THE BOOK OF ARCHAI: On the Light of All-Things and No-Thing; A Pictorial Notebook.
Waycross, GA: Cornelius Publications, 2025. First Limited Edition of 210 Copies only, hand-numbered and signed by Johnson. A FINE HARDCOVER COPY. Well illustrated with more than 200 images, many in color, depicting the methods, symbolism and rituals of Thelema. Book is printed on a gloss sheet to enhance these images. J. Edward Cornelius, (1951-2023), spent a lifetime in intense study of the work of Aleister Crowley's philosophy and practice, and Thelema. In the 70s, he created and compiled several notebooks of intriguing -often-beautiful- magickal drawings, charts, tables, and illustration. This new work presents seventy-six examples selected from Cornelius's notebooks, some of which are posted with the purchase link at jdholmes.com. This extraordinary book is joined with an original Thelemic essay titled, with "On Creation, Channeling, and the Watchers" by Christopher Reed Johnson, which seeks to express the underlying synthesis of Gnostic and Thelemic principles, and offers an interpretative framework for the pictorial material. Includes a magnifier aid for detailed study. 353 pages, Tall octavo. Item #19876
Price: $82.95
