November 17th I attended the Monadnock Writers Group meeting at the Peterborough, NH library. We meet every third Saturday and we are visited by a guest speaker, except the December and June meetings. These two meetings are set aside for the Members Read Around. This is where the members read a ten minute excerpt from [...] read more »
Do What Thou Wilt: A Life of Aliester Crowley Lawrence SutinSt. Martins Griffin New York, NY 485 pgs$21.99 ISBN: 978-0-312-28897-6 Biographers are fond of observing that their subjects have been much misunderstood. Among other reasons this view serves nicely to justify their labors. Why trouble the reader with a fresh portrait when clarity reigns?In case of Aleister Crowley (1875-1947), one is compelled to conclude that he has been as greatly misunderstood as any biographer could wish. In truth, “misunde... read more »
Orange Sunshine: The Brotherhood of Eternal Love and its Quest to Spread Peace, Love and ACID to the WorldNicolas SchouSt. Martin’s PressNew York, NY206 pgs$24.99ISBN: 978-312-55183-4 Reviewed by BL KennedyEleven years ago an unusual story appeared in OC Weekly, the alternative newspaper in Orange County, California, where I work as a staff writer. It concerned a three day rock festival in Laguna Canyon that began on Christmas Day 1970. The article “Laguna on Acid” by Bob Emmers, briefly noted that a mys... read more »
