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Aleister Crowley

Man, Myth & Magick

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Aleister Crowley

By: Steven Ashe
Narrated by: Cliff Truesdell
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Ask almost anyone their view on Aleister Crowley and opinions will polarize: he was a genius; a psychopath; a drug-riddled sex maniac; a champion of sexual freedom against the restrictions of Victorian prudery and hypocrisy; he was a secret agent; a lost-soul poet; a playboy with little better to do than dabble in magic; a lifestyle imitator of Oscar Wilde and Richard Burton; a drug addict; a narcissistic sadist; a visionary artist.

Few commentators are qualified to critique Crowley's esoteric motivations and ambitions and most simply dismiss him as a black magician who had fallen from the path. But if he did fall, why? Exactly where did he imagine the path led in the first place? And how far did he actually succeed in his life-long mission to overthrow the established order and herald a new age of magick? Ashe thinks he knows and has written a narrative that presents a lively biography from the perspective of understanding Crowley's roots in the magic of the Order of the Golden Dawn.

Crowley was not the first of the great English magicians and certainly will not be the last. This work has been written for the general audience with a simple elegance, but has enough surprises to delight the most hackneyed Crowley expert.

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the narrator, so droll and expressionless, even disinterested in the book. this has made me want to explore Crowley further although I am warned his own writing is hard to decipher, but I am curious.

Such an interesting man to be read so lifeless.

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The story is told well and keeps you interested there should be more on Aleister crowley on audible the other book is awful

A better book than the other Crowley book

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five ok if you like the ac booksB-) thank you audio ps 23 10 s

ok so

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