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Book SynopsisFrom internationally renowned medium, spiritual teacher and bestselling author Gordon Smith comes a captivating tale about finding your way through death, grief and loss.'Nothing that lives can truly die,' said the stag, 'but we must all experience a winter in our lives, otherwise we haven’t truly lived.'Following the tragic death of his sister, 10-year-old Dill's life changes forever. In an attempt to escape their grief, Dill and his parents move to his grandmother’s remote cottage in the countryside. Isolated from his family, who are struggling to come to terms with their loss, Dill spends his time exploring the wild landscape with his trusty spaniel, Bramble. He soon learns that life in his new home, the Dip-n-Dells, is anything but lonely.With the help of his grandmother, Dill learns a magical language that allows him to befriend the animals of the Dip-n-Dells and uncover the secrets of the mystical landscape around him. As his frieTrade ReviewWhere Two Worlds Meet is a truly magical tale which brings hope and clarity to the greater realities of life and death in easy-to-understand terms. If there were a top twenty list of psychic bestsellers, it would deserve to go straight to number one. Don't miss it! - Tony Ortzen, Psychic NewsGordon Smith’s artful novel Where Two Worlds Meet is a delightful story of a young boy’s adventure into the Spirit World and how the loving and healing force of nature blankets him with its healing touch. A must-read for all parents who have ever wondered what happens to their child when they cross over into the world of light. - James Van Praagh, spiritual medium and author of Talking to HeavenDill's journey of self discovery is a truly touching tale. There is something in Where Two Worlds Meet that will resonate with adults and children alike. The magical animals of the Dip-n-Dells and the passing of the seasons help Dill realise the true meaning of life. This is an enchanting story of love conquering all. - Katie Nicholl, journalist, author and broadcasterGordon Smith is down to earth about his heavenly talent. - The Sunday TelegraphAmazing! - Time OutGordon's gift is to soothe the grief of the heartbroken, to give them hope. - The GuardianGordon Smith’s beautiful new work Where Two Worlds Meet is a comforting guide to healing after the passing of a loved one that will reassure both parents and siblings that our children in spirit are still right here. Gordon Smith recites this inspiring journey through the intuitive eyes of Dill, whose sister Amber has recently passed of cancer. Although his parents, grandmother and the entire family are devastated about Amber’s transition, they find solace and support from the magical animals and countryside surrounding them at Moonstone Cottage in the Dip-n-Dells. This healing story is similar to beloved children’s classics such as The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe and Peter Rabbit, containing essential, mystical lessons about the cycles of life and death and the importance of Mother Nature. In it, Dill’s Grandmother Vi and the friendly, enlightened creatures of the Dip-n-Dells lead Dill, along with his mother Rose and his father Tom, on a path towards healing, reigniting the light dimmed by Amber’s passing and proving that love is eternal. I highly recommend this uplifting, healing work. Words cannot adequately express our gratitude to Gordon as an author, healer, visionary, philanthropist, artist and huge bright light. His compassion, light-hearted style and accuracy have convinced even the most sceptical of our members that love lives forever. - Elizabeth Boisson, President & Co-Founder of Helping Parents HealWhere Two Worlds Meet is a wonderful and uplifting book that will bring comfort to those dealing with the passing of a loved one. Everyone will enjoy this tale about the adventures of Dill, his family and all of the creatures that live in the magical land of the Dip-n-Dells. The characters came to life, and I enjoyed reading every page. I especially loved reading the wisdom relayed through Mrs Brabbit and the other magical animals who made their home near the Moonstone Cottage. Gordon's comforting words about the cycle of life and using one's ‘sense’ as a form of communication will hopefully open the minds of those sceptical of the continuation of life after one transitions to the hereafter. Both children and adults will enjoy this book, which will most certainly heal many parents and families. - Irene Vouvalides, Helping Parents Heal Affiliate Leader Hilton Head/Bluffton, HPH Board Member, Shining Light ParentGordon Smith will captivate you in his new book Where Two Worlds Meet. The book speaks to people of all ages, working on many levels to explore grief, loss and the cycle of life through a truly magical story. It’s captivating. - Fate & Fortune Magazine

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Book Synopsis(Originally published as DEFY GRAVITY) New York Times best-selling author Caroline Myss investigates the mystical phenomenon of healing and the presence of grace in every life.What is grace? How does grace work? How do I know if I've ever had an experience of grace in my life? For decades, readers and students have turned to medical intuitive Caroline Myss for answers to these essential questions. In these pages, she takes readers on a transformative journey to investigate the holy authority of grace and find tools to heal themselves and their lives.Originally published as Defy Gravity, this searching and eloquent book offers a message that we need now more than ever. Inspired by ordinary people who overcame a wide array of physical and psychological ailments, Caroline dove into the works of the great mystics to gain a deeper understanding of healing's spiritual underpinnings. Using what she discovered, she invites us into an intimate and healing engagement with the soul, which we experience through exploring our seven shadow passions, building an empowered inner self around our seven inherent graces, and learning how to work with the mystical laws that govern it.With this knowledge, you can break through the boundaries of ordinary reason. You can heal from illness, heartbreak, and pain. You can learn to live fearlessly. And you can start to discern the guidance of grace in every moment of your life.Trade Review“It is rare that an author and teacher as accomplished and influential as Caroline Myss would, with each book, discover whole new vistas, and then report back to us with her legendary clarity and passion. With A Time for Grace she has done it again. Anyone in need of healing—healing from illness, anxiety, fear, or heartbreak—will find enormous help in this book. It is a tonic made of light and wisdom.” — Elizabeth Lesser, co-founder, Omega Institute and author of Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow“In A Time for Grace, Caroline Myss offers a new model of transformation and healing that will shift how we perceive crisis and illness. A must-read.” — Deepak Chopra, author of The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success“Caroline has been one of my most important spiritual teachers. In her new book, she continues to pierce both hearts and minds with arrows of truth.” — Marianne Williamson, author of The Age of Miracles and A Return to Love“A Time for Grace is a powerful look at the mystical aspects of the process of deep healing. The extraordinary Caroline Myss provides profound insights into the nature of illness and the healing miracles that can occur. What I love about Caroline is that she isn’t afraid to make waves and go way beyond convention to create new paradigms of health.” — Judith Orloff, M.D., author of Emotional Freedom“In this time of extraordinary evolutionary upheaval, Caroline Myss offers a powerful and wise prescription for self-healing that transforms and empowers the reader to gain sovereignty over their physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being.” — Bruce H. Lipton, Ph.D., author of The Biology of Belief and Spontaneous Evolution“In A Time for Grace Caroline Myss goes far beyond conventional thinking to describe with precision those areas of experience, those mystical and mysterious events that ultimately account for illness. I found this book to be extraordinarily intelligent and perceptive in charting ways to go deep into the soul to glimpse those faint issues that grow into large problems.” — Thomas Moore, author of Care of the Soul and Writing in the Sand“Like no other author, Myss invariably manages to help us reach yet an even higher level of understanding of how to heal. Run, don’t walk, and buy this book.” — Mona Lisa Schulz, M.D., Ph.D., author of The Intuitive Advisor and Heal Your Mind“In this book, Caroline Myss reminds us that, while we should be grateful for the gift of reason, we should also be aware that the mystery and holiness of life cannot be found in the dim light of reason alone. As A Time for Grace makes clear, the mystics teach that there is in each of us the capacity for mystical experience that transcends reason. Each chapter of this book echoes with the expansive energy of mystical awakening and offers ways we can cultivate this awakening in our lives.” —James Finley, Ph.D., author of Christian Meditation and The Contemplative Heart“Caroline Myss is the most outstanding voice in the field of spirituality and healing alive on the planet today. In A Time for Grace she challenges some of our culture’s most cherished myths about healing, inviting the reader to exit the prison of reason and enter the ‘field of grace’ from which miracles spontaneously arise. Translating universal spiritual wisdom into modern language, Caroline illuminates the journey to empowering both psyche and soul.” — Joan Borysenko, Ph.D., author of Minding the Body, Mending the Mind and Your Soul’s Compass

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Book SynopsisThe first book to consider British history from a magical perspective, and how these arcane magical themes developed over time.Trade Review‘A remarkable book … an inspiration from the heart of the Shire’ -- Robert Plant

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Book SynopsisIs there life after death? Is there a world outside our own? Mankind has wrestled with these profound questions for as long as there has been consciouness. GATEWAYS TO THE OTHERWORLD reveals that ancient man already knew the answers.Acclaimed author, Philip Gardiner, proves that our ancestors were far more advanced scientifically and spiritually than previously believed. Through a special technique, ancient Egyptians and others were able to journey to other realities within themselves in short, to the Otherworld. The author undergoes his own experiments to prove the point.Gardiner makes us consider the fact that ancient man, also, knew more about his place in the universe than previously thought. He placed buildings and objects in specific places around the globe. Why? Because at these points he had discovered areas where lines of energy cross-points with distinct relation to the universal and human wave resonance of electromagnetism. When man journeyed to these places, he was joining with God and visualising the effect.

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Book SynopsisWith this one text, you will gain a thorough overview of the history and current state of the occult from a variety of Western European and North American traditions. Its pages offer the essential knowledge you need to make sense of the occult, along with references for further reading if you want to learn more. You will find here the whole range of occult tradition, lore, history, philosophy, and practice in the Western world.

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Book SynopsisThis self-help workbook contains an easy system for personal training which should help the reader to experience total release from stress and worries, rejuvenate the nervous system, unleash supernatural powers, experience sex for consciousness expansion, and develop ESP.

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Book SynopsisAn introduction to the work of an esteemed American philosopher, whose integral approach to human consciousness blends Western psychology with Eastern spirituality Ever since the publication of his first book, The Spectrum of Consciousness, written when he was twenty-three, Ken Wilber has been identified as the most comprehensive philosophical thinker of our times. This introductory sampler, designed to acquaint newcomers with his work, contains brief passages from his most popular books. Ranging over a variety of topics, concepts include levels of consciousness, mystical experience, meditation practice, death, the perennial philosophy, and Wilber’s integral approach to reality, integrating matter, body, mind, soul, and spirit. Here is Wilber’s writing at its most reader-friendly, discussing essential ideas of the world’s great psychological, philosophical, and spiritual traditions in language that is lucid, engaging, and inspirational.

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Book SynopsisConnect more meaningfully to the cultural wisdom and spiritual teachings of Buddhism. Explore Buddhist traditions and older ways of connecting with spirituality by going straight to the heart of mystical traditions. Zen Buddhism explores the spiritual teachings that have thrived throughout Chinese culture and many other societies. With this guidebook for both newcomers to spiritual practice and those searching for a concise reference to a long history, discover how to honor your connection to nature and reach your full potential through Zen practice. Explore the history behind Buddhist practices and teachings, and then engage with them firsthand, forming a deeper bond with yourself and the world. Illuminated by beautiful illustrations, this guide presents: The history of Buddhism Meditations and rituals to bring the ancient wisdom into modern life Key concepts and figures of Buddhist teachings As with every title in the Mystic Traditions series, Zen Buddhism is a celebration of a unique and beautiful culture. As such, the subject matter and content has been treated with the utmost care and respect to ensure an accurate and reverent presentation that is accessible to a variety of audiences, and serves to further educate and foster support for these rich practices and traditions for years to come.Zen Buddhism is your engaging, accessible, and hands-on introduction to the deep magic and spirituality of Buddhism. The Mystic Traditions series explores mystical and spiritual traditions and magical practices from around the world from a modern perspective. These guides offer concise introductions to the origins of mystical practices; explain key concepts, figures, and legends in these traditions; and give straightforward and engaging instruction on how to connect directly with these practices through rituals, spells, and more. Also available in the Mystic Traditions series: Native American Spiritualism, Celtic Mysticism.

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Book SynopsisA practical manual for recreating the Rites and Mysteries of Demeter and Persephone, an ancient Earth-based religion that celebrates not only the Great Mother Goddess and Her Daughter, but a respect for life, for the Earth, and for the divinity of the soul. Each celebration or rite is complete and presented in a clear and practical way. Includes chants, sacred prayers, and recipes for sacred food, and practical, as well as, historical, information. Color photos. llustrated. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisIn the original ten volumes of the "Equinox", Aleister Crowley succeeded in synthesizing the aim of religion and the method of science. Israel Regardie''s selections in "Gems of the Equinox" make a volume that is invaluable to readers, students and adepts. It includes material on Crowley''s magical order, magical rituals, yoga, invocations and sex magick, among many other topics. "Gems from the Equinox" is a unique resource that serves as a veritable textbook for the magickal orders AA and O.T.O.Although it is written for the advanced practitioner, beginners will gain much from its many pages of wisdom, including yoga postures and breathing techniques, ceremonial rituals and meditations, an Enochian magick primer, and "The Book of the Law". In "Gems from the Equinox", Israel Regardie''s selections of Aleister Crowley''s writings synthesize the aim of religion and the method of science, making it invaluable to readers, students, and adepts. "Gems" is a must have for every student of Occultism, Mysticism, Thelema, Magick, and comparative religion.

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Book SynopsisCharm bags, also known as mojo bags and gris-gris bags, may be the most popular style of amulet or talisman in the world today. Around the globe, they are crafted by people from many cultures and spiritual traditions and are created for many purposes. Until now there has been no definitive guide to the art of creating these magical power objects. THE MAGICAL ART OF CRAFTING CHARM BAGS remedies this situation.Author, Elhoim Leafar, provides an introduction to the topic in this clear, focused book of practical magic which features detailed instructions for making these bags. The strongest amulets are those you make yourself and THE MAGICAL ART OF CRAFTING CHARM BAGS shows you how. THE MAGICAL ART OF CRAFTING CHARM BAGS contains 100 formulae intended for various purposes including love, luck, success, happiness, health, wealth, protection, prosperity and the attainment of goals and desires. Based on an eclectic blend of Wicca, hoodoo and Latin American folk magic, the book, also, contains extensive lists of herbs, gems and minerals, essential oils, astrological positions and colours that contribute to making your own personal amulets. Instructions for casting circles and how to charge your charm bags are, also, included.

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Book SynopsisToo many people allow themselves to be limited by their ideas about themselves and the world around them. Bob Frissell reminds readers that they create their own reality through their consciousness and that improving this reality and living a fuller life is simply a matter of broadening one's perspectives. In this book, he shows people how to reconnect with their multidimensional selves and remake their lives.

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Book SynopsisOriginally published in Germany in 1932, Loederers account of his adventures in Haiti has long been out of print. The authors own Art Deco-style woodcuts add to the exotic appeal of this volume, which chronicles the vanishing African traditions of the islands people.

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Book SynopsisIn Esoteric Egypt, J. S. Gordon reveals how the sacred science and wisdom tradition of ancient Egypt--the Land of Khem--stems from an advanced prehistoric worldwide civilization. Examining the metaphysical structure of our universe as seen by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Celts, he shows that each tradition is merely a variation on the central concepts of the precession of the equinoxes and the obliquity of the ecliptic pole. He explores the connections between the cyclical movements of Orion and Sirius and the story of Osiris and Isis, the importance of the Pleiades and the circumpolar stars, and the ancient tradition of man as a divine being "born from the substance of the stars." He investigates the people who colonized greater Egypt 100,000 years ago, the progenitors of ancient Egyptian civilization descended from the 4th- and 5th-Root Race Atlanteans. Gordon explores the magical and esoteric meanings behind Egyptian sacred ritual and temple art, drawing parallels to the Mystery School process of initiation. Explaining the fundamental unity of the Egyptian pantheon and the structure of the after-death state, he shows that the Egyptians clearly believed in reincarnation and a spiritual evolutionary process. Revealing the ancient sacred science of the Land of Khem, teachings passed down from the earliest times, he examines the psychospiritual nature of the human being and the function of our spiritual identity and our souls.Trade Review“More than anyone else I’ve known, John Gordon shows a deep insight into the esoteric mind-set of the ancient Egyptians. I fully recommend this book to all who want to understand and relate to ancient Egypt’s spiritual message.” * Robert Bauval, author of Secret Chamber Revisited, Black Genesis: The Prehistoric Origins of Ancient *“An important investigation into the deep prehistory of ancient Egypt and the lost roots of ancient Egyptian spiritual wisdom.” * Graham Hancock, author of Fingerprints of the Gods *“In his last book, Esoteric Egypt, the late John Gordon delves deeply into the origin of ancient Egyptian beliefs and explains the mystery of their symbolism about Man and the Cosmos. It was in Egypt that man first recognized his two dimensions: physical and spiritual. While the body dies, the spirit joins the heavenly beings awaiting resurrection.” * Ahmed Osman, author of The Lost City of Exodus and Moses and Akhenaten *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Part One Celestial and Metaphysical Background 1 The Spheres of Creation 2 The Astronomical and Astrological Dimensions of Creation 3 The Multi-Sevenfold Mill of the Gods Part Two The Subtle Nature of Existence 4 Kosmic Genesis--The Origin and Nature of the Gods 5 Sidereal Genesis--The Origin and Nature of Man 6 Man, the Multiple Being Part Three Egypt's Historical Background 7 The River Nile and Its Symbolism 8 The Ancient Colonization of Egypt 9 The Spread and Decline of Ancient Mystic Culture Part Four Ancient Egyptian Civilization and Culture 10 Egypt’s Sacred Art, Architecture, and Statuary 11 The Ritualized Magic of Egypt 12 The Mystery Tradition and the Process of Initiation EPILOGUE The Future of the Sacred Mystery Tradition Appendices A The Geometrical Correspondence to the Cycle of Involution and Evolution B Polar Misconceptions C The Funeral Positions of Orion-Osiris D The Primary Celtic Festivals E The Slaughter of Mankind F Correlations between the Ancient Egyptian and Tibetan Mystic Systems Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe priests of ancient Egypt preserved a geometrical canon, a numerical code of harmonies and proportions, that they applied to music, art, statecraft, and all the institutions of their civilization. Plato, an initiate in the Egyptian mysteries, said it was the instrument by which the ancients maintained high, principled standards of civilization and culture over thousands of years. In The Dimensions of Paradise, John Michell describes the results of a lifetime’s research, demonstrating how the same numerical code underlies sacred structures from ancient times to the Christian era. In the measurements of Stonehenge, the foundation plan of Glastonbury, Plato’s ideal city, and the Heavenly City of the New Jerusalem described in the vision of Saint John lie the science and cosmology on which the ancient world order was founded. The central revelation of this book is a structure of geometry and number representing the essential order of the heavens and functioning as a map of paradise.Trade Review“John Michell’s The Dimensions of Paradise is inarguably among the most important Gnostic transmissions of recent generations. With his candid, uncomplicated style, John has made widely available the visions, the laws, and the numbers held within pure geometry and which integrate earth and sky, movement and form, cosmos and mankind.” * Robert Lawlor, author of Sacred Geometry: Its Philosophy and Practice and Voices of the First Day *“John Michell has produced one of the primary texts for understanding the number system that encoded the prehistoric world view. He reveals how sacred geometry, myth, gematria, and the structure of numbers created a big picture lost soon after Plato, a knowledge replaced by derivative religious and materialistic ideas. The Dimensions of Paradise is an essential key to comprehending monuments such as the Great Pyramid and Stonehenge, but it also provides an initiatory journey into the ancient mind itself.” * Richard Heath, author of Sacred Number and the Origins of Civilization *"As usual, this is a dense, yet inspiring, read and one that has some practical nuggets in it for those who are looking for a kind of three-dimensional sacred geometry they can apply to daily life." * Institute of Hermetic Studies, Mar 2008 *" . . . a top pick for New Age libraries interested in sacred geometry." * The Midwest Book Review, April 08 *"A must for anyone looking for the science hidden within the matrix of life." * Rahasya Poe, Lotus Guide magazine, July 2009 *“. . . most intriguing of books. Recommended.” * EarthRites.org, May 2011 *Table of ContentsIntroductionIN QUEST OF THE CANON1 THE HEAVENLY CITY AS ETERNAL STANDARDThe Cosmic Temple • The New Jerusalem • The Twelve Hides of Glastonbury • The New Jerusalem in Stonehenge • The Pattern in the Heavens • Contructing the New Jerusalem • Measuring the Courts of the City2 NUMBER IN SACRED SCIENCEThe Numbers of the Canon • Gematria: The Names and Numbers of God • Symbolic or Sacred Geometry • Sacred Geometry in Dürer’s Melencolia • Music and Proportion • A Circle of Perpetual Choirs3 NUMBER AND MEASURELengths of Ancient Units of Measure • Summary of the Earth’s Dimensions • The Priority of the Foot • Astronomy 4 THE CITIES OF PLATOThe 5,040 Citizens of Magnesia • From Circle to Square: The City Brought to Earth • Plato’s Secrecy • Atlantis • The Measures of Atlantis • The Problem of the Plain • Why Atlantis Fell • Plato’s Cosmos and the Wanderings of the Soul • The Music of the Heavenly Wheels • The Numerical Creation Myth of Timaeus • The Harmonic Composition of the World Soul • The Number of the Soul5 SYMBOLIC NUMBER864, the Foundation Number • 3,168, the Perimeter of the New Jerusalem • 1,224, the Number of Paradise, and the 153 Fishes in the Net • 1,080, the Lunar Number • 666, the Solar Number and the Number of the Beast • 1,746, the Number of Fusion • Sacred Names from the Dimensions of the New Jerusalem6 THE ANCIENT AND FUTURE COSMOLOGYHeavenly Jerusalem, Its Invocation and Modern FunctionIndex of NamesIndex of Numbers

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Book SynopsisGnostic poet, painter, writer, and magician Aleister Crowley arrived in Berlin on April 18, 1930. As prophet of his syncretic religion "Thelema," he wanted to be among the leaders of art and thought, and Berlin, the liberated future-gazing metropolis, wanted him. There he would live, until his hurried departure on June 22, 1932, as Hitler was rapidly rising to power and the black curtain of intolerance came down upon the city. 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 other luminaries of a glittering world soon to be trampled into the mud by the global bloodbath of World War II. 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 in all his ambiguous and, for some, terrifying glory, at a blazing, seminal moment in the history of the world.Trade Review“An invaluable in-depth history--magnificently illustrated in full color--that sheds light on one of the most important periods in both 20th century Europe and the life of the Magus of the Aeon, Aleister Crowley. His two-year stay in volatile, bohemian, and urbane Berlin during the final years of the Weimar Republic and first years of the Great Depression has hitherto been largely undocumented. This full-length treatment of Crowley as artist (in Churton’s words, “the only Magus in history with a name worthy of the annals of Art”) is cast against the last days of Germany’s Versailles Treaty era and the apocalyptic rise of Adolph Hitler and his “merely brutal men.” The author well captures the cultural spirit and intoxicating New Age currents in which Crowley moved. For specialists, he provides a uniquely intimate view of Crowley’s succession to the Headship of O.T.O. during the Weida Conference of 1925; some intelligent observations on sexual magick; and extensive extracts from Crowley’s voluminous correspondence--allowing the reader a “Beast’s-eye-view” of his personal life, proselytizing efforts, business activities, and thorough contempt for Nazism. Highly recommended.” * James Wasserman, author of The Mystery Traditions: Secret Symbols and Sacred Art and In the Center o *“As soon as I opened this book I knew I was in for an exceptional treat, and I was right. This is Churton at his best. His book focuses, with some broader contextualization, on Crowley’s intermittent sojourns in Berlin between 1930 and 1932, which climaxed in a sensational exhibition of his paintings in October 1931. We follow Crowley as he strolls through the city, dressed in a knickerbocker suit, proclaiming his gospel of Thelema, exploring Berlin’s extensive demi-monde, playing chess, painting, writing, fornicating, spying for British intelligence, and mingling with a remarkable constellation of artists, writers, philosophers, and occultists. One of his friends at the time was Christopher Isherwood, who fictionalized his own Berlin experience in the novel that later became the musical Cabaret. Churton, in his vivid, witty style, superbly captures the atmosphere of the city during that feverish, decadent, but immensely vibrant and creative era, which ended abruptly with the catastrophe of 1933. Move over, Isherwood. From now on we should be talking about ‘Crowley’s Berlin.’” * Christopher McIntosh, Ph.D., author and Honorary University Fellow and Western Esotericism lecturer *“Yet again, Tobias Churton shows a unique ability to combine an approachable writing style with scholarly research and the result is an authoritative book on Crowley, the artist, a person who deserves to be re-assessed rather than be relegated to the dustbin of history.” * Sanda Miller, Ph.D., research fellow, History of Art, Southampton Solent University *“Tobias Churton has done it again! Exhaustively exploring the Beast’s sojourn through the kaleidoscope of cultural tumult that was the final years of the Weimar Republic, Churton’s astute eye and clarity of composition provide the lucky reader with a riveting view into what was a hotbed of sex, art, and politics. Churton’s gifts at conjuring a fascinating and profound study from myriad sources are in evidence as usual, painting an engaging portrait of the Magus of the Aeon and the milieu in which he moved.” * Frater Puck, Ordo Templi Orientis-U.S. Grand Lodge and host of Thelema NOW! *“Whether Quantum Magus, Berlin Artist, lover, or spy, Churton brings Crowley to life like no other biographer. He truly gets him . . . You don’t so much read this book as you live it, the noisome Beast in Berlin, our own beast within. Churton brings us the first serious and comprehensive study of Crowley’s remarkable Berlin period.” * Stephen J. King (Shiva Xâ °), Grand Master, Ordo Templi Orientis *“A remarkable account of Baphomet in Berlin, full of fascinating new information on Crowley’s decadence and discipline as a Berlin Boy as Germany spiraled down into its apocalyptic picnic. Tobias Churton has uncovered much that is new and marvelously expands on and clarifies that which was already known. A wonderful evocation of the darkness becoming visible--a truly Manichæan history.” * David Tibet, founder of Current 93 *“Aleister Crowley: The Beast in Berlin is magic! Churton opens box after box of secrets in a dazzling display of research, erudition, and insight. Aleister Crowley is revealed in all his jaw-dropping splendor, plus warts. A genius forced to suffer fools, able to transcend misfortune, an adventurer in the worlds of art and war. His wisdom is both light and deep; the book is thrilling.” * Vanilla Beer, artist *“It’s hard not to empathize with Crowley as portrayed in the book—a man possessed of more radical intelligence than most before or after, who probably came off a bit autistic in his time, dealing with constant trouble, power games and consistently overestimating both people’s intelligence and integrity. Though he stands so far above both the Theosophical movement and its heirs in the New Age and Neopagan Revival, much of Crowley’s life was overshadowed by his troubles with money, students, the press and local governments—all of which consistently seem to thwart him in his latter years. Despite all that, he left a body of work, and philosophy, of unparalleled clarity and value. But in Aleister Crowley: The Beast in Berlin—Art, Sex and Magick in the Weimer Republic, we get a better look at Crowley not as a symbol, but as a man of his time. Highly recommended.” * Ultraculture, Jason Jouv, August, 2014 *“The Beast in Berlin is an inspiring and engaging narrative of Aleister Crowley in the turbulent and cathartic years of Berlin in the early 1930s. Meticulously researched and filled with just enough biographical fact, informed speculation, dirty gossip and esoteric philosophy to keep you riveted from first word to last, Crowleyan scholar Tobias Churton has spun an entertaining and eye-opening tale documenting the reckless life of outsider artists living on the edge in a city on the brink of Apocalypse. Along the way we see the Beast play chess with Fernando Pessoa, correspond with Aldous Huxley, night crawl with Christopher Isherwood, spy, paint, incant, exorcise and interact artistically and sexually with a wide range of colorful, bizarre and nondescript characters—the absolute dregs of Berlin society. Perhaps the most readable and interesting book to catch the true spirit of Frater Perdurabo.” * John Zorn, Musician, July 2014 *“…This book offers a fascinating insight into a little known part of the Great Beast’s colourful and extraordinary life. Recommended.” * The Cauldron, December 2014 *“Weimar and what happens after become, in Churton’s hands, the darkness against which to highlight Crowley with stunning chiaroscuro.” * Rain Taxi, Spencer Dew, April 2015 *Table of ContentsForeword: Degenerate Berlin by Frank van Lamoen Assistant Curator, Stedelijk Museum, AmsterdamAcknowledgments Dramatis Personae -- WHO’S WHO IN THE BEAST IN BERLIN ONE -- SCOOP! TWO -- Selling Aleister Crowley THREE -- The New Age in Germany Theosophy in GermanyAleister Crowley Meets the German New AgeFOUR -- Karl Germer and the Weida Conference Arrival at HohenleubenKarl GermerThelema VerlagDr. PeithmannReturn to HohenleubenFIVE -- Cosmopolis--City of the Future SIX -- Good-Bye to All That Hello Again to All ThatSEVEN -- Kings in Exile Are Always Beggars The Stunt Hits the FanEIGHT-- Quantum Magus “Nick” Carter and the Case of the Reappearing WifeNINE -- An Old Master Modern Art in BerlinThe Artist in the BeastTEN -- Hanni Jaeger, Save Our Souls ELEVEN -- Thoroughly Modern MagusThe Ninth Degree (IX°)TWELVE -- The Last Summer of Freedom BlunderstormFlechtheimWerner Alvo Konstantin August von AlvenslebenTHIRTEEN -- Toward the Exhibition The World from BelowMarcellus and Margo SchifferFOURTEEN -- Porza! Mali and IgelFIFTEEN -- Hope of Harvest The Great Crowley Movie ConnectionSIXTEEN -- Spying Ethel ManninSEVENTEEN -- Last OrdersJean RossDiscovery of the NeutronEIGHTEEN -- Lost TimeLost PaintingsNINETEEN -- Lost People Before Hitler Was, I AmTWENTY -- Rebirth--The Spirit Can Return Notes Bibliography Index

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