CORNELIUS, J. Edward - [ Jerry Cornelius ], Edited and with an Essay by Christopher Reed Johnson - SIGNED by.

The Book of Archai: On the Light of All-Things and No-Thing; [ with an essay: “On Creation, Channeling, and the Watchers” ]

NP [ USA ]: Cornelius Publications, 2025. First Edition, Limited. Hardcover. Octavo. 353pp. 276 illustrations / images. Black clothbound hardcover, w/ white text and illustrations printed on thick art stock. Each copy includes a helpful magnifying glass (plastic). An edition limited to 210 copies, each copy is hand-numbered and SIGNED by Christopher Reed Johnson on the limitation page and includes a 74-page essay by Christopher Reed Johnson interpreting these mysterious works in terms of Jerry’s genius and the New Aeon more broadly. From Johnson: "Cornelius (1951–2023) spent a lifetime developing Aleister Crowley’s sacred formula of ON—especially the male formula of O. Initially, he channeled his Genius unconsciously. From 1969 to 1976, Jerry flooded notebook after notebook with intriguing—often beautiful—tables, diagrams, and drawings. About his process, Jerry wrote: 'Volumes upon volumes were produced in these early years. Well over twenty-five. I was such a maniac and obsessed. Some of these notebooks, numbers 7 thru 11, which are dated from April to December 1976, still survive. … [T]hese years … were truly chaotic on a magickal level, if not seemingly disjointed, but, believe it or not, there was a purpose behind all my madness… ' Jerry’s creativity and its New-Aeonic import may be appreciated through a 200-page pictorial work from these years—The Book of Archai. His early inspiration comes into clearer view through the addition of 76 vivid drawings selected from Jerry’s notebooks of the period. Almost any one of these images could obsess a person for hours. Having carefully studied The Book of Archai and Jerry’s extant notebooks and diaries, Johnson offers an interpretative framework in his essay "On Creation, Channeling, and the Watchers,” included in this volume. Here he expresses the underlying synthesis of Gnostic and Thelemic principles that emphasize the importance of achieving Wisdom and Understanding, balancing spiritual and material forces, and embracing the transformative power of the New Aeon. Viewed through Jerry’s productions, our Work in the end is simply to bring Heaven down to Earth. NEW book. Fine condition. (no dust jacket issued). Item #73934
ISBN: 9781946585387

Price: $84.00