Gary Lachman

A biography of the influential teacher of the Fourth Way Traces the life of Maurice Nicoll, who left a successful career as a psychiatrist in 1922 to study with G.I. Gurdjieff and P.D. Ouspensky. Explores newly uncovered diaries from Nicoll, revealing his mystical sex practices, his shadow self, and new understandings of his unorthodox teachings. Examines the influence of psychiatrist...

A history of how mystical and spiritual influences have shaped Russia’s identity and politics and what it means for the future of world civilization. The Return of Holy Russia examines Russia’s spiritual history, from its pagan origins and Eastern Orthodox mysticism to secret societies, Rasputin, Roerich, Blavatsky, and Dostoyevsky. It explains the visionary writings of the spiritual philosophers of Russia’s...

A memoir of magic, rock and roll, and becoming who you are• Traces the author’s journey from bassist and founding member of Blondie to writer on consciousness and the esoteric tradition• Explores his involvement in Gurdjieff’s Fourth Way, Crowley’s Thelema, and his relationship with the bestselling author Colin Wilson• Reveals how an early love of comic books, science fiction, and...

The gritty business of politics is not something we usually associate with the occult. But esoteric beliefs have influenced the destiny of nations since the time of ancient Egypt and China, when decisions of state were based on portents and astrology, to today, when presidents and prime ministers privately consult self-proclaimed seers. Politics and the Occult offers a lively history...

When the mystic, occult magician, poet, and founder of the religious philosophy of Thelema, Aleister Crowley died in an obscure boarding house in Hastings, England, on December 5, 1947, at the age of 72, few knew he was to become one of the most enduring pop culture figures of the next hundred years. In this definitive work, Gary Lachman traces...