Aleister Crowley: The Beast in Berlin: Art, Sex, and Magick in the Weimar Republic
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| Rating | : | 4.80 (838 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1620552566 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 432 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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"like nearly all of such endeavors during his lifetime" according to HitchSlap. Mr. Churton's tome is a vivid panorama of A.C.'s overlooked 'Berlin' period. I believe Crowley as 'Expressionalist Künstler' was arguably his last grasp for wider recognition beyond 'Fleet Street' notoriety and, like nearly all of such endeavors during his lifetime, ended in abject failure. Mr. Churton's excellent research and well paced narrative rewards the reader with a rich oeuvre of the events and the personalities surrounding this. Maltese Knight said Helps to set the record straight about Crowley. Brilliant research went into the writing of this book. It should be read in conjunction with Perdurabo by Richard Kaczynski. If Crowley had been as negative as portrayed as his detractors, he would have stayed on in Berlin during the War [assisting the Nazis].. is not only a brilliant writer, but also a fine painter who uses Just as the Master scribe, Tobias Churton, was able to capture the essence of the Gnostic spiritual world and movement in his work 'Gnostic Philosophy', in 'Aleister Crowley: The Beast in Berlin', Churton is presenting the reader with a true picture of the often misunderstood artist and the genius of Aleister Crowley.Churton's knowledge of the art world, as well as his understanding the spirit of Berlin during the Weimar Republic and the 192
. Tobias Churton is Honorary Fellow of Exeter University, where he is faculty lecturer in Rosicrucianism and Freemasonry. He lives in England. He holds a master’s degree in Theology from Brasenose College, Oxford, and is the author of many books, including Gnostic Philosophy and Aleister
A biographical history of Aleister Crowley’s activities in Berlin from 1930 to 1932 as Hitler was rising to power • Examines Crowley’s focus on his art, his work as a spy for British Intelligence, his colorful love life and sex magick exploits, and his contacts with magical orders • Explores Crowley’s relationships with Berlin’s artists, filmmakers, writers, and performers such as Christopher Isherwood, Jean Ross, and Aldous Huxley • Recounts the fates of Crowley’s friends and colleagues under the Nazis as well as what happened to Cro
King (Shiva Xâ °), Grand Master, Ordo Templi Orientis)“A remarkable account of Baphomet in Berlin, full of fascinating new information on Crowley’s decadence and discipline as a Berlin Boy as Germany spiraled down into its apocalyptic picnic. But in Aleister Crowley: The Beast in Berlin—Art, Sex and Magick in the Weimer Republic, we get a better look at Crowley not as a symbol, but as a man of his time. His book focuses, with some broader contextualization, on Crowley’s intermittent sojourns in Berlin between 1930 and 1932, which climaxed in a sensational exhibition of his paintings in October 1931. Along the way we see the Beas