Moonchild (Annotated)

By Aleister Crowley

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This edition includes the following editor's analysis: Aleister Crowley, a very controversial character Originally created in 1917 and published in 1929, “Moonchild” is the most popular novel written by the British occultist Aleister Crowley. “Moonchild” tells the story of a young girl drawn into a magical war between two men that is forced to choose between them. The reader is taken through an incredible series of magical intrigues involving a Black Lodge. Written from personal experience, this work describes the methods and theories of modern magical practices. In this work, numerous acquaintances of Crowley appear as thinly disguised fictional characters.

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GenreHorror, Young Adult, Fantasy

Length10 hrs 58 mins

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FormateBook with Audio

Publish dateMay 7, 2022

LanguageEnglish

1Aleister Crowley, a very controversial character

2AUTHOR'S NOTE

3Chapter 1 - A CHINESE GOD

4Chapter 2 - A PHILOSOPHICAL DISQUISITION UPON THE NATURE OF THE SOUL

5Chapter 3 - TELEKINESIS: BEING THE ART OF MOVING OBJECTS AT A DISTANCE

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6Chapter 4 - LUNCH, AFTER ALL; AND A LUMINOUS ACCOUNT OF THE FOURTH DIMENSION

7Chapter 5 - OF THE THING IN THE GARDEN; AND OF THE WAY OF THE TAO

8Chapter 6 - OF A DINNER, WITH THE TALK OF DIVERS GUESTS

9Chapter 7 - OF THE OATH OF LISA LA GIUFFRIA; AND OF HER VIGIL IN THE CHAPEL OF ABOMINATIONS

10Chapter 8 - OF THE HOMUNCULUS; CONCLUSION OF THE FORMER ARGUMENT CONCERNING THE NATURE OF THE SOUL

11Chapter 9 - HOW THEY BROUGHT THE BAD NEWS FROM ARAGO TO QUINCAMPOIX: AND WHAT ACTION WAS TAKEN THEREUPON

12Chapter 10 - HOW THEY GATHERED THE SILK FOR THE WEAVING OF THE BUTTERFLY-NET

13Chapter 11 - OF THE MOON OF HONEY, AND ITS EVENTS; WITH SUNDRY REMARKS ON MAGICK; THE WHOLE ADORNED WITH MORAL REFLECTIONS USEFUL TO THE YOUNG

14Chapter 12 - OF BROTHER ONOFRIO, HIS STOUTNESS AND VALIANCE; AND OF THE MISADVENTURES THAT CAME THEREBY TO THE BLACK LODGE

15Chapter 13 - OF THE PROGRESS OF THE GREAT EXPERIMENT; NOT FORGETTING OUR FRIENDS LAST SEEN IN PARIS, ABOUT WHOSE WELFARE MUCH ANXIETY MUST HAVE BEEN FELT

16Chapter 14 - AN INFORMATIVE DISCOURSE UPON THE OCCULT CHARACTER OF THE MOON, HER THREEFOLD NATURE, HER FOURFOLD PHASES, AND HER EIGHT-AND-TWENTY MANSIONS; WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE EVENTS THAT PRECEDED THE CLIMAX OF THE GREAT EXPERIMENT, BUT ESPECIALLY OF THE VISION OF ILIEL

17Chapter 15 - OF DR. VESQUIT AND HIS COMPANIONS, HOW THEY FARED IN THEIR WORK OF NECROMANCY; AND OF A COUNCIL OF WAR OF CYRIL GREY AND BROTHER ONOFRIO; WITH CERTAIN OPINIONS OF THE FORMER UPON THE ART OF MAGICK.

18Chapter 16 - OF THE SPREADING OF THE BUTTERFLY-NET; WITH A DELECTABLE DISCOURSE CONCERNING DIVERS ORDERS OF BEING; AND OF THE STATE OF THE LADY ILIEL, AND HER DESIRES, AND OF THE SECOND VISION THAT SHE HAD IN WAKING.

19Chapter 17 - OF THE REPORT WHICH EDWIN ARTHWAIT MADE TO HIS CHIEF, AND OF THE DELIBERATIONS OF THE BLACK LODGE THEREUPON; AND OF THE CONSPIRACIES THERE- BY CONCERTED; WITH A DISCOURSE UPON SORCERY

20Chapter 18 - THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

21Chapter 19 - THE GRAND BEWITCHMENT

22Chapter 20 - WALPURGIS-NIGHT

23Chapter 21 - OF THE RENEWAL OF THE GREAT ATTACK; AND HOW IT FARED

24Chapter 22 - OF A CERTAIN DAWN UPON OUR OLD FRIEND THE BOULEVARD ARAGO; AND OF THE LOVES OF LISA LA GIUFFRIA AND ABDUL BEY, HOW THEY PROSPERED. OF THE CONCLUSION OF THE FALSE ALARM OF THE GREAT EXPERIMENT, AND OF A CONFERENCE BETWEEN DOUGLASS AND HIS SUBORDINATES.

25Chapter 23 - OF THE ARRIVAL OF A CHINESE GOD UPON THE FIELD OF BATTLE; OF HIS SUCCESS WITH HIS SUPERIORS AND OF A SIGHT WHICH HE SAW UPON THE ROAD TO PARIS. ALSO OF THAT WHICH THEREBY CAME UNTO HIM, AND OF THE END OF ALL THOSE THINGS WHOSE EVENT BEGAT A CERTAIN BEGINNING