Blazing Diamond: The Full Spectrum.
Los Lunas, NM: Desert Star Temple, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xlviii + 192pp. Laminated pictorial boards, b&w illustrations. "A Basic Textbook of the Outer Order." This copy SIGNED by the author by way of a bookplate affixed to the front pastedown. The author, Frater Shiva, a senior member of "Solar Lodge," the 1960s US occult fraternity that drew many of its teachings from the works of Aleister Crowley, resigned his position as Grand Secretary General and his membership in the Lodge, and went on to explore the central teaching of Thelema, the formal, solitary, Invocation of the Holy Guardian Angel. The "preliminary remarks" to the book advise "This essay is a primer - a basic textbook - it is designed for the Aspirant yet it ranges throughout the Full Spectrum of endeavor." New book. Print-on-demand type production values. A hint of rubbing to covers (received this way from publisher), a bit of glue residue at front endpapers inner margins. Otherwise Fine condition. Item #67094
Price: $65.00