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"Aleister Crowley in India" by Tobias Churton (rebroadcast)

"Aleister Crowley in India" by Tobias Churton (rebroadcast)

FromThe Hermetic Hour


"Aleister Crowley in India" by Tobias Churton (rebroadcast)

FromThe Hermetic Hour

ratings:
Length:
36 minutes
Released:
Jul 14, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

On Thursday November 21st. 2019 the Hermetic Hour with host Poke Runyon will review Tobias Churton's "Aleister Crowley in India." This is another in a series of books by Churton covering portions of Crowley's life and work, We have already reviewed his "The Beast in Berlin" and will certainly get to last year's "Aleister Crowley in America," but Crowley's India adventures should probably have been first in the series. I personally found this book to be fascinating. In its pages I rediscovered Crowley and relived the excitement of his early magical experiences along with big-game hunting and mountain climbing adventures. Churton had access to many records and archives not available to previous writers. We have a more Crowley-favorable version of the infamous Kangchenjunga tragedy than previously reported. The primary theme of this book is magical yoga or yoga for magick. We start with Crowley and Bennett in Ceylon studying Theravada Buddhism together and then on to Crowley's discovering and adapting the Gnostic tantric system of Sabhapaty Swami. So if you'd like to return to the thrilling days of yesteryear, then join us and sit down, shut-up and get-out with Aleister Crowley.
Released:
Jul 14, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

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