- Amado Crowley
Amado Crowley is an
occult writer,magician , and the head of a long-running magical order who says that he is the biological son ofAleister Crowley . Over the last 30 years, he has published several books and some audiotapes. [Evans (2007), pp. 230-231]Amado announced himself to the occult world in 1971 in a letter to "Man, Myth, and Magic". [Evans (2007), p. 240] Like Aleister Crowley, Amado uses and teaches a syncretic mix of western magical techniques along with Eastern methods including
meditation ,yoga andTai Chi . However, he teaches that the cornerstone of Aleister's religion ofThelema , "The Book of the Law ", is a fraud. Amado also says that Aleister gave to him an as yet unpublished text, called "The Book of Desolation", which is the only true Crowleyan holy text. [Evans (2007), p. 232]According to Dave Evans, "Amado is important ... for being the only occultist to claim that Aleister's work is "totally and deliberately fraudulent"." [Evans (2007), p. 235] In "Quest" (p. 232), Amado wrote that "Aleister Crowley wrote "The Book of the Law" ... as a red herring."
Gerald Suster doubts Amado's claim of parentage, writing "Amado claims in his book that Aleister taught him between the ages of 7 and 14: i.e.1937-1944. If so, why isn't there a single mention of this vital matter in Crowley's Diaries? There he records matters as trivial as the breaking of a tooth or the quality of his dinner: but he does not see fit to record meetings with an initiation of a son destined to be his successor." [Gerald Suster, book review. [http://www.montaukproject.com/_disc1/000021d3.htm Online version] retrieved January 26, 2008.] Verify credibility|date=January 2008Major publications
*"Liber Lucis: a new exposition of the Law of Thelema prepared according to the instructions of Master Therion 666, and by his son here proclaimed Master Amado 777", privately published, 1972.
*"Liber Alba", 1975; online, 1999.
*"The Neophyte Robe", c. 1975; online, 1999.
*"Rad Tungol (The Star Road) A handbook of Ritual Magick", privately published, 1975.
*"The Secrets of Aleister Crowley", Leatherhead, Diamond, 1991.
*"The Riddles of Aleister Crowley", Leatherhead, Diamond, 1992.
*"The Wrath of Aleister Crowley", Guildford, Diamond, 1994.
*"Lewd Ghosts", Guildford, Diamond, 1994.
*"Quest Magic", Guildford, Diamond, 1997.
*"A Beginners guide to Occultism", online, 1999.
*"Excalibur" (electronic book), 2001.Citations
Sources
*Evans, Dave, Ph.D. (2007). "The History of British Magick After Crowley". Hidden Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9555237-0-0
External links
* [http://www.amado-crowley.net/ Amado Crowley's website]
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