The Magical Diaries of Aleister Crowley
- Hardcover
- Jersey: Neville Spearman, 1979
Jersey: Neville Spearman, 1979. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good +. 251pp. Octavo [25.5 cm] Blue cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Bright purple endpapers. Light rubbing to the extremities. Spine ends gently bumped. In a price-clipped dust jacket, with very moderate rubbing and creasing to the edges. Despite these flaws, the jacket is quite attractive. From the dust jacket-
"These diaries were written by Aleister Crowley after his expulsion by Mussolini from his abbey of Thelema in Cefalu in Sicily. The records consolidate the work which Crowley initiated in Cefalu and explore more deeply the various techniques of cabbalistic and sexual magic as well as his contact with the Arab magic of North Africa where he spent some years.
"These diaries were written by Aleister Crowley after his expulsion by Mussolini from his abbey of Thelema in Cefalu in Sicily. The records consolidate the work which Crowley initiated in Cefalu and explore more deeply the various techniques of cabbalistic and sexual magic as well as his contact with the Arab magic of North Africa where he spent some years.