Magick Without Tears

About this book

A student writes to Aleister Crowley with questions about magical practice, belief and everyday difficulties. His replies can be patient, impatient, witty or deliberately provocative, often shifting from a small practical problem to a much larger argument.

Collected from correspondence written late in Crowley's life, these lessons offer a conversational introduction to Thelema, ritual, will and occult philosophy. The letter format exposes his personality more clearly than many of his formal treatises. Readers encounter a teacher who could explain a difficult idea simply and then immediately complicate it with an outrageous aside.