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[CROWLEY, Aleister; CORNELIUS, J. Edward] The Book of the Law [technically called LIBER AL vel LEGIS - SUB FIGURA CCXX As Delivered By XCIII = 418 to DCLXVI] (#28/31 Copies)
[CROWLEY, Aleister; CORNELIUS, J. Edward] The Book of the Law [technically called LIBER AL vel LEGIS - SUB FIGURA CCXX As Delivered By XCIII = 418 to DCLXVI] (#28/31 Copies)
Berkeley: The Corneliuses - A Red Flame Production, 2000. Limited Edition. Softcover - Individual sheets with black cloth taped spine, with clear cover sheet (as issued). Quarto. Limited to 31 signed and numbered copies, this being No. 28. SIGNED by J. Edward Cornelius and Marlene Cornelius. A fine copy. Uncommon.
This unusual edition of The Book of the Law was produced by J. Edward Cornelius and his 2nd wife, Marlene Cornelius. There is a one page foreword by Cornelius (as Frater Achad Osher 583), followed by "The Summons" which is reproduced from The Equinox of the Gods circa 1936. Then follows the Introduction in 5 parts as published in the 1938 O.T.O. edition of The Book of the Law. The Book of the Law itself s then presented but only in facsimile of the manuscript pages (no typeset text). The last two pages show the Life & Liberty statement and the Freedom statement, also included in the 1938 O.T.O edition. The Freedom statement concludes with "write to Frater Achad Osher 583" with an address. Back cover sheet is on black paper.
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.