Magick, Rock and Roll, and the Wickedest Man in the World
Gary Lachman ● Penguin Random House / TarcherPerigee

Magick, Rock and Roll, and the Wickedest Man in the World

Pages

400

Format

Paperback

Release date

May 2014

Publisher

Penguin Random House / TarcherPerigee

Weight

12 oz

Size

5.49 x 1.04 x 8.23 in
This definitive work on the occult’s “great beast” traces the arc of his controversial life and influence on rock-and-roll giants, from the Rolling Stones to Led Zeppelin to Black Sabbath.
 
When Aleister Crowley died in 1947, he was not an obvious contender for the most enduring pop-culture figure of the next century. But twenty years later, Crowley’s name and image were everywhere. The Beatles put him on the cover of  Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. The Rolling Stones were briefly serious devotees. Today, his visage hangs in goth clubs, occult temples, and college dorm rooms, and his methods of ceremonial magick animate the passions of myriad occultists and spiritual seekers.

Aleister Crowley is more than just a biography of this compelling, controversial, and divisive figure—it’s also a portrait of his unparalleled influence on modern pop culture.
Magick, Rock and Roll, and the Wickedest Man in the World
Magick, Rock and Roll, and the Wickedest Man in the World