Title: Perdurabo : the life of Aleister Crowley /
Authors: Kaczynski, Richard.
Publisher: North Atlantic Books,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Crowley, Aleister,; Occultists Great Britain Biography.; Authors, English Biography; Occultism history; Magic history
Abstract: "Perdurabo traces Aleister Crowley's remarkable journey from his birth as the only son of a wealthy lay preacher to his death in a boarding house as one of the most notorious men of his day. Crowley, a tireless magician, prophet, poet, and adventurer, has inspired generations of social and spiritual truth-seekers and has shaped modern popular culture through his philosophy of "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law." Taking an even handed and accessible approach to an extremely controversial figure, author Richard Kaczynski draws from his extensive academic expertise with the subject matter to present Crowley's story in a way that is unmatched to any other biographer.
Contents: Place to bury strangers -- Golden dawn -- Mountain holds a dagger -- Rose by any other name -- Five peaks -- Great white brotherhood -- Singer of strange and obscene gods -- Visiona and the voice -- Aleister through the looking glass -- Ordo templi orientis -- Chokmah days -- Amalantrah -- Abbey of thelema -- Adonis -- Eccentrics in exile -- French connection -- Beast bites back -- Black magic libel case -- war of the roses(and the battle of the book) -- Book of thoth -- Great turkey tragedy : Or heirs apparent.