MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS  was conceived by Aleister Crowley as a series of letters answering questions from beginners on 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 originally published by Karl Johannes Germer, Aleister 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 Ramos 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 “Israel” Regardie. Fifteen thousand words of the original text of Magick Without Tears were excised, 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” (Parts I and II respectively), 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.