In this instance he has been quite restrained, and merely credited himself with non-existent editorial duties - in fact the book is pretty much exactly as published by Mathers.
Arguably the most attractive of the de Laurence editions, the first of which was supposedly published in 1932 ("supposedly" as de Laurence was a notorious fantasist and the dating on his books was far from reliable). "The Book of the Sacred Magic" is popularly held to be one of the most important, and powerful Grimoires of talismanic magic in the western esoteric canon. Translated by MacGregor Mathers, and used by the Golden Dawn, Aleister Crowley is famously said to have attempted it in a rather offhanded way, unleashing dire consequences on all those around. This edition published by Lauron William de Laurence (1868 - 1936), renowned book pirate, plagiarist, and publisher of occult literature. De Laurence was notorious for taking other people's works and reissuing them under his own name (sometimes re-titling them in the process). In this instance he has been quite restrained, and merely credited himself with non-existent editorial duties - in fact the book is pretty much exactly as published by Mathers. Despite his rogueish eccentricities de Laurence played an important part in the occult history of the USA: he was a pioneer in selling occult books and supplies by mail order, and the cheap "Pow Wow" books and other books of simple magic which he published were surprisingly well received, and he is quite revered in some quarters.
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