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Title: The Confessions of Aleister Crowley : An Autobiography by Aleister Crowley, John Symonds, Kenneth Grant ISBN: 0-14-019189-5 Publisher: Arkana Pub. Date: 01 November, 1989 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.19 (31 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Brilliant insight into a brilliant man!
Comment: The notorious Aleister Crowley: The Beast 666. Magician, Mountaineer, Poet, Author, Gentleman, Entrepreneur, etc. etc. This book, written by the Beast himself, will unmask this Sphinx of a man. He will take you along on the ride of his life, from the boy growing up under religious lunacy to the man proclaiming the Word of his Aeon. I shall let Crowley himself be the guide to his story, urging you thereby to buy this book. Everybody should read this book, whether aspiring to the man or not. Between the lines of his life-story he covers his view on just about every subject, giving his candid, arrogant, yet astutely accurate foliage of human behavior. Only one person that I know of has ever dared to step so completely outside the collective consciousness (and folly) of the human race and observe it like his own little science-project, and that is the author of this book. And he will share it all with you, while joyfully always being the first to remind you that he is no less of a fool. All throughout, he invites you to relive his adventures of mountaineering, wordly travels, and Magick experimentation using the most exquisite use of language I have ever witnessed. This work is in no way the ramblings of a man hopelessly lost to drugs. If he truly was the Beast 666, then let me bow and give my sympathies unto Him, for the man who wrote this book was as true to himself and others as they come. If being this sincere and unfettered by hypocrisy is diabolic, then I am first in line to join that family! Sure, Crowley had his fix ideas, not all of them uncontroversial, but he always either admitted his prejustice or backed them up with lucid reasoning. Buy this book, read it once -or better, twice- and judge for yourself. For Do what Thou Wilt shall be the whole of the Law!
Rating: 5
Summary: A Fascinating Trip with a Fascinating Man
Comment: There are people who live... and there are people who LIVE. Aleister Crowley was clearly one of the latter. He indulged in sex and spirituality with the gusto of the greatest tantric, wrote with a passion and a flair for the english language matched by few, and has captured the imagination of numerous rebels from mainstream society. And nowhere- NOWHERE- is Crowley's story told better than in his own confessions, the tale of the poet, the mystic, the saint that had the audacity to claim the title of the Beast whose number is 666, the Lion of Light.
However, I will clarify my statement- although his autobiography is fascinating and rewarding, it's not something that you can finish in one or two sittings. It's the sort of book that you'll keep next to your bed for months with finishing, yet will felt driven to read on in Crowley's odyssey. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in modern Western spirituality, the world of Imperial Britain and it's quirkier characters, or Crowley and his religion, Thelema.
Rating: 5
Summary: Best on the Market
Comment: This is by far the best Aleister Crowley biography on the mass market because the other books are biased and not very good. This one, however is straight from the author and he has nothing to hide, not even his sexuality as he admits he liked both sexes. His childhood was the most interesting part. The son of a brewer from a strict Christian sect that he rebelled against and inherited a small fortune is a key element in the book. He also details his many mountain climbing expeditions and was one of the best in the world. I also really liked the parts on his ascension to the head of the Golden Dawn, eventually having a falling out with Mathers and being expelled for moral depravity. If you were wondering if cats had 9 lives, Crowley details how he tortured a cat to see if it did. This part reminded me of Edgar Allen Poe's The Black Cat. Like I said, avoid the countless biased biographies from others. Those are the books his detractors like and are cheesey. An essential look at one of the biggest bad asses in world history.
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Title: Book of the Law by Aleister Crowley ISBN: 0877283346 Publisher: Weiser Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1987 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Perdurabo: The Life of Aleister Crowley by Richard Kaczynski ISBN: 1561841706 Publisher: New Falcon Publications Pub. Date: 24 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Diary of a Drug Fiend by Aleister Crowley ISBN: 0877281467 Publisher: Weiser Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1977 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Book of Lies by Aleister Crowley ISBN: 0877285160 Publisher: Weiser Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1986 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Do What Thou Wilt: A Life of Aleister Crowley by Lawrence Sutin ISBN: 0312288972 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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