It’s hard not to bump up against the Great Beast at some point when doing magic in the 21st Century. So many aspects of Western Occultism owe Crowley a debt in some way or another. Yet as time goes on, many people are speaking out against Crowley or at least highlighting that perhaps he was not all he’s cracked up to be. For about seven years, I called myself a Thelemite and would engage in whatever rituals of Crowley’s I could find. So, to put a cap on the Month of Crowley, I’d like to share a few of my Beastly Thoughts.
Show Notes
- The Beast 666: the Life of Aleister Crowley by John Symonds – Perhaps my personal favourite biography of Crowley
- Aleister Crowley: Magick, Rock and Roll, and the Wickedest Man in the World by Gary Lachman – A very very good Bio. Gary provides a very unique perspective on the Great Beast
- Aleister Crowley – The Biography: Spiritual Revolutionary, Romantic Explorer, Occult Master and Spy by Tobias Churton – A rollicking adventure and definitely one of my favs
- Tobias Churton has several Books on Aleister Crowley, all of which are worth reading! The Beast in Berlin – Aleister Crowley in America – Aleister Crowley in India – Aleister Crowley in England – Aleister Crowley in Paris
- Aleister Crowley: The Nature of the Beast by Colin Wilson
- Gary Lachman on Aleister Crowley Part I & Part II
- The Continuous Irrelevance of Aleister Crowley
- Portable Darkness: An Aleister Crowley Reader – My first real experience of AC
- Cosmic Trigger I by Robert Anton Wilson
- The Beast with Two Backs: Aleister Crowley, Sex Magic, and the Exhaustion of Modernity
- Secret Agent 666: Aleister Crowley, British Intelligence and the Occult by Richard B. Spence
- Fossil Angels by Alan Moore
- The Red Goddess by Peter Grey – Amazing Book
- The Brazen Vessel by Alkistis Dimech and Peter Grey – Also a Fantastic Book. I find myself constantly rereading these essays
- Living Thelema by David Shoemaker – I messed up his name in the episode. It’s David Shoemaker, not Peter. It’s been a long month
- Aleister Crowley’s Four Books of Magick Edited by Stephen Skinner
- Carl Jung’s Aion
- Babalon
- Rain Mason Olbert PhD Website and Twitter
- Mysteries of the Unknown – If you came across these books when you were younger, you’re definitely a weirdo now
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