Beelzebub and the Beast : A comparative study of Gurdjieff and Crowley
2012932915<p>London: Starfire Publishing Ltd 2012. FIRST PRINTING / 675 Copies - NEW see scan From the Publisher : "David Hall who died in 2007 will be a familiar name to many as one of the founders and editors of SOTHiS the substantial and diverse Thelemic magazine which was published from the United Kingdom in the 1970s. David was passionately interested in the work of Gurdjieff as well as that of Crowley and in the early to mid 1970s he wrote this penetrating study comparing the work of both men. Unfortunately it failed to find a publisher at the time although publication was referenced as forthcoming in Kenneth Grant's Nightside of Eden. Muller 1977 Crowley took an interest in the work of the Greek-Armenian occultist G. I. Gurdjieff and visited Gurdjieff's Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man in Fontainebleau in 1924 and 1926. There have been other comparative studies of the work of the two men the most recent being The Three Dangerous Magi by P. T. Mistlberger O Books 2010. Examining in turn the life and work of the two men at various levels the author discerns a common source. Commenting circa 1919 on the first chapter of The Book of the Law Crowley wrote "Aiwaz is not as I had supposed a mere formula like many angelic names but is the true most ancient name of the God of the Yezidis and thus returns to the highest Antiquity. Our work is therefore historically authentic the rediscovery of the Sumerian Tradition". Similarly the author here shows that the roots of Gurdjieff's work can be traced to the same source. With a full-colour wrap-around dustjacket a substantial Foreword by Alistair Coombs plates tables and line-drawings throughout the text a Bibliography a comprehensive Index and an Afterword about the author this book will be of considerable interest to many". First Edition/First Printing. Hard Cover. New/New. Illus. by Two Plate Sections One in Full-color Tables Line Drawings - "Melek Taus" by Stuart Littlejohn "Gurdjieff and Crowley as facets of a continuum". 8vo - 8¾" tall.</p> Starfire Publishing Ltd hardcover
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