This definitive work on the occult’s “great beast” traces the arc of
his controversial life and influence on rock-and-roll giants, from the
Rolling Stones to Led Zeppelin to Black Sabbath.
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.
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