The Key of the Mysteries.
NP [ USA ]: Privately published, ND [ Circa 1999 ]. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Octavo. 25pp. Stapled booklet. Mauve wrappers printed in black on upper cover, mauve text pages. An anonymously produced reprint of four chapters (only) of Eliphas Levi's "The Key of the Mysteries." The book was described by Aleister Crowley as representing the "high water mark" of Levi's thought. Crowley's translation was first published in book-form in 1959. This booklet includes the chapters: I: "Theory of Will"; II: "The Power of the Word"; III: "Mysterious Influences"; and IV: "Mysteries of Perversity". From the library of Clive Harper with his discreet book-label neatly tipped in at the rear. Harper is well-known as the bibliographer of Austin Osman Spare, for updating the Aleister Crowley bibliography in the 2011 Teitan Press collection of Gerald Yorke's writings, and as someone who has lent his expertise to numerous other publications. A tight, clean near Fine copy. Item #66162
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