From the editor: Aleister Crowley possessed far too much technical knowledge of magick to readily understand the problems of ordinary students. He frequently asked his younger colleagues to help make his teachings more accessible, and once explained that "it's the sort of thing I can't do myself, not knowing the scope of the mind of the `gentle reader.' "

Like other "gentle readers" who have delved into Crowley's system on their own, Brother DuQuette found many of the gaps and pitfalls in the system by the time-honored method of falling into them, scrambling out, and trying again until he crossed them. The present work incorporates many of the results of his personal work.

What is true of science holds true for scientific illuminism. DuQuette is the first to allow that while some of his findings may be replicated by future experimenters, others are subjective personal interpretation. But even the latter are invaluable as suggesting other lines of investigation, and as examples of the kind of personalization of the system that enables the magician to make it his or her own...

Pages: 261
Special Interest: OTO, Crowley, Occult, Magick, Study & Application, Divination, Psychic Development, Ritual, Sorcery.