Moonchild
Written by Aleister Crowley
Narrated by Geoffrey Giuliano and The Icon Players
2.5/5
()
About this audiobook
In this work, numerous acquaintances of Crowley appear as thinly disguised fictional characters. Crowley portrays MacGregor Mathers as the primary villain, including him as a character named SRMD, using the abbreviation of Mathers' magical name. Arthur Edward Waite appears as a villain named Arthwaite, and the unseen head of the Inner Circle of which SRMD was a member. "A.B." is theosophist Annie Besant. Among Crowley's friends and allies Allen Bennett appears as Mahatera Phang, Leila Waddell as Sister Cybele, the dancer Isadora Duncan appears as Lavinia King, and her companion Mary D'Este (mother of Preston Sturges, and who helped Crowley write his magnum opus Magick: Book 4 under her magical name 'Soror Virakam') appears as Lisa la Giuffria. Cyril Grey is Crowley himself, while Simon Iff is either an idealized version of an older and wiser Crowley or his friend Allen Bennett.
Edited by Macc Kay
Production executive Avalon Giuliano
ICON Intern Eden Giuliano
Music By AudioNautix With Their Kind Permission
©2020 Eden Garret Giuliano (P) Eden Garret Giuliano
Geoffrey Giuliano is the author of over thirty internationally bestselling biographies, including the London Sunday Times bestseller Blackbird: The Life and Times of Paul McCartney and Dark Horse: The Private Life of George Harrison. He can be heard on the Westwood One Radio Network and has written and produced over seven hundred original spoken-word albums and video documentaries on various aspects of popular culture. He is also a well known movie actor.
Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowley (1875-1947) was an English poet, painter, occultist, magician, and mountaineer. Born into wealth, he rejected his family’s Christian beliefs and developed a passion for Western esotericism. At Trinity College, Cambridge, Crowley gained a reputation as a poet whose work appeared in such publications as The Granta and Cambridge Magazine. An avid mountaineer, he made the first unguided ascent of the Mönch in the Swiss Alps. Around this time, he first began identifying as bisexual and carried on relationships with prostitutes, which led to his contracting syphilis. In 1897, he briefly dated fellow student Herbert Charles Pollitt, whose unease with Crowley’s esotericism would lead to their breakup. The following year, Crowley joined the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, a secret occult society to which many of the era’s leading artists belonged, including Bram Stoker, W. B. Yeats, Arthur Machen, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Between 1900 and 1903, he traveled to Mexico, India, Japan, and Paris. In these formative years, Crowley studied Hinduism, wrote the poems that would form The Sword of Song (1904), attempted to climb K2, and became acquainted with such artists as Auguste Rodin and W. Somerset Maugham. A 1904 trip to Egypt inspired him to develop Thelema, a philosophical and religious group he would lead for the remainder of his life. He would claim that The Book of the Law (1909), his most important literary work and the central sacred text of Thelema, was delivered to him personally in Cairo by the entity Aiwass. During the First World War, Crowley allegedly worked as a double agent for the British intelligence services while pretending to support the pro-German movement in the United States. The last decades of his life were spent largely in exile due to persecution in the press and by the states of Britain and Italy for his bohemian lifestyle and open bisexuality.
Related to Moonchild
Related audiobooks
The Lost Gospels of Aleister Crowley: Mark of the Beast 666 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lost Manuscript Liber Astarte Master Of The Devilish Occult Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Book of Law; Aleister Crowley, The Lost Original Manuscript Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dark Arts of Tantric Yoga and Other Timeless Secrets Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Aleister Crowley 666, Tales That Should Never Be Told Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beckoning the Black Beyond, Aleister Crowley 666, Demons Set Loose Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings666 Aleister Crowley Best Of The Beast Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Master Of The Black Arts Aleister Crowley The Lost Teachings Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Beast of Boleskin House: Aleister Crowley 666, The Real Lochness Monster Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Aleister Crowley The Complete Lost Teachings - A Treasury Of Treachery Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Black Beating Heart Of Boleskine Aleister Crowley Midnight Mass Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Vixen & Other Frights - Satan's Wicked Son & Heir Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Aleister Crowley The Lost Gospels Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Drinking the Devil's Blood: Aleister Crowley, The Untold Tale Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHell on Earth; Aleister Crowley 666, Echoes of the Beast Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Book of Lies Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Rare Recording of Aleister Crowley Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Drug Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Liber AL vel Legis - The Book of the Law Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Aleister Crowley Devilish Universe Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Violinist Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Eight lectures on YOGA Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The book of Thoth: A Short Essay on the Tarot of the Egyptians Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Unholy The Complete Canons Aleister Crowley Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Vixen Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Transcendental Magic: Its Doctrine and Ritual Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Aleister Crowley: The Life and Legacy of the Notorious Cult Leader and Novelist Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Aleister Crowley; The Book of Law Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsParadoxes of the Highest Science Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Occult & Paranormal For You
Between Death & Life: Conversations with a Spirit Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5101 True Scary Stories to Read in Bed Tonight Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Secret Teachings of All Ages Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Kybalion: Hermetic Philosophy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Extraterrestrial Species Almanac: The Ultimate Guide to Greys, Reptilians, Hybrids, and Nordics Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Journey of Souls: Case Studies of Life Between Lives Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Book of Enoch the Prophet Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The 12th Planet Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Fool's Journey through the Tarot Major Arcana Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Keepers of the Garden Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Into And Out Of The Body Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Custodians: Beyond Abduction Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Kybalion: A Study of Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5End of Days: Predictions and Prophecies about the End of the World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal about Life and Beyond Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, Technology Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Imagine the God of Heaven: Near-Death Experiences, God’s Revelation, and the Love You’ve Always Wanted Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Between Two Worlds Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Life Between Lives: Hypnotherapy for Spiritual Regression Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tarot: No Questions Asked: Mastering the Art of Intuitive Reading Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Initiates of the Flame: Deluxe Edition Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Secret History of America: Classic Writings on Our Nation's Unknown Past and Inner Purpose Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Chariots of the Gods Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Destiny of Souls: New Case Studies of Life Between Lives Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Afterlife of Billy Fingers: How My Bad-Boy Brother Proved to Me There's Life After Death Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Reviews for Moonchild
6 ratings2 reviews
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5This is not an audio version of the novel moonchild. It is a short excerpt. And Aleister Crowley quotes at the end. . it also has many Mispronunciations. it wouldn't be so bad if it said it was, what it is.
2 people found this helpful
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I will have to read the actual prose as this was so horribly difficult to listen to due to the low-quality recording coupled with an accent so thick and cakey that it was impossible to understand. No audiobook or anything claiming to be should ever be released with hiss, and static and lo-fi vocals.
1 person found this helpful