: ) interesting query
British Library is a bit of an amorphous concept until recently- as in
'within one building'; previously beiugn scattered across various
insitituions- but use of the textual assets of the British Museum for sure-
Mathers and the Golden Dawn leading lights were regulars in the British
Museum, and so far as i recall Crowley's BM reader's ticket is preserved
within the Yorke Collection at the Warburg Institute. As for exact records
of when anyone visited and what consulted, that level of detail was probably
not recorded at the BM in those days, Caroline Tully on this list might be
able to flag up if Mathers and Co were ever recorded as such
Bodleian- also v likely; i don't have my copy of 'Confessions of AC' to
hand, but i'm sure it's indexed there about some time spent in Oxford
good luck!
Dave E
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From: "Robert Parsons" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 2:57 PM
Subject: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] Crowley and the British Museum
> Members,
>
> In section 47, Book III of Crowley's Book of the Law in his initial
> commentary
> he stated that 'the letters of the Book are the letters of the Book of
> Enoch;
> and are totems of starts.' However, in his final commentary he stated:
> 'the
> attribution (in the old Comment) of the letters to those of the Book of
> Enoch
> are unsupported.' My question is was Crowley referring to The Book of
> Enoch as
> transcribed by Dee and Kelley ( in Sloane MS 3189 I believe it is off the
> top of
> my head, may be mistaken) or that of the Apocrypha, or is there any way to
> know. This really raises the bigger question of did AC consult the
> British
> Library or the Bodleian when doing his work on the Enochian system. I
> have not
> been able to find any documentation as to whether or not he ever did.
>
>
> Thanks.
>
> Bob
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