Aleister Crowley and the Ouija Board

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 172 pages
• Published by: Feral House November 1, 2005
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 1932595104
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1932595109
• Book Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
• Weighs: 7.8 ounces

Product Description
Time-waster, party game, fake divination device, staple of urban myths, horror movie trope, conjurer of the dead, devil’s gateway — these terms indicate the extraordinary variety of opinions inspired by the ever-controversial Ouija Board. Part fascinating history and part practical manual, this engaging guide takes the position that the Ouija Board is indeed as powerful as its detractors claim. Author J. Edward Cornelius shows how anyone armed with the proper knowledge can use the Ouija to communicate with invisible beings and other worlds. Drawing on the writings of Aleister Crowley, aka the "Great Beast," and other magicians who advocated the Ouija’s use as an occult tool, Cornelius looks at the long history of "talking boards" and the power of the planchette, an ancient symbol believed to act as an invisible doorway. Entertaining and enlightening, Aleister Crowley and the Ouija Board reveals the dark secrets and hidden truths of this curious, enduring "game."

Reader Reviews
It is appropriate that an important contribution to occult literature is to be found in a slim volume with an unassuming and quirky title. The author presents sufficient theory and practice that will allow even a neophyte to access in a reasonably safe and suprisingly convenient manner the astral realms. Quite an accomplishment. But this is by no means only a book for beginners. Advanced practitioners (assuming they have an open mind) will find a great deal to ponder and benefit from in this volume. Anyone serious about magickal practice or even just magickal theory should acquire this book and consider its contents carefully. They will be well repaid for their efforts. Aleister Crowley was the baddest of bad boys. He made great advancements in the magickal realm while sending shock waves through the clubby and largely ineffectual grade system of traditional occult fraternities, It is no small irony that the magickal orders that profess to be Thelemic are as full of pretentious poseurs as those that Crowley blasted with his extraordinary talent and application. I suspect that his book will not be well liked by those in authority in Crowleyian magickal orders. The author reveals too many secrets for comfort. I believe Crowley would have approved of this book that captures the spirit of authentic Thelemic magickal theory and practice.