{"product_id":"portable-darkness-an-aleister-crowley-reader-9780983884248","title":"Portable Darkness: An Aleister Crowley reader","description":"\u003cp\u003enfamous for scandalizing society on both sides of the Atlantic  Aleister Crowley (18751947) was a brilliant man whose position as the major intellectual figure on the occult has often been eclipsed by his own notoriety. While many of the details of Crowleys flamboyant life have been well documented  PORTABLE DARKNESS is the first book to tackle the formidable task of collecting the best of his voluminous lifework. In bringing together Crowleys best writings  editor Scott Michaelsen makes Crowleyan philosophy both accessible and intelligible. As an intellectual and mystic  Crowley devoted his life to the study of Qabalah  gematria  numerology  astrology  myth  glyphs  yoga  and linguistics. His intense  methodical exploration of so immense and arcane a range of knowledge has yielded  not surprisingly  a hugely challenging body of literature. In PORTABLE DARKNESS  Michaelsen has sifted through this vast  often abstruse oeuvre in search of those works which best display and illuminate the razor-sharp insight for which Crowley has become known. The selections in PORTABLE DARKNESS are organized thematically according to Crowleys favourite subjects  most notably the power of language  yoga  sex  and Magick. As accompanied by Michaelsens cogent essays  these texts represent the essential Aleister Crowley  guiding novice and adept alike through the complexities of his notoriously impenetrable writings. Enlightening and revelatory  PORTABLE DARKNESS is an indispensable lexicon for all those with an interest in the occult. With forewords by Robert Anton Wilson and Genesis P-Orridge.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67931531444277,"sku":"ByrdShop_0983884242","price":100.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780983884248.jpg?v=1794214091","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/portable-darkness-an-aleister-crowley-reader-9780983884248","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}