03554oam 2200601zu 450 991097232390332120260109171412.00-19-999606-71-283-84856-20-19-986308-3(CKB)2670000000310186(SSID)ssj0000782610(PQKBManifestationID)12342666(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000782610(PQKBWorkID)10747096(PQKB)11312901(MiAaPQ)EBC3054973(OCoLC)820009842(FINmELB)ELB162312(EXLCZ)99267000000031018620160829d2012 uy engurcnu||||||||txtccrAleister Crowley and Western esotericism1st ed.New York Oxford University Press2012[Place of publication not identified]Oxford University Press20121 online resource (421 pages)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: MonographPrint version Aleister Crowley and Western esotericism 0-19-986309-1 (OCoLC)768728918 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.OccultismHistory20th centuryHermetismHistory20th centurySocial SciencesHILCCParapsychology & Occult SciencesHILCCOccultismHistoryHermetismHistorySocial SciencesParapsychology & Occult Sciences130.92Bogdan Henrik; Starr, Martin P1887551Starr Martin PBogdan HenrikPQKBBOOK9910972323903321Aleister Crowley and Western esotericism4524573UNINA