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Do What Thou Wilt: A Life of Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowley was a blustery coward, an arrogant, misogynistic racist with fascist leanings, and a callous user, as often threatened by his sexuality as he claimed to be liberated by it. But he was also a groundbreaking poet and an iconoclastic visionary whose literary and cultural legacies extend far beyond the limits of his reputation. This controversial individual, a frightening mixture of egomania and self-loathing, has inspired passionate--but seldom fair--assesments by historians. Sutin, by treating Crowley as a cultural phenomenon, and not simply a sorcerer or a charlatan, convinces skeptic readers that the self-styled "Beast" remains a fascinating study in eccentricity.
Book Details
- Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
- Publish Date: Jan 16th, 2002
- Pages: 496
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.90in - 6.00in - 1.40in - 1.55lb
- EAN: 9780312288976
- Categories: • Literary Figures• Occultism• Philosophers
About the Author
Lawrence Sutin is a professor in the M.F.A. program at Hamlin College and holds a J.D. from Harvard University. His works include Divine Invasions: A Life of Philip K. Dick; Jack and Rochelle: A Holocaust Story of Love and Resistance; and A Postcard Memoir.
Praise for this book
"Sutin's perceptive study restores this controversial figure to his proper place in the history of modern spirituality." --Publishers Weekly (Starred review)
"A rich narrative . . . This is certainly the biography against which to measure the lurid claims and devout counterclaims prompted by the Crowley legend." --Kirkus Reviews "Sutin wonderfully details the eccentricities of this puzzling man . . . The result is a fascinating, easily readable narrative about one of the most interesting cultural phenomena of the late Victorian period." --Library Journal "The definitive biography . . . Sutin's work will remain a benchmark against which all future biographies of Crowley will be measured." --James Wasserman, author of Art & Symbols of the Occult and The Militia of Heaven