A book about the life and work of the Satanist magician Aleister Crowley (1875–1947), his magical practices, and the people associated with him. Description of occult rituals, often of a sexual nature. Aleister Crowley was an icon of the “Love Generation” of the 1960s. But Crowley was neither a typical sexual maniac nor an ordinary black magician. He was the focus of what he himself called Magick - a system of occult beliefs and practices presented in such classic texts as The Book of the Law and Magic in Theory and Practice. Crowley's vision combined clarity, intellectual power and a strange, sometimes frightening beauty. “Constantly rebellious behavior drove his mother to such an extent that she angrily called Aleister “The Beast 666” (from “The Revelation of John the Evangelist”) - this epithet Crowley later loved to call himself.” The main laws of Aleister Crowley: - Do what you will, be the law. - Love is the law, love in accordance with the Will. - Every man and every woman is a star. - You have no other right than act according to one's own will. In this compelling and truly interesting account of Crowley's magical successes, Francis King explores each of the three main sources of Magick, shedding light on Crowley's personality and attempting to explain the reason for the inexhaustible admiration for his work that was presented at consideration both for individuals in the circle of magicians and for everyone else - directors from Kenneth Anger to Donald Camell and musicians such as Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin.