Welcome to the home page of the Teitan Press, a small press devoted to scholarship in Western Esotericism, with a major focus on the literary and occult works of Aleister Crowley (1875-1947) and his circle.
The Teitan Press. Inc. was incorporated in Illinois in 1985 by Crowley scholar Martin P. Starr, and his business partner, Frank Winston. In the years that followed they produced an impressive selection of books. These included new editions of Crowley's Konx om Pax, Snowdrops from a Curate's Garden, The Winged Beetle, The Scented Garden, his translation of Baudelaire's Little Poems in Prose, as well as first printings of Crowley's Scrutinies of Simon Iff, and Golden Twigs, and of course Martin's acclaimed biography of W. T. Smith, The Unknown God .
After two decades of gentlemanly publishing, The Teitan Press, Inc. was dissolved in December 2006. The imprint was then passed to Keith and Marilyn at Weiser Antiquarian Books. A year later the first book to be produced under our management came off the presses: Inside Solar Lodge, Outside the Law , by Frater Shiva.
As the new custodians of the Teitan Press, we are determined to maintain the quality, in terms of both text and production, for which the Press was rightly recognized. Whilst we hope to continue the special focus on Aleister Crowley and related works, we also intend to broaden our focus to include serious works, both reprint and original, on a variety of other aspects of the Western Hermetic tradition.
We are pleased to announce that
copies of our new release are NOW available:
Inside Solar Lodge - Outside the Law. by Frater Shiva.
Inside Solar Lodge - Outside the Law tells the story of Solar Lodge: arguably one of the most interesting and controversial of the many occult groups that sprung up in 1960s America. It was founded by a student of one of the original initiates of Agape Lodge of the O.T.O. and taught a system of magick closely based on that of Aleister Crowley. We also currently have copies of an earlier publication:
Little Poems in Prose. by Charles Baudelaire,translated by Aleister Crowley
Little Poems in Prose is a New Edition of Aleister Crowley's reverential translation of Charles Baudelaire's Petits Poèmes en Prose. Crowley's translation of Baudelaire's work was completed in the early 1900s, and actually went to press shortly before the First World War, although the collapse of Crowley's personal finances, and his wartime travels, prevented them from being bound and distributed. In 1928 Crowley met Edward W. Titus, of the Black Manikin Press, who finally issued the work, with a new title-page, as a Limited Edition under his own imprint in Paris. This New Edition has been edited by Crowley scholar Martin P. Starr, who has also contributed a Foreword to the book. In addition to the text of the first edition, it contains various materials not found in the original edition, including the manuscript corrections made by Crowley in his own copy, as well as reproductions of eight previously-unpublished drawings by Crowley.A limited number of copies of the First Edition of Martin P. Starr's highly regarded biography of W. T. Smith are still available:
The Unknown God: W.T. Smith and the Thelemites
a critically acclaimed biography of Wilfred Talbot Smith (1885-1957), the leader of Crowley's contemporary followers in the Ordo Templi Orientis (OTO), authored by Martin P. Starr, an independent scholar of Western Esotericism and the editor of the original Teitan Press Inc. Aleister Crowley series.Retail customers can order The Unknown God from http://www.weiserantiquarian.com or through Amazon.com. Please direct sales questions to sales@teitanpress.com
USA/Canada wholesale customers for this title only can order directly from Teitan Press or through New Leaf. European Community wholesale orders for this title only should be directed to Gazelle Book Services Ltd.
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