Tobias Churton: 16 books
Jerusalem!
The Real Life of William Blake
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2015
‘Truly astonishing in its detail … this must be one of the most illuminating and enlightening biographies to date.’ Michael Eavis cbe, Founder of the Glastonbury Festival
A brilliant new biography of the mystic poet and artist William Blake – and the first to explore his startlingly...
Aleister Crowley in India
The Secret Influence of Eastern Mysticism on Magic and the Occult
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2019
Follow Aleister Crowley through his mystical travels in India, which profoundly influenced his magical system as well as the larger occult world
• Shares excerpts from Crowley’s unpublished diaries and details his travels in India, Burma, and Sri Lanka from 1901 to 1906
• Reveals...
Gnostic Mysteries of Sex
Sophia the Wild One and Erotic Christianity
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2015
An exploration of the sexual practices and doctrinal secrets of Gnosticism
• Reconstructs the lost world of Gnostic spiritual-erotic experience through examination of every surviving text written by heresiologists
• Investigates the sexual gnosis practices of the Barbelo Gnostics...
Deconstructing Gurdjieff
Biography of a Spiritual Magician
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2017
Beyond Meetings with Remarkable Men into the truth behind the self-crafted mythology of Gurdjieff’s life
• Reveals evidence that Gurdjieff was a secret Freemason, relying on hypnotism, psychic research and spiritualism
• Explores the profound influence of the Yezidis, esoteric...
The Spiritual Meaning of the Sixties
The Magic, Myth, and Music of the Decade That Changed the World
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2018
Unveils the spiritual meaning that fueled the artistic, political, and social revolutions of the 1960s
• Investigates the spiritual principles that informed everything from the civil rights and anti-war movements, to the hippies’ rejection of materialist culture, to the rise of feminism,...
The Mysteries of John the Baptist
His Legacy in Gnosticism, Paganism, and Freemasonry
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2012
The search for the real historical person known as John the Baptist and the traditions that began with him
• Explores why John the Baptist is so crucially important to the Freemasons, who were originally known as “St. John’s Men”
• Reveals how John and Jesus were equal partners...
Aleister Crowley in America
Art, Espionage, and Sex Magick in the New World
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2017
An exploration of Crowley’s relationship with the United States
• Details Crowley’s travels, passions, literary and artistic endeavors, sex magick, and psychedelic experimentation
• Investigates Crowley’s undercover intelligence adventures that actively promoted U.S. involvement...
Aleister Crowley: The Beast in Berlin
Art, Sex, and Magick in the Weimar Republic
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2014
A biographical history of Aleister Crowley’s activities in Berlin from 1930 to 1932 as Hitler was rising to power
• Examines Crowley’s focus on his art, his work as a spy for British Intelligence, his colorful love life and sex magick exploits, and his contacts with magical orders
•...
The Invisible History of the Rosicrucians
The World's Most Mysterious Secret Society
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2009
The first complete historical and philosophical investigation into the “invisible fraternity” of the Rosicrucians
• Contains the latest research on the origins of the Rosicrucian movement
• Presents the ties between Rosicrucianism, Freemasonry, and the Templars
• Written...
by Tobias Churton,
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2005
In a breathtaking span of detailed research, Tobias Churton reveals, without resorting to mythology or pseudo-history, the most up-to-date knowledge on the development of Gnostic alchemy, the true origins of pre-Grand Lodge Freemasonry, and the mysterious Fraternity of the Rosy Cross (the Rosicrucians)....
The Magus of Freemasonry
The Mysterious Life of Elias Ashmole--Scientist, Alchemist, and Founder of the Royal Society
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2006
A comprehensive look at the life of Elias Ashmole, who represents the historic missing link between operative and symbolic Freemasonry
• Explores the true role of occult and magical studies in the genesis of modern science
• Explains the full meaning of the term magus, which Ashmole...
The Missing Family of Jesus
An Inconvenient Truth - How the Church Erased Jesus's Brothers and Sisters from History
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
The Holy Family of Jesus as commonly depicted in religious art is a myth fabricated by the early Christian church. Explaining this assertion, Tobias Churton leads the reader on a fascinating and highly readable quest to discover all that is to be found in the historical sources about Jesus' family...
Occult Paris
The Lost Magic of the Belle Époque
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2016
How fin-de-siècle Paris became the locus for the most intense revival of magical practices and doctrines since the Renaissance
• Examines the remarkable lives of occult practitioners Joséphin Peladan, Papus, Stanislas de Guaïta, Saint-Yves d’Alveydre, Jules Doinel, and others
•...
Gnostic Philosophy
From Ancient Persia to Modern Times
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2005
An extensive examination of the history of gnosticism and how its philosophy has influenced the Western esoteric tradition
• Explains how the Gnostic understanding of self-realization is embodied in the esoteric traditions of the Rosicrucians and Freemasons
• Explores how gnosticism...
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