Mystical & Magical System of the A.'.A.'. ... vote!
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I am looking to study Thelema on my own. Would this be a good book to purchase for like a home study course in Thelema. I am thinking of buying it but I would like to know more about it.
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This is the first book I read that Jim Eshelman wrote. It introduced me to a lot of ideas, history, and methods that were pretty new to me. It was one of the reasons I became aware that the Temple of Thelema existed and for those things it is a foundation in how I've pursued my path which is Thelemic.
That being said - I don't know if I would call it a "home study course in Thelema", but it certainly can be. It gives introductions into the concepts, people, and systems that give the system of the A.'.A.'. context and then goes on to give an in-depth description of the system. Check out the Periodicals and Monographs in the C.O.T. Pulications as well as they are also very interesting.
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Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
I think it's important to distinguish between study of Thelema and spiritual attainment, A∴A∴ or otherwise.
Love is the law, love under will.
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I wonder if anyone knows a store in the EU that sell this book??
Oh well, maybe the time has come to get one of those tablets after all
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@Shamati said
"I wonder if anyone knows a store in the EU that sell this book??"
Amazon has it at about half price right now. If you ordered it, the shipping would probably only bring it to about the usual full price.
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@Jim Eshelman said
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@Shamati said
"I wonder if anyone knows a store in the EU that sell this book??"Amazon has it at about half price right now. If you ordered it, the shipping would probably only bring it to about the usual full price."
Ok, thanks, I'll check it out.
Did you ever think about releasing the book in some kind of digital format?
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@Shamati said
"Did you ever think about releasing the book in some kind of digital format?"
The idea has been tossed about. However, there isn't a satisfactory solution (i.e., a solution that satisfies us). In any case, it would require completely reworking the layout, which would take me at least six months, maybe longer. I would only do it we could release it on Kindle, and there are not satisfactory solutions for such things as non-English fonts.
That's a main reason none of my books is in Kindle format btw ... I've said I'll do it the first time I write a book that doesn't have any Hebrew, Greek, or Enochian in it <g>.
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The way it is is just perfect.The hardcover will make it more resilent to elements that can take place with books.
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I just voted for the 6 x 9 paperback. I had no trouble voting with Google Chrome.
Have you considered going the print-on-demand route? I've published a number of books that way. ... I presume it's currently out-of-print. The price on amazon is going up and up.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WRITING THIS BOOK. It was of immeasurable help as I worked my way through the Crowley Curriculum.
Here are the end results of that study. (I hope posting this here doesn't break any forum rules.)
www.lulu.com/shop/amun-atum/adeptus-exemptus-thesis/paperback/product-23065943.html
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@wanderer-exile said
"Have you considered going the print-on-demand route."
That would be completely against our underlying goal of producing the highest quality physical books, created to last a century.
Thanks for your vote. It probably doesn't matter now (the question was asked years ago and I don't expect to have time to completely, top-to-bottom, rewrite and restructure the book in the next few years - it would be about a year of work if I had nothing else big on my docket.) I'd like to do some significant rewrite before I die, so I'll have have to plan not to die in the immediate future
It's out of stock, but being reprinted. I just asked the other day when the copies are due. This usually only takes a few weeks.