Description
Aleister Crowley; Israel Regardie
Falcon Press, Arizona, USA, 1985. Paperback. First Edition. 80 pages. Small bookseller label on rear cover, a couple of pencil mark and a price in pen on initial leafs. Some soiling, rubbing and shelf-wear. Good Plus.
Aleister Crowley was among the first Europeans to study, practice and teach Yoga. These lectures set forth some of Crowley’s conclusions after a lifelong philosophical investigation. The first series of lectures is entitled ‘Yoga for Yahoos.’ The elements of Yoga are introduced, examined and demystified with a view to extracting the practical essence of Yoga doctrine. Yoga is also correlated with astrology and the Qabalah. The second series is entitled ‘Yoga for Yellowbellies.’ Here Crowley weaves Yoga into a conceptual framework the encompasses Western philosophy, magick and mathematical physics. All of these lectures are approached with humor, wit and a minimum of jargon.
“Nearly sixty years have elapsed since I was first introduced to Part I of Book 4, Crowley’s first little masterpiece on Yoga, It thoroughly debunked the entire subject and then laid down some firm notions as to what Yoga consisted of without the usual claptrap found in the work of those who should know better. That little book has actually become a classic. If it is not now so regarded by some of his over-critical enemies, the passage of time will undoubtably make it so.” – Israel Regardie
