Occult and Esoterica
[KING, Francis (Edited and Introduced by)] The Secret Rituals of the O.T.O. (1st US Edition)
[KING, Francis (Edited and Introduced by)] The Secret Rituals of the O.T.O. (1st US Edition)
New York: Samuel Weiser, 1973. First US Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 240pp. Bound in navy boards with yellow titles to spine. Black and white frontispiece showing a photo of Crowley in full Masonic Regalia. A tiny bit of edge wear to the price-clipped dust jacket. A very good copy in like dust jacket.
This is King’s controversial book claiming to disclose the secret magical instructions of the Order’s seventh, eighth and ninth degrees and the full details of the techniques as practiced by Theodor Reuss and Aleister Crowley. Contents include: The Birth and Development of the O.T.O.; The Rituals Themselves: Minerval to Sixth Degree, The Secret Instructions of the Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Degrees; On the Homunculus, and an Appendix: A Note of Sources. The dust jacket design is by Eve Bloomfield and is adapted from The Universe tarot card designed by Aleister Crowley and painted by Lady Frieda Harris.