[SOLD] ARARITA, Elaborations of the Star Sapphire by a Traveller in Darkness.

Exploration-5, 2009. Numbered limited edition of 250 copies of which this is copy 111. Purple/blue cloth with gilt stamp with genuine gold on front board without dw as issued. Hand sewn & hand bound. Archival quality using the Giclée printing on 148gsm Mohawk paper. 6¼" x 9¼". 104pp. Incl. Bibliography.

[Highly sought after exploration of sexual magick as implied in Aleister Crowley’s Star Sapphire ritual, the text which according to some, led Theodore Reuss to accuse him of publishing the inner secrets of the OTO. Regardless, Crowley wrote the text before he was initiated into the Sanctuary of the Gnosis of the OTO. Ironically, the author of this new volume makes it clear that he or she has not, nor has ever been, an initiate of any OTO. He, or she, does succeed in making the deeply enigmatic text comprehensible, and describes the magical symbolic processes referred to, using their representation in the trumps of the Crowley Thoth tarot. He (or she) also gives detailed and practical advice (with diagrams) as to how these principles may be realized in acts of physical sexual magic that enflesh the ritual and that allows preparation of the sacrament. The book is clearly written and eschews mystification. As the author clearly states, he or she is not party to any secret or initiated teachings - a position shared by Crowley when he wrote the Star Sapphire, - hence no oaths of secrecy are being broken. Care has also been taken not to infringe on any Crowley copyrights.]