In speaking with a Dear Friend and Soror this morning, she let me know that she is selling parts of her library.

Her loss would most certainly be your gain.  I am intimately familiar with this particular library – it is immaculate and comprehensive …

Here is the write up and I am happy to field inquiries and put you in touch …

Please leave a comment or send inquiries to me at bedsofpurple156 (at) gmail (dot) com

SERIOUS INQUIRES ONLY! Occult Book Collection that has taken over 30 years to amass. Many Thelemic books, some quite rare. Almost all of the published writings of Aleister Crowley. Many books signed, 1st Editions, rare and some out of print!
Please note: The Publishing Date is included in the information about each book. Those with no date may be queried through the library of congress. We have nothing prior to 1950.

The library is for sale as a whole, we will not piece it out. We will not accept trade, barter or anything except cash/US Postal Money Order or Cashier’s Check. Please be aware of this. All of the books below are dated as noted.

(HB= Hardback/ SB = Softback/ Some editions are signed by author or the outer head of O.T.O.) ALL books in Excellent condition except where noted!

Freedom is a Two-Edged Sword (The Oriflamme Volume I) – By: John Whiteside Parsons – Edited by Hymenaeus Beta and Cameron / SB New Falcon 2nd Printing 2001/ (94pp) Extremely Rare.

The Revival of Magick & Other Essays (The Oriflamme Volume II) – By Aleister Crowley / SB New Falcon Publications in association w/ OTO. 1998 1st Edition. (240pp) (2 Copies)

Red Flame – A Thelemic Research Journal Issue #2: Mystery of Mystery, A Primer of Thelemic Ecclesiastical Gnosticism – By: Tau Apiryon (Current head of US O.T.O.) & Helena / SB 2nd Edition 2001 – Privately Printed/ (224pp)

The Book of the Law – Aleister Crowley / SB Weiser, 1976 / First edition this printing/ (50pp, includes the manuscript copy of Liber AL). [4 copies]

The Holy Books – Aleister Crowley / SB Sangreal Foundation 1972 (1st Edition). (Contains: Liber VII, Liber LXV, Liber DCCCXIII vel Ararita – Forward by: Israel Regardie.) OUT OF PRINT/ VERY RARE/ PUBLISHING HOUSE NO LONGER EXTANT! (116pp)

Clouds Without Water – Aleister Crowley/ (SB Yogi Publication Society ISBN: 0-911662-50-2) (141pp) (Sorry no publishing date in this book, but most likely in the 80′s or early 90′s)

Two Volume Set of the Equinox: (no Box) – RARE – Contains the complete 10 volumes of the original Equinox in 2 large tomes. Over 1000 pp per book.
1st Volume – Equinox Vol I-V / 1st Edition, HB Weiser 1998
2nd Volume – Equinox Vol VI-X/ 1st Edition, HB Weiser 1998

De Arte Magicka – Aleister Crowley – Pamphlet/ (SB Surefire Press 1988.) VERY RARE/ Exceptional Condition/ (20pp) EXTREMELY RARE/ No longer in print!

The Magical Diaries of Aleister Crowley – Tunesia 1923 – Edited by Stephen Skinner/ SB 1996 Weiser 1st Edition/ (251pp)

Little Essays Towards Truth – By: Aleister Crowley/ SB New Falcon 1996 Reprint w/ corrections. (96pp)

The Confessions of Aleister Crowley – Edited By John Symonds and Kenneth Grant/ SB Penguin Books/ Arkana Books, 1989. (960pp)

The Law is for All – By: Aleister Crowley / SB Falcon Press, 1985 2nd Printing. (368pp)

The Law is for All – By: Aleister Crowley / SB New Falcon 1996 (368pp) – Signed by Hymenaeus Beta

Magick Without Tears – By: Aleister Crowley – Edited By: Israel Regardie/ SB New Falcon 1994, 9th Printing/ (528pp)

Tao Te Ching – By: Ko Hsuan (Aleister Crowley)/ SB Weiser 1st Edition 1995/ Equinox V 3 Number VIII/ Edited by Hymenaeus Beta. (112pp)

The Book of Lies – By: Aleister Crowley / SB Weiser 1984 (196pp)

Liber Aleph – The Book of Wisdom or Folly (Equinox V3 Number VI) – By: Aleister Crowley / SB Weiser 1991 (220pp)

The Collected Works of Aleister Crowley 3 Volume Set / HB Yogi Publication Society/ No Dates given/ All in Pristine condition.
Volume 1 – (269pp) ISBN: 0-911662-51-0
Volume 2 – (283pp) ISBN: 0-911662-52-9
Volume 3 – (248pp) ISBN: 0-911662-53-7

The Book of Thoth – By Aleister Crowley/ SB Weiser 9th Printing 1983/ (287pp)

The Book of Thoth – By Aleister Crowley/ SB Level Press 1st Printing 1974 (287pp) (Cover of book is different from the Weiser edition/ Publishing house no longer extant, very RARE and collectible edition of this book). This particular edition is no longer in print!

Moonchild – by: Aleister Crowley/ SB Weiser 1996 (335pp)

Magick Book 4 Liber ABA – Edited By: Hymenaeus Beta/ HB, Dustjacket, Weiser 1st Edition, 1994/ (810pp) – Signed by Hymenaeus Beta

The Equinox Vol 3 Number X -By: Aleister Crowley/ HB, Bound in Sailcloth w/ red foil stamp lettering. 93 Publishing, 1990 1st Edition/ Signed by Hymenaeus Beta (287pp) (LIMITED EDITION – NO LONGER IN PRINT!)

The Equinox of the Gods & 8 Lectures On Yoga (The Equinox Vol 3 Number III) -By: Aleister Crowley/ HB, Bound in Sailcloth w/ red foil stamp lettering. 93 Publishing, 1991 1st Edition/ Signed by Hymenaeus Beta (128pp) (LIMITED EDITION – NO LONGER IN PRINT!)

Liber Aleph by: Aleister Crowley/ HB Bound in Sailcloth w/ red foil stamp lettering. 93 Publishing, 1991 1st Edition/ Signed by Hymenaeus Beta (220pp) (LIMITED EDITION)

The Holy Books of Thelema/ HB, Bound in Sailcloth w/ red foil stamp lettering. 93 Publishing, 1983 1st Edition/ Signed by Hymenaeus Beta (270pp) (LIMITED EDITION – NO LONGER IN PRINT!)

The Vision and the Voice With Commentary & Other Papers – The Equinox Volume 4, Number 2 – Edited by Hymenaeus Beta / HB, Dustjacket, Weiser, 1st Edition, 1998/ (452pp) (Dustjacket)

The Commentaries on the Holy Books & Other Papers – The Equinox Volume 4 Number 1 – Edited by Hymenaeus Beta/ HB, Dustjacket, Weiser, 1st Edition, 1996/ (381pp) (Dustjacket)

Magick – By Aleister Crowley (Edited by John Symonds and Kenneth Grant)/ HB, Dustjacket, 1973, Weiser 1st Edition/ (511pp) (Fair condition – many working notes on pages) THIS EDITION IS OUT OF PRINT!

Astrology: Your Place in the Sun – By Evangeline Adams/ HB Dodd, Mead and Company 1960 – 21st printing/ (343pp) VERY RARE (ghost written by Aleister Crowley)

Astrology: Your Place Among the Stars – By Evangeline Adams / HB Dodd, Mead and Company 1962, 16th printing w/ Dust Jacket. (526pp) VERY RARE (ghost written by Aleister Crowley)

The Key to the Mysteries – By: Eliphas Levi, Translated by: Aleister Crowley / SB Weiser 1992 (215pp)

Transcendental Magic – Eliphas Levi – Translated by A.E. Waite / SB 1995 Weiser (438pp)

Liber Null & Psychonaut, by: Peter J. Carroll / SB 1987 1st Edition / Weiser. (214pp)

Liber Kaos – by: Peter J. Carroll / SB 1993 2nd Edition / Weiser (216pp)

Psyber Magick – Advanced Ideas in Chaos Magick by Peter J. Carroll / SB Revised 2nd Edition 2000/ New Falcon. (130pp) (These 3 books: Liber Null & Psychonaut, Liber Kaos and Psyber Magick are the comprise the entire published works by one of the founders of Chaos Magick)

The New Golden Bough – by Sir James G. Frazer / SB 2nd Edition 1959 Mentor Books/ (832pp)

The Golden Bough – By Sir James G. Frazer / HB 1951 (edition unknown)/The MacMillan Company (864pp)

The History of Hell – by: Alice K. Turner/ SB Published by Harcourt House 1st Edition 1993 (275pp)

The Complete Book of Herbs – Using Herbs for to Enrich your Garden, Home and Health. By: Kathi Keville & Jeffrey Laign/ HB 1997 Publications International. (216pp) Beautiful book with many helpful hints.

Duncan’s Ritual of Freemasonry – SB Published by David McKay Company / 3rd Edition ISBN 0-679-50626-8/ no date/ (281pp)

Gems From the Equinox – Selected by Israel Regardie/ HB Falcon Press 1988 (4th Printing)/ (1134pp)

Aleister Crowley’s Illustrated Goetia – By Lon Milo Duquette & Christopher Hyatt; Illustrated by: David P. Wilson. / SB New Falcon 2nd Edition 2000. (236pp)

Angels, Demons and Gods of the New Millennium – Musings on Modern Magick – By: Lon Milo Duquette/ SB Weiser 1997 1st Edition/ (178pp)

The Chicken Qabalah of Rabbi Lamed ben Clifford – By: Lon Milo Duquette/ SB Weiser, 2001, 1st Edition/ (234pp)

The Enochian World of Aleister Crowley – by: Aleister Crowley, Lon Milo Duquette & Christopher Hyatt / SB New Falcon 1991 1st Edition (162pp)

My Life With the Spirits – By:Lon Milo Duquette / SB Weiser 1999 1st edition / Signed by author. (191pp)

The Enochian Tarot – Gerald & Betty Schueler & Sallie Ann Glassman – 86 Card Deck, 1st Edition, 1989 Llewellyn Publications. Rare! (Box in Fair Condition)

The Visconti Sforza Tarocchi Deck – (Reproduction of 15th Century Deck) by Stuart R. Kaplan (leading tarot authority). 1975 First Edition. US Game Systems. Large, over-sized cards.

The Tarot of Ceremonial Magic Deck – By Lon and Constance Duquette 1994/ Published by US Game Systems, printed in Belgium, 1st Edition

The Tarot of Ceremonial Magic Book – By Lon Milo Duqette / SB 1st Edition 1995, Weiser. (276pp)

The Book of Aradia (Tarot Deck) (Aether Suit 21 cards) – By Jean Van Slyke & Ffiona Morgan, drawings by Jean Van Slyke, forward by Shehkinah Mountainwater. 1984 / VERY RARE / Limited publication of only 1000 decks. (Cards are black & white intended to be colored by owner)

Tarot Mirror of the Soul – By: Gerd Ziegler / SB Weiser 1st Edition Trade Paperback 1988/ Delicate condition (193pp)

Psycho Cybernetics – By: Dr Maxwell Maltz M.D., F.I.C.S./ SB Published by Simon & Schuster, 1960/ (256pp)

Aeon (Spring 1985 Issue #1) – (SB 124pp) (Good Condition) – Various Authors (Aeon was originally a periodical from Seattle, WA. And was published biannually)

Ninety Nine Names of Allah – By: Shems Friedlander / SB Harper San Francisco, 1993 1st Edition/ (128pp)

The Beast – by: Daniel P. Mannix / SB Ballentine Books Inc 1st Edition 1959/ Delicate Condition/ (139pp) – Hilarious, & completely incorrect “history” of Aleister Crowley by a yellow journalist of the day.

Ceremonial Magic – By Israel Regardie / SB Aquarian Press, 3rd Printing 1982 (127pp) (Delicate Condition) (Much used and includes notes from personal work)

The Magician: His Training and Work – By: W.E. Butler / SB Wilshire Book Company, 1969 4th Impression/ (176pp)

Ritual of the Secret Work of the Order of DeMolay / HB 1974, 12th Edition, Issued by the International Supreme Council of the Order of DeMolay/ Register #40567/ (67pp)/ VERY RARE and HARD to get unless you are a member of DeMolay. From Tampa, Fl.

Uncle Setnakt’s Essential Guide to the Left Hand Path – By: Don Webb / SB Runa Raven Press 1999, 1st edition. (128pp)

The Secret Life of a Satanist – Authorized Biography of Anton Lavey – By: Blanche Barton / HB dustjacket, Feral House, 1990 1st Edition/ (262pp) (VERY RARE!)

The Mystic Grimoire Talisman and Amulet Kit – By: Frater Malak / Pamphlet, Parker Publishing, No date, No ISBN, (15pp)

The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abra-Melin the Mage – Translated by S.L. MacGregor Mathers/ SB Dover Publishing, 1975 (268pp) (Good Condition)

The Complete Enochian Dictionary – By: Donald Laycock/ SB Weiser 2001 (272pp)

Ritual of the Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem / HB 1953 1st Edition/ Private printing by Supreme Shrine of the Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem. (236pp)

Initiation into Hermetics – A Practice of Magic/ By: Franz Bardon / HB 1987 Publisher – Dieter Ruggeberg (294pp) [includes dustjacket]

The Aleister Crowley Thoth Tarot Deck – ORIGINAL 1st Edition with slide out box. Very Rare! Published without the borders that are on the newer re-prints. These are the large over-sized cards and are a complete set. Published by Llewellyn Publications. 1969-70.

TERMS OF SALE: Serious offers only please, cash only. Offers starting at US $3,500.00/OBO considered. This offer will not last long, please email your questions now.
PLEASE NOTE:
1) We ask, please, no trade or barter offers, or asking about certain books. We will not piece out the collection.
2) We not we do not use Paypal for personal reasons.
3) We will ship the books via USPS or UPS only and it will be sent insured, however, buyer pays shipping.
4) We will not add on any extra shipping costs and we will include a manifest so that you may check the contents of the boxes with the ad.

Love is the law, love under will.

And we ignored our others, happy plans
For that delicate look upon your face

Our bodies moved and hardened
Hurting parts of your garden
With no room for a pardon
In a place where no one knows what we have done

Do you come
Together ever with him?
And is he dark enough?
Enough to see your light?
And do you brush your teeth before you kiss?
Do you miss my smell?
And is he bold enough to take you on?
Do you feel like you belong?
And does he drive you wild?
Or just mildly free?
What about me?

Well you held me like a lover
Sweaty hands
And my foot in the appropriate place

And we use cushions to cover
Happy glands
In the mild issue of our disgrace

Our minds pressed and guarded
While our flesh disregarded
The lack of space for the light-hearted
In the boom that beats our drum

Well I know I make you cry
And I know sometimes you wanna die
But do you really feel alive without me?
If so, be free
If not, leave him for me
Before one of us has accidental babies
For we are in love

Do you come
Together ever with him?
Is he dark enough?
Enough to see your light?
Do you brush your teeth before you kiss?
Do you miss my smell?
And is he bold enough to take you on?
Do you feel like you belong?
And does he drive you wild?
Or just mildly free?

What about me?
What about me?

damien rice

I just looked at the date and I finally got it.  Six years ago today my best friend committed suicide.  I took the call at about 5am that morning and I remember sitting down hard on the floor and feeling dizzy.  How could someone who was so much a part of my life be gone that fast and by her own hand?

That was a tough holiday season.  For years, Shannon was the one who had decorated the Christmas tree with me and Zach.  We would always get her a penguin to put on our tree and she always brought Zach a new stuffed penguin for under the tree.  She was a police officer and for a few years she had morning duty outside Zach’s daycare where he was a total celebrity because the police officer was “his best friend”.  She smuggled a huge chocolate iced coffee into me a few hours after my hysterectomy and left me a stuffed frog that sang with a red rose so when I woke up it was the first thing I saw.  We watched horror movies together (her favorite not mine) and laughed at me when I hid my eyes.  She came to dinner several nights a week and was a part of my daily routine.  I sat in the hospital for 7 hours on Christmas Eve  when Zach was a baby and when she was taken in due to an accident.  I made her laugh, hugged her and forced food when she was going through relationship issues.  She collected penguins – every kind of penguin imaginable.  She rode motorcycles and I used to tell her that being in the car with her was like Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride at Disney.  We laughed so hard so many times and once coffee came out of her nose.  When I was having a bad day at work, she would show up and take me to lunch.  I held her hand and let her talk about her crazy days.  I worried every time I heard that there was a shooting in her district.  I took her to Gay Pride Day at Disney and kept introducing her to women I had started talking to so that she would meet someone nice.  She interrogated every boyfriend I had to be sure that they would be right for me.  She was my constant through some of the hardest years of my life.

I was supposed to perform the wedding for her and her partner that spring and instead, I performed her funeral.  I went into the house after the police were gone and the cleaners were just leaving – only about 12 hours after she died.  I was so upset because I could not smell her over the cleaning fluid that they had used to get the blood out.  Even 2 years after she died when I would visit the house, it still smelled like that awful cleaning fluid.  Shannon in the heat of an argument with her partner put a gun to her own head and pulled the trigger.  I stared at the bullet hole in the wall and wondered what the fuck it all meant.  I scrubbed at some spots that the cleaners had missed.  I adjusted the Christmas tree that was turned over from the paramedics getting a stretcher in the door and saw the presents with my name and Zach’s names on them.  I picked her clothes out.  I dug out her dress uniform to hang next to the closed casket.  I brought all the personal effects to the funeral home.  I sat with her mother and held her hand as she sobbed hysterically – Shannon’s father had died ten years earlier and her sister had left home as a teenager so Shannon was all she had left.  I made sure noone took too much valium.  I stood in front of 200 people and read a eulogy and 2 weeks later performed a smaller more personal funeral after the cremation.  I greeted the neverending line of police officers, some who I knew and so many I did not – they all came for Shannon.  She had been a member of the police force for over 18 years.  I kept it together until Mike came – he had been the only partner in the force that Shannon had.  We stared at each other and he started crying and kept whispering “Why?”  I kept saying, “I don’t know, I just don’t know” and I didn’t.  I didn’t know – I didn’t understand and I still don’t.  There is still a hole in my life that is Shannon sized.

So this is dedicated to you, Shannon.  I miss you almost every day.  I am so sad that you are not here.  I am so sorry that I was not there that night.  I am still a little pissed and when we catch back up one day, you get a kick in the shins and the biggest hug in the world.

These are a few that I have added to my list – I hope Santa’s back is up to it!

This is like the epic Jungian book – rumors were that it never existed, that it had been lost, that Jung had destroyed it and now…it has been released.

Sara Corbett in Holy Grails of Unconscious tells the tale of the book…the mystery, the magick, and the unconscious of the Master…

Chocolate Chip Cookies, Santa – with extra butter!

Postings have been sparse but will be picked up as I have relocated cross country and find myself in the valley of Utah.  Figuratively and literally!  aka Happy Valley and I can certainly see why.

Mountains on all sides and I am in a beautiful and pastoral location between these amazing peaks and Utah Lake.  There are winding paths and cavernous caves to explore.  I can’t wait!  And we had our first snow this weekend.  Relief from the heat and humidity of Florida and more active energetically than Phoenix.  It is … great!

Space was limited and as with all moves, I am always interested in which of the deities makes the bid for the initial move.

Poppy would not be left behind and saved us a few times on the drive cross country.  He is here and happy, although a bit cold, so we keep him warm with frequent toasts, candles and conversations.

Hekate, of course and She was up in time for Samhain.  She remains Her regal and unflinching Self.

Oya here and loving the wind as it blasts through the mountain passes.  I can hear Her deep laugh as the trees shake.  Her Nine Skirts will come in handy this winter but She seems to be reasonably content.  She generously contributed Her clove cigarettes for the house cleansing.

Obatala in His calm and steady presence.  I look at Him and feel the peace of this place.

Lakshmi shook out Her coins and several job contracts have manifested quickly.

Shiva looks with grand approval at the peaks from His perch.

Ganesh staked out several places in the house but His favorite seems to be the kitchen – He can see the doors and all the action.  His abundance has proved overflowing as we have been cooking every night and creating wonderful meals.

Sex Buddha carved out a little niche for himself in the southwest corner but the kitties insist on pulling off his altar cloth and curling up in it.  He grins through it all.

I unpacked Oshun and She blew me a kiss and attached Herself to Emi and has a beautiful shrine in their room.

And Shakti…in all of Her manifestations…She claimed multiple locations, as well, and is spreading Her creativity to all in the house.

I am blessed.  I have my son, wonderful friends, fuzzy faces, and blessings from the Gods.  I made a brief initial contact with the local OTO body so that I can get to a Mass soon.  They seem very active.

Contract work, blogs, freelance writing and evolution.

The Wheel has turned and I am in a good place.  AUMN.

I will dance
In cold, dead leaves
A bending, whirling human flame.

I will dance
As the Horned God rides
Across the skies.

I will dance
To the music of His hounds
Running, baying in chorus.

I will dance
With the ghosts of those
Gone before.

I will dance
Between the sleep of life
And the dream of death.

I will dance
On Samhain’s dusky eye,
I will dance.
-  Karen Bergquist, An Autumn Chant

floating between here and there
(or so I thought)
your eyes pierced me as if
I was not already paralyzed and
your hair was dark and you had a long goatee
and you stood closed
are you real?
you turned to stride away and
you were wearing red

dreaming and waking
(or so I thought)
the brown and white caftan whirled around you
so close that my hair fell into my eyes
and you shoved it carelessly back as
you kissed me hard
are you real?
I felt your pause and then you were gone
wearing brown and white

remembering the future
(or so I thought)
you stood in the doorway and looked
so familiar
my heart ached and my hand would not
listen to my brain
to reach out
are you real?
the door closed and
you were wearing the miles that separate us

dancing through the past
(or so I thought)
you gathered me into your arms
so close
I could not see your face
but sank into the safety
are you real?
and I could close my eyes
and we were wearing each other

me 8/24/08

Happy Anniversary, Peter…

What if they find you  wrapped in a shroud of sliver meshed like spider webs?
Or covered with a boulder big as your self?
Or beheaded, your skull set in a niche to hold candles,
a sconce behind you like a halo?

What if they find you were burned, and traces of ceremony show it was at dusk,
and that you rode a chariot or a boat into the afterlife?
Or if they find threads of a cocoon that held you,
the only thing except your bones to survive so long?

If so…what would they say?

This is the body of a woman hale but bent with age,
this is the body of a woman who bore many children,
this is the body of a woman who lost several teeth,
this is the body of a woman who lived on chestnuts and occasional lambs meat?

This is the body of a woman, they would say,
and from a millennium of death, how could you say back:

Not just a young girl dead in childbirth
But a woman blasted from the impact of creation,

Not just a woman in her prime
but a Mother of the tribe.

Not just an old woman
But a hallowed elder.

Not a woman,
But a Priestess.

Not a woman,
But a Queen.

Not a woman
But a vessel for the energy of the Goddess.

This is what they hide from us:

40,000 years ago, a crone was buried nested in the arms of her young lover
who killed himself upon her death.

Behold.
Behold.
Behold.”

Unknown

lyrics by Azure Ray