This is a beautiful first edition hardback of Lawrence Sutin's famous biography of Occultist Aleister Crowley best known today for his occult writings, especially The Book of the Law, the central sacred text of Thelema. Crowley was also an influential member in several occult organizations, including the Golden Dawn, the Argenteum Astrum, and Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.). As this life of Crowley explains, his other interests and accomplishments were wide-ranging—he was a chess player, mountain climber, poet, painter, astrologer, hedonist, drug experimenter, and social critic. Crowley gained much notoriety during his lifetime, and was infamously dubbed "The Wickedest Man In the World".

 

DO WAHT THOU WILTA Life of Aleister CrowleyBy Lawrence SutinFirst Edition2000

 

••••Includes•••• • An Overview of the Magical Tradition, in Which is it Suggested that the Ranging Battle Between Jesus and Satan Be Set Aside in Order That the True Nature of the Magus Be Understood• In Which Aleister Crowely takes the Magical Name Perdurabo (I Shall Endure to the End) But Appears to Lose His Way Amidst the Schisms of The Golden Dawn and the the Temptations of the Vale of Tears (1898-1900)• The Assault on Kanchenjunga, the Establishment of a New Magical Order, and the Wanderlust of a Magus (1905-08)• The Creation of the Equinox the Rites of Eluesis, and a Confrontation in the Sahara with the God of Chaos (1909-14)• The Founding an the Ruin of the Abbey of Thelema• And Many More Sections

"I admit that my visions can never mean to other men as much as they mean to me. I do not egret this. All I ask this that my results should convince seekers after truth that there is beyond doubt something worth seeking, attainable by methods more less like mine. I do not want to father a flock, to be the fetish of fools and fanatics. or the founder of a faith whose followers are content to echo my opinions. I want each man to cut his own way through the jungle"

Bound hardback in black with original pictoral dust jacket. Very light shelfwear, overall the book appears to have been very well cared for by its previous owner. A must have for those interested in the Occult doctrines and teachings of Aleister Crowley and would be a good addition to any occult library.