One of only 31 hand bound and numbered deluxe binding of creamy English goat vellum prepared by William Cowleys (established 1860), bright yellow Kashgar silk endpapers, black and gold headbands, each copy fully hand bound and gilt
Shewing forth in dramatic form the central Sexual/Magickal Secret
of the IX° of the
ORDO TEMPLI ORIENTIS
Written to aid all in their experience of intimate devotion,
intense worship and profound Truth!
The simplest, most direct and most powerful of all magick ceremonies is the eucharist, it is quite literally the transmutation of the material being into the divine, filling the individual with Love, leading eventually to becoming a divinity oneself…
This book is a long and profound study of
Aleister Crowleys Gnostic Mass,
the most magnificent ritual celebration of the secrets of
Invocation
Consecration
Transformation
Part I
- General Symbolism
- The Symbolic Dimensions of the Gnostic Mass
- The Officers
- Magical Energy in the Gnostic Mass
- The Mass of Baphomet
- The Basic Plot of the Gnostic Mass
Part II
- A DetailedAnalysis..
- The Furnishings of the Temple
- The Officers
- The Ceremony of Introit
- The Ceremony of the Opening of the Veil
- Of the Office of the Collects which are Eleven in Number
- Of the Consecration of the Elements
- Of the Office of the Anthem
- Of the Mystic Marriage & the Consummation of the Elements
IAO131
Is the author of numerous books, journal articles and artworks
of a magickal and philosophical nature.
His books ‘Fresh Fever from the Skies’, ‘Naturalistic Occultism’
and the ‘Thelema Sutras’ stand tall in a literature which already
boasts the works of many great occult writers
including Regardie, Frater Achad and Aleister Crowley himself.
HRILIU: Ecclesiae Gnosticae Catholicae Canon Missae by IAO131 - Deluxe Edition Bound in Vellum, Housed in a Custom Slipcase
