Peter Lamborn Wilson

An examination of the beliefs and history of the secretive Yezidi sect Explains how the Yezidis worship Melek Ta’us, the Peacock Angel, an enigmatic figure often identified as “the devil” or Satan, yet who has been redeemed by God to rule a world of beauty and spiritual realization. Examines Yezidi antinomian doctrines of opposition, their cosmogony, their magical lore and...