Variations of sodomy, pederasty, bestiality, and necrophilia are interwoven with gleeful blasphemy in this seminal collection of poetry by Aleister Crowley. Inspired by Krafft-Ebing's study of sexual perversity, Psychopathia Sexualis, it purports to be "the literary remains of George Archibald Bishop, a neuropath of the Second Empire." Crowley's infamous first book, White Stains was clandestinely printed in 1898 by Leonard Smithers. Of the one hundred numbered copies that were originally printed, only a handful were spared destruction by Her Majesty's Customs; an outcome which speaks against Crowley's decision to invoke the blessing of the Virgin Mary in his prefatory sonnet. Crowley would go on to establish himself as a leading figure in the Western occult tradition. A drug addict, bisexual, and proponent of sex magick, Crowley's flamboyantly impious lifestyle would lead the tabloid press to crown him "The Wickedest Man in the World."
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A very nice edition of an infamous work.,
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This is a review of the 2008 edition designed by Walter Luke III and issued through Moonglow books. This is a quality paperback edition of Crowley's notorious work. The typeface is large and easy to read, printed on high quality paper and bound in glossy black card stock. It is well worth the modest price. The poetry itself is disturbing and meloncholy and hardly the pornographic romp some readers may be expecting. It is haunting and beautiful, and strange, filled with religious imagery and sometimes blatant sexuality. Is it good poetry? I suppose some of it is. Is it worth reading? Definitely.
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Like a lot of Crowley's poetry; some of it is pure genius and some of it is a bit dodgy...
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