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Aleister Crowley and Western esotericism / edited and introduced by Henrik Bogdan and Martin P. Starr ; foreword by Wouter J. Hanegraaff

Published
New York : Oxford University Press, [2012]
Copyright Date
©2012
Physical Description
xiv, 406 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Additional Creators
Bogdan, Henrik and Starr, Martin P., 1959-

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Contents
1. Introduction / Henrik Bogdan, Martin P. Starr -- 2. The Sorcerer and His Apprentice: Aleister Crowley and the Magical Exploration of Edwardian Subjectivity / Alex Owen -- 3. Varieties of Magical Experience: Aleister Crowley's Views on Occult Practice / Marco Pasi -- 4. Envisioning the Birth of a New Aeon: Dispensationalism and Millenarianism in the Thelemic Tradition / Henrik Bogdan -- 5. The Great Beast as a Tantric Hero: The Role of Yoga and Tantra in Aleister Crowley's Magick / Gordan Djurdjevic -- 6. Continuing Knowledge from Generation unto Generation: The Social and Literary Background of Aleister Crowley's Magick / Richard Kaczynski -- 7. Aleister Crowley and the Yezidis / Tobias Churton -- 8. Frenzies of the Beast: The Phaedran Furores in the Rites and Writings of Aleister Crowley / Matthew D. Rogers -- 9. Aleister Crowley: Freemason?! / Martin P. Starr -- 10. "The One Thought That Was Not Untrue": Aleister Crowley and A.E. Waite / Robert A. Gilbert -- 11. The Beast and the Prophet: Aleister Crowley's Fascination with Joseph Smith / Massimo Introvigne -- 12. Crowley and Wicca / Ronald Hutton -- 13. Through the Witch's Looking Glass: The Magick of Aleister Crowley and the Witchcraft of Rosaleen Norton / Keith Richmond -- 14. The Occult Roots of Scientology? L. Ron Hubbard, Aleister Crowley, and the Origins of a Controversial New Religion / Hugh B. Urban -- 15. Satan and the Beast: The Influence of Aleister Crowley on Modern Satanism / Asbjørn Dyrendal.
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ISBN
9780199863099 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0199863091 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780199863075 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0199863075 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Note
Includes index.
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