{"product_id":"white-stains-aleister-crowley-9781440416194","title":"White Stains","description":"Variations of sodomy, pederasty, bestiality, and necrophilia are interwoven with gleeful blasphemy in this seminal collection of poetry by Aleister Crowley. Inspired by Krafft-Ebing's study of sexual perversity, Psychopathia Sexualis, it purports to be \"the literary remains of George Archibald Bishop, a neuropath of the Second Empire.\" Crowley's infamous first book, White Stains was clandestinely printed in 1898 by Leonard Smithers. Of the one hundred numbered copies that were originally printed, only a handful were spared destruction by Her Majesty's Customs; an outcome which speaks against Crowley's decision to invoke the blessing of the Virgin Mary in his prefatory sonnet. Crowley would go on to establish himself as a leading figure in the Western occult tradition. A drug addict, bisexual, and proponent of sex magick, Crowley's flamboyantly impious lifestyle would lead the tabloid press to crown him \"The Wickedest Man in the World.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aleister Crowley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1440416192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781440416194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/11\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.27d","brand":"Aleister Crowley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44047068659967,"sku":"9781440416194","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f2f5df27-a13d-40d3-be49-173d437bbb1f.jpg?v=1684988073","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/white-stains-aleister-crowley-9781440416194","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}