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Title: Eight Lectures on Yoga by Aleister Crowley, Israel Regardie ISBN: 0-9726583-1-9 Publisher: Thelema Media, L.L.C. Pub. Date: 01 June, 1992 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $9.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.25 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Easy to understand
Comment: This book by Crowley is easy to understand. It is written for the beginning and intermediate student. Theres a chapter written for the beginner and another chapter for the intermediate. Aleister Crowley was a great yogi and magician. This book will tell you what yoga is really all about. This is a great book to start out with if you are interested in Yoga. Also Sir Crowley dismisses the misconceptions about yoga. Even if you only plann to learn the basics of yoga this is still a great book to get.
Rating: 5
Summary: Response to negative review
Comment: I'd like to briefly respond to gsibbery's negative review.
Gsibbery seems to have little understanding of Crowley and the law of Thelema--"Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law." Yogaic Union and the Thelema are not contradictory in the slightest. "Do what thou wilt" does not mean do whatever your foolish human body desires; it means strive to discover and achieve your True Will, which can be likened to the "voice of god" within you (in religious terms). Yogaic Union with your body and with reality is essential for discovering your True Will and your holy purpose on this planet. No contradiction there.
Beware of people speaking hatefully of the "Great Beast"--it is all too likely that they are christians or narrowminded or both. Crowley was a genius--a flawed genius, sure, but a genius all the same. And besides that, he's entertaining as hell.
I would not recommend this book to anyone seeking an introduction to yoga. The way to learn yoga is to do it. Once you get comfortable doing it and youve read a few introductory books & would like to think more deeply about the philosophy behind yoga, then go ahead & read this book. But you might not enjoy it unless you are familiar with Crowley's works. I'd recommend "Cosmic Trigger" by Robert Anton Wilson as a good introduction to mad Uncle Aleister.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Eight Limbs by Crowley
Comment: In Magick Book 4, Crowley gives a clear and concise commentary on the eight limbs of Raja Yoga. Here, Crowley delivers the message in lecture form (via the printed page)in his own style. Broken into two sections, Yoga for Yahoos and Yoga for Yellowbelly's, the first covering the first 4 steps (yama, niyama, asana and pranayama), while the latter exploring the altered states of pratyahara, dhyana, dharana, and samadhi. But these later chapters are not without Crowley's own interpretation through the Tree of Life and the Kabbalah. While he may expound seemingly on the latest trends in physics and mathematical formulas of the tetragrammaton, it might be well to keep in mind the states of the higher phases of yoga as they cannot be laid out in a clear objective language. This is the same reason mythology is told in a fantasy-like manner, because it is only understood in metaphorical language. Not to mention, if it was told in out everyday vernacular, it would lose its meaning as well as effect.
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Title: Enochian World of Aleister Crowley: Enochian Sex Magick by Aleister Crowley, Lon Milo Duquette, Christopher S. Hyatt ISBN: 1561840297 Publisher: New Falcon Publications Pub. Date: 01 May, 1991 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Holy Books of Thelema by Aleister Crowley ISBN: 0877286868 Publisher: Weiser Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1989 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Book of the Law by Aleister Crowley ISBN: 0877283346 Publisher: Weiser Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1987 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Book of Lies by Aleister Crowley ISBN: 0877285160 Publisher: Weiser Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1986 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Aleister Crowley's Illustrated Goetia: Sexual Evocation by Lon M. Duquette ISBN: 1561840483 Publisher: New Falcon Publications Pub. Date: 01 June, 1992 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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