Aleister Crowleys Illustrated Goetia:
Sexual Evocation by Lon Milo
Duquette
A New Vision Of Goetic Magick
Goetia [refers to] all the operations of that Magick which deals with gross,
malignant or unenlightened forces. Goetia is sometimes thought of as a
wild card, something that can get out of control, something which
expresses the operators lower desires to control others and improve his
own personal life. And, in fact, this potential loss of control, this danger, the
desire for self improvement and great power is exactly what attracts many
people to Goetia while horrifying and repelling others. Crowleys Goetia is
brought to life with vivid illustrations of the demons. Commentary by
DuQuette and Hyatt bring the ancient arts into the modern day.
Personal Review: Aleister Crowleys Illustrated Goetia: Sexual
Evocation by Lon Milo Duquette
In response to a previous review in 2004, I'd like to make the following
comments. I can appreciate the Reviewer's concerns, but the following
observations may help clear these up.
Lon's account of his evocation of Orobas in this book, as he states in hi s
My Life with the Spirits, is a les detailed version. The only apparent
anomaly is that in My Life with the Spirits, he states that Mad Bob had
already been in Guatemala, whereas in this earlier book he refers to Mad
Bob's return to Guatemala as "off to begin his Guatemala adventure". But
in effect he would be beginning the next part of his overall Guatemala
adventure.
Next, as to the sigils being different from those in the Mathers/Crowley
edition of the Goetia, the authors of this book took these sigils from an
original source manuscript, as stated in the book. Thus they are more
accurate. Although widely used, the Mathers/Crowley sigils were redrawn,
and neatened up for publication. Mitch Henson did a similar tidy up job on
all of the sigils in the first four books of the Lemegeton of his edition, as he
states therein. Another source for authentic sigils, including those for the
other books of the Lemegeton is Joseph Peterson's The Lesser Key of
Solomon.
And lastly, the similar appearance of many of the Spirits in the Goetia, may
be due to their place and time of origin, which culture and lands they
originated in. Many are derived gods from Deities from ancient cultures,
and the farther back you go either in time or state of civilization, the less
human or humanoid supernatural entities become.
Lastly, an additional observation. In the second edition of this book, which
has a black cover, there appears as a frontispiece, a drawing of Lucifuge
Rofocale. This was absent from the first edition which had a b lue cover.
For some reason, this drawing of the Prime Minister of Hell was added,
which originally appeared in Christopher Hyatt and S. Json Black's Pacts
with the Devil. Lucifuge Rofocale has nothing to do with the Goetia or any
of the Books of the Lemegeton. But rather appears as the central character
in the Grimoire of Pope Honorius, a version of which appears in the
previously mentioned Pacts with the Devil, which I can thoroughly
recommend, as did another reviewer.
Hope all this helps.
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