Tobias Churton Knihy

Crowley žil v Berlíně v posledních dnech Výmarské republiky a nástupu Adolfa Hitlera k moci, v letech 1930–1932. Jako prorok vlastního synkretického náboženství „thelémy“ a avantgardní umělec se usadil v liberálním prostředí moderního Berlína, kde v té době spolu s ním působila řada předních vědců, umě ců a dalších významných osobností, mezi něž patřili například Albert Einstein, Bertolt Brecht, Ethel Mannin, Otto Dix, Aldous Huxley, Jean Ross, Christopher Isherwood a mnoho dalších. Znalec historie nzápadního esoterismu Tobias Churton líčí toto období Crowleyho života – jeho uměleckou tvorbu i bohatších materiálů Crowleyho mnohotvárnou osobnost a její působení v klíčovém okamžiku dějin moderního lidstva.

Blowing the myths wide open, this exciting exploration of the notorious Aleister Crowley, packed with previously unpublished information, is the true story of a poet, explorer, mystic, mountaineer, philosopher, prophet and spy

It has been said that Rosicrucians possess the secrets of Man, God, and Nature, that they can turn lead into gold, that they govern Europe in secret, that they enjoy the elixir of life, that theirs is the true philosophy of Freemasonry, and that they can save or destroy the world. Most amazing of all perhaps is the Rosicrucian vision of an invisible, inviolable, and utterly secret body, the Hidden Guardians of the planet. Only they, it is alleged, possess the true key to understanding the spiritual and material essence of all religion. The story of how a young German nobleman, Christian Rosycross, escaped his boring cloister and sped to the east in search of wisdom about a century before Columbus sailed west, has been told many times since it first appeared in a booklet in 1614. The Fama Fraternitatis, the document in which the story first appeared, has been taken for historical fact. Never was there a story more controversial or more mysterious to tell.

An exploration of Crowley's relationship with the United States

A detailed examination of the last 15 years of Crowley's life

An extensive examination of the history of gnosticism and how its philosophy has influenced the Western esoteric tradition.

Follow Aleister Crowley through his mystical travels in India, which profoundly influenced his magical system

Unveils the spiritual meaning that fueled the artistic, political, and social revolutions of the 1960s

Known to his friends affectionately as "The Beast," Crowley saw the closing lights of Berlin's artistic renaissance of the Weimar period when Berlin played host to many of the world's most outstanding artists, writers, filmmakers, performers, composers, architects, philosophers, and scientists, including Albert Einstein, Bertolt Brecht, Ethel Mannin, Otto Dix, Aldous Huxley, Jean Ross, Christopher Isherwood, and many others. Drawing on previously unpublished letters and diary material by Crowley, Tobias Churton examines Crowley's years in Berlin and his intense focus on his art, his work as a spy for British Intelligence, his colorful love life and sex magick exploits, and his contacts with German Theosophy, Freemasonry, and magical orders. He recounts the fates of Crowley's colleagues under the Nazis as well as what happened to Crowley's lost art exhibition--six crates of paintings left behind in Germany as the Gestapo was closing in. Revealing the real Crowley long hidden from the historical record, Churton presents "the Beast" anew at a blazing, seminal moment in world history

An exploration of the sexual practices and doctrinal secrets of Gnosticism.