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THE EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 30 March 1956 (page 8)
Don't Look Now . . . Spooks Around!
STRANGE PERSONALITY
“The Great Beast,” the life of Aleister Crowley (the manner of spelling his name was, perhaps, the most innocent of this man’s affectations) by John Symonds (Rider, 21s), has rightly run into six editions. Poet, mountaineer, and drug addict, Crowley must remain as a monument to humanity’s gullibility. Throughout his lifetime, in whatever country he had flown to, he managed to gather around him a devoted following of scholars and seekers after the life spiritual who believed him to be the Messiah and joined in his Black Magic. This is a strange, enthralling book about, perhaps, the most unusual personality of our unusual times. |