The World's Tragedy [Paperback]

Aleister Crowley (Author), Israel Regardie (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 1994

"Christianity is not only the cause but the symptom of slavery". Crowley's tongue is at its sharpest in this indictment of Christianity. The World's Tragedy is more relevant than ever with the current rise of the Fundamentalist Movement. With incisive commentary by Crowley experts Pegardie, Hyatt, and DuQuette.

Product Details

• Paperback: 114 pages
• Publisher: New Falcon Publications; Reissue edition (May 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1561840149
• ISBN-13: 978-1561840144
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,229,512 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Trash Theater, May 12, 2005

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Joseph Adams "brother" (Superior, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The World's Tragedy (Paperback)

This is a play written by Aleister Crowley that was never put into production. I was a theater student back in high school and I would say compared to more mainstream stuff like Shakspear this holds up surprisingly well as the writer, prophet Crowley, was an intelligent and charismatic man and a master of the English language. It is one of the worst stabs at Christianity ever penned. Crowley is somewhere between a mainstream literary genius and a legitimate psychopath. But after a lot of reading and research it makes me wonder if Crowley is really nothing more than hip and clever. If you're seriously interested in the occult the best source is Aleister Crowley- he didn't care as much whether or not he was so cool and what people thought of him and ironicly he ended up becoming an icon.