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Book of Lies
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Book of Lies
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The Book of Lies is a witty, instructive, and admirable collection of paradoxes; however, it is not a philosophical or mystical treatise. Actually, its subtleties exhilarate. Scholars have said it is "stupendously idiotic and amazingly clever."
To endeavour to translate into definite terms Crowley's aphorisms would detract from the value of the book. It is wiser for readers to make their own interpretation.
The ninety-three chapters, which may be a single word, a half dozen phrases, twenty paragraphs, or even two pages, have subjects determined more or less definitely by Qabalistic significance - for example, Chapter 25 gives a revised ritual of the Pentagram. The Commentaries following each chapter are equally outrageously impressive.
Subtly embodied in the book is the entire symbolism of Freemasonry as well as the symbolism of other traditions. Aleister Crowley was not only a deep well of fundamental knowledge but also an even deeper well of symbolic knowledge.
The Book of Lies was first published in 1913 - far ahead of its time. The 1952 revision was significant because an additional commentary appeared at the end of each chapter. This latest reprinting is by popular demand.
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ISBN: 9780877285168
Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 May 1970
Country: United States
Imprint: Weiser Books
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 137.0mm
Height: 210.0mm
Weight: 245g
Pages: 200
About the Author
Aleister Crowley (1875-1947) was a magus, poet, sexual athlete, mountaineer, traitor, drug fiend, and Prophet of a New Eon. He has been dubbed "The Wickedest Man in the World." Author of 777, Diary of a Drug Fiend, and The Book of the Law, as well as many other books, Crowley, with Freida Harris, also created the famed Thoth Tarot Deck.
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