Isbn: 9781932595338 - secret agent 666: aleister crowley, british intelligence, and the occult (5 Ergebnisse)

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Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 380 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. pp. 380 Illus.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - -Aleister Crowley (1875-1947) may be best known today as a founding father of modern occultism. His face, with its wide, hypnotic eyes, peers out at us from the cover of The Beatles' Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and his subtle influence can be found in a diverse array of popular culture. While Crowley has been the subject of numerous biographies, some painting him as a misunderstood genius, others as a manipulative charlatan, one aspect of his career that has never received serious attention is his claim to have served as an agent of British intelligence. -Using documents gleaned from British, American, French and Italian archives, Secret Agent 666 sensationally reveals that Crowley played his part in a plot to overthrow the government of Spain, the sinking of the Lusitania, the thwarting of Irish and Indian nationalist conspiracies, the infiltration of Communist and pro-Nazi intrigues, and the 1941 flight of Rudolf Hess. At heart the book argues that the Great Beast Crowley, in his o.…

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnSensationally unveils the long, secretive collaboration between arch-occultist Aleister Crowley and British Intelligence.