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The Confessions of Aleister Crowley
Crowley’s enormous autobiography of travel, sex, drugs, mountaineering, feuds, magic, scandal, and self-mythology.
- 1969
About Aleister Crowley
The story, briefly
Spoiler-freeCrowley narrates his own legend through travel, magical experiments, mountaineering, relationships, drugs, feuds, and a relentless effort to control the meaning of his life.
What's inside
A long autobiography in which Crowley presents his travels, occult work, scandals, relationships, and public reputation on his own terms.
Why we recommend it
The man behind all the drugs and magic
The autobiography gives Crowley’s own sprawling, self-serving, and often entertaining account of the life behind the fiction.
What this book explores
Book editions
- Paperback
- Arkana
- 1989
- 9780140191899
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1The Confessions of Aleister Crowley
MemoirAleister Crowley, 1969Used forThe primary text represented by this page, used for descriptions of the work’s contents and for any quoted passages shown here.
2Aleister Crowley bibliography
Official recordOpen British National BibliographyUsed forOfficial record used to verify names, dates, institutional details, or other factual information on this page.
3Crowley, Aleister (1875–1947) — authority record
Official recordBibliothèque nationale de FranceUsed forOfficial record used to verify names, dates, institutional details, or other factual information on this page.
4The Yorke Collection
ArchiveThe Warburg Institute, University of LondonUsed forArchival evidence used to document the historical record connected to The Confessions of Aleister Crowley.
5Aleister Crowley in Paris: Sex, Art, and Magick in the City of Light
BiographyTobias Churton (Inner Traditions)Used forBiographical evidence used to verify chronology, relationships, and historical context connected to The Confessions of Aleister Crowley.
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