The Heart of the Master & Other Papers by Aleister Crowley

The Heart of the Master & Other Papers by Aleister Crowley Thelema Media, L.L.C. (1992), Paperback, 144 pages Condition: Pre-owned / Very Good Heart of the Master represents a seminal moment in Crowleys’ career and as his Proclamation of the Grade of Ipsissimus, should be considered one of the most important works Aleister Crowley ever produced.In 1924, after almost a lifetime of intense study and determined experimentation, Crowley passed through “The Supreme Ordeal” of the Ipsissimus Grade while staying in Paris. The Grade of Ipsissimus being the highest of a series of ten magickal attainments in an ancient system Crowley inherited from The Hermetic Order of The Golden Dawn into which he had been admitted in 1898.Crowley had initially sworn the Oath of the Ipsissimus Grade in May of 1921 but like most initiations, it took time to fully realize.Crowley wrote,“From the Winter Solstice 1923 to the Spring Equinox 1924, I underwent a supreme initiation whose object was to fit me for u