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'''Diary of a Drug Fiend'''(1922) (ISBN 0-87728-146-7), was [[Aleister Crowley]]'s first published novel. |
'''Diary of a Drug Fiend''' (1922) (ISBN 0-87728-146-7), was [[Aleister Crowley]]'s first published novel. |
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The text's copyright is owned by the mystical organization Crowley once lead, the [[Ordo Templi Orientis]][http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&vid=ISBN0877281467&id=rMzKPqRUTF0C&pg=PP6&printsec=3&lpg=PP6&sig=ltdYiG9xE0xCDcWuBNftlCa-ODA]. The story is widely thought to be based upon Crowley's own drug experiences, despite being written as a [[fiction]]. This seems almost conclusively confirmed by Crowley's Preface statement to the novel "This is a true story. It has been rewritten only so far as was necessary to conceal personalities" Crowley's own excessive drug usage and personal struggle with addiction, particularly [[heroin]], is well documented. Crowley made a study of drugs and their effects upon the body and mind, experimenting widely himself. Many of his conclusions are present within this novel. The story follows Peter Pendragon and Unlimited Lou,a couple passionately in love, as they fall head-first into a drugs binge across [[Europe]]. The novel however, is more than just the telling of a drug-trip. ''Diary of a Drug Fiend'' encapsulates much of Crowley's core philosophy concerning '[[Thelema]]' or 'Will' The main protagonists find themselves desperate after their drug supply diminishes |
The text's copyright is owned by the mystical organization Crowley once lead, the [[Ordo Templi Orientis]][http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&vid=ISBN0877281467&id=rMzKPqRUTF0C&pg=PP6&printsec=3&lpg=PP6&sig=ltdYiG9xE0xCDcWuBNftlCa-ODA]. The story is widely thought to be based upon Crowley's own drug experiences, despite being written as a [[fiction]]. This seems almost conclusively confirmed by Crowley's Preface statement to the novel "This is a true story. It has been rewritten only so far as was necessary to conceal personalities" Crowley's own excessive drug usage and personal struggle with addiction, particularly [[heroin]], is well documented. Crowley made a study of drugs and their effects upon the body and mind, experimenting widely himself. Many of his conclusions are present within this novel. The story follows Peter Pendragon and Unlimited Lou,a couple passionately in love, as they fall head-first into a drugs binge across [[Europe]]. The novel however, is more than just the telling of a drug-trip. ''Diary of a Drug Fiend'' encapsulates much of Crowley's core philosophy concerning '[[Thelema]]' or 'Will' The main protagonists find themselves desperate after their drug supply diminishes. The realities of their desperate addiction and cravings are documented in realistic detail. The pair however, are saved by an adept Magician named King Lamus (perhaps an idealised self-portrait by Crowley). This mysterious and charismatic figure frees Pendragon and Lou from their addictions through the use of Magickal techniques, aimed at mastering the True Will and releasing the individual from indiscipline, destructive impulses and craving. |
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Diary of a Drug Fiend (1922) (ISBN 0-87728-146-7), was Aleister Crowley's first published novel. The text's copyright is owned by the mystical organization Crowley once lead, the Ordo Templi Orientis[1]. The story is widely thought to be based upon Crowley's own drug experiences, despite being written as a fiction. This seems almost conclusively confirmed by Crowley's Preface statement to the novel "This is a true story. It has been rewritten only so far as was necessary to conceal personalities" Crowley's own excessive drug usage and personal struggle with addiction, particularly heroin, is well documented. Crowley made a study of drugs and their effects upon the body and mind, experimenting widely himself. Many of his conclusions are present within this novel. The story follows Peter Pendragon and Unlimited Lou,a couple passionately in love, as they fall head-first into a drugs binge across Europe. The novel however, is more than just the telling of a drug-trip. Diary of a Drug Fiend encapsulates much of Crowley's core philosophy concerning 'Thelema' or 'Will' The main protagonists find themselves desperate after their drug supply diminishes. The realities of their desperate addiction and cravings are documented in realistic detail. The pair however, are saved by an adept Magician named King Lamus (perhaps an idealised self-portrait by Crowley). This mysterious and charismatic figure frees Pendragon and Lou from their addictions through the use of Magickal techniques, aimed at mastering the True Will and releasing the individual from indiscipline, destructive impulses and craving.
Diary of a Drug Fiend is also reportedly the earliest known reference to the goings on at the Abbey of Thelema in Sicily. [2]