Now available from Weiser Antiquarian Books:
Netherwood: Last Resort of Aleister Crowley
by “A Gentleman of Hastings” [Antony Clayton]
with contributions from
Frater Amor Fati [Gary Lachman]
& The English Heretic [Andy Sharp]
Foreword by Anok Pe [David Tibet]
A fascinating study of Netherwood, the guest-house in Hastings (England) and the time spent there by its most famous resident, Aleister Crowley. In addition to a background history of the building, the book includes a lengthy chapter on each of the years that Crowley spent there, exploring the daily life of the Beast in his final years, and his interactions with other guests and those who visited him, including Kenneth Grant, David Curwen, John Symonds and others. The author, Antony Clayton, lives in Hastings and is an established writer whose previous books include “Subterranean City: Beneath the Streets of London,” “The Folklore of London,” and “Decadent London.” The book opens with a Foreword by Hastings resident, musician and Crowley aficionado David Tibet, and has additional essays “The Mark of the Beast” by occult researcher, musician and author Gary Lachman and “Conjuror with Belief: Aossic in the Atom Age,” by Andy Sharp writing as “The English Heretic,” the collaborative occult/musical/experiential project in which he features. Generously illustrated with many seldom-seen photographs of Netherwood, Crowley and friends, as well as colour photographs of some of Crowley’s artwork that probably once graced the walls of the building.
First Edition, London: Accumlator Press, 2012. Hardcover. 8vo. (160mm x 240mm – 6 3/10 x 9 2/5 inches), xii + 228pp. Sewn, colour printed paper covered boards. Black and white and colour illustrations: 46 photos on 28 page photographic paper insert. Although not stated, this first edition limited to 400 copies. (Issued without dustjacket). $42.50 + standard shipping.
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