The Book of Lies

‘¢. . . This work has only to come under the notice of the right people to be sure of a ready sale. In its author’s words, it represents ‘an attempt to systematisealike the data of mysticism and the results of comparative religion,’ and so far as any book can succeed in such an attempt, this book does succeed ; that is to say, it condenses in some sixty pages as much information as many an intelligent reader at the Museum has been able to collect in years. The book proper consists of a table of ‘Correspondences,’ and is, in fact, an attempt to reduce to a common denominator the symbolism of as many religious and magical systems as the author is acquainted with. ... ‘*The Cabalistic information is very full, and there are tables of Egyptian and Hindu deities, as well as of colours, perfumes, plants, stones, and animals. The information concerning the tarot and geomancy exceeds that to be found in some treatises devoted exclusively to those subjects. The author appears to be acquainted with Chinese, Arabic, and other classic texts. Here your reviewer is unable to follow him, but his Hebrew does credit alike to him and his printer. . . . Much that has been jealously and foolishly kept secret in the past is here.”—Occult Review. Collected Works. (Travellers’ edition) India paper. Extra Crown 8vo, 3 vols., pp. x+269,+Vili+ 283, +Vili+ 230, + Appendices and Table of Correspondences about pp. 60. Bound as one volume in vellum, green ties, 3 3s. ; Cloth, without portraits, £2 2s. Ambergris. 35. 6d. “* A very casual glance at ‘ Ambergris’ will con- vince any one with understanding eyes that Mr. Crowley is as passionately possessed by his theme as any poet has been. This must ensure a constant achievement of notable poetry. . . . Mysticism is Mr. Crowley’s theme. Precisely what species of mysticism he professes, or rather, for all mysticisms are fundamentally the same, into what shape of 126