num_pages: 180
description: A wonderfully entertaining series of detective stories featuring the Daoist mystic and psychologist Simon Iff who solves crimes by probing hearts and minds. Simple Simon an idealization of Crowley in old age sees through the complexities of human misdeeds from murder to bank theft to the plain truth behind them. The characters and themes in The Scrutinies of Simon Iff were the basis for Crowley's famous novel of Magick and Intrigue Moonchild.
language: English
title: The Scrutinies of Simon Iff
publisher: Teitan Press