The Classic Tarot Deck. Aleister Crowley Thoth Tarot. Moonchild (Liber 81 - The Butterfly Net) This book was written in 1917, during such leisure as my efforts to bring America into the War on our side allowed me. Hence my illusions on the subject, and the sad showing of Simon Iff at the end. Need I add that, as the book itself demonstrates beyond all doubt, all persons and incidents are purely the figment of a disordered imagination?
London, 1929. Copyright © Ordo Templi OrientisTranscribed & 1st Proofread, 4/14/98 e.v. by Fr. Ra-Hoor-Hd III°/Camp Master of Xanadu O.T.O. Additional work and design by John Griogair Bell of The Hermetic Library at Hermetic.com { } denotes footnotes and/or marginalia. [ ] denotes page numbers Except for notations added to the history of modification, the text in this file down to the next row of asterisks must accompany all copies made of this file. Magick Without Tears -- Contents. Table of Contents Note: This hypertext edition of Magick Without Tears is based on a plaintext edition entered in 1988 by Bill Heidrick from the 1954 first edition, with a foreword by the original editor Karl J. Germer. The current (New Falcon) paper edition of this work was substantially abridged by editor F.I.
Regardie. Omissions by Germer from the original letters have not been restored. Further proof reading may be needed. Footnotes indicated by *, †, ‡, etc. by either Crowley or Germer. In the interests of readability, when converting the plaintext to HTML I made no attempt to retain the line breaks and pagination from the paper edition. Magic without Tears November 13, 1988 e.v. key entry and first proof by Bill Heidrick T.G. Key entry by Bill Heidrick, (415) 454-5176 P.O. Aleister Crowley MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS Complete and Unabridged, edited with a Foreword by Karl J. HTML coding by Frater T.S. for Nu Isis Working Group. Magick Without Tears. Book of Lies. Sacred texts Thelema. Aleister Crowley. After an unsuccessful attempt to climb Kanchenjunga and a visit to India and China, Crowley returned to Britain, where he attracted attention as a prolific author of poetry, novels, and occult literature.
In 1907, he and George Cecil Jones co-founded a Thelemite order, the A∴A∴, through which they propagated the religion. After spending time in Algeria, in 1912 he was initiated into another esoteric order, the German-based Ordo Templi Orientis (OTO), rising to become the leader of its British branch, which he reformulated in accordance with his Thelemite beliefs. Through the OTO, Thelemite groups were established in Britain, Australia, and North America. He spent the First World War in the United States, where he took up painting and campaigned for the German war effort against Britain, later revealing that he had infiltrated the pro-German movement at the behest of the British intelligence services.
Early life[edit] Youth: 1875–94[edit] Cambridge University: 1895–98[edit] Had! [edit] LEMEGETON, Part 1;2: Goetia. The 9th spirit in order is Paimon; a great king, & very Obedient to Lucifer, he appeareth in ye forme of a man, sitting one a dromedary, wh a Crowne most glorious on his head. Three [There] goeth before him a host of spirits like men with Trumpets and well sounding Cymballs, and all other sorts of musicall Instruments &c. he hath a great voice, and roareth at his first comming, and his speech [voice] is such as ye Magician cannot well understand, unless he compelleth him. . [102r] The 10th spirit is Buer, a great president and appereth in that is his shape when ye is there, he teacheth Phylosophy [both] Morall & Naturall, & ye Logicall arts, & ye vertues of all hearbes & plants, & healeth all distempers in Man, & giveth (familiars) good familiars, he governeth over 50 Legions of spirits and this is his seale of obediance wch you must weare when you call him to apperance.
The 12th spirit is Sitri, he is a great prince & appeareth at first with a Leopards face, and wings as a griffin. . [103r]