{"product_id":"beelzebub-and-the-beast-deluxe-edition-by-david-hall","title":"Beelzebub and the Beast (Deluxe edition) by David Hall","description":"\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"publisher\"\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"bookEdition\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecond Hand \/ Antiquarian⁣⁣⁣⁣\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"publisher\"\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"bookEdition\"\u003eDeluxe Edition limited to 75 \u003cspan\u003ehand-numbered copies. Published by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eStarfire Publishing,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 2012. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlack leather gilt lettered spine, with hand-made paper covered boards. Color frontispiece. Index \u0026amp; bibliography. Colour \u0026amp; b\/w plates. Endpapers illustrated in b\u0026amp;w with photo of Crowley and Gurdjieff. Cloth bound slip-case, with full-colour dust-jacket. Each copy signed by the publisher, Michael Staley.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eCondition: Near fine, unmarked copy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Hall, who died in 2007, will be a familiar name to many as one of the founders and editors of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSOTHiS\u003c\/i\u003e, the substantial and diverse Thelemic magazine which was published from the United Kingdom in the 1970s. David was passionately interested in the work of Gurdjieff as well as that of Crowley, and in the early to mid 1970s he wrote this penetrating study comparing the work of both men. Unfortunately it failed to find a publisher at the time, although publication was referenced as forthcoming in Kenneth Grant’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNightside of Eden.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Muller, 1977)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eCrowley took an interest in the work of the Greek-Armenian occultist G. I. Gurdjieff, and visited Gurdjieff's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eInstitute for the Harmonious Development of Man\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein Fontainebleau in 1924 and 1926. There have been other comparative studies of the work of the two men, the most recent being\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Three Dangerous Magi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby P. T. Mistlberger (O Books, 2010).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eExamining in turn the life and work of the two men at various levels, the author discerns a common source. Commenting\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ecirca\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e1919 on the first chapter of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Book of the Law\u003c\/i\u003e, Crowley wrote\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Aiwaz is not as I had supposed a mere formula, like many angelic names, but is the true most ancient name of the God of the Yezidis, and thus returns to the highest Antiquity. Our work is therefore historically authentic, the rediscovery of the Sumerian Tradition”\u003c\/i\u003e. Similarly, the author here shows that the roots of Gurdjieff's work can be traced to the same source.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eWith a full-colour wrap-around dustjacket, a substantial Foreword by Alistair Coombs, plates, tables and line-drawings throughout the text, a Bibliography, a comprehensive Index, and an Afterword about the author, this book will be of considerable interest to many.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Watkins Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57587803619702,"sku":null,"price":375.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/0635\/6656\/files\/IMG_5376.jpg?v=1774967010","url":"https:\/\/shop.watkinsbooks.com\/products\/beelzebub-and-the-beast-deluxe-edition-by-david-hall","provider":"Watkins Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}