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In the Center of the Fire a Memoir of the Occult 1966-1989

In this daring expose by a survivor of a unique era in the New York occult scene, James Wasserman, a longtime proponent of the teachings of Aleister Crowley, brings us into a world of candlelit temples, burning incenser, and sonorous invocations. The author also shares an intimate look at the New York Underground if the 1970s and introduces us to the company of such avant-garde luminaries as Alejandro Jodorowsky, Harry Smith and Angus MacLise. A stone''s throw away form the Velvet Underground and Andy Warhol''s Factory, William Burrough''s ""bunker, "" and the legendary Chelsea Hotel was a scen.

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