Aleister Crowley and Western esotericism

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910972323903321
• Autore: Bogdan Henrik; Starr, Martin P
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2012; [Place of publication not identified], : Oxford University Press, 2012
• ISBN: 0-19-999606-7; 1-283-84856-2; 0-19-986308-3
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (421 pages)
• Disciplina: 130.92
• Soggetti: Occultism - History - 20th century; Hermetism - History - 20th century; Social Sciences; Parapsychology & Occult Sciences
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Contents -- Foreword: Bringing Light to the Underground -- Contributors -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Sorcerer and His Apprentice: Aleister Crowley and the Magical Exploration of Edwardian Subjectivity -- 3. Varieties of Magical Experience: Aleister Crowley's Views on Occult Practice -- 4. Envisioning the Birth of a New Aeon: Dispensationalism and Millenarianism in the Thelemic Tradition -- 5. The Great Beast as a Tantric Hero: The Role of Yoga and Tantra in Aleister Crowley's Magick -- 6. Continuing Knowledge from Generation unto Generation: The Social and Literary Background of Aleister Crowley's Magick -- 7. Aleister Crowley and the Yezidis -- 8. Frenzies of the Beast: The Phaedran Furores in the Rites and Writings of Aleister Crowley -- 9. Aleister Crowley-Freemason?! -- 10. "The One Thought That Was Not Untrue": Aleister Crowley and A. E. Waite -- 11. The Beast and the Prophet: Aleister Crowley's Fascination with Joseph Smith -- 12. Crowley and Wicca -- 13. Through the Witch's Looking Glass: The Magick of Aleister Crowley and the Witchcraft of Rosaleen Norton -- 14. The Occult Roots of Scientology? L. Ron Hubbard, Aleister Crowley, and the Origins of a Controversial New Religion -- 15. Satan and the ; Beast: The Influence of Aleister Crowley on Modern Satanism -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
• Sommario/riassunto: Henrik Bogdan and Martin P. Starr offer the first comprehensive examination of one of the twentieth century's most distinctive occult iconoclasts, Aleister Crowley (1875-1947), one of the most influential thinkers in contemporary western esotericism.