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THE WORKS OF ALEISTER CROWLEY TRAVELLER’S EDITION Extra Crown 8vo, pp. 300 circa, on India Paper, Wrapper Vol. I. ACELDAMA TO TANNHÄUSER. Price 5s. TO BONA-FIDE COMPETITORS ONLY. To THE SECRETARY, S.P.R.T. BOLESKINE, FOYERS, INVERNESS. Sir, I am desirous of competing for the £100 prize offered by the Society. Please furnish me with one copy of “THE WORKS OF ALEISTER CROWLEY.” Volume I., for which I agree to pay the sum of Five Shillings on delivery. Name .................................................. Address TO BE TORN OFF. [Ready in Decemb…
1905 · PDF PAGE 192
…AN ESSAY. THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF RELIGIOUS TRUTH offer a Prize of One Hundred Pounds for an Essay upon the Works of Aleister Crowley, under the following con- ditions :— I. The essay may be either hostile or appreciative. 2. In awarding the prize, the following essential points will be taken into consideration :— (a) Thoroughness of treatment. (b) Breadth of treatment. (c) Excellence of prose style. (d) Originality. (e) Scholarship. 3. As some of Mr Crowley’s works are rare or alto- gether out of print, it will not be necessary to d…
1905 · PDF PAGE 2
O R A C L E S THE BIOGRAPHY OF AN ART UNPUBLISHED FRAGMENTS OF THE WORK OF ALEISTER CROWLEY WITH EXPLANATORY NOTES BY R. P. LESTER AND THE AUTHOR 1905 Society for the Propagation of Religious Truth BOLESKINE, FOYERS, INVERNESS
1905 · PDF PAGE 188
…rice is due to the recent issue, and the larger number of copies issued (150). Its intrinsic interest is however profound. “ Mr Aleister Crowley’s previous work has been eccentric, and at the best he has done more to provoke curiosity than to give confidence. Now he chooses to handicap himself by printing his poems in a type that must inevitably impose restrictions upon many readers, and we think that the diction, usually admirably simple, of the principal piece in ‘ Ahab and Other Poems ’ (Chiswick Press, pp. 34, 5s. net) suffers from an inter…
1905 · PDF PAGE 186
… a tragic farce. The love of a man for his own mother, not according to a moral but a sexual standard, is not quite a novel idea, but Mr Crowley handles the subject in a revolting fashion, which the Greek poets avoided, owing to their keen artistic sensibility. Some passages in this drama are really very fine ; and ‘ The Fatal Force ’ is also a dramatic poem of singular power, though the subject is equally horrible. There is scarcely a poem in the entire volume free from morbidity ; and yet it is impossible to deny that Mr Crowley has a claim t…
1905 · PDF PAGE 184
…son Agonistes, with which it compares only too favourably. There are also a number of fine lyrics and dramatic poems in the volume. “ Mr Crowley has paced the literary stage before, not without success, though it were not much more than the success of expecta- tion. He was hailed as a promising young man, and a follower of Swinburne. It is true that young men usually follow somebody or something ; but this does not imply depreciation. It is also true that some critics appear to expect an absolutely impossible origi- nality, and that they forget…
1905 · PDF PAGE 195
A LIST OF THE WORKS OF MR ALEISTER CROWLEY. Please underline any volume required. ACELDAMA. 21s. THE TALE OF ARCHAIS. 5s. SONGS OF THE SPIRIT. 3s. 6d. JEZEBEL. 21s. AN APPEAL TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. 1s. JEPHTHAH. 7s. 6d. THE MOTHER’S TRAGEDY. 5s. THE SOUL OF OSIRIS. 5s. CARMEN SÆCULARE. 2s. 6d. TANNHÄUSER. 7s. 6d. BERASHITH. 5s. AHAB. 5s. THE GOD-EATER. 2s. 6d. ALICE. 21s and 5s. THE SWORD OF SONG. 10s. THE STAR AND THE GARTER. 1s. THE ARGONAUTS. 5s. GOETIA. 21s. WHY JESUS WEPT. 21s. and 42s. Of which many are almost exhausted. COLLECTED WORKS.…
1905 · PDF PAGE 182
…s the articulate expression of an individuality, should miss a little book of unusual quality called ‘ Songs of the Spirit,’ by Aleister Crowley (Kegan Paul and Co., 8vo, pp. 109, 3s. 6d.). We have read it with admiration for its intense spirituality, as well as for its technical superiorities, and with sympathy for its spontaneous reflection of certain moods—byways of poetry, no doubt, that Mr Crowley pursues almost without variation except in the movement of his rhythms, now swift as desire and now slow as remorse, with an utterance at once m…
1905 · PDF PAGE 185
… twain are bitter. But the last is Love.’ There are many poems the titles of which we need not give. Nearly all seem to indicate that Mr Crowley is still in the thick of his passions ; the ferment is discernible to all who have passed that way. But there is good wine there ; he must be reckoned with. If he progresses, his will become a great name. If he has arrived at his limits we shall hear no more of him. But from the power and earnestness of the book before us we are inclined to favour his chances in the future. He has shown at least the fo…
1905 · PDF PAGE 79
…of civilization, am perhaps more isolated than you in your craggy fastness among the trackless steppes of your Untrodden Land ? ALEISTER CROWLEY. PARIS, A.B. 2446. I MIGHTEIST Self ! Supreme in Self-Contentment ! Sole Spirit gyring in its own ellipse ; Palpable, formless, infinite presentment Of thine own light in thine own soul’s eclipse ! Let thy chaste lips Sweep through the empty aethers guarding thee (As in a fortress girded by the sea The raging winds and wings of air Lift the wild waves and bear Innavigable foam to seaward), bend thee do…
1905 · PDF PAGE 181
EXCERPT A—FROM THE CATALOGUE. Society for the Propagation of Religious Truth, Boleskine, Foyers, Inverness. THE WORKS OF MR ALEISTER CROWLEY Aceldama. 21s. This booklet, of which a very few copies now remain, is an interesting example of the sensuous mysticism of a brilliant boy. The Tale of Archais. 5s. This edition is nearly exhausted. It is beautifully printed on hand- made paper. A fairy romance of Greece and its mythology, very suitable as a present for young people. “ ‘ The Tale of Archais ’ describes the meeting and love of Archais, daug…
1905 · PDF PAGE 191
…ight items, of which a list may be obtained on application. IN THE PRESS. Orheus, a lyrical legend. 10s. The Collected Works of Aleister Crowley Volume I. See special leaflet.
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…n them. The devil take them !8 so, lest I should be thought to swear—never9 a habit of mine !—to the “ devil ” they shall go.10 ALEISTER CROWLEY. 1 Admitted on all hands to be worthless. 2 I can’t bother. 3 Cf. Spinoza, Haeckel, and others. 4 Sakkya-ditthi, Anatta. 5 First Precept. 6 More classically, good-bye. 7 My eye—all mine. 8 Excusez, madame ! 9 Well, hardly ever ! 10 Joke. v
1905 · PDF PAGE 190
… on hand-made paper. Two Guineas net. Write for our special prospectus. We are also pleased to announce, under the able editorship of Mr Crowley, the following masterpieces of ancient and modern litera- ture :— Alice, an Adultery. 21s. This great psychological study of the passion of love is by a deceased but distinguished author of the Western World. No
1905 · PDF PAGE 183
…city, it is fiery and clear-measured and easy of phrasing. We venture to quote from a poem dated ‘ Amsterdam ’ some line exemplifying Mr Crowley’s talent :— ‘ Let me pass out beyond the city gate Where I may wander by the water still, And see the faint few stars immaculate Watch their own beauty in its depth, and chill Their own desire within its icy stream. Let me move on with vacant eyes, as one Lost in the labyrinth of some ill dream, Move and move on, and never see the sun Lap all the mist with orange and red gold, Throw some lank windmill …