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Aleister Crowley was born Edward Alexander Crowley in Leamington Spa, England on October 12, 1875. His parents belonged to the Plymouth Brethren, a strict fundamentalist Christian sect, so he was raised with a thorough knowledge of the Bible. He attended Trinity College at Cambridge University, but left before completing his degree. He became a member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, an occult society which taught magic, qabalah, alchemy, tarot, and astrology, in 1898, but the group disbanded in 1900. In 1903, he married Rose Kelly, who began entering trance states and sending him messages from Horus, an Egyptian god. These messages formed the first three chapters of The Book of the Law, which introduced Crowley's main concept of Thelema. He founded his own occult society. He was a prolific writer, who published works on a wide variety of topics. His works include The Book of Thoth, The Vision and the Voice, 777 and Other Qabalistic Writings, The Book of Lies, Little Essays Toward Truth, and The Confessions of Aleister Crowley. He also wrote fiction including plays, novels, and poems. His fictional works include Moonchild, Diary of a Drug Fiend, The Stratagem and Other Stories, White Stains, Clouds without Water, and Hymn to Pan. Three of his compositions, The Quest, The Neophyte, and The Rose and the Cross were included in the 1917 collection The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse. He died on December 1, 1947 at the age of 72. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from The Book of Thoth: A Short Essay on the Tarot of the Egyptians… (more)
Book of the Law 1,124 copies, 11 reviews
The Book of Lies 957 copies, 11 reviews
Diary of a Drug Fiend 760 copies, 7 reviews
Moonchild 637 copies, 8 reviews
Magick in Theory and Practice 612 copies, 1 review
Aleister Crowley Thoth Tarot Deck (Designer) 586 copies, 3 reviews
Magick Without Tears 493 copies, 1 review
Book Four 366 copies, 2 reviews
Eight Lectures on Yoga 232 copies, 2 reviews
The Equinox: Vol. 3, No. 10 226 copies, 1 review
The Drug and Other Stories 196 copies, 1 review
Konx Om Pax 193 copies, 1 review
The Equinox 136 copies, 1 review
Aha! 118 copies
Tarot Divination 117 copies
White Stains (Author) 84 copies
Clouds Without Water 80 copies, 1 review
Worlds Tragedy 67 copies, 1 review
Roll Away the Stone (Author) 65 copies
Golden Twigs 46 copies
777 45 copies
De Arte Magica 38 copies
Vision and the Voice 36 copies, 1 review
Household Gods 28 copies, 1 review
Jesus 28 copies
Soul of the Desert 17 copies, 1 review
Leah Sublime 11 copies
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The Argonauts 7 copies, 1 review
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Magick 5 copies
Hail Mary: Amphora 5 copies, 1 review
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Gematria 4 copies
The Drug 4 copies
Duty 4 copies
Giants Thumb 4 copies
Ambergris 3 copies
Liber Agape 3 copies, 1 review
John St. John 2 copies
Liber HHH 2 copies
Sir Palamedes 2 copies
The Invocation of Hoor (Author) 2 copies
Oracles 2 copies
The Vindication of Nietzsche 2 copies, 1 review
Chicago May 2 copies
Ercildoune 1 copy
The Vixen 1 copy, 1 review
- poems - 1 copy
CCXXVIII 1 copy
Thumbs Up! 1 copy
Simon Iff Abroad (Author) 1 copy
Dédicace 1 copy
Blasphemy 1 copy
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Liber CI 1 copy
Ali Sloper 1 copy
Dreams 1 copy, 1 review
Meditation 1 copy
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Amphora 1 copy
The Lesser Key of Solomon (Translator, some editions) 617 copies, 2 reviews
The Penguin Book of Homosexual Verse (Contributor) 226 copies, 2 reviews
Don't Open This Book! (Contributor) 199 copies, 2 reviews
The Paganism Reader (Contributor) 64 copies, 1 review
The Century's Best Horror Fiction Volume 1 (Contributor) 50 copies, 1 review
The Moons at Your Door (Contributor) 39 copies, 1 review
The Necromancers (Contributor) 33 copies
The Magicians: Occult Stories (Contributor) 18 copies
Nightmare Reader: v. 2 (Contributor) 17 copies
The Bedside Lilliput (Contributor) 11 copies
The Whirlpool (Introduction) 10 copies
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