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Perdurabo, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Life of Aleister Crowley |  | Author: Richard Kaczynski
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Category: Book
List Price: $29.95
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 17053
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Rev Exp
Pages: 720
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.8
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 5.8 x 2
ISBN: 1556438990
Dewey Decimal Number: 130.92
EAN: 9781556438998
ASIN: 1556438990
Publication Date: August 10, 2010 (New: Last 30 Days)
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The name “Aleister Crowley” instantly conjures visions of diabolic ceremonies and orgiastic indulgences—and while the sardonic Crowley would perhaps be the last to challenge such a view, he was also much more than “the Beast,” as this authoritative biography shows. Perdurabo (the magical name Crowley chose when inducted into the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn) traces Crowley’s remarkable journey from his birth as the only son of a wealthy lay preacher to his death in a boarding house as the world’s foremost authority on magick. Along the way, he rebels against his conservative religious upbringing; befriends famous artists, writers, and philosophers (and becomes a poet himself ); is attacked for his practice of “the black arts”; and teaches that science and magick can work together. While seeking to spread his infamous philosophy of “Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law,” Crowley becomes one of the most notorious figures of his day. Based on Richard Kaczynski’s twenty years of research, and including previously unpublished biographical details, Perdurabo paints a memorable portrait of the man who inspired the counterculture and influenced generations of artists, punks, wiccans, and other denizens of the demimonde.
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An outstanding revision to an already exemplary work! August 10, 2010
Walter Five (13th Floor Elevator, Enron Hubbard Bldg. Houston Texxas)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Dr. Kaczynski had already written what many people regard as the best biography of the enigmatic Aleister Crowley, his original "Perdurabo;" the out-of-print paperback currently sells for $90-100, as do the privately published volumes "Perdurabo Outtakes" and "Panic in Detroit." This revised and expanded version is fleshed out with 150 pages of largely new material-- per the author "there is very little overlap between these books and the revised and expanded edition."
This lovely and beautifully bound hardback edition has been highly anticipated and is sure to be a collector's item in years to come. Get it while you can!
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