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Konx Om Pax - also called the Essays in Light - is a selection of writings by Aleister Crowley, named for a phrase said to have been spoken during the as a person ascends to become a seer. Originally published in 1907, this book brings together four of the most poignant, humorous and subtle treatises penned by Crowley. They are as follows: The Wake World An allegorical account of a magickal practitioner's journey to Kabbalistic Tree of Life, accompanied by a . Originally written as a bedtime story for his daughter, Crowley would relate himself as the Fairy Prince, after the fashion of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. Thien Tao A barbed satire in which Crowley is cast as a Taoist advisor to a Japanese Daimyo. As the Daimyo's dominion stands in crisis, Crowley advises a course of education whereby the people are taught to behave as their opposites: whores are to be taught celibacy, the pious are to learn of Huxley's materialism, the atheistic are to learn , and the sexually prudish are to learn promiscuity. Ali Sloper ; or, the Forty Liars A theatrical play which is largely a dialogue between Crowley, a friend, and the friend's wife on Christmas Day. As 'Bowler', Crowley recites an essay named Ameth; a satirical retelling of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves; a classic folk story from the One Thousand and One Nights collection. The Stone of Mount Abiegnus A conversation between a series of men, including a socialist and a doctor. Each contributes a piece of poetry to enrich the philosophical debate between them. Crowley appears as "Basil Grey" - this piece is notable for including love poetry such as La Gitana. Overall the dialogue is inspired by the Zohar; a Rabbinic tradition whereby each participant would contribute a commentary. --- This edition of Konx Om Pax is complete and unabridged. It also includes the precursor dedication and counter-dedication together with a portrait of the author.

From the PublisherA new introduction by Crowley scholar Martin Starr places the book in the context of the author's life and work. Hardcover, 144 pages, printed in two colors on acid-free paper, with duotone portrait of the authorExcerpt. copy; Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.Konx Om Pax is one of Crowleyrsquo;s earliest publications, and it has often been found to be less than illuminating to new students of his work, despite its subtitle of "Essays in Light." To lighten the burden of the first-time reader and to introduce its first facsimile edition, a few words are in order . The mystification begins with the often-misspelled title of this curious collection of essays. It is taken from a barbarous phrase spoken in the Eleusinian mysteries, konx ompax, which was picked up by the originators of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and incorporated into their Neophyte initiation ceremony; the titles of the officers in the latter ceremony are also taken from the Eleusinia. Crowley underwent the Neophyte ritual in November 1898; in it he learned that these mystic words were the Greek cognates of the Egyptian "Khabs am Pekht," here translated as "Light in Extension"mdash;a bit of good mysticism but dubious etymology in keeping with the intellectual habits of the Golden Dawnrsquo;s magical founder, S. L. Mathers, who, as Crowley twits, "will borrow any required properties." Nevertheless Crowley took the derivation at face value and in the "Dedication and Counter- Dedication" goes on to identify KONX with the "LVX of the Brethren of the Rosy Cross." The problem is already apparent: Crowleyrsquo;s "baulking erudition," as noted by his friend Louis Wilkinson, forms a severe block to the understanding of his message. Many of the references in the "Dedication and Counter-Dedication" would have been unintelligible to contemporary readers other than the minuscule number of Golden Dawn initiates, and the morass of arcane allusion only deepens as one turns the pages. An additional difficulty is that, at the time of the composition of Konx Om Pax in 1906-7, Crowley had little experience and less sympathy with prose; his interests, bar a few odd essays, had been confined to poetry, outside of which he had never previously attempted to convey his own evolving occult philosophy. The writing of this book marks a turning point in Crowleyrsquo;s career as an author and teacher; he is still in a sense his own audience, as witness the many private jokes and references to details of his life, but at the same time he is trying to bring others int! o the Light that he has seen. The solution to the difficulties of Konx Om Pax is not far off. The last twenty years have seen a considerable number of books published on the Tarot, the Qabalah and the Golden Dawnrsquo;s history and rituals. Many of Crowleyrsquo;s books, including his Confessions mdash;vital to comprehending his life and worksmdash;are now widely available. Armed with these weapons, it is only a matter of time and some small effort before a dedicated student sees the way through the obscurities of Crowleyrsquo;s style; indeed, part of the beauty of his books is that he engages a readerrsquo;s attention with the certainty that there is something behind what he writes. It would be a pity to be deprived of the pleasure of discovering for oneself the mysteries and the mirth hidden therein. For these reasons it was decided to make Konx Om Pax available again in facsimile, and leave the work of deciphering the text to the earnest inquirer... The present facsimile is reproduced from a copy of the third issue, with the case design after the second issue. I would like to thank R. Williams for his technical assistance and Helen Parsons Smith for her loan of various copies of the original volume. MARTIN P. STARR

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