Amrita. Essays in Magical Rejuvenation.
Kings Beach CA: Thelema Publications, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Large slim octavo. xviii + 60pp. Original gilt decorated purple cloth with color frontispiece by Daniel Gunther, and purple endpages. 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. Cloth a bit faded - more so 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), top corner of rear board very lightly bruised. Otherwise a tight, internally bright and unmarked VG+ copy. No dust jacket issued. Item #71873
Price: $500.00