LIBER AL: An Examination by Marlene Cornelius – Signed Limited Edition

Berkeley CA: Conjoined Creation, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. 270pp. Limited to only 80 hand numbered copies this being #25. Bound in dark blue linen with gold foil lettering on spine. Full color dust jacket. Book is signed by the author on the half title page.

This rare signed hardcover edition of Liber AL: an examination, published by Marlene Cornelius and Conjoined Creations, brings together for the first time several scholarly expositions of different aspects of the Book of the Law, including a detailed review of its publication history and an exact transliteration of the manuscript with notations regarding changes made to it by Aleister Crowley during the course of his life. The book also includes an investigation into the recent “kill/fill” debate regarding a possible error in its printing.

Liber AL – The Book of the Law – has been of interest to many people over the last century and has impacted innumerable lives. the research in Liber AL: an examination is of great importance to anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the primary Holy Book of Thelema and its origins.

A new and expanded edition of this detailed (and sometimes controversial and sometimes humorous) study of “The Book of the Law” that was originally published as issue 8 of the Thelemic research journal “Red Flame.” From the publisher: “The original manuscript of Liber AL vel Legis is subjected to a minute analysis – every word, punctuation, emendation and ‘chance shape of the letters’ is examined in detail, resulting in the most accurate transliteration of the holograph possible. The creation of the various typescript versions of Liber AL, known as Liber CCXX, is also thoroughly examined, tracking the numerous changes in each of the published versions.” Also included is R. Leo Gillis’ contribution to the recent so-called Fill/Kill debate, the essay “Deem not of Change: Fill vs Kill in Liber CCXX.”