Amrita. Essays in Magical Rejuvenation.
Kings Beach, CA: Thelema Publications, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xviii + 60 pp. Original gilt decorated purple cloth with color frontispiece and purple endpapers. This copy SIGNED on the titlepage by the editor, Martin P. Starr. First and only Edition - limited to 1000 copies (there was also a sub-limitation of 33 leather bound copies). A collection of Aleister Crowley's writings on occult medicine, particularly on Amrita: an ambrosia or "elixir of life" said to ensure longevity, restore youth and energy, and bestow various occult boons. It was referred to by Crowley as "the principal Secret of the Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O. )." Contents are: Foreword by Soror Grimaud (Helen Parsons Smith); Introduction by Martin P. Starr; A. M. R. I. T. A. ; The Elixir of Life: Our Magical Medicine; The Elixir of Life (I); The Elixir of Life (II); The Order of the Purifications on Waking; Remarkable Experiment with the Elixir of Life; AMRITA; Additional Cases; IT; On Food. Original publisher's prospectus loosely inserted. Top corners lightly bruised, a few light marks to the boards. Cloth faded, moreso to spine and adjoining areas of boards as is typical with this volume (the purple cloth seemed to fade if at all exposed to light. Otherwise a tight, internally bright and clean VG+ copy. No dust jacket issued. Item #67101
ISBN: 0913576182
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