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MAGIC WITHOUT TEARS

Magic without Tears

By A l e i s t e r C r o w e y

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MAGIC WITHOUT TEARS

MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS

Complete and Unabridged, edited with a Foreword by Karl

J. Germer

Renewed 1982

Ordo Templi Orientis

JAF Box 7666

New York, NY 10116 USA

FOREWORD

In 1943 Aleister Crowley met a lady who, having heard of his

wide

knowledge and experience, asked his advice on occult,

spiritual, and

practical matters.

This chance connection resulted in a stimulating exchange of

letters.

Crowley then asked others to put similar questions to him.

The result

was this collection of over eighty letters which are now

being issued

over the title that he chose, "MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS".

Crowley did not keep copies of his early letters to the

above-mentioned

lady, so was unable to include them in the collection that

he planned

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to publish. Fortunately they have been preserved and are

now included

in the introduction to this book. Their original form has

been retained

with the opening and closing formulae which Crowley used in

all his

letters.

Crowley at first intended to call the book "ALEISTER

EXPLAINS EVERYTHING",

and sent the following circular to his friends and disciples

asking them

to suggest subjects for inclusion.

ALEISTER EXPLAINS EVERYTHING.

__________

"Much gratified was the author of THE BOOK OF THOTH to have

many letters of appreciation, mostly from women, thanking

him for

not 'putting it in unintelligible language', for 'making it

all

so clear that even I with my limited intelligence can

understand

it, or think I do.'

"Nevertheless and notwithstanding! For many years the

Master

Therion has felt acutely the need of some groundwork-

teaching

suited to those who have only just begun the study of Magick

and

its subsidiary sciences, or are merely curious about it, or

interested in it with intent to study. Always he has done

his

utmost to make his meaning clear to the average intelligent

edu-

cated person, but even those who understand him perfectly

and are

most sympathetic to his work, agree that in this respect he

has

often failed.

"So much for the diagnosis --- now for the remedy!

"One genius, inspired of the gods, suggested recently that

the

riddle might be solved somewhat on the old and well-tried

lines

of 'Dr. Brewer's Guide to Science'; i.e., by having

aspirants

write to the Master asking questions, the kind of problem

that

naturally comes into the mind of any sensible enquirer, and

getting

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his answer in the form of a letter. 'What is it?' 'Why

should I

bother my head about it?' 'What are it's principles?'

'What use

is it?' 'How do I begin?', and the like.

"This plan has been put into action; the idea has been to

cover

the subjects from every possible angle. The style has been

collo-

quiel and fluent; technical terms have either been

carefully

avoided or most carefully explained; and the letter has not

been

admitted to the series until the querent has expressed

satisfaction.

Some seventy letters, up to the present have been written,

but still

there seem to be certain gaps in the demonstration, like

those white

patches on the map of the World, which looked so tempting

fifty years

ago.

"This memorandum is to ask for your collaboration and

support. A

list, indicating briefly the subject of each letter already

written,

is appended. Should you think that any of those will help

you in

your own problems, a typed copy will be sent to you at once

...

Should you want to know anything outside the scope, send in

your

question (stated as fully and clearly as possible) ... The

answer

should reach you, bar accidents, in less than a month ... It

proposed ultimately to issue the series in book form."

_______

This has now been done.

Karl J. Germer

Frater Saturnus Xø

Frater Superior, O.T.O.

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MAGIC WITHOUT TEARS

January, 1954 e.v.

Hampton, N.J.

I N T R O D U C T I O N

LETTERS WRITTEN BY MASTER THERION TO A STUDENT

Letter No. A

March 19, 1943

Cara Soror,

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law

I was very glad to gather from your conversation yesterday

afternoon that

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