Magical and Philosophical Commentaries
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I have seen a number of referneces to Crowley's Magical and Philosophical Commentaries on the Book of the Law. Does this contain the same "old" and "new" comments that appear in The Law is for All (the old Regardie Edition)?
Yes. The editing was a bit different, the book is an absolutely splendidly manufactured hardcover, etc., but the content is essentially the same as the non-intro part of the Regardie edition of The Law is For All (not to be confused with the Bowdlerized O.T.O. edition by the same name that they used to force the Regardie edition out of print).
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I have seen a number of referneces to Crowley's Magical and Philosophical Commentaries on the Book of the Law. Does this contain the same "old" and "new" comments that appear in The Law is for All (the old Regardie Edition)?
sorry to bring this up again, but i notice there is a third option for crowleys commentaries in print,
"The Commentaries of AL" by weiser 1975
are the contents of this book the same as the other two mentioned? ie old and new comments?
i would like the nice hardcover 'magic. and philos. commentaries' but its so expensive so im looking for the best edition for a good price. thanks all! -
I have seen a number of referneces to Crowley's Magical and Philosophical Commentaries on the Book of the Law. Does this contain the same "old" and "new" comments that appear in The Law is for All (the old Regardie Edition)?
I believe the commentaries of AL are by Motta and not by Crowley, so the content would not be the same. I have them in ebook form and they seem interesting although I've not given them a good read
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I have seen a number of referneces to Crowley's Magical and Philosophical Commentaries on the Book of the Law. Does this contain the same "old" and "new" comments that appear in The Law is for All (the old Regardie Edition)?
@christibrany said
"sorry to bring this up again, but i notice there is a third option for crowleys commentaries in print,
"The Commentaries of AL" by weiser 1975
are the contents of this book the same as the other two mentioned? ie old and new comments?
i would like the nice hardcover 'magic. and philos. commentaries' but its so expensive so im looking for the best edition for a good price. thanks all!"College of Thelema has always recommended against this Motta edition. Even where the original commentary is authentic to Crowley, Motta's further remarks aren't well differentiated and it is easy to confuse them.
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I have seen a number of referneces to Crowley's Magical and Philosophical Commentaries on the Book of the Law. Does this contain the same "old" and "new" comments that appear in The Law is for All (the old Regardie Edition)?
@christibrany said
"sorry to bring this up again, but i notice there is a third option for crowleys commentaries in print,
"The Commentaries of AL" by weiser 1975
are the contents of this book the same as the other two mentioned? ie old and new comments?
i would like the nice hardcover 'magic. and philos. commentaries' but its so expensive so im looking for the best edition for a good price. thanks all!"The Commentaries of AL contain most of those commentaries you are asking about, except with some editing by Motta, plus Motta's own commentaries (distinguished from AC's by being in italics). As a Motta fan I think his edits are fine and his own commentaries splendid - YMMV.
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I have seen a number of referneces to Crowley's Magical and Philosophical Commentaries on the Book of the Law. Does this contain the same "old" and "new" comments that appear in The Law is for All (the old Regardie Edition)?
"College of Thelema has always recommended against this Motta edition. Even where the original commentary is authentic to Crowley, Motta's further remarks aren't well differentiated and it is easy to confuse them."
Is there something the matter with Motta's commentary?
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I have seen a number of referneces to Crowley's Magical and Philosophical Commentaries on the Book of the Law. Does this contain the same "old" and "new" comments that appear in The Law is for All (the old Regardie Edition)?
@Parzival said
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"College of Thelema has always recommended against this Motta edition. Even where the original commentary is authentic to Crowley, Motta's further remarks aren't well differentiated and it is easy to confuse them."Is there something the matter with Motta's commentary?"
You mean besides his being a massive fraud with substantially skewed views more often than not?
This isn't to say he had nothing to contribute; but, rather, that the rare jewel is hidden in a large manure pile, and the beginner isn't likely to be able to tell the difference.