Magick Without Tears

Delivered in special condition. Very much appreciated.

This book is a marvelous compendium of letters from the pen of arguably the greatest Occultist of the 20th Century, written in the 1940's to various of his beginning and intermediate students. In them Crowley is the soul of brevity and wit, going straight to the point, time and time again, without the blinds, without the double meanings, without cryptic references, obscure Greek and Latin passages, written in plain English: the private letters of a great Teacher to his inquiring students (by the way, "Cara Soror" is not the name of a student, it is a greeting meaning 'Dear Sister').An amazing work, Crowley discusses the principles and practice of various magical disciplines in an easy to understand manner without becoming over-simplistic. He explains many of the pitfalls in the path, and gives details on the "Black Brothers" who fall from the Great Work. Those who seek more specific practical instruction would do well to seek out Crowley's own Magick: Liber ABA (Book 4) and/or Lon Milo Duquette's The Magick of Aleister Crowley: A Handbook of the Rituals of ThelemaThis book, and the The Book of Thoth: A Short Essay on the Tarot of the Egyptians, Being the Equinox Volume III No. V give lie to the myth that in his declining years Crowley was a confused and bitter old man in his dotage: these two works both illustrate that Crowley's mind was as sharp as it ever was, and that his grasp of the Mysteries had deepened as his admittedly acerbic character mellowed in his old age.It makes no matter if you are a student of the Golden Dawn, the O.T.O., the Servants of Light, the Builders of the Atydium, or the A.'.A.'., if Qabbalistic Hermeticism is your cup of tea, you'll find much to quench your thirst for knowledge with this volume. My only criticism with this particular edition is that Mr. Regardie edited over 300 pages of material included in the 1954 1st edition. Be aware that there exists a two-volume edition of this book, published about 30 years ago-- that edition is unexpurgated and heavily commented on by Marcello Motta, but Vol. II is devilishly tricky to find.2012 Addition-- This book is now out of print. PDFs of the Regardie edit can be found through a simple Google Search of the Internet. A new, annotated, restored edition is currently being worked on and was expected to be released in this year. This new edition should prove to be the 'ultimate' edition, but it's not clear that its release will meet the 2012 publication deadline previously announced.

It's a great look behind the curtain. Very well explained info in these letters between Aleister Crowley and his student. Conversation about the AA and OTO ceremonial conversations. Very nice quality and got here fairly quick.

This is a POD book from a Turkish publisher. It’s full of typos, awful layout and has a cheap binding. Most egregious of all is definitely the missing content and just have a look at what you won’t get: chapters 10,11,12, 13, 14,15, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 47, 48,49, the introduction, Thelemic books referenced and the index. That’s nearly 1/3 of the entire text! I guess I’ll continue to wait until the OTO actually decides to do something. This book has been OOP since 1991 and it’s a travesty.

If I wished, this would have had me worshipping Satan in no time!10/10 A++++++

Good but in german.

Used but great condition a little bit of pencil markings but it’s used so that’s what I expect. Good condition getting started hope I learn everything I can, great book.

Clear and concise, this is Crowley at his most accessible and most endearing. MWT removes a lot of his superfluous metaphor deconstructs his magickal thinking into digestible chunks. This is a great gateway to his thought systems that will allow for greater understanding in his heavier work.