{"product_id":"aleister-crowley-in-india-the-secret-influence-of-eastern-mysticism-on-magic-and-the-occult-hardcover","title":"Aleister Crowley in India — Eastern Roots of Modern Magick","description":"\u003cp\u003eBetween 1901 and 1906 Aleister Crowley made three voyages to the Indian subcontinent, and came back with the raw material of Thelema. Tobias Churton — Britain's leading scholar of Western esotericism — reconstructs those journeys from Crowley's unpublished diaries, through Madurai, Anuradhapura and Benares, and into his first experience of Samadhi.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is also, unexpectedly, a mountaineering book: the record-breaking attempt on Chogo Ri (K2) in 1902 and the Kangchenjunga disaster of 1905 are here, alongside the gurus, the astrologers, and the first Buddhist sangha sent to the West.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"color:#2c3a37;\"\u003eAt a glance\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHardcover\u003c\/strong\u003e, 512 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tobias Churton, Honorary Fellow of Exeter University\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 03, 2019\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 9.1 x 6.1 in\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDraws on\u003c\/strong\u003e excerpts from Crowley's unpublished diaries\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCovers\u003c\/strong\u003e jnana yoga, Vedantist, Tantric and Buddhist philosophy, and how each entered Crowley's Magick\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAlso covers\u003c\/strong\u003e Theosophy, Blavatsky and Olcott, the O.T.O. line through Hartmann and Reuss, and the 1901 and 1905 Himalayan expeditions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"color:#2c3a37;\"\u003eHow to read it\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRead it as biography first.\u003c\/strong\u003e The chronology carries the argument; the doctrine follows the travel.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWatch for the correspondences.\u003c\/strong\u003e Churton's extended look at Crowley's theory of correspondences and the symbology of 777 is the analytic heart of the book.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eKeep a map open.\u003c\/strong\u003e Madurai, Anuradhapura, Benares, K2, Kangchenjunga — the geography matters.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFollow it with Aleister Crowley in America\u003c\/strong\u003e if you want the rest of Churton's sequence.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,#000D0B,#40514E); color:#f3f3f3; padding:20px 24px; border-radius:8px; margin:28px 0;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"color:#c9a96e; margin-top:0;\"\u003e✨ Temple Tip — the yoga came first\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom:0;\"\u003eRead this before any general history of Thelema. Once you have seen how much of the system arrived through jnana yoga, Vedanta and Buddhism, the later material stops looking like invention and starts looking like synthesis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"color:#2c3a37;\"\u003eQuestions we get asked\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdetails\u003e\u003csummary style=\"cursor:pointer; padding:10px 0; font-weight:600; color:#2c3a37;\"\u003eWhat years does it cover?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding:0 0 12px 0;\"\u003eCrowley's travels in India, Burma and Sri Lanka from 1901 to 1906, including his three voyages to the subcontinent.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails\u003e\u003csummary style=\"cursor:pointer; padding:10px 0; font-weight:600; color:#2c3a37;\"\u003eDoes it use new sources?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding:0 0 12px 0;\"\u003eYes — Churton shares excerpts from Crowley's unpublished diaries.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails\u003e\u003csummary style=\"cursor:pointer; padding:10px 0; font-weight:600; color:#2c3a37;\"\u003eIs the mountaineering covered?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding:0 0 12px 0;\"\u003eIt is: the record-breaking attempt on Chogo Ri (K2) in 1902 and the Kangchenjunga disaster of 1905.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails\u003e\u003csummary style=\"cursor:pointer; padding:10px 0; font-weight:600; color:#2c3a37;\"\u003eWho is Tobias Churton?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding:0 0 12px 0;\"\u003eBritain's leading scholar of Western esotericism and a world authority on Gnosticism, Hermeticism, Freemasonry and Rosicrucianism. He was appointed Honorary Fellow of Exeter University in 2005 and holds a master's degree in theology from Brasenose College, Oxford.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails\u003e\u003csummary style=\"cursor:pointer; padding:10px 0; font-weight:600; color:#2c3a37;\"\u003eHow long is it?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding:0 0 12px 0;\"\u003e512 pages in hardcover.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003cscript type=\"application\/ld+json\"\u003e{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\", \"@type\": \"FAQPage\", \"mainEntity\": [{\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"What years does it cover?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Crowley's travels in India, Burma and Sri Lanka from 1901 to 1906, including his three voyages to the subcontinent.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Does it use new sources?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Yes \u0026mdash; Churton shares excerpts from Crowley's unpublished diaries.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Is the mountaineering covered?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"It is: the record-breaking attempt on Chogo Ri (K2) in 1902 and the Kangchenjunga disaster of 1905.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Who is Tobias Churton?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Britain's leading scholar of Western esotericism and a world authority on Gnosticism, Hermeticism, Freemasonry and Rosicrucianism. 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