correction to the text - in the hand of the publisher, Alexander Watt. A separate printing of one of Crowley's best known poems, described by him as "...the most powerful enchantment ever written." This "edition" was produced as a personal greeting card by Alexander Watt (1890-1961) of Ontario, Canada. Watt is believed to have been an O.T.O. member: he certainly knew Crowley (at least through correspondence), and was in touch with Karl Germer, and was also prominent in local Theosophical Society circles. Watt was one of the few Thelemites active in North America in the early 1950s. With Germer's support he republished a number of the "Holy Books" - making them available to students for the first time in decades - as well as reprinting of Crowley's "Hymn to Pan." Near Fine. Item #61180
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