Edge of the Circle Books is Proud to
Present
Abrahadabra Press' First Publication:
GRIMOIRE OF ALEISTER CROWLEY :
GROUP RITUALS IN THE AGE OF THELEMA
by Rodney Orpheus
With Contributions By: John Dee, Jules
Doinel, Euripides, G.R.S. Mead,
Cathryn Orchard, and Howard White
320 pages, octavo hardcover with dust
jacket
List Price: $67.95
Group ritual has been a cornerstone of
spiritual practice since time immemorial, yet its history and
importance have often been overlooked by occultists of the modern
age. This book is the first comprehensive presentation of
group-oriented rites for modern magicians inspired by the works of
Aleister Crowley. It contains rituals written by Crowley for his own
magic circles, many of them unpublished during his lifetime; plus
rare ancient texts that were Crowley’s own inspiration in turn.
The rituals are newly edited and
explained by Rodney Orpheus who brings to this volume decades of
experience in performing and teaching Aleister Crowley’s rituals
within Crowley’s magical order Ordo Templi Orientis. He introduces
each ritual with a clear overview, setting each in its historical
context and explaining its function and mode of operation; followed
by detailed notes on setting and performance of each one.
Whether absolute beginner or seasoned
expert, magicians of all paths will find this volume to be an
eminently workable and extremely powerful grimoire spanning centuries
from ancient Mithraic and Bacchanalian rites, Goetia, and Gnosticism,
right up to present day Crowleyan invocations and sexual magick.
FROM THE BACK OF THE BOOK:
“..there are presently very few
individuals living today who are qualified by education and
experience to do [this], and even fewer with the writing talent and
communication skills to bring it all to life on the printed page.
Brother Orpheus is the incarnation of both these aspects of genius.
Whether he is expanding upon classic Crowley rituals or creating and
developing his own Thelemic ceremonies, the magician reader can be
confident he or she is in good hands.”
- Lon Milo DuQuette, author of The
Magick of Aleister Crowley, Understanding Aleister Crowley’s Thoth
Tarot, etc.
Rodney Orpheus, the modern Minstrel of
Thelema, is back with another vibrant, creative, and irreverent
effort that is sure to please and enlighten as it broadcasts the good
news that the Lord of the Aeon is alive and well. This is a
practical, lively, and meticulously documented manual designed for
group magical workings. It admirably fulfils its task—bringing new
insight to both published and unpublished rituals with diagrams and
detailed instructions for movement, apparel, and Temple setup. It
includes rituals from Crowley and others, and its important
appendices round out an excellent work.
- James Wasserman, author of To Perfect
This Feast: A Performance Commentary on the Gnostic Mass, etc.
In addition to gifting us with a
long-needed anthology of Aleister Crowley’s group rituals, Rodney
Orpheus’ “Grimoire,” with its inclusion of rituals inspired by
Crowley, is also a course on how to take older texts and adapt them
to one’s needs. The cookbook-style “list of ingredients and
preparation time” that precedes each ceremony handily gives
aspiring ritualists a heads up on how many Fratres or Sorores are
needed, how much memorization is required, and how complex the ritual
equipment and staging is. Eminently readable and (most importantly)
usable, Grimoire of Aleister Crowley will keep many a magical group
busy for years to come.
- Richard Kaczynski, author of
Perdurabo
With this book, Rodney Orpheus has
produced the most significant Thelemic book written this century.
Grimoire of Aleister Crowley adds a key missing fragment to the
corpus of Crowley’s Thelemic rituals – a coherent set of group
rituals which enhance personal practices and expand effective magical
interaction between practitioners. Drawing on unpublished Crowley
material, the author has vitalised the rituals with the spirit of
Thelemic practice, rather than slavishly following standard formulae.
This book is going to end up being standard reading for numerous
groups,and is sure to cause a stir, and may even start a revolution.
- David Rankine, author of The Goetia
of Dr. Rudd, The Grimoire of Arthur Gauntlet, etc.
“This book is all purple and
pleasure, a revelation of fragments of rituals by Aleister Crowley
which were half concealed, expounding the mantras and the spells and
propagating the essence of Thelema. Rodney Orpheus has provided an
original and enchanting work for the twenty-first century which opens
the gates to the palace and offers a pathway to the mysteries hidden
therein. The Grimoire of Aleister Crowley is sure to become a modern
classic.”
-Sorita D’Este, author of Practical
Qabalah Magick & Hekate Liminal Rites
Rodney Orpheus has here provided a
wide-ranging introduction to liturgical science for 21st-century
magicians, as well as collecting valuable traditional and original
materials for the purposes of consummating group operations of
magick. Grimoire of Aleister Crowley highlights the aims and
innovations of the Great Beast in the field of group ceremony, and
includes rituals by Crowley never previously available in book form.
It should be valuable to Thelemites both within and outside of formal
initiatory societies, and to students of the occult in general.
- T Polyphilus, Ep. Gn.
GRIMOIRE OF ALEISTER CROWLEY
GROUP RITUALS IN THE AGE OF THELEMA
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Introduction by Lon Milo DuQuette
Preface
A Note on Safety
The Ritual of the Mark of the Beast
The Invocation of Horus
Invocation of the Holy Spirit
A Ritual to Invoke HICE
A Rite of Isis
Roots of Thelema I – A Mithraic
Liturgy
Roots of Thelema II – The Bacchanal
Roots of Thelema III – Goetia
The Brazen Head
An Evocation of Bartzabel the Spirit of
Mars
The Supreme Ritual
The Ritual Of Consecration Of An High
Priest Of L.I.L.
The Ritual Of Initiation of a Thelemite
Breaking of Bread
The Mass of Babalon
Appendices:
Rituals from Liber O
The 72 Spirits of the Goetia
Three Holy Books
Ritual J
Cakes of Light
Bibliography
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Rodney Orpheus was born in Northern
Ireland and since then has lived in Hamburg, Germany; and Los
Angeles, California; he currently lives in Manchester, England. He is
a well-known musician, both with his own band The Cassandra Complex
and as producer of other acts. Rodney has gained an international
reputation as an expert on modern music and computer technology, and
lectures widely on these subjects; as well as on his other interests
in games design and occultism. His first book Abrahadabra achieved
widespread success as an accessible introduction to the work and
thought of Aleister Crowley. Rodney has been a member of Crowley’s
fraternal magical order Ordo Templi Orientis for over two decades,
and currently holds the position of Deputy National Grand Master
General of United Kingdom Grand Lodge.
MATHERS' LAST SECRET:
THE RITUALS AND TEACHINGS OF THE ALPHA
ET OMEGA
By Nick Farrell (Author), Darcy Kuntz
(Editor), Tony DeLuce (Preface), Pat Zalewski (Foreword)
Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Rosicrucian Order of the
Golden Dawn (January 1, 2011)
List Price: $25.95
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
For many people the Alpha et Omega
Order and its teachings under Mathers was a mystery. The assumption
was that Mathers continued a pure strain of the Golden Dawn unsoiled
by the Stella Matutina, its Golden Dawn rival and which took the bulk
of the Golden Dawn membership with it after the break in 1900. The
contrast between what the Golden Dawn originally taught and Alpha et
Omega, via the rituals, has never seen the light day until Nick
decided to write this book. What Nick has uncovered about the Alpha
et Omega rituals will be a disappointment for Golden Dawn fans, as
the later papers and ritual changes by Mathers appeared to be going
backwards, rather than forwards. Nick lays all this out plainly for
the readers with Alpha et Omega ritual examples to contrast with the
original Golden Dawn rituals. This has been an area that has cried
out for more research and Nick has provided an excellent opportunity
for us to gaze through the window of the later operations of the
Alpha et Omega.
WEIRD WAYS OF WITCHCRAFT
by Leo Louis Martello (Author), Rev
Lori Bruno (Foreword)
Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Weiser Books; Reprint
edition (October 1, 2011)
List Price: $16.95
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
Weird Ways of Witchcraft is the story
of the radical Leo Louis Martello,founder of the Witches'
Anti-Defamation League. A pioneer in the Witches' Liberation Movement
of the 1960's, Martello was one of the most controversial members of
the pagan community. Martello was an outspoken witch who raged
against the Catholic Church with his infamous Witch Manifesto. He
made history organizing the first Witch-In in Central Park. In his
own distinct voice, Martello enlightens, entices, and enchants
readers with spells, incantations, and folklore, along with the
historic events in contemporary Witch history. Weird Ways of
Witchcraft provides a snapshot in time, when the seeds of the
Neopagan movement and the teachings of witchcraft began to spread and
become popular with the generation that variously called itself
hippies, flower children, and the counterculture. These were heady
days of women's liberation, gay liberation--a revolt against church,
state, and the way things were. Includes a foreword by renowned
psychic Lori Bruno.
About the Author
Dr. Leo Louis Martello was a Sicilian
Stregone and High Priest, author, lecturer, gay rights activist, and
an early voice in the American Neopagan movement. He founded the
Witches Anti-Defamation League as well as the Witches Liberation
Movement.
Reverend Lori Bruno is a Hereditary
Strega priestess, a Medium, Clairvoyant, and Psychic. She is the
founder of Our Lord and Lady of the Trinacrian Rose Church and the
Sacred Paths Alliance Network (SPAN), a charitable organization. She
lives in Salem, MA.
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