| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
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Oxford studies in Western esotericism |
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Oxford studies in Western esotericism.
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| Contents |
Cover -- The Unknown God -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Prologue -- 1. The Skeleton in the Cupboard -- 2. First Steps -- 3. British Columbia Lodge No. 1 -- 4. Isis, Therion, and Hilarion -- 5. A Master of the Temple -- 6. In the Red Room of Rose Croix -- 7. Nemo Abest -- 8. The Detroit Working -- 9. Viator in Regnis Arboris -- 10. New Orders for the Ages -- 11. Psychomagia -- 12. The End of the Beginning -- 13. Jane, Kath, and Leota -- 14. Salve Regina -- 15. Rosicrucian Amity -- 16. Chants before Battle -- 17. Ten-o-Three -- 18. Apotheosis -- 19. Hoc Id Est -- Epilogue |
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Appendices -- A. W. T. Smith Diary -- B. The Trail of OTO -- C. Crowley and H. Spencer Lewis -- D. OTO Degree Work, 1938-1943 -- E. Manifesto of December 7, 1941 -- F. 132-666/1943 -- G. Liber CXXXII -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index |
| Summary |
'The Unknown God' is a documentary study of Thelema, a 20th century religious movement in the 'magical' family, founded by the occultist, poet, and prophet of a new age of personal freedom, Aleister Crowley (1875-1947). Martin P. Starr tells the history of the movement through the biography of its leader, Wilfred Talbot Smith (1885-1957), who took up Crowley's plans for organizations to teach the latter's methods in Western and Eastern esoteric traditions and his laws for a new world order, and established these systems in British Columbia and in California. Crowley provided the concepts; Smith and his associates made them take flesh, applying Crowley's doctrine of 'Do what thou wilt' and cementing it a part of the artistic and religious underground of the 20th century |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
Specialized |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on January 5, 2024) |
| Subject |
Smith, Wilfred Talbot, 1885-1957.
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Ordo Templi Orientis.
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Occultism -- United States
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Mind, body, spirit.
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Paranormal.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780197744543 |
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0197744540 |
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