King's 1973 publication of The Secret Rituals of the O.T.O. infuriated their order head Grady McMurtry, because the fraternity's secrets were being revealed in 1820. In an O.T.O newsletter, McMurtry stated their policy at the time: "We do not endorse the publication of this material because the so called 9th degree section does not include the paper (titled IX degree Emblems and Modes of Use) which Aleister Crowley handed me at 93 Jermyn St circa 1943-44 e.v. without which the whole thing is nonsense." Francis King is thought to have been given the rest of the rituals (sans the missing one) by Gerald Yorke.[3]
Selected publications
Ritual Magic in England (1887 to the Present Day) (1970) (see also 1989)
The Rites of Modern Occult Magic (American edition, 1971)
Sexuality, Magic and Perversion (1971)
Astral Projection, Ritual Magic and Alchemy (1972)
Modern Ritual Magic: the rise of western occultism. Bridport: Prism, 1989 ISBN1853270326 (previous ed. Ritual Magic in England, 1970)
Tarot (1990)
Witchcraft and Demonology (1991)
Mind & Magic - An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Mysterious and Unexplained (1991)
The Flying Sorcerer: Being the Magical and Aeronautical Adventures of Francis Barrett (1992)
Nostradamus: Prophecies Fulfilled and Predictions for the Millennium and Beyond by Francis X. King (1993) With Stephen Skinner
The Complete Fortune-Teller with Paul Cooper (1994)
Encyclopedia of Mind, Magic, and Mysteries (1995)
The Hamlyn Encyclopedia of Fortune-Telling: Predict the Future and Plan Your Life with This Practical Guide to Techniques (1997)
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Fortune-Telling (2001)
Notes
^England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916–2007
^Colquhoun, Ithell (1975). Sword of Wisdom: MacGregor Mathers and the Golden Dawn. G. P. Putnam's Sons. p. 189.
^Cornelius, Jerry (2005). "In the Name of the Beast: A Biography of Grady Louis McMurtry, a disciple of Aleister Edward Crowley". Red Flame. 12 (3). Berkeley, CA: Red Flame Productions: 104.