Aleister Crowley and Western esotericism

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bogdan, Henrik; Starr, Martin P.

Contributor:

Starr, Martin P., Contributor.

Bogdan, Henrik, Contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crowley, Aleister, 1875-1947.

Crowley, Aleister.

Occultism--History--20th century.

Occultism.

Hermetism--History--20th century.

Hermetism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (421 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] Oxford University Press 2012

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Henrik Bogdan and Martin P. Starr offer the first comprehensive examination of one of the twentieth century's most distinctive occult iconoclasts, Aleister Crowley (1875-1947), one of the most influential thinkers in contemporary western esotericism.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Foreword: Bringing Light to the Underground

Contributors

1. Introduction

2. The Sorcerer and His Apprentice: Aleister Crowley and the Magical Exploration of Edwardian Subjectivity

3. Varieties of Magical Experience: Aleister Crowley's Views on Occult Practice

4. Envisioning the Birth of a New Aeon: Dispensationalism and Millenarianism in the Thelemic Tradition

5. The Great Beast as a Tantric Hero: The Role of Yoga and Tantra in Aleister Crowley's Magick

6. Continuing Knowledge from Generation unto Generation: The Social and Literary Background of Aleister Crowley's Magick

7. Aleister Crowley and the Yezidis

8. Frenzies of the Beast: The Phaedran Furores in the Rites and Writings of Aleister Crowley

9. Aleister Crowley-Freemason?!

10. "The One Thought That Was Not Untrue": Aleister Crowley and A. E. Waite

11. The Beast and the Prophet: Aleister Crowley's Fascination with Joseph Smith

12. Crowley and Wicca

13. Through the Witch's Looking Glass: The Magick of Aleister Crowley and the Witchcraft of Rosaleen Norton

14. The Occult Roots of Scientology? L. Ron Hubbard, Aleister Crowley, and the Origins of a Controversial New Religion

15. Satan and the Beast: The Influence of Aleister Crowley on Modern Satanism

Index

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Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Format:

Print version Aleister Crowley and Western esotericism

ISBN:

0-19-999606-7

1-283-84856-2

0-19-986308-3

OCLC:

820009842