ANNOUNCING: Pearls of Wisdom
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Ordered this a few days ago, was I early enough to still get the autograph?
Look forward to it Jim, I expect nothing but the best.
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And I agree about anthologies. B.O.T.A.'s "The Lantern" are proving to be a favorite for me lately. Mostly because you can fit them into bathroom reading, a break at work, etc~
Who would of thought light reading could be so enlightening?
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Hito, yes, early enough. The book hasn't been delivered by the printer yet. (Thanks for the rest, too.)
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I got an advance copy in the mail yesterday. (It's here! Not vaporware!) - The rest are still on the truck making its way across the U.S.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/17118720/Pearls of Wisdom photo.jpg
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It's got a nice classic look to the book. Neat.
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@Jim Eshelman said
"(It's here! Not vaporware!) "
Just wondering; is that a dig against Kindle versions?
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Nope. Love my Kindle.
As you probably know, it's a computer term. "Vaporware" is software that keeps getting promised until one wonders if it exists anywhere at all... except maybe in someone's pipe.
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If you can trust the dispatchers... the truck is due in tomorrow or Friday. "Pearls of Wisdom" will be hand. I will then sign the preorders, and our volunteer team will start slapping on mailing labels and getting things ready to ship on Sunday. (It may take two or three days to get them all ready to go.)
(I have never before known it to take two weeks for them to truck this cross-country. Sorry for the delay, folks.)
If you haven't ordered yet, and want one of the autographed first-shipped copies, here is the order link:
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My water broke!
No Braxton Hicks this time. I think it's coming today! 
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Nice!
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Received this morning, looks great, looking forward to diving in later today!
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Waiting for the plane (or ship) with my one
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My copy arrived this morning, I can't wait to really sit down and get started with it. My bookshelf feels a little more worthy now it has a signed book!
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First impressions: Only a fifth of the way through this, but already it has proven to be single best book on both the basic and advanced concepts and practices of Thelema, Magick and Hermetic Qabalah since Regardie's work (perhaps even since Crowley's own publications). It's a joy to see often seemingly complex concepts explained so clearly, and to see certain practices laid out without the usual blinds and mistakes in place (I can think of some profoundly essential Magickal techniques [e.g. LBRP] which appear in incorrect forms in pretty much every single publication available to the general public [even Regardie's books!] - this volume is one of the very few exceptions to that [the only others that I can think of - beside the Black Pearl pdfs - are 776 1/2 and David Shoemaker's Living Thelema], and pretty much the only place where the reader will find correct, clear, and unambiguous information on certain topics outside of confidential orders). No blinds, no bullshit, at last, amazing! It will be of profound value to those involved in the practice of the topics concerned, and I certainly will be giving it my highest possible recommendation.
Chapters 000, 00, and 0 are a fantastic introduction to Thelema, have you at all considered making that material available to as wide an audience as possible, perhaps online like the Ethics Of Thelema compilation?
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bdc, thank you very much.
Wow, that's a great way to start my day 
Yes, I've considered making the opening material available more widely and haven't had time to think about how to do that without harming our ability to continue publishing; so it probably won't happen soon, but something like that likely will happen eventually.
There is a practical considerations that we have many thousands of dollars invested in making the book available, and these chapters are part of what we think will drive sales of this particular book. In order to keep publishing material, we have to keep selling material to pay for subsequent publishing. We give a lot of material away for free. Giving this particular material away for free could make this the last book we ever publish.
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I understand completely, I've gone through the Black Pearl pdfs many times, but I do love actual books so much that it's an absolute pleasure to re-read some of this material again - the physical format makes all the difference to me. I'll certainly be recommending the purchase of this to anyone I know interested in Thelema and Magick.
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Tank you very much
If you have the opportunity... an Amazon review could go a long way.
BTW, I've been working for the last year on another book that I think is important and will have a tiny audience, so the plan is to give it away as a free download. (No details until ready to announce, though.)
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@Jim Eshelman said
"an Amazon review could go a long way."
Will do!
"BTW, I've been working for the last year on another book that I think is important and will have a tiny audience, so the plan is to give it away as a free download. (No details until ready to announce, though.)"
Yay!
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@Jim Eshelman said
"Tank you very much
If you have the opportunity... an Amazon review could go a long way.
BTW, I've been working for the last year on another book that I think is important and will have a tiny audience, so the plan is to give it away as a free download. (No details until ready to announce, though.)"
I bet it's called "Tarot Tips for Truants"
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I have to concur with bdc's assessment of the introductory section. It is excellent. Being relatively new to Thelema, it has taken a good amount of effort to grasp certain concepts, but this book presents the material in very clear and concise way that really resonates with me, and for that, I'm very appreciative. Also, I found the LRP section useful in rectifying a couple points I wasn't entirely clear on (or perhaps, slightly misled).