Aleister Crowley and Western Esotericism
- ISBN-10
- 0199863091
- ISBN-13
- 9780199863099
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 406
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-09-20
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Authors
- Martin P. Starr, Henrik Bogdan
Description
Henrik Bogdan and Martin P. Starr offer the first comprehensive examination of one of the twentieth century's most distinctive occult iconoclasts, Aleister Crowley (1875-1947), one of the most influential thinkers in contemporary western esotericism.
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