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Collection Number: 11049-z

Collection Title: Aleister Crowley's Astrology, 1915

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Abstract Aleister Crowley (1875-1947), born Edward Alexander Crowley in Leamington, Warwickshire, was an occultist, eccentric, author of poems, erotica, and writings in the field of magic. The collection is a carbon typescript, consisting of three chapters or sections of a projected book on astrology. These three chapters are Prolegomena, Neptune, and Herschel or Uranus. The table of contents lists a total of eleven chapters. This version was produced in 1955 by "G.H.B." partly from a "copy" made in January 1930 by W. D. Stevenson and partly from the original typescript made about 1915.
Creator Crowley, Aleister, 1875-1947.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Rare Book Literary and Historical Papers.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Aleister Crowley's Astrology #11049-z, Rare Book Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Alternate Form of Material
Microfilm copy available.
Acquisitions Information
Purchased from Laywood, book dealer, in 1971.
Sensitive Materials Statement
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Processed by: Suzanne Ruffing, May 1996

Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008

This collection was processed with support from the Randleigh Foundation Trust.

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Aleister Crowley (1875-1947), born Edward Alexander Crowley in Leamington, Warwickshire, was an occultist, eccentric, author of poems, erotica, and writings in the field of magic.

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The collection is a carbon typescript, consisting of three chapters or sections of a projected book on astrology. These three chapters are Prolegomena, Neptune, and Herschel or Uranus. The table of contents lists a total of eleven chapters. This version was produced in 1955 by "G.H.B." partly from a "copy" made in January 1930 by W. D. Stevenson and partly from the original typescript made about 1915.

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