Description
Aleister Crowley; Frater Orpheus
Hellfire Books, United Kingdom, 2015. Hardcover Boxed Set. Limited Edition, limited to 50 numbered boxed sets only, this copy is number 35. Four parts all quarter leather bound with burgundy goatskin and dark green cloth, stamped to the front with the seal of A.’.A.’. and presented in a matching leather and cloth slipcase (300mm x 210mm x 50mm). An original annotated typescript in facsimile introduced and commented on by Frater Orpheus 7′ = 4′ et al. As New/Fine.
The contents of the slipcase are in four parts. Volume 1 includes a full color facsimile (in loose sheets) of cult film maker Kenneth Anger’s annotated typescript of the ritual. Volume 2 is an introduction to the work with a history of the typescript by its owner (Robert Flores, Frater Orpheus 7’=4′ A.’. A.’.). Volume 3 includes an analysis of the development of Pyramidos and its relationship to the highly secret ‘TROA’ ritual. Vol 4 contains the essay ‘Pyramidos Experience’ (Frater 414 A.’.A.’.) or analysis of the ritual as a progression of initiatic states. A final folder states the details of the publication and is numbered, in this case number 35, it also features a blank membership form from the A.’. A.’. for the Oath of a Probationer.
Aleister Crowley founded his A.’.A.’. Order in 1907 with the assistance of George Cecil Jones, in 1909 whilst on a Magical Retirement Crowley developed ‘Liber DCLXXI vel Pyramidos’ for the singular purpose of attaining a higher form of Knowledge and Conversation than he had attained previously as an Exempt Adept. Pyramidos is thus one of the most significant rituals in the Thelemic armoury.
The original typescript seems to have originated in the late 1940’s or early 1950’s, it is believed to have belonged to Jack Parsons (Agape Lodge) who passed it on to Kenneth Anger. Three distinct sets of annotations are visible, Two of the sets of annotations are part of the copy itself and are in the hands of Crowley and G.J.Yorke, the third set of annotations are in the hand of Kenneth Anger. What is exceptional about this typescript is that Kenneth Angers notes have managed to preserve original annotations from the author (Crowley) that are now faded and would otherwise be illegible.
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