The Book of Desolation

The Book Of Desolation, according to Amado Crowley, is the ancient book once housed in the library at Alexandria that his father, Aleister Crowley came across in Egypt in 1904. It was on this trip in 1904 that Crowley wrote The Book Of The Law which later formed the cornerstone of his Thelemic philosophy but it is Amado's claim that the book was merely a 'red herring' and that the real reason that his father was in Egypt was to translate The Book Of Desolation. He quotes his father as saying:
"Liber Legis was written because I had to produce something. Certain people had got wind of bits and pieces of the story. I did Liber Legis to put them off the scent."
"I did what I did for very good reasons. There was the problem of the missing pages, you see. The text had gaps in it. Every scroll was damaged in one or more places. This meant that the book was flawed and left the way open for forgery and fraud."

He is also told by his father, "One day you will tell them. They will not be able to criticize me. I did what I did under instructions."
There is much doubt as to the existence of the book as it has only been seen by Amado himself and just one other person, the occult writer and rare book dealer Jason Brett Serle.
The Doubt exists because the book has not yet been published. Amado is working on the final translation of the Text, when it is completed the book will be published. The book has been seen by more than two people, Some of his students are given access to it.
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*p102 The Secrets Of Aleister Crowley by Amado Crowley
*p102 The Secrets Of Aleister Crowley by Amado Crowley

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