Aleister Crowley in the Desert
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Description: Account of Crowley's transformative Sahara Desert sojourn of 1909. An excerpt from The Place of Enchantment British Occultism and the Culture of the Modern by Alex Owen.
"While many enlightened individuals in Victorian England were ushering in the Modern Age, other upper-curst Victorians were delving into various aspects of the occult. These two extremes are what make this latest from Owen such a fascinating work.…Owen argues astral travel, mind-altering drug experimentation, sex, magic, and alchemy were as important cultural phenomena in late Victorian England as were rationalism and science."—
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| Page title: | Aleister Crowley in the Desert |
| Keywords: | england, occult, victorian, history, magic, crowley, astral, alchemy |
| Description: | An excerpt from The Place of Enchantment: British Occultism and the Culture of the Modern by Alex Owen. Also available on web site: online catalogs, secure online ordering, excerpts from new books. Sign up for email notification of new releases in your field. |
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