Aleister Crowley was even more beastly than we’d imagined | The Spectator
The Spectator (UK) magazine has an interesting review by Nicholas Lezard of Phil Baker’s excellent book, The City of the Beast…
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RECOMMENDED: ‘A World Beneath The Sands’ by Toby Wilkinson
A really rather wonderful book, the latest by renowned expert Toby Wilkinson, A World Beneath The Sands is essential (and gripping) reading for anyone interested in the history of the Boulaq Museum, Brügsch, Maspero, Budge and the rest.
Robert Anton Wilson, Kenneth & Steffi Grant
Oz Fritz reviews Servants of the Star and Snake: Essays in Honour of Kenneth and Steffi Grant from the perspective of an admirer of the great Robert Anton Wilson. It makes interesting reading…
Servants of the Star and Snake is a beautifully conceived and executed book with a high aesthetic on par with it’s content and subject matter. Praise Thoth! Every article is worth the price of admission though the entrance may not be for everyone.
‘DO WHAT THOU WILT’ AND THE HELL FIRE CLUB
A review of Secret Symbols of the Hell Fire Club or the Mystic Society of Thelema Considered from an Occult Perspective (2017) by Eamonn Loughran and edited by Shaun Johnson… Read more »
LAShTAL Review: The Complete Mystical Records of Dr John Dee
My sincere thanks to Ian Rons for this insightful review… The Complete Mystical Records of Dr. John Dee edited by Kevin Klein Llewellyn, 2 vol., pp. 1760 The “Enochian” records… Read more »
UFOs, alien abductions, the occult: to one man, the building blocks of scholarship – The Washington Post
Beyond the Robot … is an enthralling account of the life and work of Colin Wilson, the often controversial writer who explored the nature of human consciousness in dozens of… Read more »
Liber L vel Bogus by R T Cole
This is a preliminary review of the ‘pre-publication, promotion & review’ release of Liber L vel Bogus: The Real Confession of Aleister Crowley by Richard T Cole. A more detailed… Read more »
Liber AL: An Examination
A Review of Liber AL, an Examination. By: Fr eaoa Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Liber AL, an Examination (Berkeley CA: Conjoined Creation, 2013)… Read more »
Review of LeMulgeton: Goetia and the Stellar Tradition by Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold
72 Degrees of Starblood Marking the Earth A review of Leo Holmes: LeMulgeton: Goetia and the Stellar Tradition. Fall of Man. 2013 Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold Amongst the many… Read more »
Talk on a new biography of Lady Frieda Harris
I went to a very interesting talk by Christina of Treadwells Bookshop, Store St, off Tottenham Court Road on 29th October. She is beginning to write a biography of Lady… Read more »
Book Launch: ‘Beelzebub and The Beast’
Treadwells Bookshop, Bloomsbury, London Saturday 6 October 2012 A thoroughly enjoyable day! Mick Staley opened the proceedings, putting the publication into context. He was followed by Roy Sutherwood, speaking about… Read more »
Phil Baker: Austin Osman Spare: The Life and Legend of London’s Lost Artist
Austin Osman Spare: The Life and Legend of London’s Lost Artist by Phil Baker. Strange Attractor Press, 2011. Hardback, 334 pages, colour plates, b/w illustrations throughout text. £25.00. Although there… Read more »