num_pages: 372
description: Hardcover in dust jacket. Large Octavo. (9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches approx 23.5 x 16cm) xxiv  348pp. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine and gilt magic square on front cover. Edition limited to 418 numbered copies. 'A Concordance to the Holy Books of Thelema' is an important new tool for those engaged in the study of the group of inspired texts received by Aleister Crowley between the years 1904 and 1911. It comprises a survey of every word in these texts along with a brief quotation to give the context in which each word is used and the location in which it appears. On the most basic level the book serves as a convenient reference guide or index to the contents of 'The Holy Books.' More importantly it provides a level of access to the basic elements of the structure and composition of the texts that no conventional reading would afford. Key words and their frequencies of use become apparent broader usage patterns are revealed and the identification of particular phraseologies and idioms is simplified. The new paths of exploration that it opens for those with knowledge of the Kabbalah and Gematria are too numerous to list. The 'Concordance' includes an Introduction by the compiler Colin D. Campbell a student and teacher of the Thelemic Kabbalistic and Enochian magickal systems and a Foreword by Crowley biographer and scholar Dr. Richard Kaczynski.
language: English
title: A Concordance to the Holy Books of Thelema
publisher: The Teitan Press