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| Original Title: | Diary of a Drug Fiend |
| ISBN: | 0877281467 (ISBN13: 9780877281467) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Aleister Crowley
Paperback | Pages: 368 pages Rating: 3.67 | 3014 Users | 124 Reviews
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| Title | : | Diary of a Drug Fiend |
| Author | : | Aleister Crowley |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 368 pages |
| Published | : | June 1977 by Weiser Books (first published 1922) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Occult. Classics |
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Diary of a Drug Fiend was Aleister Crowley's first published novel. To the reader of 1922 it presented a shocking look at a little known phenomenon. Today, while we are more familiar with drugs because of their widespread use in our culture, Diary of a Drug Fiend remains one o fthe most intense, detailed and accurate accounts of drug addiction and the drug experience. The book was written by Crowley after years of deep personal study and experimentation with drugs. It is the story of a young man and woman who fall madly in love and whirl through Europe in a frenzied haze of heroin/cocaine adventure. Their ecstacy is brought to an abrupt end when their drug supply is cut off and despair replaces joy. Through the guidance of King Lamus, a master Adept, they free themselves from the entanglements of addition by the application of practical Magick. The narrative carries the reader aloft through the brilliance of the imagery created by this master of language; his prose development parallels the growth and increasing depth of his characters in an uncanny fashion. This is a book to be read and reread. It will also prove a useful document to doctors, lawyers, police and addicts for its unique and precise presentation of the psychology of addiction and the possibility of its cure through the development of the True Will.Rating Of Books Diary of a Drug Fiend
Ratings: 3.67 From 3014 Users | 124 ReviewsDiscuss Of Books Diary of a Drug Fiend
I read this book when I found out the man I was dating -- the first beautiful love of my life -- was addicted to a wide variety of illicit drugs. Then I sent it to him and became a feminist. Our relationship did not end so well, but still probably as well as it could have and now he runs a children's museum. I think.This was my second attempt at reading this book and like the first time I read it, I just couldn't get into it. My head hurt as I tried to get swept up in it but really my brain just kept telling me to stop wasting my time and move onto something I'd actually like. I'm not one who usually gives up on books...I usually like to stick it out to the very end but not with this one. I first attempted this book back in 2014 and only came back to it in 2017..LOL...That's also saying something.For some
Back when I was doing lots of drugs and knew lots of people doing drugs and liked to say the word 'drugs' I thought this was a great book. In retrospect, I was just high and whatnot.
Cocaine is a hell of a drugRick James .jpgThis is basically a really weak narrative about how great and terrible drugs are and how great Crowley's personal philosophy is. I love biography. I like drugs. I even like fictionalized biography; but, if you ever even dabbled in drugs, and you know anything about Crowley at all, this becomes insufferably dull; pages upon pages of what being high is like written in *almost* flowery language. Yes, I finished this, and yes, it mostly feels like a waste of
This is one of the most amazing things i've ever read. It's a book about drugs and addiction, but it's also not about drugs at all. It's about why each of us is here, what we're supposed to do, and how to get it done. Incredibly beautiful, uplifting, and unique. Crowley is so unique and completely un-corny about the way he describes his tenets--it made me think inwardly in an intense, positive way. This uniqueness also spills over into the way he describes drugs, his characters, etc. Very
Pompous, self-aggrandising narcissist attempts to update Thomas de Quincey's "Confessions of an opium eater" and plug his own philosophy into the bargain, but ends up writing something that to these eyes comes across as "Biggles Does Coke". Mildly entertaining, yes, but more likely to provoke laughter than shock or outrage. Not very good.
A man who has once experienced the drug-life finds it difficult to put up with the inanity of normal existence. He has become wise the wisdom of despair.
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