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Do What Thou Wilt- Lawrence Sutin

 
Description: ISBN 0312288972 / Author: Lawrence Sutin / Genre: Biography / Born in 1875, Aleister Crowley was an arrogant and misogynistic product of the pampered English upper classes. A blustery coward, a racist with fascist leanings, and a callous user ¿

Newest Review: ... was also, for a time, a fairly committed mountaineer who tried to climb some of the toughest mountains in the world. He had ... more

 ... many lovers of both sexes, turning them into his disciples and fleecing them of any money they had. He spent years addicted to heroin and cocaine. He was an establishment hate figure and was frequently lambasted in the popular pre ss. He complained about this, and occasionally attempted to sue for defamation, but ultimately he was as responsible for his reputation as anyone, delighting in the effect he had on people. He was even expelled fro...more

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Crowned Review Do What Thou Wilt- Lawrence Sutin: The Great Beast (1076 words)
by hogsflesh - written on 07/11/02 (Very useful, 245 readings)
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(Wrong category again - I'll try and get it changed when we can add new items again. This is a review of a different biography of Aleister Crowley, 'Do What Thou Wilt' by Lawrence Sutin, Griffin Trade Paperbacks; ISBN: 0312288972.) I recently had a dream where I walked into a pub and found Aleister Crowley and Madame Blavatsky sitting around a table using numerological charts to calculate the real names of all the angels in Heaven. Shortly afterwards I decided to read this book. Coincidence? I think not! This is a recent biography of Crowley, a man with a great fondness for giving himself lots of often-meaningless titles, most famously The ...

 

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