Magick Of Thelema, By Milo Duquette, Any Reviews? Options

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Someone recently bought me, as a present, The magick of Thelema : a handbook of the rituals of Aleister Crowley by Lon Milo Duquette, hasn't arrived yet and I'm very excited about it, BUT, I would like to know if someone has read this book, is it any good?, what would be the greatest contribution and which are his faults or soft-points?, is there anything in particular that I should stay alert for?

Is it really a comprehensive guide to thelemic magick? (which often becomes confusing to me, with all those rituals and Liber this and Liber that).

I don't know, I guess my basic doubt is, what am I to expect from this book?

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Is it really a comprehensive guide to thelemic magick? (which often becomes confusing to me, with all those rituals and Liber this and Liber that).

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No not at all. BUT it is a descent beginners guide. Basically this book is useful if you know absolutely nothing about thelema. He covers most of the major concepts and the base rituals.

That being said, it is a bit light in its coverage even as a beginners book. He gives a quick summery of concepts but no real meat of explanation. The rituals tend to be the same way, he outlines how to perform them in plain English which is useful because Crowley liked to give them in greek and latin with no translation, but all of them can be found online in English and he is lite on the performance details.

Bottom line, the book is a good primer to get your big toe wet if you are interested in thelema. The understanding will be shallow but will give you a start so you can begin to tackle crowley's material and have at least a idea what he is talking about. Also, It includes a copy of the Book of the Law which is nice.