Aleister Crowley (50 page)

Wilkinson, Oliver, 213–14, 284, 301

Wilson, Colin, 118, 300, 319, 322, 335, 368n37;
The Occult
, 3

Witkowski, Elaine Simpson, 87, 128

Wolfe, Jane, 222, 228–30, 232, 234, 249, 257, 298, 374n59

Woodford, Alphonsus, 61

Woodman, William, 62

World Magazine
, 180

World’s Tragedy, The
(AC), 24, 148, 168

World War I, 188, 195–99, 297, 338, 367n10

World War II, 141, 290–92, 295–96, 298, 357n37, 372n23

Xul Zolar, Alexander, 257, 258

Yarker, John, 176

Yeats, John Butler, 192

Yeats, William Butler, 3, 54–55, 59, 64, 65, 68–69, 74, 75, 78, 97, 106–7, 155, 168, 192, 308–9;
A Vision
, 107

Yellow Book
, 117

Yorke, Gerald, 266, 270, 271, 273, 274, 276, 282, 287, 288, 316, 370n25, 372n29

Zen, 177

Zinzendorf, Count, 56, 178

Gary Lachman is the author of several books on the links between consciousness, culture, and the Western esoteric tradition, including
Swedenborg; Rudolf Steiner: An Introduction to His Life and Work; In Search of P.D. Ouspensky; A Secret History of Consciousness
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Politics and the Occult
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