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CIVI^ BOSTON PUBLIC LIBIL^RY The World Magical of Crowley Aleister By Francis King SEXUALITY, MAGIC AND PERVERSION MAGIC SATAN AND SWASTIKA WISDOM FROM AFAR THE COSMIC INFLUENCE THE MAGICAL WORLD OF ALEISTER CROWLEY FRANCIS KING Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc. New York — Z7'^ First American Edition 1978 Copyright © 1977 by Francis King All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher. SEN: 698-10884-1 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data King, Francis. The magical world of Aleister Crowley. 1. Cro—wley, Aleister,—1875-J947. 2. Authors, English 20th century Biography. 3. Occult sciences — 20th century Biography. 1. Title. PR6003.R7Z78 1978 828'.9'1209 [B 77-13610 ] Printed in the United States of America 6 1 1 Contents Acknowledgments ix The Magical Decade I 1 The Golden Dawn 2 15 The Book oj the Law 33 3 4 Towards the Silver Star 41 Choronzon 5 51 6 The Rites of Eleusis 6 l Book Four 69 7 8 Western Tantrism 77 9 The Departure and Later Life of Neuburg 89 Wisdom lO Sexual 97 America 1 1 1 I 2 Leah Hirsig 126 13 The End of the Abbey 137 14 Wanderings of a Magician 145 ^5 Twilight of a Master 155 A Magical Revival and a Death 163 1 17 The Aftermath IJO Notes 191 A Note on Further Reading 199 Index 203 Acknowledgments To G.A.D. and G.J.Y. for giving me access to rare Crowley manuscript and printed material. To C. W, Daniel and Co. Ltd. for permission to quote from Crowley on Christ and The Secret Rituals of the OTO. To Michael Horniman of A. P. Watt and to Barbara Gough and John Curtis of Weidenfeld and Nicolson for helpful suggestions given at the manuscript stage of this book. To the staffs of the British Library, the Harry Price Library and the Library of the Warburg Institute for their willing assistance. To the publishers of the magazine Agape for their excellent Crowley Cross-Index. To Stephen Skinner and Isabel Sutherland for useful suggestions. To Elizabeth Lewis for her patience in typing.
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