Ask Baba Lon: Answers to Questions of Life and Magick

by Lon Milo DuQuette, Constance Jean DuQuette (Illustrator), David Cherubim (Editor)

Best-selling occult author and magician, Lon Milo DuQuette, wraps his turban on to become--"Baba Lon"--answering letters and questions of magick and mysticism (sent for over 20 years by both adepts and idiots, saints and psychotics). This is DuQuette at his best and most outrageously candid. "There are no stupid questions..." he laments..."just stupid people." (Later he makes a half-sincere apology for that remark.) Peppered generously with DuQuette's drawings and magical verses, "Ask Baba Lon" is guaranteed to delight, entertain and (if YOUR turban isn't wrapped too tight) ENLIGHTEN you. This book was edited by David Cherubim from the Aleister Crowley Foundation and the cover artwork is by Constance Jean DuQuette.

Genres: Occult, Magick, Thelema, Spirituality, Esoterica, Nonfiction

212 pages, Paperback

First published April 18, 2011

About the author

Lon Milo DuQuette is an American singer-song writer, author, lecturer, and occultist, best known as an author who applies humor in the field of Western Hermeticism.

Born in Long Beach, California and raised in Columbus, Nebraska, he was an aspiring studio musician and recording artist in the 1970s, releasing two singles and an album, Charley D. and Milo, on the Epic Records label.

He married to his high school sweetheart, Constance Jean Duquette. They live in Costa Mesa, California and have one son, Jean-Paul.

Since 1975 he has been a National and International governing officer of Ordo Templi Orientis, a religious and fraternal organization founded in the early part of the 20th century. Since 1996 he has been the O.T.O.'s United States Deputy Grand Master and one of the most visible members of the Order. He is also an Archbishop of Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica, the ecclesiastical arm of O.T.O.

Reviews

[Christian · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have a somewhat troubled relationship to the writing of Lon Milo DuQuette. He is undoubtedly a revered and experienced elder in the occult community, having things achieved I probably will never achieve. However, I disagree on basic ontological questions and I'm not as funny a guy as Baba Lon. Consequently I wasn't quite sure on what to expect from this little collection of advice and I was pleasantly surprised to find a very recommendable book for everyone just dipping his toe into the occult, finding his way around, maybe thinking about joinig a lodge/body whatever group. Lon shoots straight, is upfront and gives insight into the day to day shortcomings of a human magician. Only the interviews in the opening section are quite superflous.

[Vania Loza · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome book, highly recommended

I just love it, I had been trying to learn the insights about the Qabbalah but most books are boring and very technical. This book is interesting, funny and you definitely aquire knowledge about the occult without being bored.

[Beatrix · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent collection of little insights from Lon. Really worthwhile picking up for easy-to-read snippets of interest on a huge range of magical and spiritual subjects from the number of letters he received over the years. Charming and entertaining and illuminating as ever from Lon.

[Francine Costa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Muito divertido e esclarecedor

[Jaque Martins · Rating 5 out of 5]

So easy to read, informative and fun. I’ve enjoyed every line of this book!

[Diana Clark · Rating 5 out of 5]

Recommend this.

Loved this book. Lon is a fantastic & entertaining story teller. Could not put this book down. Good variety of stories in here.

[william m manzie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Answers that answer

I loved this full of humour but so honest,filled me with real joy . Baba Lon gives me answers to questions I had not even thought of 😎😎93s

[Daniel yarlin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Funny, entertaining, interesting, often when i read lon Milo duquette i remember that not all of the books on the subject are dry , dense and hard to read. Excellent as always

[Christin Collins · Rating 4 out of 5]

This author is prolific, entertaining, and well-known in Thelemic and magickal circles. This book is lighter and more personal than many of his others, while still managing to impart knowledge to beginners and to those who have been studying for years. Thoroughly enjoyed it! 93.

[Joanna · Rating 4 out of 5]

So I've been going to Lon's Monday Night Magic classes for oh... about a month now? And I'm like, "Oh shit, what kind of crazy cult have I joined now?"

Turns out they are not so crazy. This book, more than any other new agey or occulty book I have come across, emphasizes that the differences between say, the spirituality (or worldview or whatever you want to call it) the average person creates using bits of myth/religion/pop culture/pop psychology they like and the spirituality of pagans/witches/occultists are superficial and mostly vocabulary based. Which is my incredibly roundabout way of saying the "woo-woo" are average people who use weird words and are about as crazy as the average person.

I am a tiny little bit more crazy than the average person, so this is working for me so far. Despite my pretensions of rationality I am incredibly suggestible and illogical (again, pretty much like the average person), so using magick to attempt to psych out my animal brain and get it to work for me instead of ignoring it seems like a worthy experiment.

[Dan · Rating 1 out of 5]

Lon’s a good, funny writer it’s too bad that he actually believes that Crowley was a true prophet. He states he believes that the Book of the Law is a “real” “received text”. Like James Wasserman, he’s under the delusion that AC was anything other a clever, amoral conman (likely a pedophile, as well). Give me a break!
For a more accurate take, read Gary Lachman’s book on Crowley- Aleister Crowley: Magick, Rock and Roll, and the Wickedest Man in the World.
Also, Jasun Horsley’s The Vice of Kings: How Socialism, Occultism, and the Sexual Revolution Engineered a Culture of Abuse.

[Nicole Diamond · Rating 3 out of 5]

If it has one star I liked it a lot
If it has two stars I liked it a lot and would recommend it
If it has three stars I really really liked it a lot
If it has four stars I insist you read it
If it has five stars it was life changing

[Scotty · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not his best work, but certainly worth reading.