Aleister Crowley is best known for his charismatic, controversial personality, which earned him the title of "The Worst Man in the World" in the 1920s. Among other things, few people know that under the facade of a "black magician," "drug addict" and "debauchee" who depraved boys and girls, there was a bookworm and a substantial thinker who, to his "misfortune," took to heart the Nietzschean motto: "Live dangerously!". This unabashed mystic, whose primary magic weapon was skepticism, mercilessly dissected the dogmas of religion and philosophy, thus leaving his own unique contribution not only to 20th-century occultism, but also to the history of human thought. For this he was hailed as the apocalyptic "Beast"; the epithet flattered him, as it reflected his desire to change the world around him. The essays collected in this volume cover a wide spectrum of Crowleyan thought, from magic and mysticism to altered states of consciousness and skepticism.
A must-have item for anyone interested in the dark side of humanity....
Published by Fox Publishing, 2000.
Format: 205 x 150 mm, 362 pages.
ISBN: 83-913114-3-0.
Piece in good condition, with light scuffs and bumps.
