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Aleister Crowley in India
The Secret Influence of Eastern Mysticism on Magic and the Occult
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Follow Aleister Crowley through his mystical travels in India, which profoundly influenced his magical system
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Sharing excerpts from Crowley’s unpublished diaries, Tobias Churton tells the true story of Crowley’s adventures in India from 1901 to 1906, culminating in his first experience of the supreme trance of jnana (“gnostic”) yoga, Samadhi: divine union. Churton shows how Vedantist and Advaitist philosophies, Hindu religious practices, yoga, and Mahayana and Theravada Buddhism informed Crowley’s spiritual system and reveals how he built on Madame Blavatsky and Henry Steel Olcott’s prior work in India. Churton illuminates links between these beliefs and ancient Gnostic systems and shows how they informed the O.T.O. system through Franz Hartmann and Theodor Reuss.
Churton explores Crowley’s early breakthrough in consciousness research with a Dhyana trance in Sri Lanka, becoming a devotee of Shiva and Bhavani, fierce avatar of the goddess Parvati. Recounting Crowley’s travels to the temples of Madurai, Anuradhapura, and Benares, Churton looks at the gurus of yoga and astrology Crowley met, while revealing his adventures with British architect, Edward Thornton. Churton also details Crowley’s mountaineering feats in India, including the record-breaking attempt on Chogo Ri (K2) in 1902 and the Kangchenjunga disaster of 1905.
Revealing how Crowley incorporated what he learned in India into his own school of Magick, including an extensive look at his theory of correspondences, the symbology of 777, and the Thelemic synthesis, Churton sheds light on one of the most profoundly mystical periods in Crowley’s life as well as how it influenced the larger occult world.
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Aleister Crowley in India by Tobias Churton has received praise for its detailed exploration of Crowley's engagement with Hindu and Buddhist teachings, illustrating their influence on his mystical practices. Reviewers highlight Churton's effective use of unpublished documents to provide insights into Crowley's life in South Asia, his spiritual development, and the cross-cultural exchanges between East and West. The book is noted for its rich historical context, uncovering important aspects of Crowley's legacy and the broader cultural movement to introduce Eastern mysticism to the Western world.
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ISBN: 9781620557969
Publisher: Inner Traditions Bear and Company
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 09 January 2020
Country: United States
Imprint: Inner Traditions Bear and Company
Illustration: 101 b&w illustrations
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 36.0mm
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 229.0mm
Weight: 853g
Pages: 512
About the Author
Britain’s leading scholar of Western esotericism, Tobias Churton is a world authority on Gnosticism, Hermeticism, Freemasonry, and Rosicrucianism. Appointed Honorary Fellow of Exeter University in 2005, he holds a master’s degree in theology from Brasenose College, Oxford, and is the author of many books, including Gnostic Philosophy and Aleister Crowley in America. He lives in the heart of England.
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