Proximal Authority: The Changing Role of Leah Hirsig in Aleister Crowley’s Thelema, 1919–1930
Abstract In 1920, the Swiss-American music teacher and occultist Leah Hirsig (1883–1975) was appointed ‘Scarlet Woman’ by the British occultist Aleister Crowley (1875–1947), founder of the religion Thelema. In this role, Hirsig was Crowley’s right-hand woman during a formative period in the Thelemic...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2021
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Aries
Year: 2021, Volume: 21, Issue: 1, Pages: 69-93 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Crowley, Aleister 1875-1947
/ Thelemites
/ Hirsig, Leah 1883-1975
/ Authority
/ Religious leader
/ Nearness
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| RelBib Classification: | AA Study of religion AZ New religious movements |
| Further subjects: | B
proximal authority
B Max Weber B Leah Hirsig B Thelema B Aleister Crowley |
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