A rigorously researched biography of the founder of modern magick, as
well as a study of the occult, sexuality, Eastern religion, and more
The
name “Aleister Crowley” instantly conjures visions of diabolic
ceremonies and orgiastic indulgences—and while the sardonic Crowley
would perhaps be the last to challenge such a view, he was also much
more than “the Beast,” as this authoritative biography shows.
Perdurabo—entitled
after the magical name Crowley chose when inducted into the Hermetic
Order of the Golden Dawn—traces Crowley’s remarkable journey from his
birth as the only son of a wealthy lay preacher to his death in a
boarding house as the world’s foremost authority on magick. Along the
way, he rebels against his conservative religious upbringing; befriends
famous artists, writers, and philosophers (and becomes a poet himself);
is attacked for his practice of “the black arts”; and teaches that
science and magick can work together. While seeking to spread his
infamous philosophy of, “Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the
Law,” Crowley becomes one of the most notorious figures of his day.
Based on Richard Kaczynski’s twenty years of research, and including previously unpublished biographical details, Perdurabo paints
a memorable portrait of the man who inspired the counterculture and
influenced generations of artists, punks, wiccans, and other denizens of
the demimonde.
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