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Aleister Crowley: Magick, Rock and Roll, and the Wickedest Man in the World
400Overview
When Aleister Crowley died in 1947, he was not an obvious contender for the most enduring pop-culture figure of the next century. But twenty years later, Crowley’s name and image were everywhere. The Beatles put him on the cover of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. The Rolling Stones were briefly serious devotees. Today, his visage hangs in goth clubs, occult temples, and college dorm rooms, and his methods of ceremonial magick animate the passions of myriad occultists and spiritual seekers.
Aleister Crowley is more than just a biography of this compelling, controversial, and divisive figure—it’s also a portrait of his unparalleled influence on modern pop culture.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780399161902 |
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Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group |
Publication date: | 05/15/2014 |
Pages: | 400 |
Sales rank: | 210,880 |
Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.20(d) |
Age Range: | 18 Years |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Introduction: The Beast on the Bowery 1
1 The Unforgivable Sin 15
2 Twilight of the Golden Dawn 54
3 The Word of the Aeon 81
4 What Is The Law? 106
5 Toward the Silver Star 137
6 Sex and Magick 165
7 New York's A Lonely Town When You're the Only Thelemite Around 190
8 In And Out of the Abbey of Thelema 218
9 Wandering in the Wasteland 250
10 The Sunset of Crowleyanity 279
11 The Beast Goes On 316
Acknowledgments 347
Notes 349
Index 377
What People are Saying About This
“Clocking in at 394 pages jam-packed with in-depth information, factoids, anecdotes and insights from the first sentence to the last. A historical biography through and through, Lachman’s book is meticulously researched and it is quite easy to believe that the author, like a professor well-versed in their subject, could analyze and extrapolate at much greater lengths. The oft touted declaration of Crowley as the Wickedest Man in the World, may well have been overblown in it’s own time, but he’s certainly not an individual with whom it is easy to empathize. As detestable as he is, there is an undeniable fascination in his exploits, and Lachman seems the perfect man to deliver them.”
—The Examiner
“Gary Lachman has become an increasingly prolific engine of literate, well-written, and clear-headed books about esoteric history and ‘occulture.’ ”
—Erik Davis, author of TechGnosis
“Thinking outside the box, Lachman challenges many contemporary theories by reinserting a sense of the spiritual back into the discussion.”
—Leonard Shlain, author of Art & Physics and Alphabet versus the Goddess