Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowley: The Nature of the Beast Colin Wilson,
Publisher: Karnac Books
ISBN: 190465827X
DDC: 920
Edition: Paperback; 2005-11-01
Summary:
Poet, Magician, Mountaineer, Polemicist and Pornographer, Aleister
Crowley was the most famous, or infamous, name in twentieth century
occultism. The popular image of him as, in the words of Francis King,
'an insatiable sexual athlete, a pimp who lived on the immoral
earnings of his girl-friends, and a junkie who daily took enough
heroin to kill a roomful of people', has a basis in fact; but there
were other, less obnoxious and despicable, aspects of this highly
original character. Crowley's greatest legacy is his eclectic occult
system: his Magick persists, a potent synthesis of Golden Dawn magic,
oriental esoteric techniques, sexual magic, and the all-encompassing
Law of Thelema with its two fundamental principles, 'Every man and
woman is a star' and the notorious 'Do What Thou Wilt Shall Be the
Whole of the Law'. With his usual flair and style, Colin Wilson
brings this complex and enigmatic figure to life and provides an
engrossing portrait of the self-styled Great Beast, the man whom the
contemporary press dubbed The Wickedest Man in the World.
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