Unlike Aegypt and Love&Sleep, the end of this circle drawn by Crowley put us onto the line of knoweledge Bruno walked through during all his life: that's the edge of the real and the unreal, the gap our soul has to fill up with magic sense : with Love.


Achingly good. When's Volume 4, Mr C?   October 23, 2000
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The richest, subtlest and most poignant volume so far in this unique series. ("Aegypt" and "Love And Sleep" preceded it.) Pierce Moffett's affair with Rose Ryder takes him into dangerous territory, sexually and emotionally, whilst her own infatuation with Mike Mucho's off-Christian charismatic cult draws her away from him. Rosie Rasmussen's little girl may be ill, may be an angel, who knows? John Dee's adventures with alchemy and the scrying glass take him ever further from his god (that's one reading).

Crowley is able to instil terrible urgency into the most mundane and quiet events. I was often breathless with anxiety for these characters, and constantly on the edge of my seat. Crowley isn't for everybody, but if you aren't of the faction that would label him flowery, obscure or pretentious, get your wallet out and your intellect in gear: you owe it to yourself. Why, towards the end there's even a cameo by -

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