Aleister Crowley and the Golden Dawn Years

When we left Crowley last he was in London clutching his silver crucifix, waxing lyrical poetry about his aenmic faith and yearning for something more. This week picks up with Crowley visiting a London bookstore and discover A.E. Wait's book of black magick pacts and Crowley's introduction to the concept of esotericism and the Great White Brotherhood...

Join us for yet another biographical deep-dive into Crowley as we discuss:

-How Aleister Crowley got introduced to The Sacred Magick of Abramelin the Mage.
-Aleister Crowley's initiation into the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
-How Crowley found the Boleskine House
-Crowley's strange and scandelous relationship with Allen Bennett.
-His famous experimentation with the Goetia
-The fractured and explosive politics of the Second Order of the HOGD.
-Crowley's relationship with S.L. McGreggor Mathers
-The mysterious curses placed upon him by the rebels of the Golden Dawn.
-An short introduction to the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram
-Some of the secret oaths that Crowley took in his early years as a wizard.

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