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Crowley had his first significant mystical experience while on holiday in Stockholm in December 1896. [21] Several biographers, including Lawrence Sutin, Richard Kaczynski, and Tobias Churton, believed that this was the result of Crowley's first same-sex sexual experience, which enabled him to recognize his bisexuality. [22]
Magick Without Tears, a series of letters, was the last book written by English occultist Aleister Crowley (1875–1947), although it was not published until after his death. It was written in 1943 and published in 1954 with a foreword by its editor, Karl Germer .
The story is widely thought to be based upon Crowley's own drug experiences, despite being written as a fiction. This seems almost conclusively confirmed by Crowley's statement in the novel's preface: "This is a true story. It has been rewritten only so far as was necessary to conceal personalities."
The Eye in the Triangle: An Interpretation of Aleister Crowley. Las Vegas, Nevada: Falcon Press. ISBN 978-0-941404-08-2. Sutin, Lawrence (2002). Do What Thou Wilt: A life of Aleister Crowley. New York: St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 0-312-25243-9. OCLC 48140552. Symonds, John (1973). The Great Beast: The Life and Magick of Aleister Crowley. St ...
Snowdrops from a Curate's Garden is a collection of obscene stories, with accompanying obscene poems. All sorts of sexual scenes are presented, some quite taboo, but the intent is less to sexually titillate the reader than it is to shock his or her sensibilities through extremes of filth.
Clouds without Water is a poetry collection by Aleister Crowley (1875–1947), an English writer, occult magician, mountaineer and founder of the religious philosophy of Thelema. Clouds without Water was one of many of Crowley's eccentric works published in his lifetime and was first issued in 1909.
Mandrake Press also published The Confessions of Aleister Crowley volumes I and II, and Moonchild. Crowley published few collections of short stories, but the title story received such a good review from British novelist Joseph Conrad when he published it in The English Review that he thought it was a possible calling to conventional fame.
Moonchild is a novel written by the British occultist Aleister Crowley in 1917. Its plot involves a magical war between a group of white magicians, led by Simon Iff, and a group of black magicians, over an unborn child. It was first published by Mandrake Press in 1929 and its recent edition is published by Weiser.