The History of British Magic after Crowley | Dave Evans and others

Dr. Dave Evans, a professional academic researcher and practicing magician, delves deeply into modern British history, presenting a serious but accessible and fascinating work based on his recent unique doctoral dissertation on the development of British magic after the death of Aleister Crowley.

This project was not only the result of extensive book research, but also included attendance at rituals and meetings with some very remarkable personalities – men and women who are given the right to vote on these pages, some of them for the first time.

The author examines such topics as Aleister Crowley and Thelema, the works of Austin Osman Spare, Gerald Gardner, Kenneth Grant and Typhonian OTHO, the question of how many magicians there really are in Britain, Chaos Magic, the influence of G.F.. Lovecraft, Satanism, the Left-Hand Path, the creation of the journal of Academic research on magic, the personality of Amado Crowley, the self-styled son of Alistair, as well as the works of Ronald Hutton, Dion Fortune and many other authors.

This is not just a book on the history of magic, it is a study that allows us to see that magic has always been a part of our culture.