The Curse of Aleister Crowley: Descent into Lies and Madness (Paperback)

~ Joshua Seraphim (Author)
Key Phrases: new aeon, religious experiencing, ordained knowledge, Aleister Crowley, Book of the Law, True Will (more...)

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Product Description

Crowley's Curse by Joshua J. Seraphim is a look at the breeches between psychology and the occult, a voyeuristic peer into the minds of individuals suffering from his curse. Joshua Seraphim shows the reader and dilettante of the occult Arts what they do not want to read. Readers are about to peer into minds and spirits stricken with a metaphysical pain: an absence of agapæ. The Latins called it poena damni, the pain of damnation.

About the Author

Joshua Seraphim holds a B.A. in Religious Studies and is a member of the American Academy of Religion, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, and the National Scholars Honor Society. Mr. Seraphim has traveled to Egypt extensively to study ancient Egyptian religion & culture. The author resides in Arizona.

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Leilah Publications, LLC; 1st edition (December 12, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1419654047
• ISBN-13: 978-1419654046
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.7 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,705,057 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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39 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Oh, please, June 3, 2007

By	C. Feldman (Austin TX) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is a joke. Even a brief look at the author's supposed CV (He's actually got the gall to put that he was a National Merit Scholar -- why not put his High School diploma on here as well?), and even more telling, the excerpt printed above:

"Cults, such as Crowley's 'Thelema' are communal totalistic in their organisation."

"Communal totalistic" -- what language is that? Surely not any English you learned in school.

"Cultic attitudes subsist amongst Initiates in 'Thelema' whom fail to see the unity between the 'Method of Science,' and the 'Aim of Religion.'"

"Whom fail to see" -- Oh, I get it, he's channeling Waite. No, I take that back: Waite at least wrote grammatically, for all his turgid prose.

"Love is more than a Light, while swimming in the Crystalline sea of agapę, the language of both sanity and insanity ignites the stars. Forever and forever and forever."

Good gods... did he steal this from the soundtrack for some anime?

Trust me, you don't want to waste your time on this drivel.

24 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The Worst, May 24, 2007

By	Soror IED - See all my reviews

I bought this book based on the other three reviews listed and boy was I diappointed. This is one of the worst books I have ever read. The author is far too much into himself and his opinion. Instead of seeking the truth of a situation he lists his speculations as fact. Overall the book was not very well researched, nor were it's points very well presented.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Absolute Drivel, April 16, 2008

By	bret stalcup (Bozeman, MT United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

It would be nice if Amazon would create a "0" star--giving such drivel as this a "1" seems excessive.