false <![CDATA[Moonchild]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173737570m/320377.jpg 320377 7 <P>This is a novel by Crowley about a magical war between a white lodge ( led by Iff ) and a black lodge ( led by Douglas ) over an unborn child, the "moonchild" of the title, with the action moving between London, Paris and a villa in Naples. It was written in 1917 in New Orleans. </P> <P><BR>-Chapter I: A Chinese God<BR>-Chapter II: A Philosophical Disquisition Upon The Nature Of The Soul<BR>-Chapter III: Telekinesis: Being The Art Of Moving Objects At A Distance<BR>-Chapter IV: Lunch, After All; And A Luminous Account Of The Fourth Dimension<BR>-Chapter V: Of The Thing In The Garden; And Of The Way Of The Tao<BR>-Chapter VI: Of A Dinner, With The Talk Of Divers Guests<BR>-Chapter VII: Of The Oath Of Lisa La Giuffria; And Of Her Vigil In The Chapel Of Abominations<BR>-Chapter VIII: Of The Homunculus; Conclusion Of The Former Argument Concerning The Nature Of The Soul<BR>-Chapter IX: How They Brought The Bad News From Arago To Quincampoix: And What Action Was Taken Thereupon<BR>-Chapter X: How They Gathered The Silk For The Weaving Of The Butterfly-Net<BR>-Chapter XI: Of The Moon Of Honey, And Its Events; With Sundry Remarks On Magick; The Whole Adorned With Moral Reflections <BR>-Chapter XII: Of Brother Onofrio, His Stoutness And Valiance; And Of The Misadventures That Came Thereby To The Black Lodge<BR>-Chapter XIII: Of The Progress Of The Great Experiment; Not Forgetting Our Friends Last Seen In Paris<BR>-Chapter XIV: An Informative Discourse Upon The Occult Character Of The Moon, Her Threefold Nature, Her Fourfold Phases <BR>-Chapter XV: Of Dr. Vesquit And His Companions, How They Fared In Their Work Of Necromancy; And Of A Council Of War Of <BR>-Chapter XVI: Of The Spreading Of The Butterfly-Net; With A Delectable Discourse Concerning Divers Orders Of Being; And Of <BR>-Chapter XVII: Of The Report Which Edwin Arthwait Made To His Chief, And Of The Deliberations Of The Black Lodge Thereupon <BR>-Chapter XVIII: The Dark Side Of The Moon<BR>-Chapter XIX: The Grand Bewitchment<BR>-Chapter XX: Walpurgis-Night<BR>-Chapter XXI: Of The Renewal Of The Great Attack; And How It Fared<BR>-Chapter XXII: Of A Certain Dawn Upon Our Old Friend The Boulevard Arago; And Of The Loves Of Lisa La Giuffria<BR>-Chapter XXIII: Of The Arrival Of A Chinese God Upon The Field Of Battle; Of His Success With His Superiors And Of A Sight </P> 311130 book 1929 The Moonchild total:194|5:37|4:58|3:64|2:26|1:9| 194 670 289 15 4 2 false false Fri Aug 19 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Wed Apr 02 08:24:45 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 02 08:25:07 -0700 2008 Moonchild is still surprisingly entertaining. It tells the story of a magical oper...more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Jun 15 15:31:27 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 15:36:17 -0700 2009 About a young womans initiation into the world of White Magick and the occult experiences with people of White and Black.
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