Hi Jason,
I'm entering this a bit late, but perhaps the literature on psychologization of magic (which often touches on Crowley) is helpful as well. I'd mention Asprem, "Magic Naturalized? Negotiating Science and Occult Experience in Aleister Crowley's Scientific Illuminism" (Aries 8.2, 2008); Pasi, "Varieties of Magical Experience: Aleister Crowley's Views on Occult Practice" (MRW 6.2, 2011); and now also Plaisance, "Israel Regardie and the Psychologization of Esotericism" (Beyond Borderlands, 2014).
All the best,
Egil
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