Contains the complete scripts of all 7 of the Rites, with introduction by Richmond and explanatory essays by Richmond and Terence DuQuesne. Also includes a series of adorations, "The Treasure House of Images" by Capt J.F.C. Fuller, and Crowley's "Magick Book 4 (Liber O)". The Rites of Eleusis were a series of seven public invocations or rites written by Crowley, each centered on one of the seven classical planets of antiquity. They were dramatically performed by Crowley, along with Leila Waddell (Laylah), and Victor Neuburg in October and November, 1910, at Caxton Hall in London. This act brought Crowley's occult organization the A.’. A.’. into the public eye. Crowley claimed that the Rites were designed to inspire the audience with ‘religious ecstasy’, and that merely reading them would help people "cultivate their highest faculties". Some in the popular press thought otherwise, and considered the Rites an immoral display, riddled with blasphemy and erotic suggestion. Included at the end of the volume is Crowley's rebuttal to the critics (from The Bystander, November 16, 1910) entitled: Concerning "Blasphemy" in General and the "Rites of Eleusis" 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.