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Magick in Theory and Practice

Aleister Crowley

Book 4, Part III; Lecram Press, Paris; original issue catalogued by the archive as 1929

An introduction and sequence of chapters on ritual theory, followed by a substantial curriculum and ritual appendices. The archive’s separate files preserve the original sectional publication.

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Where to begin

The Introduction for the definition and postulates; The Principles of Ritual for the relation between a ceremony and its intention.

Keep in mind

This is Part III, not all four parts of Book 4. Publication dates are variously given as 1929 and 1930; this guide preserves the archive’s dating. The historical ritual appendices include severe and hazardous instructions: their inclusion documents the text rather than recommending enactment.

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Inside this edition

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  1. Prospectus and Order Form PDF scan
  2. Cover and Title Page PDF scan
  3. Hymn To Pan PDF scan
  4. Introduction PDF scan
  5. Contents PDF scan
  6. Lamen of the Master Therion PDF scan
  7. The Magical Theory of the Universe. PDF scan
  8. The Principles of Ritual. PDF scan
  9. The Formulæ of the Elemental Weapons. PDF scan
  10. The Formula of Tetragrammaton. PDF scan
  11. The Formula of Alhim: also that of Alim. PDF scan
  12. The Formula of I. A. O. PDF scan
  13. The Formula of the Neophyte. PDF scan
  14. The Formula of the Holy Graal: of Abrahadabra: and of certain other Words. Also: The Magical Memory. PDF scan
  15. Of Equilibrium, and of the General and Particular Method of Preparation of the Furniture of the Temple and of the Instruments of Art. PDF scan
  16. Of Silence and Secrecy : and of the Barbarous names of Evocation PDF scan
  17. Of the Gestures. PDF scan
  18. Of Our Lady Babalon and of The Beast Whereon she Rideth. Also concerning Transformations. PDF scan
  19. Of the Bloody Sacrifice: and Matters Cognate. PDF scan
  20. Of the Banishings: And of the Purifications. PDF scan
  21. Cover - Section Ii PDF scan
  22. Of the Oath. PDF scan
  23. Of the Invocation. PDF scan
  24. Of the Charge to the Spirit: with some Account of the Constraints and Curses occasionally necessary. PDF scan
  25. Of the License to Depart. PDF scan
  26. Of Clairvoyance and of the Body of Light, its Powers and its Development. Also concerning Divination. PDF scan
  27. Of Dramatic Rituals. PDF scan
  28. Of the Eucharist and of the Art of Alchemy. PDF scan
  29. Of Black Magick: of the Main Types of the Operations of Magick Art: and of the Powers of the Sphinx. PDF scan
  30. Cover - Section Iii PDF scan
  31. Examples of rituals of Magick in The Equinox PDF scan
  32. CURRICULUM of A∴ A∴ PDF scan
  33. One Star In Sight PDF scan
  34. Notes on the nature of the "Astral Plane" PDF scan
  35. Liber Samekh PDF scan
  36. Cover - Section Vi, Printer Mark PDF scan
  37. A Few Of The Principal Correspondences Of The Qabalah PDF scan
  38. Grimorium Sanctissimum PDF scan
  39. Liber Xxv, The Star Ruby PDF scan
  40. Liber Xxxvi, The Star Sapphire PDF scan
  41. Liber Xliv, The Mass Of The Phoenix PDF scan
  42. LIBER V vel REGULI PDF scan
  43. Liber Xv, O. T. O., Ecclesiæ Gnosticæ Catholicæ, Canon Missæ PDF scan
  44. Liber Hhh PDF scan
  45. LIBER E, vel EXERCITIORUM PDF scan
  46. LIBER O vel MANUS ET SAGITTÆ PDF scan
  47. LIBER ASTARTE vel BERYLLI PDF scan
  48. LIBER RV vel SPIRITUS PDF scan
  49. Liber Yod PDF scan
  50. LIBER תישארב vel THISHARB PDF scan
  51. LIBER B vel MAGI PDF scan
  52. LIBER RESH vel HELIOS PDF scan
  53. LIBER III vel JUGORUM PDF scan
  54. LIBER CHETH vel VALLUM ABIEGNI PDF scan
  55. Liber AʼAsh Capricorni Pneumatici PDF scan
  56. LIBER A vel ARMORUM PDF scan

Reading paths

  • Follow a correspondenceMove from one row of 777 into a ritual argument, then see how a number works differently in a poem and its commentary.

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