Magick
Book 4, Liber ABA
by Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowley’s magnum opus, in which he systematically expounds on mystical and magical theories and techniques.
This extensively illustrated edition brings together the complete texts of all four parts of Liber ABA (Book 4) in one volume under the overall title Magick. This edition incorporates Crowley`s own additions, corrections, and annotations, and restores dozens of passages omitted from the first editions.
Magick is the fundamental textbook of modern magick in the New Aeon. It also has invaluable teachings for students of Yoga and meditation. Crowley mastered the practices of Yoga during his studies in the East, and writes about them lucidly, without recourse to the imprecise language of mysticism.
Beginning with a discussion of the universal origin of world religions in mystical revelation, Magick then explores the theory and practice of mysticism and magick in the light of modern scientific thought. Crowley’s own revelation, The Book of the Law, is then treated as a case study, with an autobiographical study of events leading to its reception.
Note on the Second Revised Edition
Extensively cross-referenced and annotated, this edition features over 100 diagrams and photographs, as well as a glossary, bibliography, and detailed index. This second revised one-volume edition features revisions based on new typescripts for a more accurate text than all earlier editions, and it includes a revised A∴A∴ curriculum, a new syllabus of the O.T.O. papers, and an important, previously-unpublished A∴A∴ paper.
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Table of Contents (abridged)
Table of Figures
Editor’s Note on the Second Revised Edition
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations and Editorial Conventions
Editor’s Introduction
LIBER ABA : BOOK FOUR
A note
Proem (from “Aha!”)
PART I : MYSTICISM
PART II : MAGICK (ELEMENTARY THEORY)
PART III: MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
PART IV: OEAHMA - THE LAW
APPENDICES
Glossary
Editor’s Note
Selected References
Indices
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Hardcover Edition
928 pages. Navy cloth hardcover, sewn-bound, with gold foiling on front cover and spine. Head and tail bands, red ribbon bookmark. Glossy printed dustjacket, navy endpapers.
ISBN: 978-0-87728-919-7
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Press, reviews, endorsements
Book Review by Frater FM - watch on YouTube here
How to Read Liber ABA by Da’at Darling - watch on YouTube here
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About the Author
The late Aleister Crowley (1875-1947) was an occultist, ceremonial magician, prolific writer, philosopher and mountaineer. In his youth, Crowley joined the occult organisation The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (1887-1903), where he received much of his training in theurgy and ceremonial magic. In 1904, Crowley established his own religion, Thelema (Greek for "the will”), for which he had reportedly received a divine revelation from an angel. Crowley believed that humans should strive to overcome both their desires and their socially-instilled inhibitions in order to find out the true purpose of their respective lives. Crowley had been dubbed “the wickedest man in the world” and “a man we’d like to hang” by the British press during the first half of the 20th century. A controversial figure, nevertheless, his influence on Western occultism cannot be easily overstated.
