"Everything to me is temporary, so, why waste the money that I could spend on a trip to Amsterdam when I can print up and bind my own Equinox?"

Well, no one can blame you there.

Even though they've outlawed magic mushrooms. (Damn tourists don't know how to drive.)

But if there's one thing in life I appreciate (besides well-cured cannabis) it's a finely crafted book.

"I'm not sure if this is the right thread to resurrect on this topic, but I thought it would be better than starting a brand new one:

I'm in Santa Fe, New Mexico at a conference, and today I saw a complete 10-volume set of Volume 1 of The Equinox for sale in a used bookstore. It's the 1993 Weiser facsimile (hardcover, white leather-bound?) edition, and it looks to be in good shape. The store wants something like $800 for it, but they may negotiate. I don't think they're willing to break up the set. Anyway, the store is "Big Star Books & Music," at 329 Garfield Street, Santa Fe, NM.

I don't have any connection with this store, but I thought that if there were any aspirants to A.'.A.'. studentship out there who are in search of a full Equinox set, this might be a good one to snap up!

Steve"

The 1993 Weiser edition (All ten issues of Volume One bound into two large white books with also a box to put the books in when it was originally sold) originally retailed for either $300 or $350 (I forget which). It is out of print so is sold as a collectible. You can find copies of it on eBay and Amazon (used/rare etc) as low as $450 today or as high as several thou$and (who do they think I am?). I don't know that you will always find the set with the box it came in (a display box such as many trilogy releases etc come in), but I would doubt that any copy of the book(s) is in less than great condition. I'm not a worshiper of objects or collector type person, so I don't know what I'm looking at sometimes in that respect - I can't tell you the real terms of things, but that paper they use for the book(s) is the same kind old Bibles used, thin and fancy in its way I guess, which makes you respect the page as you turn it - so I've never seen an abused copy yet. In fact, of all the Crowley works I have, my copy of The Equinox Vol 1 is the only one that hasn't been written or drawn on.

Too bad I'm broke and some hundreds of miles away!

White leather bound?

covets

I'm in Santa Fe, New Mexico at a conference, and today I saw a complete 10-volume set of Volume 1 of The Equinox for sale in a used bookstore. It's the 1993 Weiser facsimile (hardcover, white leather-bound?) edition, and it looks to be in good shape. The store wants something like $800 for it, but they may negotiate. I don't think they're willing to break up the set. Anyway, the store is "Big Star Books & Music," at 329 Garfield Street, Santa Fe, NM.

I don't have any connection with this store, but I thought that if there were any aspirants to A.'.A.'. studentship out there who are in search of a full Equinox set, this might be a good one to snap up!

Steve

Sorry to bug you more, Jim, but I'm hoping that you're willing to try and help me out some more. First, I want to thank you for hooking me up with the right people in the ToT. Unfortunately, they said that they couldn't work with me, but I wanted to say thanks for hooking me up with them.

Secondly, I've tried e-mailing the Cancellarius again of the Estai/Meral AA lineage and haven't heard back yet after a few weeks now. I was wondering if there's another e-mail that I should be using besides the ordoaa.org one?

"I have all of the books, aside from the aforementioned Rites of Eleusis"

Eleusis & Rites of Eleusis are two different texts. Rites is the script to a performance Crowley & Waddell(among others) put on in Westminister in 1910. The Eleusis referred to in the Student Reading Curriculum can be found in Vol. III of the Collected Works.

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"Do you have a link where I can get the commentaries with Heidrick's notes?"

The version on this page should be the right one. You can also google for the phrase "WEH NOTE" and see what other online libri Bill has footnoted.

Steve

"I've done this for a few things (Old & New Commentaries, Liber Aleph, AC's Tao Te King) and they don't look all that bad on my bookshelf. They've even got Bill Heidrick's (sometimes snarky; sometimes hilarious) footnotes! You can design your own cover, include other related short papers, etc.
Assuming of course you can find an inexpensive copy-service like this where you're stationed.
Steve"

Steve,
Do you have a link where I can get the commentaries with Heidrick's notes?

there are lots of forrums like this, but i dont spend a huge amount of time in them because it always seems like there is some "social" hierarchy in place and alot of the people develope these self glorifying images of themselves and bash others or their opinions and i dont care to spend the time to become established in those "communnities".

"On the latter question (indirectly) - once I get my head above water this week, I owe you an answer to your last letter."

I'm not trying to pester (because I fully understand how busy people can get) but I just wanted to make sure I'm not forgotten about, so I'm doing a little "bump" here. I hope you don't mind, Jim

Like Steven Cranmer suggested, does printing it out and having it bound count?

Also, whenever you've got the time Jim

On the latter question (indirectly) - once I get my head above water this week, I owe you an answer to your last letter.

"I've collected and/or have the books coming my way of the Student Syllabus. The only one I haven't acquired is the Rites of Eleusis. I was wondering if it's been published within something else or only on its own? The only copies I can find of its original publication are $100+. I will gladly pay this if needs be but I would rather not if I didn't really need to."

Would it count if you downloaded a (reliable) version, printed it out, and had it bound at a Kinko's or something? I've done this for a few things (Old & New Commentaries, Liber Aleph, AC's Tao Te King) and they don't look all that bad on my bookshelf. They've even got Bill Heidrick's (sometimes snarky; sometimes hilarious) footnotes! You can design your own cover, include other related short papers, etc.

Assuming of course you can find an inexpensive copy-service like this where you're stationed.

Steve