Thelema

Nietzsche and Crowley: The Theme of Kings and Nobles in The Book of the Law and On the Genealogy of Morality

by Charlotte Moore

published in Cheth, 2007

Varieties of Magical Experience: Aleister Crowley's Views on Occult Practice

by Marco Pasi

Published in: Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft, 6:2 (December 2011), pp. 123-162. To be reprinted in: Henrik Bogdan and Martin Starr (eds.), Aleister Crowley and Western Esotericism. An Anthology of Critical Studies, Oxford, Oxford University Press, forthcoming in 2012

“Ouvi contar que outrora”: A misteriosa fotografia de um jogo de xadrez que nunca aconteceu

by Marco Pasi

Publicado no blog "Um Fernando Pessoa", junho 2009. Ver: http://blog.umfernandopessoa.com/2009/06/ouvi-contar-que-outrora-misteriosa.html

Magick in Theory and Practice: Ritual Use of Colour in Kenneth Anger’s Invocation of My Demon Brother

by Deborah Allison

Published in Senses of Cinema, issue 34, January-March 2005.

Aleister Crowley, feiticeiro do Novo Aeon

by Vitor Cei

Insólito, mitos, lendas, crenças – Anais do VII
Painel Reflexões sobre o Insólito na narrativa
ficcional/ II Encontro Nacional O Insólito como
Questão na Narrativa Ficcional – Simpósios 1/
Maria Cristina Batalha (org.) – Rio de Janeiro:
Dialogarts, 2011.

O objetivo desta comunicação é discutir a doutrina do Novo Aeon do feiticeiro e poeta inglês Aleister Crowley,... more O objetivo desta comunicação é discutir a doutrina do Novo Aeon do feiticeiro e poeta inglês Aleister Crowley, refletindo sobre sua constituição histórica, seus valores e conseqüências para a sociedade contemporânea. O autor foi um escritor mítico e controvertido, poeta da liberdade irrestrita e da vontade como máxima soberana, além de defensor do uso de sexo e drogas para fins mágicos. Sua magia condena todas as formas de poder e autoridade que restrinjam a soberania e a liberdade absoluta do indivíduo, apregoando a autonomia individual na busca da liberdade e satisfação das inclinações naturais, em detrimento da hegemonia da coletividade massificada e preconceituosa. A principal obra de Crowley, o Líber AL vel Legis, de 1904, teria sido psicografada da entidade espiritual autodenominada Aiwass, um mensageiro dos deuses do Novo Aeon. O lançamento do livro corresponderia ao advento do Novo Aeon. Seria este o momento do fim do Aeon de Osíris, o pai, marcado pelo patriarcado e sucessor do Aeon de Ísis, a mãe, marcado pelo matriarcado. Iniciava-se, segundo Crowley e seus seguidores, o Aeon do filho, Hórus, caracterizado pelo reconhecimento do indivíduo como base da sociedade. Este discurso ocultista impulsionou trajetórias existenciais de grande força contestatória, influenciando os movimentos contraculturais das décadas de 1960 e 1970 que anunciavam uma Nova Era.

Endless Shifting: A Feast of Images Swallowed by Sound An interview with Adi Newton by Jack Sargeant

by jack sargeant

published in Abraxas, Issue 2 (Summer Solstice 2011), Fulgar.

Aleister Crowley e a contracultura

by Vitor Cei

DARANDINA revisteletrônica – Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras / UFJF – volume 2 – número 1.

O objetivo deste artigo é discutir a doutrina do Novo Aeon do poeta inglês Aleister Crowley, refletindo sobre sua... more O objetivo deste artigo é discutir a doutrina do Novo Aeon do poeta inglês Aleister Crowley, refletindo sobre sua constituição histórica, seus valores e conseqüências para a sociedade pós-moderna. O autor foi um escritor mítico e controvertido, poeta da liberdade irrestrita e da vontade como máxima soberana, além de
defensor do uso de sexo e drogas para fins mágicos. O seu discurso esotérico impulsionou trajetórias existenciais de grande força contestatória, tornando-o guru dos movimentos contraculturais das décadas de 1960 e 1970.

The main objective of this article is discussing Crowley´s doctrine of the New Aeon, thinking about its historical constitution, its values and consequences to the postmodernism. The occultist was a mythical and controversial writer, poet of the unrestricted freedom and of the will as a maxim sovereign, besides being a
defender of the use of sex and drugs to magical purposes. His esoteric discourse stimulated existential trajectories of great refutable power, making him the counterculture guru.

Thelema Og Ritualmagi

by Egil Asprem

Published in Chaos, 46 (2006), pp. 113-138. Norwegian.

more http://books.google.no/books?id=WLfsiQFerI8C&pg=PA113&lpg=PA113&dq=thelema+og+ritualmagi&source=bl&ots=K0BzrXwpJS&sig=99-GQAZba2Bo24witP-SV_43a6E&hl=no&ei=ZJZ1TLq1C8SYOOjQzbMG&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=thelema%20og%20ritualmagi&f=false

Én vilje, hinsides godt og ondt: Etikk og livssyn for det Nye Aeon

by Egil Asprem

Din, 4 (2007), 23-42. Article in Norwegian.

Magic Naturalized? Negotiating Science and Occult Experience in Aleister Crowley's Scientific Illuminism / La Magie “naturalisée”? De la négociation entre science et expérience occulte dans l'illuminisme scientifique d'Aleister Crowley

by Egil Asprem

Aries, Vol. 8, No. 2, 2008 , pp. 139-165

One of the central questions in the study of modern Western Esotericism concerns the continued appeal of magic; how... more One of the central questions in the study of modern Western Esotericism concerns the continued appeal of magic; how did magic survive “the disenchantment of the world”? An appealing explanation has been that the emergence of “occultist magic”, based on the writings of Eliphas Lévi (1810–1875) and the teachings of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (est. 1888) in particular, resulted in a “psychologisation” of magic. By interpreting magical practices as psychological techniques, and the trafficking with esoteric entities as manipulation of internal, psychological states rather than externally real spiritual beings it has become possible for well-educated, upper middle class moderners to retain both their belief in magic and their rational integrity.
By presenting a case study of one of the most influential modern occultists, Aleister Crowley (1875– 1947), this article seeks to demonstrate that “the psychologisation thesis” is not entirely tenable. Special notice will be given to Crowley’s magical system, presented as “Scientific Illuminism”, and the role and appeal of science in that system. Contrary to the psychologisation thesis, which it will be argued represents a sort of “psychological escapism”, Crowley did not seek to insulate his magical beliefs from his rational beliefs by withdrawing them to the realm of psychology and internal states; instead, influenced by the ideals of scientific naturalism, he sought to devise a naturalistic method by which magical practice could be rationally criticised, tested and refined. In short, it will be argued that Crowley’s system represent a move towards the naturalisation rather than the psychologisation of magic.
In addition to presenting a close reading of some of Crowley’s ideas on the relation between science and magic, a historical contextualisation will be provided, in which special notice will be given to Crowley’s relation to prominent intellectual currents with interest in this issue, including the Society for Psychical Research, Sir James Frazer, and naturalist philosophers and psychologists, from T. H. Huxley to Henry Maudsley.

Kenneth Grant (Obituary)

by dave evans

Fortean Times 275  Spring 2011  Print magazine (and on Zinio etc) . Obit is  not (yet?) available online

FILM REVIEW: CHEMICAL WEDDING (CROWLEY)

by dave evans

ONLINE

review of the nonsense that this film was... review of the nonsense that this film was...

NOT PEER-REVIEWED "Kenneth Grant; Elder Statesman of Magick"

by dave evans

PENTACLE 24

scholarly themed article (edited thesis extract, with additions) in Pagan magazine:

Kenneth Grant - the... more scholarly themed article (edited thesis extract, with additions) in Pagan magazine:

Kenneth Grant - the Elder Statesman of Magick

Kenneth Grant (1924- ) is perhaps unique in the history of modern British magic in that he had close dealings with three hugely influential modern occultists: Crowley, Spare and Gardner. This very brief article gives an overview of the man and his involvement with Aleister Crowley.

Magickal Monsters; Aleister Crowley, The Great Beast

by dave evans

forthcoming, in Monsters and the Monstrous 6, Proceedings of...

This paper deals with the historical and social construction of the reputation and persona of the British occultist... more This paper deals with the historical and social construction of the reputation and persona of the British occultist Aleister Crowley (1875-1947) the self-proclaimed “Great Beast 666” and founder in 1904 of a new world religion of Thelema; which he hoped (in vain as it transpired) would overturn Christianity. This paper would fit under the ‘religious depiction of the monstrous’ for this conference, since Crowley positively revelled in his overtly anti-Christian stance, following a traumatic upbringing in the profoundly strict Christian sect The Plymouth Brethren. While certainly in many respects an extreme character, Crowley’s actions and writings have subsequently been (literally) demonised and in many cases misrepresented by a variety of groups holding specific agendas, not least those responsible for the ‘Satanic Ritual Abuse’ moral panics of the 1980s in Britain. The media in general also serially misquote and use highly selective abstraction methods with Crowley material whenever they require any quotes in order to denigrate witchcraft or other occult groups. I will offer a re-interpretation of Crowley as an often-desperate self-publicist, and a deliberate manipulator of the media, for whom his metaphors were often taken all too literally by gullible or malign journalists.

Trafficking with an onslaught of compulsive weirdness: Kenneth Grant and the Magickal Revival

by dave evans

JSM2, Mandrake, 2004. ISBN-10: 1869928725 ISBN-13: 978-1869928728

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