{"product_id":"thelema-revisited-in-search-of-aleister-crowley-2007","title":"Thelema Revisited ~ In Search of Aleister Crowley (2007)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThelema Revisited \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn Search of Aleister Crowley\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCompiled and edited by\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eRichard T. Cole\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e2007\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eOrange Box Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e103 pp\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eSoftcover - limited first edition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eVery Good condition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The Abbey’s whitewashed external walls reflect light strongly, in stark contrast to the doorway looming just ahead which sucks it down and splatters convoluted shadows across the murky interior. For a moment I pause between the dark lips of a monster into whose mouth I will soon enter, an wonder… What on earth am I doing here? Why have I travelled 2,000 kilometres and halfway up a volcanic mountain situated on an island that’s hotter than hell, just to spend one night in the ruins of a derelict farmhouse: A reputedly haunted farmhouse and former residence of Mr Aleister Crowley – ‘The man who chose evil’.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRichard T . Cole requests your company on a nostalgic journey to a small village on the north-east coast of Sicily, where fifty years ago, on a hot June morning, a wealthy Sicilian named Giuseppe Ferrara arrived on a horse and carriage to greet a middle-aged couple and escort them around his old farmhouse. Before leaving Mr Ferrara gives their grandson a keepsake of the visit – a small glass phial left by the previous tenant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough the phial is soon lost, the child retains a life-long fascination for its owner. A man whose rise from obscurity, to the celebrity status and world renown he enjoys posthumously today is nothing short of remarkable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRichard T. Cole’s lavishly illustrated travelogue answers all the questions you are ever likely to ask about Crowley’s Abbey of Thelema and dispels many of the myths, it includes:\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eHundreds of rare unseen and unpublished photographs of the Abbey and Cefalu from the past and present.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eA comprehensive and fascinating history of the Abbey, its tenants, visitors, vandals and owners.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eA summary of the key events which occured during Crowley’s three year and one month long attempt to create a New World Religion.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eFills in gaps and ties up many loose ends left by other published accounts.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eRecollections and memories of Crowley from lifelong inhabitants of Cefalu, neighbours and relatives of the Abbey’s current owners.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eA contemporary ghost story about the Abbey, complete with a recently taken photograph of Crowley’s ghost!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Dark Star Magick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67709576413429,"sku":null,"price":225.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0826\/9201\/4325\/files\/IMG_3799.jpg?v=1792099318","url":"https:\/\/darkstarmagick.com\/products\/thelema-revisited-in-search-of-aleister-crowley-2007","provider":"Dark Star Magick","version":"1.0","type":"link"}