Pyramidos traces the history and development of this fundamental magical ceremony from its earliest origins in the famed Golden Dawn Cipher Documents, through Crowley's first attempts to codify a system of magick in the Order of the Lamp of the Invisible Light to the final composition of the Pyramidos Ritual as the jewel in the crown of Crowley's own magical order. The Pyramidos Ceremony is included in its fully expanded form and the symbolism of the ritual is explained in detail. There is also a comprehensive examination of the Golden Dawn Neophyte Ceremony as well as several complete magick ceremonies that are discussed in the text. Pyramidos is a handbook for the performance of this central ceremony of modern Hermetic magick. It includes 15 illustrations and a complete bibliography of references.

This book’s primary focus is an understanding of the change to the formulas of Initiation brought about by the advent of the New Aeon—the Aeon of the Child—in 1904. It draws deeply from Jungian psychology, world mythology and religion, the teachings of Aleister Crowley, and the doctrines of the Mystery traditions. It explains how the revelations unique to this stage of human evolution impact the work of the individual aspirant. Much of what is written here is revealed for the first time, with every attempt to do so in clear and precise language.

Aleister Crowley crafted Liber DCLXXI vel Pyramidos from an earlier ritual he called the ThROA or LIber 671. Both rituals are based on the Neophyte Ceremony of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. While the ThoROA ritual was meant to be conducted by several officers with a candidate, Pyramidos would be simplified even more to ensure it could be performed by a single person and would become one of the rituals of self initiation used within Crowley's A∴A∴ even though it was never truly published. While self initiation was the main goal of the ritual, Crowley also designed so that it could be broken down into parts and used in other rituals and formats as well. So presented here in an affordable paperback copy meant to be bent, written in, used and abused is Liber DCLXXI vel Pyramidos: A Ritual of Self Initiation based upon the Formula of the Neophyte along with Journal Pages attached in the back of the book to make note taking that much easier. We've also included the Neophye Ritual of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn to better assist the student in the understanding of Pyramidos. It is the hope of the Editors here at Bounty of Babalon Publishing that any aspirant to the A∴A∴ may now have access to this important and powerful ritual.

The Sword & The Serpent is a unique book about magick that reveals many of the arcane secrets of the occult arts.The Sword & The Serpent is a record of a series of experiments in astral travel that were undertaken by the magician AnkhafnaKhonsu in 1996. Each journey crosses one of the Paths of the Serpent in their ascent of the Qaballistic Tree of Life. Taken together these visions of the Paths of the Sepher Yetzirah, the ancient Book of Formation, represent the path of initiation into the mysteries of Hermetic Magick.The Sword & the Serpent describes each of the Paths of the Serpent in great detail and introduces the reader to the many strange and unexpected entities that inhabit these spiritual realms. Along the way it tells the story of the magician AnkhafnaKhonsu's progress past the many obstacles and through the varied experiences that these travels upon the astral planes produced.

NOTE: This is the paperback edition. 'Fresh Fever From the Skies: The Collected Writings of IAO131' represents an anthology of writings over the 7 years spanning 2007-2014 e.v. from the author IAO131. IAO131 is the author of 'Naturalistic Occultism: The Introduction to Scientific Illuminism, ' 'Thelema Sutras, ' and 'The Parables & Lessons of Liber LXV.' He is also the co-creator of the Speech in the Silence podcast, the creator & editor of the Journal of Thelemic Studies, the creator of 2nd Century Thelema, the creator of The Grady McMurtry Project, and his works have been featured in many publications including U.S. Grand Lodge of Ordo Templi Orientis' official organ 'Agape.' His writings span various topics on Thelema, Magick, Aleister Crowley, and the occult. Many of his writings have not been available in published form previously, and now they are all collected together in 'Fresh Fever From the Skies.'