Should I kiss the viper's fang, or herald loud the death of Man?

[jacktellslies]

Thank you all so very much for the kind words and advice. I've regained regular internet access, although I'm feeling a bit quiet again.

However, while on the topic of losing data, this is worth mentioning: Robin's Bookstore, one of my favourites in Philadelphia, is closing. The place was always stocked with interesting things, although my devotion to it derived from the fact that its sections on magic and related topics were superb. I don't think I've ever been in the place without finding some useful or interesting text I'd not known about yet, which is a better record than any shop I've ever known, even ones specifically devoted to those things. I suspect that either the person responsible for their ordering knew what they were doing, or someone twitched their nose at those particular shelves to make them unusually useful. The place closes on the thirty-first of this month, and all of the first floor books are half priced until that time. This gives me twenty-one days to decide whether or not I need or even want a nicely bound three-part edition of the complete works of Aleister Crowley.

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[liath-macha.livejournal.com]

'This gives me twenty-one days to decide whether or not I need or even want a nicely bound three-part edition of the complete works of Aleister Crowley.'

If it includes his autobiography, yes. Otherwise, no.

[earlofgrey.livejournal.com]

Thanks, mister.

[liath-macha.livejournal.com]

My local library used to have a copy with an integrated horse hair bookmark. I should have liberated it.

[earlofgrey.livejournal.com]

It couldn't have been meant for anyone else.