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Charlie Farrow



On 1 November 2011 00:44, Caroline Tully <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>  I can try…. When I find out who he actually is.****
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> ~Caroline.****
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> *From:* Society for The Academic Study of Magic [mailto:
> [log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Dr Dave Evans
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 1 November 2011 11:35 AM
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Subject:* Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] The Daughter of the Beast: Grief
> and Death in the Thought of Aleister Crowley****
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> wow, can you get him on this list? sounds like a great take on AC
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> DaveE****
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> On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 12:30 AM, Caroline Tully <[log in to unmask]>
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> I noticed this abstract (below) amongst the University of Melbourne School
> of Historical and Philosophical Studies ‘Work In Progress Day’
> presentations. I don’t know this guy, but thought it was interesting that
> he was doing something on Aleister Crowley as that is _very unusual _ at
> Melbourne Uni. I will try to get to it – he’s on straight after me, in
> another room.****
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> *High on the British Empire*****
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> November 3 2011****
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> 9.15 – 10.45 am Old Arts Lecture Theatre B****
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> *The Daughter of the Beast: Grief and Death in the Thought of Aleister
> Crowley*****
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> *Ben McDonald* ****
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> Aleister Crowley is mostly remembered as a mad egoist, a sexual fiend, and
> a fascist thug.  To an extent, the self-styled “Beast” deserves this
> reputation, which he earned for himself through a life of drugs,
> debauchery, and debt. It was not, however, the legacy that this earnest
> occultist hoped for, nor is it a legacy that says much about the content of
> his thoughts and writings. ****
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> For the first time, I consider Crowley within the wider context of
> attitudes towards death and grief in interwar Britain, a period commonly
> characterised as one of unhappy emotional restraint. I examine his often
> lurid thoughts on life and death, his attempts to conquer his rampant love
> of self, and his reaction to the death of his infant daughter - a moment of
> profound grief and a rare moment of human tenderness for the “wickedest man
> in Britain.”****
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