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The Caretakers of Thelema present
Aleister Crowley Books
Commented by Marcelo Ramos Motta
Published by the Society Ordo Templi Orientis International
and The Parzival XI° O.T.O. Foundation
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Price List as at 21st September, 2018 e.v. (Anno CXV)
The Caretakers of Thelema are pleased to offer these rare limited edition works. Students of Thelema treasure Marcelo Motta’s editions for his profound and inspired commentaries upon the writings of Aleister Crowley.
Despite their tremendous popularity, these books have been extremely difficult to obtain for several decades. This is due to the attempts of various individuals and organizations to suppress these important works. Now, the Caretakers of Thelema make these editions available to serious researchers, Thelemic scholars, academic institutions and the general reading public.
In the tradition of our Founders, the Caretakers of Thelema continue to apply the methodology of scientific inquiry toward the publication and analysis of the vast body of written material produced by Aleister Crowley. It is our belief that scholars everywhere should have access to ALL of A.C.’s published and unpublished works.
This simple preliminary collation of available documents and texts is the necessary precursor to a proper scientific evaluation of his life and work. Interested readers will then have the liberty of exploring the incredible wealth of material generated by history’s greatest pioneer of human potential.
Marcelo Motta was the disciple and heir of Karl Johannes Germer, Aleister Crowley’s legitimate spiritual Successor. Through the words of Mr. Motta, we hear the voice of one who continued the work of publishing the quintessential masterpieces of Scientific Illuminism.
Marcelo Ramos Motta’s comments provide a modern and engaging perspective upon the Great Work. His elaborations upon the works of Aleister Crowley are startling in their clarity and piercing in their illumination of the more obscure elements of A.C.’s thought.
Accordingly, we offer these works as they were carefully published, annotated and commented upon by Marcelo Ramos Motta.
THE EQUINOX - VOLUME V - US$550.00/US$650.00
THE EQUINOX, Official Organ of the A∴A∴ has been in regular print since its inception in 1909 e.v. Volume I contains Ten Numbers, and was described by its editor and principal author, Aleister Crowley, as an Encyclopedia of Initiation. Subtitled: “The Review of Scientific Illuminism,”
THE EQUINOX has contributed significantly to the scientific investigation of comparative religious experience. THE EQUINOX VOLUME V continues the tradition of uncompromising dedication to scientifically verifiable truth.
The full set of four Equinox V numbers can be purchased for US$550, a package which includes the regular edition of Satan and Christ. There are only two copies of that book remaining.
On the other hand, we have a few more copies of the deluxe, numbered and signed edition of Satan and Christ. So if you are willing to shell out US$650 for the full set, there are still some few copies available of Satan and Christ (deluxe) available till we run out.
As mentioned above, we are now sold out of full sets of THE EQUINOX VOLUME V. Copies of book Number 1, THE COMMENTARIES OF AL are available.
We are currently in the process of getting these important works reprinted. When you purchase our available books, the proceeds of the sale go towards printing costs.
THE EQUINOX VOLUME FIVE, Number One: THE COMMENTARIES OF AL - US$175.00
THE COMMENTARIES OF AL, includes the initiated commentaries to the Book of the Law, by Aleister Crowley and Marcelo Motta, publications in Class D that bear upon Chapters or Verses of Liber AL, a facsimile of the original Manuscript of Liber AL vel Legis and an extended Index
THE EQUINOX VOLUME FIVE, Number Two: SATAN AND CHRIST - US$235.00/US$175.00
SATAN AND CHRIST, includes a Class A Publication of the A…A…, Liber LXV. Specially dedicated to the Minor Adept, it is commented by Aleister Crowley and Marcelo Motta. Also contains Liber CCXXXI, a Personal Research by Marcelo Motta.
- The deluxe, numbered, signed edition costs US$235.00.
- The regular edition costs US$175.00 an.
We need money to republish books, so why not buy the full set?
THE EQUINOX VOLUME FIVE, Number Three: THE CHINESE TEXTS OF MAGICK AND MYSTICISM - US$175.00
THE CHINESE TEXTS OF MAGICK AND MYSTICISM, includes Aleister Crowley’s initiated editions of the Chinese Classics, the Dao De Jing , the Jin Gan Jing and the Yi Jing . Commented by Marcelo Motta.
THE EQUINOX VOLUME FIVE, Number Four: SEX AND RELIGION - US$175.00
SEX AND RELIGION, includes the Bagh-i-Muattar, The Field Theory of Sex, The Paris Working , A.C.’s “Magickal Diaries for 1906-07 e.v.” and much more that is essential reading for Thelemic Aspirants.
THE ORIFLAMME - VOLUME VI - US$330.00
THE ORIFLAMME is the Official Organ of the O.T.O., the secret Order to which Aleister Crowley bequeathed all his writings. “The Oriflamme” was traditionally the flag of “St. Dionysus,” in reality the Magus DIONYSUS, from whom the Roman-Alexandrians fabricated their “Jesus Christ.” The flag was called Oriflamme because its colours were the red of blood and the gold of sunlight combined in shot silk. This flag represents the Heraldic Colours of THELEMA, the colours of true Christianity. THE ORIFLAMME is published regularly during the Periods of Silence of the A∴A∴.
THE ORIFLAMME, VOLUME VI, Number One: YOGA AND MAGICK - US$40.00
YOGA AND MAGICK. This is the simplest and least pretentious account of the discipline of Yoga ever published anywhere. Crowley studied Yoga in the East, with true masters; and he managed to transmit it in language intelligible to Western minds. The approach is rigorously skeptical and scientific: no claims are made or allowed that cannot be verified by experiment. Mr. Motta’s notes aim chiefly at explaining how the peculiar psychological states produced by the practice of Mysticism may lead the mystic of whatever sect either to great wisdom, personal fulfillment and social usefulness or to spiritual insanity and religious persecution of people of other faiths
THE ORIFLAMME, VOLUME VI, Number Two: MAGICK AND MYSTICISM - US$50.00
MAGICK AND MYSTICISM. This is the simplest, frankest account of the spiritual meaning of the magickal instruments and weapons ever written. The point of view is rigorously scientific; yet, the end result is full of lyrical beauty, a perfect example of Crowley’s genius. This new edition of Book Four Part II Commented is annotated by Marcelo Motta. The illustrated text includes book reviews, news of the legitimate O.T.O. movement and its imitators, and humor.
THE ORIFLAMME, VOLUME VI, Numbers Three & Four: MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS (Parts I and II ) - US$125.00 each
MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS (Parts I and II ) was conceived by Aleister Crowley as a series of letters answering questions from beginners in Magick, mysticism, the work of occult orders, the techniques of the Masters, and the philosophy of Thelema. In 1947 e.v., Crowley died in poverty and opprobrium, without seeing this, as many others of his works, reach the public. In 1954 e.v., Magick Without Tears was published by Mr. Karl Johannes Germer, Crowley’s successor as Outer Head of the O.T.O. It was published under conditions of great hardship. Only one hundred and fifty copies were printed. The book quickly became a bibliophile rarity.
In 1962 e.v., Mr. Germer died under suspicious circumstances, naming a Brasilian Citizen, Marcelo Motta, his follower as Outer Head. Because of the interference of certain intelligence services, Mr. Motta did not learn of his heirship for eleven years. Meanwhile, disparate claims of O.T.O. authority were made by totally unworthy persons, and many Crowley books (the copyrights of which he left to the O.T.O.) were shamelessly pirated by a certain Francis Regardie.
Fifteen thousand words of the original text of Magick Without Tears were excised by Mr. Regardie, totally castrating the author’s thought and intention.
This present, legitimate edition of Magick Without Tears restores the authentic Crowley text. Notes by Marcelo Motta not only clarify the meaning but indicate where, and why, Francis Regardie cut the original. As an invaluable addition, Mr. Motta has provided an essay, aptly titled “Intelligence Services are Not Intelligent,” which details the history of the O.T.O. since Crowley’s death, and explains how and why such organizations as the C.I.A. under Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon, the Brasilian Junta of Cardinals and Generals, the Vatican and even the Israeli Secret Service have surreptitiously tried to destroy the Order.
THE ORIFLAMME, VOLUME VI, Numbers Five & Six: THELEMIC MAGICK (Parts I and II) - US$75.00/US$60.00
THELEMIC MAGICK (Parts I and II) contains the original text of Magick in Theory and Practice (Book Four Part III) .
Part I includes the first Thirteen Chapters of Magick in Theory and Practice, with illuminating Commentaries by Mr. Motta; a third installment of The History of the O.T.O. Since Crowley’s Death; and O.T.O. News and Reviews.
Part 2 includes the remaining nine Chapters of Magick In Theory and Practice, the full Appendices from the 1929 e.v. Lecram Press edition of Magick in Theory and Practice (Paris, France), and many other items of interest to readers of Aleister Crowley.
Marcelo Ramos Motta died in mysterious circumstances before publishing his annotations to Part II. Unfortunately Part II as published by the O.T.O. in 1990 e.v. does not contain Marcelo Motta’s Commentaries since these had been stolen by Daniel Ben Stone.
These commentaries were eventually recovered, but it was too late: we had published what we had available, and it is well worth having a copy of this edition. We cannot guarantee when this will get to the top of our publishing list, for reasons that will be, or become, obvious to the intelligent reader.
This invaluable Thelemic material has been recovered by the real O.T.O., and a new edition of Part II is being prepared to incorporate the missing text.
These two books are 2nd and 3rd on our list of publishing priorities. Since we need money to publish, and since we are a non-profit organisation all profits on our book-sales will go towards reprinting and republishing, the sensible student or bibliophile will purchase the existing edition.
Thereby he or she will hasten the publication of a new edition of Thelemic Magick Unexpurgated Commented Part II containing hundreds of thousands of words from the keyboard of Marcelo Ramos Motta: illuminating Commentaries to one of the best of the writings of Aleister Crowley, whose brilliance is well-known to any reader of this web-page.
Purchasers of Thelemic Magick Unexpurgated Part II will be given a 25% discount if they also buy Thelemic Magick Unexpurgated Commented Part II when this is published.
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