
If you’re of a mind to read Aleister Crowley, his writings can be hard to find. The biggest repository of his writings on the internet, as far as I know, may be found at the hermetic library. There’s also a good chunk of Hakim Bey there, and some other oddities (well, odd depends on the observer). They even have a few recipes, like this one which I gather is used in gnostic ritual:
Cakes of Light
Ingredients:
Half a gallon (2 litres) of port wine
One & half cups of wholewheat flour
Honey (to taste)
One & a half tablespoons of olive oil
Abramelin oil (to taste - not much!)
Other ingredient (see AL III, 23 & 24)
Procedure:
Heat the wine at the lowest heat possible. Steam should be rising, but it should never boil. It takes approximately five hours. At the end you should have about a quarter of an inch (half a centimetre) of goo at the bottom of the pot.
Preheat the oven to 300º F (150º Celsius). In a mixing bowl add the flour, honey, wine goo, olive oil, Abramelin oil, and other ingredient. Knead until it becomes cookie dough - this takes a while. Add more flour if it’s too sticky.
Roll out the dough on to a floured surface. Flour the rolling pin and your hands too. When the dough has been flattened out, cut into cakes using a small circular cutter - a pill bottle top or lipstick top is ideal.
Place cakes on floured sheet and bake them in the oven for no more than five minutes. Usually 3 - 4 minutes is enough. The cakes won’t look done when you take them out - just let them cool for a while.
Notice the “Other ingredient (see AL III, 23 & 24)” which presumes that you have read the text in question to know what it is that they don’t want to come right out and tell you to use. No, kids, I doubt that it’s the toenails of a crosseyed menstruating dwarf clipped with silver shears under a new moon. Probably it’s just good healthy ganja.