Book Review : The History of British Magick After Crowley by Dave Evans
Although the author claims to have tried very hard to remove the writing style of the PHD this formed the thesis for. It didn’t work completely.
I felt let down by the first half of the book, as a very slow summary of magic and lots of exposition of whys and wherefores. This all felt very academic.
I really enjoyed the 2nd half of the book where the author discusses Amado Crowley, Kenneth Grant, Austin Osman Spare, and Chaos magic.
Such a shame the author didn’t write a historical overview of Chaos magic because even if the field appears too new to write a history of it, I think Dave Evans could write a very credible overview and incorporate a lot of the information received during interviews with Lionel Snell, Phil Hine, Peter Carroll and others.
Unfortunately I can’t recommend a purchase of the book because of the slow first half - but do certainly get it out of the library.
