The Confessions of Aleister Crowley (The Spirit of Solitude: An Autohagiography)

Published 1969, this corrected edition first published by Routledge & Kegan Paul 1979. Published by Arkana Books 1989. [Rear cover:] "Aleister Crowley's autobiographical confessions are a fascinating record of his lifetime’s journey into strange regions of consciousness. A ‘saint’ of the ‘Gnostic’ church, Crowley subtitled his six-volume work ‘an autohagiography’. He describes his initiation into magic, his world-wide travels and mistresses, his experiments with sex and drugs, and the philosophy of his famous \*Book of the Law\* which contains the gospel that Crowley proclaimed for all mankind: the Law of Thelema, or Do What Thou Wilt. Generations before his time, Crowley invoked sex, drugs and Eastern philosophy in his perpetual and often bizarre search for self-realization. The Confessions, skilfully edited and annotated by John Symonds and Kenneth Grant, serves as the perfect introduction to Crowley’s extraordinary life and thought." Reconstructed from the 217.8MB gateleg trucolor 150dpi PDF at https://archive.org/details/the-confessions-of-aleister-crowley-an-autobiography-edited-by-john-symonds-and-kenneth-grant/ Given the low image definition the searchable text layer is rudimentary but the page images are human-legible. The source PDF omits paper pages 6-7, 12-13, 384-385 which page images are therefore missing here but pp 6-7, 384-385 have been completed with text from the ocr-only version, leaving only pp 6-7 incomplete (start of editors' Introduction). The new 56.4MB PDF version of the present reworking is now located at: https://archive.org/download/symonds-grant-the-confessions-of-aleister-crowley-1989/SYMONDS%2BGRANT-The\_Confessions\_of\_Aleister\_Crowley\_%281989%29.pdf Confessions of Aleister Crowley - Front Cover Introductory Note [lineart] An idealized self-portrait Title Page Printer's Imprint Contents List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction {first page missing} Dedication PART ONE: Towards the Golden Dawn Prelude Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 PART TWO: The Mystical Adventure Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 [plate 1] [plates 2a, 2b] [plates 3a, 3b] [plates 4a, 4b] Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 [plates 5a, 5b] [plate 6] [plates 7a, 7b] [plates 8a, 8b] Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33 Chapter 34 Chapter 35 Chapter 36 Chapter 37 Chapter 38 Chapter 39 Chapter 40 Chapter 41 Chapter 42 Chapter 43 Chapter 44 Chapter 45 Chapter 46 Chapter 47 Chapter 48 PART THREE: The Advent of the Aeon of Horus Chapter 49 Chapter 50 Chapter 51 Chapter 52 Chapter 53 Chapter 54 Chapter 55 [plate 9] [plate 10 {two pages}] [plate 11] Chapter 56 Chapter 57 PART FOUR: Magical Workings Chapter 58 [plate 12] [plates 13a, 13b] [plates 14a, 14b] [plate 15] Chapter 59 Chapter 60 Chapter 61 Chapter 62 Chapter 63 Chapter 64 Chapter 65 Chapter 66 Chapter 67 Chapter 68 PART FIVE: The Magus Chapter 69 Chapter 70 Chapter 71 Chapter 72 Chapter 73 Chapter 74 Chapter 75 [plate 16] [plates 17a, 17b] [plates 18a, 18b] [plate 19] Chapter 76 Chapter 77 [plates 20a, 20b] [plates 21a, 21b] [plates 22a, 22b] [plates 23a, 23b] Chapter 78 Chapter 79 PART SIX: At the Abbey of Thelema Chapter 80 Chapter 81 Chapter 82 Chapter 83 Chapter 84 Chapter 85 Chapter 86 Chapter 87 Chapter 88 Chapter 89 Chapter 90 Chapter 91 Chapter 92 Chapter 93 Chapter 94 Chapter 95 Chapter 96 Editors' Notes Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five Part Six Index Rear Cover Aleister Crowley's autobiographical confessions are a fascinating record of his lifetime's journey into Strange regions of consciousness. A 'saint' of the 'Gnostic' church, Crowley subtitled his six-volume work 'an autohagiography'. He describes his initiation into magic, his world-wide travels and mistresses, his experiments with sex and drugs, and the philosophy of his famous Book of the Law which contains the gospel that Crowley proclaimed for all mankind: the Law of Thelema, or Do What Thou Wilt. Generations before his time, Crowley invoked sex, drugs, and Eastern philosophy in his perpetual and often bizarre search for self-realization. The Confessions , skillfully edited and annotated by John Symonds and Kenneth Grant, serves as the perfect introduction to Crowley's extraordinary life and thought. Towards The Golden Dawn -- The Mystical Adventure -- The Advent Of The Aeon Of Horus -- Magical Workings -- The Magus -- At The Abbey Of Thelema. Edited By John Symonds And Kenneth Grant. Reprint. Originally Published: London : Cape, 1969. An Abridged Ed. Of The Author's Manuscript In 6 V. Includes Bibliographical References. This is a companion volume to Aleister Crowley's celebrated "Magick" and is subtitled "An Autobiography".