Gary Lachman
Author
Series
Publisher
Dedalus
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
"In The Dedalus Book of the 1960s: Turn Off Your Mind, Gary Lachman uncovers the Love Generation's roots in occultism and explores the dark side of the Age of Aquarius. His provocative revision of the 1960s counter-culture links Flower Power to mystical fascism, and follows the magical current that enveloped luminaries like The Beatles, Timothy Leary and The Rolling Stones, and darker stars like Charles Manson, Anton LaVey, and the Process Church...
Author
Publisher
Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Running alongside the mainstream of Western intellectual history there is another current which, in a very real sense, should take pride of place, but which for the last few centuries has occupied a shadowy, inferior position, somewhere underground. This "other" stream forms the subject of Gary Lachman's epic history and analysis, The Secret Teachers of the Western World. In this clarifying, accessible, and fascinating study, the acclaimed historian...
Author
Publisher
Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, a member of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"This definitive work on the occult's 'great beast' traces the arc of his controversial life and influence on rock-and-roll giants, from the Rolling Stones to Led Zeppelin to Black Sabbath. When Aleister Crowley died in 1947, he was not an obvious contender for the most enduring pop-culture figure of the next century. But twenty years later, Crowley's name and image were everywhere. The Beatles put him on the cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club...
Author
Publisher
A Tarcher Perigee Book
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Did positive thinking and mental science help put Donald Trump in the White House? And are there any other hidden powers of the mind and thought at work in today's world politics? In Dark Star Rising: Magick and Power in the Age of Trump, historian and cultural critic Gary Lachman takes a close look at the various magical and esoteric ideas that are impacting political events across the globe. From New Thought and Chaos Magick to the far-right esotericism...