''Clouds without Water'' is a poetry collection by
Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowley (; born Edward Alexander Crowley; 12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947) was an English occultist, ceremonial magician, poet, painter, novelist, and mountaineer. He founded the religion of Thelema, identifying himself as the pr ...
(1875–1947), an English author, occult magician, mountaineer and founder of the religious philosophy of
Thelema
Thelema () is a Western esoteric and occult social or spiritual philosophy and new religious movement founded in the early 1900s by Aleister Crowley (1875–1947), an English writer, mystic, occultist, and ceremonial magician. The word ' ...
. ''Clouds without Water'' was one of many of Crowley's eccentric works published in his lifetime and was first issued in 1909. The title comes from a passage in
Jude 1:12-13 which is quoted at the beginning of the book:
"Clouds they are without water; carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever"
As with many other books of Crowley's, such as ''The Scented Garden of Abdullah'' and ''Alice, an Adultury'', this work was first published under the pseudonym "the Rev. C. Verey". Within the introduction there is a claim the starkly esoteric poems were discovered as an anonymous manuscript and presented only as a means to condemn them. Given in the end of the book are notes humorously contemptuous of the text, Crowley sarcastically portraying a pious clergyman before praying to be freed of such "sin".
Editions
* ''Clouds without Water'', privately printed, 1909.
* ''Clouds without Water'', reprint, Yogi Publication Society,
Des Plaines, Illinois
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, 1974,
See also
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Works of Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowley (12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947) was a highly prolific writer, not only on the topic of Thelema and magick, but on philosophy, politics, and culture. He was also a published poet and playwright and left behind many persona ...
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Libri of Aleister Crowley
The Libri of Aleister Crowley is a list of texts mostly written or adapted by Aleister Crowley. Some are attributed to other authors. The list was intended for students of Crowley's magical order, the A∴A∴.
Classes
The publications of ...
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Collected Works of Aleister Crowley 1905-1907
The ''Collected Works of Aleister Crowley 1905–1907'' was originally a trilogy of books published by Aleister Crowley during his early career as student of magick.
''Collected Works'' Volume I 1905
The first volume was published in 1905 ...
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The Stratagem and other Stories''
External links''Clouds without Water''
the full text of the book.
English poetry collections
Thelemic texts
Works by Aleister Crowley
1909 books
Works published under a pseudonym
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