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The Book of Lies (full title: Which is also Falsely Called BREAKS. The Wanderings or Falsifications of the One Thought of Frater Perdurabo, which Thought is itself Untrue. Liber CCCXXXIII Book 333) was written by English occultist Aleister Crowley (using the pen name of Frater Perdurabo) and first.
Jun 01, 2010 The Book of Lies. Aleister Crowley was a leading figure in the 1900-century occultism. Despite a bad reputation that pursued both Crowley and his ideas, he has exerted a strong influence on new age movements.
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LIBERCCCXXXIII THEBOOKOFLIES WHICH ISALSO FALSELY CALLED BREAKS THE WANDERINGS OR FALSIFICA TIONSOFTHEONETHOUGHT OF FRATERPERDURABO WHICHTHOUGHT IS ITSELF UNTRUE “Break,break, break Atthefootofthystones, 0Sea! AndIwouldthat Icould utter Thethoughtsthat ariseinme!' LONDON: WIELANDANDCO. 33AVENUE Srumos, Soon-xKnnsme'ron 1913. New mystery book by best-selling writer Brad Meltzer, The Book of Lies features the story of Cain and Abel and the hunt for world's first murder weapon. Jul 08, 2015 A holy book of Thelema, courtesy of The 100th Monkey Press. The Book Of Lies by Aleister Crowley. Publication date 1913 Usage Public Domain Mark 1.0 Topics Thelema, Occult Collection. PDF download. Download 1 file. SINGLE PAGE PROCESSED JP2 ZIP download. Download 1 file.
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The Book of Lies (full title: Which is also Falsely Called BREAKS. The Wanderings or Falsifications of the One Thought of Frater Perdurabo, which Thought is itself Untrue. Liber CCCXXXIII [Book 333]) was written by English occultist Aleister Crowley (using the pen name of Frater Perdurabo) and first published in 1912 or 1913. The book consists of 93 chapters, each of which..more
Published 2010 by Weiser Books (first published 1913)
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AndyCrowley due to the language he uses is notoriously difficult to understand. His called his path The Great Work, which is a lifetimes commitment. There…moreCrowley due to the language he uses is notoriously difficult to understand. His called his path The Great Work, which is a lifetimes commitment. There is a book called The Three Dangerous Magi by P.T. Mistlberger that explains his position well. As for Crowley his most mature and lucid work is called Magic Without Tears. He is best understood by reading the great texts that he read. Esoteric reading becomes easier the more you do it, the rewards are terrific,so good luck on your journey. (less)
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Possibly drug-induced pablum. Good in fragments, preferably aloud on the subway.
Nov 13, 2007Fredstrong rated it it was amazing
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The Book of Lies is the book that keeps giving. It is the musings of a Master Western Occultist. At times deeply veiled in Qabalistic allegory, other times intuitively accessible to the layman. Crowley rattles off metaphysical riddles like Lao Tzu on absinthe. It's a good book for the beginner, because some of it will be accessible to everyone, but the more one learns of Qabalah, Gematria, Tarot, Astrology, and so on, the more they go back to TBOL, to be met with a forehead slapping AHA! It grow..more
The book of lies! Or so-called. The first time i looked into this book about 7 years ago..everything in it was completely opaque. It read like nonsense. Now..these riddles, puns, and metaphors have started opening up for me.
Aug 24, 2018Amanda rated it really liked it
Behold, a scholar, an artist, a megalomaniac? Imagine how intense you must be to feel the need to create and then EXPLAIN your creation. There is something ridiculous about creating symbolic spiritual poetry and then analyzing it for the reader. Dear Aleister, I wish you’d left us some more mystery. That said, I enjoyed this work. We aren’t forced to read the analysis… which is indeed thought-provoking and intelligent. The poetry is often evocative and lovely, and it’s definitely worth flagging..more
The Book of Lies should be called The Book of Crap. It's so full of shit. I hated this crap! This is really crap, seriously. I regret the €8 I paid for this! I had so many better things to do with that money. I was amazed by a sentence of this book (this one: 'I slept with faith and found a corpse in my arms on awakening; I drank and danced all night with doubt and found her a virgin in the morning.') and I loved it so much I decided I had to have the book. It was supposed to be a book with apho..more
I love this book. Meant to be taken in small doses, it's the best and worst of Uncle Al, with jokes, puns and outright snarkiness on so many levels. Many of it is inside jokes, so if you don't have a background in Western Hermetic Qabalah and/or general Crowley, it wont be as much fun. I'd always recommend his Autohagiography first
Jan 05, 2019Marko Bojkovský rated it it was amazing
Najlepše je dok peva o Lejli: ' Spring beans and strawberries are in: goodbye to the oyster! If I really knew what I wanted, I could give up Laylah, or give up everything for Laylah. But 'what I want' varies from hour to hour. This wavering is the root of all compromise, and so of all good sense. With this gift a man can spend his seventy years in peace. Now is this well or ill? Emphasise gift, then man, then spend, then seventy years, and lastly peace, and change the intonations --each time reve..more
It's actually not easy to review this one.. it's a book of philosophy more than anything. Its contents were written by a very egotistical media whore.. and strangely enough, I say that with the utmost respect. While many negative adjectives would apply to Crowley (and he may have even proudly used them in description of himself), he was brilliant, and has much wisdom to offer. Many of the entries in this book seem to be nonsensical (and likely are precisely that), some of them are brilliant, an..more
Jul 26, 2009Chris Feldman rated it it was amazing
What happens when you blend Zen and Thelema? Nothing. Everything. Both. Neither. All of the above. None of the above. Etc..
strange and scarey book.
one of the strangest, oddly cryptic, mystical, poetic and other worldly pieces of literature i've ever read in my life. everything is written as a poem and has so many strange and beautiful dimensions to it. its simultaneously evil and saintly and touches upon multitudes occult topics and historical lore.. the beauty of the whole book is that it could be read by anyone and paint a different picture to whomever it was that reads it.. for those not well versed in occult lore it would just come a..more
Definitely my favourite Crowley book so far. This book seems to possess an underlying stillness that transcends rational analysis. In fact Crowley makes numerous references to the paradox of parading the ineffable as literature. An understanding of ZenSufismQabalah or Thelema is likely to add depth to the interpretation. Personally I've used passages from this book as koans with interesting results. Probably not a good starter for someone new to Crowley, but nonetheless a remarkable collection..more
Don't let the author's name scare you off. This is one of the most enlightened books around, but only for those who already have a very well versed foundation. If you can't stand Koans and don't like puzzles, this book is not for you. On the other hand, if you want some real esoteric knowledge and are willing to do the work to figure it out, its a great read.
My personal favorite of Crowley's works. I've re-read this more times than I can count.
I'm not smart enough.
Aug 20, 2012Daniel Wesolowski rated it it was amazing
Everytime I read this, I am amazed on the beauty of this words. THE SOUTHERN CROSS Love, I love you! Night, night, cover us! Thou art night, O my love; and there are no stars but thine eyes. Dark night, sweet night, so warm and yet so fresh, so scented yet so holy, cover me, cover me! Let me be no more! Let me be Thine; let me be Thou; let me be neither Thou nor I; let there be love in night and night in love. N.O.X. the night of Pan; and Laylah, the night before His threshold!
Mar 19, 2012Abe Fabella rated it really liked it
At times bewildering, other times downright offensive, and always utterly shocking in its ability to induce razor-sharp satori, this colorful collection of epigrams is a fascinating read for those who have some initiation into occult knowledge. The best part about this edition are the commentaries included at the end of each chapter. More often than not, they elucidate the matter.. not obfuscate.
INTRO: Fascinating, often humorous, and mostly perplexing. Crowley was a modern-day mystic/pagan/occultist/Freemason, but mostly he seems to have enjoyed crafting paradoxes for the credulous. The book consists of 91 paradoxes or little sayings. The spirt (but not letter) of which is meant to be koan-like. Kind of. Each of the 91 paradoxes has a commentary written by Crowley (who also calls himself Frater Perdurabo, Latin for Father Endurance). Here's an example that will suffice for all: LIE #16: T..more
A red rose absorbs all colours but red; red is therefore the one colour that it is not. But mind, never at ease, creaketh “I”. This I persisteth not, posteth not through generations, Changeth momentarily, finally is dead. Death implies change and individuality… The birth of individuality is ecstasy; so also is its death. Doubt. Doubt thyself. Doubt even if thou doubtest thyself. Doubt all. Doubt even if thou doubtest all. CAVIAR The Word was uttered: the One exploded into one thousand million worlds. Each..more
I’ve read this a few times, and I will read it again and often. Mostly, because I revel in the joys of Love. Do you?
This was kind of fun to read. A book of scripture of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, inspired by all sorts of mythology, masonry, eastern religion, etc. It has something other holy books lack, which is humor.
Cryptic and awesome. Wish i understood half of it.
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This is one of those books that jumps out at you on the shelf of a used book store. When I saw the creepy anthropomorphic sun staring out at me from the end of the stack, I was immediately taken in. The book vendor told me to read it and form my own impressions before looking into interpretations or even into the life of Crowley. I'm not a practitioner of occult, but I do like obscure subcultures. This book offered a glimpse into the world that fascinated such modernists as Yeats and later postm..more
I am just curious about this.. Just to set things straight-I'm an open-minded Christian and knowing his 'legacy,' I can't help but be curious about this dark person deemed as 'evil.' I'll get around to reading this someday..but for now, I'm focusing on World Religions- Zoroastrianism, Islam, Judaism, Christianity, and later Buddhism, Hinduism...etc.. update: I am no longer 'Christian,' actually. I now consider myself more of a secular humanist.
First crowley book,so I jumped in to something that should be read after, reading more of his books. I did however, find some if the poems fascinating. I will read more of his work.
Jan 06, 2018Graham Case rated it liked it
i feel like if i let this sit with for a while longer it'll be four star and further, a five. it's one of those things you can't really judge first time around(why I came back after a little while)
Mar 03, 2015Derek Peffer rated it did not like it
What did I just read? So it's a little unfair the one star I give this book, to be honest it felt like a fun house I was walking through blindfolded. You lose all the fun of seeing how distorted everything looks if you can't see anything. And for that I needed a deep rooted knowledge into the occult. Mine was not enough I discovered. I've read Crowley before. This is different. A little side story, part of the mythos of this is after it was published Crowley tells us that then the secret order o..more
Mar 25, 2008Dan rated it liked it
Combines the systems of Tarot, Numerology, Quabalah, Freemasonry, Rosicrucianism, acrostics, puns in a series of short, joking commentaries.
Dec 01, 2008kate rated it liked it
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Alternates: beautiful, mind blowing, frustrating
Jul 07, 2011Aydin Mohseni rated it really liked it
In short, in tandem with some peripheral research in Tarot, Leary, Jodorowksy and the occult, has inspired quite a few fun, mischievous and profound projects. ;)
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Aleister Crowley, born Edward Alexander Crowley, was a British occultist, writer, mountaineer, philosopher, poet, and mystic. He was an influential member in several occult organizations, including the Golden Dawn, the A∴A∴, and Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.), and is best known today for his occult writings, especially The Book of the Law, the central sacred text of Thelema. He gained much notori..more
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