The Sorcerer and His Apprentice: Aleister Crowley and the Magical Exploration of Edwardian Subjectivity

Alexandra Owen

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199863075.003.0002

The Sorcerer and His Apprentice: Aleister Crowley and the Magical Exploration of Edwardian Subjectivity

Alexandra Owen^*

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This chapter discusses the theme of the "sacralization of the self," and places Crowley's magical work in the context of a fin de siècle occultism. It tries to determine whether Crowley's magic expresses a modern sense of the self. Next, it interprets the magical exploration of John Dee's "Aethyrs" that Crowley did along with Victor Neuburg in 1909, in order to try to understand the complete implications of subjectivity.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Aleister Crowley and Western Esotericism
Publisher	Oxford University Press
ISBN (Electronic)	9780199979974
ISBN (Print)	9780199863075
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199863075.003.0002
State	Published - Jan 24 2013

Keywords

Fin de siècle occultism
Implications of subjectivity
Magical exploration
Magical work
Modern sense of self
Sacralization of the self

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General Arts and Humanities

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