The confessions of Aleister Crowley : an autohagiography

This is a companion volume to Aleister Crowley's celebrated "Magick" and is subtitled "An Autobiography". Aleister Crowley's autobiographical confessions are a fascinating record of his lifetime's journey into Strange regions of consciousness. A 'saint' of the 'Gnostic' church, Crowley subtitled his six-volume work 'an autohagiography'. He describes his initiation into magic, his world-wide travels and mistresses, his experiments with sex and drugs, and the philosophy of his famous Book of the Law which contains the gospel that Crowley proclaimed for all mankind: the Law of Thelema, or Do What Thou Wilt. Generations before his time, Crowley invoked sex, drugs, and Eastern philosophy in his perpetual and often bizarre search for self-realization. The Confessions , skillfully edited and annotated by John Symonds and Kenneth Grant, serves as the perfect introduction to Crowley's extraordinary life and thought. Towards The Golden Dawn -- The Mystical Adventure -- The Advent Of The Aeon Of Horus -- Magical Workings -- The Magus -- At The Abbey Of Thelema. Edited By John Symonds And Kenneth Grant. Reprint. Originally Published: London : Cape, 1969. An Abridged Ed. Of The Author's Manuscript In 6 V. Includes Bibliographical References. "Describes his [the author] initiation into magic, his world-wide travels and mistresses, his experiments with sex and drugs, and the philosophy of his famous Book of the Law which contains the gospel that Crowley proclaimed for all mankind; the Law of Thelema, or Do What Thou Wilt."--Back cover The Confessions of Aleister Crowley 1 An Autobiography 1