{"product_id":"the-temple-of-set-ii-michael-a-aquino-9781497567573","title":"The Temple of Set II","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1975, after ten years of exploring its identity, the original Church of Satan confronted the limitations of its Jud o-Christian imagery and a dismissal of humanity as a self-indulgent animal species. An ethical crisis in that year resulted in the organizational and metaphysical transformation of the Church into the Temple of Set, which in subsequent decades went on to become the preeminent initiatory institution premised upon the affirmation and evolution of the individual consciousness to divine essence and immortality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book recounts the Temple's creation and early development, by its founding High Priest, Michael Aquino. It is more a memoir than a history, because the scope of the Temple and the works of its many Initiates are far too diverse for any single book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIncluded is also an extensive theoretical discussion of Setian cosmology, philosophy, and magic: the famous \"Black Magic\" from the \u003ci\u003eCrystal Tablet of Set\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe text is augmented by 97 detailed appendices on a variety of topics by many different Setians over the years. This is a 2-volume work compressed to reduce the 431,000-word set to below 1,000 pages. Volume I is in color; Volume II black\/white.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael A. Aquino\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1497567572\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781497567573\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/08\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 462\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.93d","brand":"Michael A. Aquino","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994245300479,"sku":"9781497567573","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e6d9aeda-76fc-498e-901d-fc68b63b2a1d.jpg?v=1683328993","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-temple-of-set-ii-michael-a-aquino-9781497567573","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}