Initiation in the Æon of the Child. The Inward Journey.
Lake Worth, FL: Ibis Press, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 224pp. Black cloth with gilt titling. b&w illustrations. Glossary, bibliography, appendixes. Presentation copy from the author to Crowley scholar Martin P. Starr, INSCRIBED & SIGNED on the first blank: "For Martin Starr with my thanks, J. Daniel Gunther." The author draws on more than 30 years of experience as a student and teacher within the Order of the A.'. A.'. to examine the doctrinal thread of Thelema in its historical, religious, and practical context. With numerous diagrams and detailed references encompassing ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts, the Apocrypha, the Old and New Testaments, alchemy, hermetic Qabalah, and tarot, as well as the writings of Carl Jung and Aleister Crowley. Most recently from the collection 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. Appears like new, thus a Fine copy in lightly rubbed near Fine dust jacket (dust jacket now protected in mylar cover.) Out of print in hardcover and with an interesting provenance. Item #66591
ISBN: 9780892541454
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