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[KING, Francis] The Secret Rituals of the O.T.O. (C.W. Daniel, 1973)
[KING, Francis] The Secret Rituals of the O.T.O. (C.W. Daniel, 1973)
King, Francis (Edited and Introduced by). The Secret Rituals of the O.T.O. London: C. W. Daniel Company, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Bound in cloth covered boards with gilt titles to spine. Purple end papers. 240 pages. Black and white frontispiece showing a photo of Crowley in full Masonic Regalia. Underside of dust jacket has publisher's ads for other books. Former owner's name to front free endpaper, some light foxing to dust jacket flaps, tiniest bit of corner wear to lower right corner of dust jacket. A near fine 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.