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Lost Legends: The Great Beast and the Occult Origins of the Great War
On Tuesday, May 9th, 1910, a curious group of seekers gathered on a secluded Dorsetshire estate to evoke Bartzabel, the spirit of Mars. They included Aleister Crowley, newly infamous after the “Rosicrucian” lawsuit with Mathers, his magickal apprentice Victor Neuburg and his new love interest Leila Waddell, and the person apparently requesting the evocation, Commander Guy Montagu Marston, of the Royal Navy, the lord of the manor. The purpose of the ritual event was simply and straightforwardly that of espionage: they wanted to know from the spirit of all things Martial itself if “nation would rise up against nation,” presumably in Europe and soon.
12 pages, ebook
Published March 21, 2009
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