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August 1, 2008 -- The Victorian literature handbook. Ed. by Alexander Warwick and Martin Willis. Continuum Publishing Group 2008 258 pages $120.00...

Victoria Gothic English 1102 7 October 2008 Beasley Word Count: 1442 Edgar Allen Poe’s Setting in The Masque of The Red Death The setting in “The Masque of The Red Death” not only defines how the characters in the story see their world, ...

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Aleister Crowley (1875-1947) - PSEUDONYMS: Khaled Khan, Frater Perdurabo, H.D. Carr, "A Gentleman of the University of Cambridge" Crowley's parents belonged to a strict Puritan sect known as the 'Plymouth' Brethren of 'Closed'. "Crowley's problem, of course, was that he was born in the midst of the Victorian age, into a family of Plymouth Brothers who regarded sex as horribly sinful," Colin Wilson wrote later. "He spent the rest of his life violently reacting against this view, and preaching - and practicing - the gospel of total sexual freedom." The Protestant group had its origin in Ireland. They regarded Christmas as a pagan rite, believed that the Pope is Anti-Christ, and that the rituals of the Church of England are essentially hellish in nature. After his father died Crowley abandoned all aspects of Christianity and considered his mother a 'religious bigot'. On the other hand, she called him 'The Beast' known from the Apocalypse of St John, the last book of the New Testament. Crowley partially accepted the identification and claimed that his advent had been prophesied in the Apocalypse. The avoid sharing the same first name with his father, Crowley changed Edward to Aleister. His first cat Crowley killed at the age of 11, and much later rumours linked him with infanticide and cannibalism. But above all, Crowley discovered the pleasures of sex, which horrified his mother and uncle. In 1892 he went to public school in Malvern, had homosexual experiences, and transferred to Tonbridge, where he caught gonorrhea. Inheriting his father's brewing fortune, Crowley studied at Trinity College at Cambridge, devoting his time to poetry and occultism. He joined in 1898 The Hermetic order of the Golden Dawn, which had also poet W.B. Yeats as its member. Other illustrious names included Algernon Blackwood, the creator of the occult detective John Silence, and Arthur Machen. Its ceremonies were strongly influenced by cabalism and spiritualism. During the next few years Crowley became a member of the group's inner conclave, but after quarrels of the control of the group, he was expelled from it. He founded his own less prominent order, the A A or Argentium Astrum. The Golden Dawn, which was a white magical order, became divided and never regained its formed popularity. Crowley accused later that Yeats had used black magic against him, but he managed to defeat the spell. There was one side effect - Crowley lost his mistress Althea Gyles to Leonard Smithers, a publisher, who was specialized in pornography. Oh cabbage-heads soaked in rum! On the blink, on the tum! It's right, tight, put out the light! Putty faces! Oh grimaces At this time of night! Let me draw, paint, sculp Your faces of pulp! Oh gulp! Put out the light! Diabolically, divinely bright tight! (from 'G-R-R-R-R-R!', 1916)

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Added: October 6, 2008