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[COLE, Richard T.] Liber L. + vel Bogus (The Real Confession of Aleister Crowley) sub figura LXXX. Being Parts I & II(A) of The Governing Dynamics of Thelema (A Work in Progress)
[COLE, Richard T.] Liber L. + vel Bogus (The Real Confession of Aleister Crowley) sub figura LXXX. Being Parts I & II(A) of The Governing Dynamics of Thelema (A Work in Progress)
Edited by Sadie Sparks
Privately Published, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 248pp. Bound in pictorial boards with illustrated dust jacket. Limited to 111 copies, as indicated by a laid in post card stating this is copy #58/111 and signed by the author. A fine copy in like dust jacket.
This is Richard Cole's highly controversial critique of Aleister Crowley and his examination of the origin story of "The Book of the Law." The information presented in this work has generated considerable debate within Thelemic circles. Whatever your viewpoint is on Crowley's version of the origins of 'The Book of the Law', Cole certainly does bring up some valid points indicating that Crowley's version of things may not be entirely on the level. Regardless, it is a very enlightening volume and it should be read by anybody who is interested in Crowley in general, and 'The Book of the Law' in particular.
This copy is from the collection of Thelemic author Robert C. Stein (1931 – 2024), who wrote "The Mystery of the Letters and The Tree of Life" and other works. Stein was a Professor Emeritus of Biology in the New York State University System, whose involvement in the study and practice of Thelema spanned three decades and travels in five continents.