The Magician of the Golden Dawn, The Story of Aleister Crowley
by Roberts, Susan
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Edges of text block show a touch of foxing. Overall a tight, clean, unmarked copy. Very good./Dust jacket crisp and very good.
- ISBN 10
- 0809278022
- ISBN 13
- 9780809278022
- Seller
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Toledo, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Contemporary Books, Inc, 1978. 8vo. Faux black leather covered boards stamped in gold. 337 pp. including index. Edges of text block show a touch of foxing. Overall a tight, clean, unmarked copy. Very good./Dust jacket crisp and very good.. He was called "The King of Depravity" by the newspapers, and dubbed himself "The Great Beast." His name in the magicians' Order of the Golden Dawn was Perdurabo -- "I will survive to the end." Both a homosexual and a womanizer, he believed in free love and sex without shame. The developer of biofeedback exercises popular today, he incorporated Buddhism and yoga into his teachings. A heroin addict, a poet, an essayist, a publisher, he foresaw society's current fascination with mysticism, from possession to TM. He was the most powerful and notorious magician who ever lived.
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- Bookseller
- Frogtown Books, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 898
- Title
- The Magician of the Golden Dawn, The Story of Aleister Crowley
- Author
- Roberts, Susan
- Format/Binding
- 8vo. Faux black leather covered boards stamped in gold. 337 pp. including index
- Book Condition
- Used - Edges of text block show a touch of foxing. Overall a tight, clean, unmarked copy. Very good.
- Jacket Condition
- Dust jacket crisp and very good.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0809278022
- ISBN 13
- 9780809278022
- Publisher
- Contemporary Books, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1978
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