| Description |
xiv, 406 pages ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Henrik Bogdan, Martin P. Star -- The sorcerer and his apprentice: Aleister Crowley and the magical exploration of Edwardian subjectivity / Alex Owe -- Varieties of magical experience: Aleister Crowley's views on occult practice / Marco Pas -- Envisioning the birth of a new aeon: dispensationalism and millenarianism in the thelemic tradition / Henrik Bogda -- The great beast as a tantric hero: the role of yoga and tantra in Aleister Crowley's magick / Gordan Djurdjevi -- Continuing knowledge from generation unto generation: the social and literary background of Aleister Crowleys magick / Richard Kaczynsk -- Aleister Crowley and the Yezidis / Tobias Churto -- Frenzies of the beast: the phaedran furores in the rites and writings of Aleister Crowley / Matthew D. Roger -- Aleister Crowley: Freemason?! / Martin P. Star -- "The one thought that was not untrue": Aleister Crowley and A.E. Waite / Robert A. Gilber -- The beast and the prophet: Aleister Crowley's fascination with Joseph Smith / Massimo Introvigne -- Crowley and wicca / Ronald Hutto -- Through the witch's looking glass: the magick of Aleister Crowley and the witchcraft of Rosaleen Norton / Keith Richmon -- The occult roots of scientology? L. Ron Hubbard, Aleister Crowley, and the origins of a controversial new religion / Hugh B. Urba -- Satan and the beast: the influence of Aleister Crowley on modern satanism / Asbjørn Dyrenda. |
| Subject |
Crowley, Aleister, 1875-1947.
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Occultism -- History -- 20th century.
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Hermetism -- History -- 20th century.
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Crowley, Aleister, 1875-1947.
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Crowley, Aleister, 1875-1947. (OCoLC)fst00054763
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Hermetism. (OCoLC)fst00955517
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Occultism. (OCoLC)fst01043123
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Crowley, Aleister, 1875-1947. (DE-588)118522892
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Okkultismus. (DE-588)4043421-7
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Hermetische Philosophie. (DE-588)4159606-7
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Ockultism -- Historia.
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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1900-talet
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Bogdan, Henrik.
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Starr, Martin P., 1959-
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| ISBN |
9780199863099 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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0199863091 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9780199863075 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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0199863075 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
40021249271 |
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