Another being called Jezel was also in the room where the visions of Abuldiz were seen - he was described as a black-headed 'Turk' or 'Egyptian' wearing a 'tarbush' (Fez) and a red sash one of his hands was covered with crocodile skin. The name of the book was ABA, and its number 4. Abuldiz communicated that there was a book to be given to Fra. VIII of Vol I.Ībuldiz appeared in Mary Desti's visions (as Crowley's seer) as an old man with a long white beard, wearing a ring which contained a white feather. The writing of Book 4 was duly accomplished with the aid of his seer Soror Virakam (Mary Desti) at a villa in Posillipo near Naples, Italy, and was published in the winter of 1912–1913 in The Equinox Vol. The working was published in The Equinox Vol. In November 1911, Crowley carried out a ritual during which he reports being commanded to write Book 4 by a discarnate entity named 'Abuldiz' (sometimes spelled 'Ab-ul-diz') in Crowley's incomplete record of the working, which came around the time that Liber Legis was ready to be published in The Equinox Vol VII. It also includes numerous appendices presenting many rituals and explicatory papers. It consists of four parts: Mysticism, Magick (Elementary Theory), Magick in Theory and Practice, and ΘΕΛΗΜΑ - the Law ( The Equinox of The Gods). It is a lengthy treatise on Magick and his system of Western occult practice, synthesised from many sources, including Eastern Yoga, Hermeticism, medieval grimoires, contemporary magical theories from writers like Eliphas Levi and Helena Blavatsky, and his own original contributions. Magick, Liber ABA, Book 4 is widely considered to be the magnum opus of Aleister Crowley. Somewhere beyond the Tanarian Hills, and manifested in the waking world in Leeds, Yorkshire, England July 2004. This edition is based on the electronic edition prepared and issued by Celephaïs Press, Who shall have persevered even to the end!Īnd blessing & worship to the prophet of the lovely Star! With every good thing and celestial manna. John Frederick Charles Fuller, 1878-1966)įrater Volo Intelligere (Gerald Joseph Yorke, 1901-1983)įrater Perdurabo (Aleister Crowley, 1875-1947)

Soror Ouarda (Rose Edith Crowley, 1874-1932)įrater Per Ardua (Maj.-Gen. This first one-volume edition of Book Four is dedicated

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