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Little Essays Toward Truth

Aleister Crowley

1938 text; modern 58-page typesetting hosted by 100th Monkey Press

Sixteen essays and a glossary, moving from Crowley’s Qabalistic account of the person through memory, understanding, silence, love and truth. The opening essay treats the Tree of Life as a way of organizing experience.

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Where to begin

Begin with Man, PDF pp. 7–11, then Memory, pp. 12–14. Chastity, pp. 44–46, develops Crowley’s particular definition through devotion to the magical oath and True Will. Keep the glossary, pp. 55–58, nearby.

Keep in mind

This is a modern typesetting, not a scan of the 1938 volume. Its 58 PDF pages do not reproduce the original pagination, folded Tree plate or advertisement sequence. Its religious, psychological and linguistic arguments belong to Crowley; transcription has not been fully collated against the first edition.

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Sections in this PDF

Each link opens a place in the same 58-page file. PDF page numbers count from the file’s first page, not the printed numbers. If a link does not jump, enter the PDF page number.

Browse all 17 sections
  1. Man PDF pp. 7–11
  2. Memory PDF pp. 12–14
  3. Sorrow PDF pp. 15–17
  4. Wonder PDF pp. 18–20
  5. Beatitude PDF pp. 21–23
  6. Laughter PDF pp. 24–26
  7. Indifference PDF pp. 27–29
  8. Mastery PDF pp. 30–32
  9. Trance PDF pp. 33–35
  10. Energy PDF pp. 36–38
  11. Knowledge PDF pp. 39–41
  12. Understanding PDF pp. 42–43
  13. Chastity PDF pp. 44–46
  14. Silence PDF pp. 47–48
  15. Love PDF pp. 49–51
  16. Truth PDF pp. 52–54
  17. Glossary PDF pp. 55–58

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