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Friendship in Doubt Aleister Crowley, J. F. C. Fuller, Victor B. Neuburg, and British Agnosticism

Kaczynski Richard
Innbundet / 2024 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780197694008
Publisert
2024
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press Inc
Vekt
816 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
145 mm
Dybde
38 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
496

Forfatter
Kaczynski Richard

Biographical note

Richard Kaczynski is an independent scholar of Western Esotericism, best known for the biography Perdurabo: The Life of Aleister Crowley (2010). He publishes and presents widely, including with the Association for the Study of Esotericism and Trans-States (for which he was a keynote speaker in 2016). As a statistician, he has held academic positions with the Wayne State University School of Medicine, University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry, and Yale University School of Medicine.

Friendship in Doubt Aleister Crowley, J. F. C. Fuller, Victor B. Neuburg, and British Agnosticism

Kaczynski Richard
Innbundet / 2024 / Engelsk
Kaczynski Richard
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Friendship in Doubt study makes a strong argument for the often-overlooked influence that agnosticism exerted on some currents of Western esotericism. Kaczynski has already established himself as an accomplished biographer with his Perdurabo: The Life of Aleister Crowley and is now proving himself equally adept in the field of intellectual biography.

Gordan Djurdjevic, Author of India and the Occult: The Influence of South Asian Spirituality on Modern Western Occultism

With meticulous attention to historical detail as well as an expertly edited collection of primary sources made available to readers for the first time, Kaczynski - an internationally recognized authority on the topic-not only provides novel insights on Crowley, Fuller, and Neuburg and their respective relationships, but also sheds novel light on the relationship between the agnostic/secularist movement and twentieth-century esotericism.

Manon Hedenborg White, Author of The Eloquent Blood: The Goddess Babalon and the Construction of Femininities in Western Esotericism

Friendship in Doubt weaves the key figures of the rationalist movement into its narrative, making skilful use of previously unexplored source material to bring these characters to life. The book is a masterful combination of scholarly insight and biographical storytelling.

Deja Whitehouse, Author of The Lady and the Beast: The Extraordinary Partnership between Frieda Harris and Aleister Crowley

Infidel. Atheist. Rationalist. Agnostic. Occultist Aleister Crowley, soldier J. F. C. Fuller, and poet Victor Neuburg embraced these labels as active contributors and participants in the British secularist movement at the dawn of the twentieth century. Rebelling against Victorian religious and social strictures, they dreamed of a world guided by scientific evidence instead of superstition. Friendship in Doubt examines how the Agnostic movement-from Saladin's Agnostic Journal and G. W. Foote's Freethinker, to the Rationalist Press Association and its Literary Guide--inspired and introduced Crowley, Fuller, and Neuburg to each other as foundational figures in the new religious movement of Thelema. Agnosticism would inform not only Thelema, but also Crowley's publishing company S.P.R.T.; A⸫A⸫, a successor to the fragmented Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn; the Equinox journal; and the concept of "magick" as Scientific Illuminism. This volume also collects for the first time the contributions of all three to the Agnostic literature. This scarce and largely unknown material provides insight into the thinking of Crowley, Fuller and Neuburg at the start of their careers, and an understanding of their subsequent trajectories after they parted ways. As such, it provides unique insights into the role of Agnosticism in the formative years of an emerging occult movement which would go on to exert an immense influence on Western esotericism in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
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CHAPTER ONE: THE AGNOSTICS CHAPTER TWO: CROWLEY AND RATIONALISM CHAPTER THREE: THE PRIZE CHAPTER FOUR: AGNOSTICS ON CAMPUS CHAPTER FIVE: BORROWED INFLUENCES CHAPTER SIX: CROWLEY VS. THE RATIONALIST PRESS ASSOCIATION CHAPTER SEVEN: FULLER & NEUBURG AFTER THE AGNOSTIC JOURNAL CHAPTER EIGHT: LIFE AFTER CROWLEY Conclusion Acknowledgements ANTHOLOGY OF PRIMARY TEXTS BY ALEISTER CROWLEY, J. F. C. FULLER, AND VICTOR NEUBURG
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"Friendship in Doubt study makes a strong argument for the often-overlooked influence that agnosticism exerted on some currents of Western esotericism. Kaczynski has already established himself as an accomplished biographer with his Perdurabo: The Life of Aleister Crowley and is now proving himself equally adept in the field of intellectual biography." -- Gordan Djurdjevic, Author of India and the Occult: The Influence of South Asian Spirituality on Modern Western Occultism "With meticulous attention to historical detail as well as an expertly edited collection of primary sources made available to readers for the first time, Kaczynski - an internationally recognized authority on the topic-not only provides novel insights on Crowley, Fuller, and Neuburg and their respective relationships, but also sheds novel light on the relationship between the agnostic/secularist movement and twentieth-century esotericism." -- Manon Hedenborg White, Author of The Eloquent Blood: The Goddess Babalon and the Construction of Femininities in Western Esotericism "Friendship in Doubt weaves the key figures of the rationalist movement into its narrative, making skilful use of previously unexplored source material to bring these characters to life. The book is a masterful combination of scholarly insight and biographical storytelling." -- Deja Whitehouse, Author of The Lady and the Beast: The Extraordinary Partnership between Frieda Harris and Aleister Crowley
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Richard Kaczynski is an independent scholar of Western Esotericism, best known for the biography Perdurabo: The Life of Aleister Crowley (2010). He publishes and presents widely, including with the Association for the Study of Esotericism and Trans-States (for which he was a keynote speaker in 2016). As a statistician, he has held academic positions with the Wayne State University School of Medicine, University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry, and Yale University School of Medicine.
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Selling point: Provides a fresh perspective on Thelema, which exerted a huge influence on modern Western esotericism, by focusing on Agnosticism's influence Selling point: Presents previously unavailable poetry and essays that Crowley, Fuller and Neuburg contributed to the Agnostic literature Selling point: Shows how Crowley, Fuller, and Neuburg's early connection played a formative role in their lives and work, even though they parted ways within a decade
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Friendship in Doubt study makes a strong argument for the often-overlooked influence that agnosticism exerted on some currents of Western esotericism. Kaczynski has already established himself as an accomplished biographer with his Perdurabo: The Life of Aleister Crowley and is now proving himself equally adept in the field of intellectual biography.

Gordan Djurdjevic, Author of India and the Occult: The Influence of South Asian Spirituality on Modern Western Occultism

With meticulous attention to historical detail as well as an expertly edited collection of primary sources made available to readers for the first time, Kaczynski - an internationally recognized authority on the topic-not only provides novel insights on Crowley, Fuller, and Neuburg and their respective relationships, but also sheds novel light on the relationship between the agnostic/secularist movement and twentieth-century esotericism.

Manon Hedenborg White, Author of The Eloquent Blood: The Goddess Babalon and the Construction of Femininities in Western Esotericism

Friendship in Doubt weaves the key figures of the rationalist movement into its narrative, making skilful use of previously unexplored source material to bring these characters to life. The book is a masterful combination of scholarly insight and biographical storytelling.

Deja Whitehouse, Author of The Lady and the Beast: The Extraordinary Partnership between Frieda Harris and Aleister Crowley

Infidel. Atheist. Rationalist. Agnostic. Occultist Aleister Crowley, soldier J. F. C. Fuller, and poet Victor Neuburg embraced these labels as active contributors and participants in the British secularist movement at the dawn of the twentieth century. Rebelling against Victorian religious and social strictures, they dreamed of a world guided by scientific evidence instead of superstition. Friendship in Doubt examines how the Agnostic movement-from Saladin's Agnostic Journal and G. W. Foote's Freethinker, to the Rationalist Press Association and its Literary Guide--inspired and introduced Crowley, Fuller, and Neuburg to each other as foundational figures in the new religious movement of Thelema. Agnosticism would inform not only Thelema, but also Crowley's publishing company S.P.R.T.; A⸫A⸫, a successor to the fragmented Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn; the Equinox journal; and the concept of "magick" as Scientific Illuminism. This volume also collects for the first time the contributions of all three to the Agnostic literature. This scarce and largely unknown material provides insight into the thinking of Crowley, Fuller and Neuburg at the start of their careers, and an understanding of their subsequent trajectories after they parted ways. As such, it provides unique insights into the role of Agnosticism in the formative years of an emerging occult movement which would go on to exert an immense influence on Western esotericism in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
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CHAPTER ONE: THE AGNOSTICS CHAPTER TWO: CROWLEY AND RATIONALISM CHAPTER THREE: THE PRIZE CHAPTER FOUR: AGNOSTICS ON CAMPUS CHAPTER FIVE: BORROWED INFLUENCES CHAPTER SIX: CROWLEY VS. THE RATIONALIST PRESS ASSOCIATION CHAPTER SEVEN: FULLER & NEUBURG AFTER THE AGNOSTIC JOURNAL CHAPTER EIGHT: LIFE AFTER CROWLEY Conclusion Acknowledgements ANTHOLOGY OF PRIMARY TEXTS BY ALEISTER CROWLEY, J. F. C. FULLER, AND VICTOR NEUBURG
Les mer
"Friendship in Doubt study makes a strong argument for the often-overlooked influence that agnosticism exerted on some currents of Western esotericism. Kaczynski has already established himself as an accomplished biographer with his Perdurabo: The Life of Aleister Crowley and is now proving himself equally adept in the field of intellectual biography." -- Gordan Djurdjevic, Author of India and the Occult: The Influence of South Asian Spirituality on Modern Western Occultism "With meticulous attention to historical detail as well as an expertly edited collection of primary sources made available to readers for the first time, Kaczynski - an internationally recognized authority on the topic-not only provides novel insights on Crowley, Fuller, and Neuburg and their respective relationships, but also sheds novel light on the relationship between the agnostic/secularist movement and twentieth-century esotericism." -- Manon Hedenborg White, Author of The Eloquent Blood: The Goddess Babalon and the Construction of Femininities in Western Esotericism "Friendship in Doubt weaves the key figures of the rationalist movement into its narrative, making skilful use of previously unexplored source material to bring these characters to life. The book is a masterful combination of scholarly insight and biographical storytelling." -- Deja Whitehouse, Author of The Lady and the Beast: The Extraordinary Partnership between Frieda Harris and Aleister Crowley
Les mer
Richard Kaczynski is an independent scholar of Western Esotericism, best known for the biography Perdurabo: The Life of Aleister Crowley (2010). He publishes and presents widely, including with the Association for the Study of Esotericism and Trans-States (for which he was a keynote speaker in 2016). As a statistician, he has held academic positions with the Wayne State University School of Medicine, University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry, and Yale University School of Medicine.
Les mer
Selling point: Provides a fresh perspective on Thelema, which exerted a huge influence on modern Western esotericism, by focusing on Agnosticism's influence Selling point: Presents previously unavailable poetry and essays that Crowley, Fuller and Neuburg contributed to the Agnostic literature Selling point: Shows how Crowley, Fuller, and Neuburg's early connection played a formative role in their lives and work, even though they parted ways within a decade
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780197694008
Publisert
2024
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press Inc
Vekt
816 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
145 mm
Dybde
38 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
496

Forfatter
Kaczynski Richard

Biographical note

Richard Kaczynski is an independent scholar of Western Esotericism, best known for the biography Perdurabo: The Life of Aleister Crowley (2010). He publishes and presents widely, including with the Association for the Study of Esotericism and Trans-States (for which he was a keynote speaker in 2016). As a statistician, he has held academic positions with the Wayne State University School of Medicine, University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry, and Yale University School of Medicine.

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