BROADCASTS.com

This week we get all Crowleytastic again with the wonderful Tobias Churton. Tobias is a writer we hold in high regard here in the SittingNow Abbey, and he delivers in spades in this episode.\nWe discuss: The Great Beast\u2019s place in history, Can Crowley be canceled? Myth-busting, Crowley\u2019s later years, his relationships, and much more.\nJoining me in the hot-seat this week is our own great beast Marck Satyr.\n**COMPETITION!** (This must be entered on http://sittingnow.co.uk\xa0at the episode page before the end of January 2022)\nWe have one copy of Tobias\u2019 latest book \u2018Aleister Crowley in England\u2019 to give away to one lucky listener. To enter, you must follow us on Instagram, and comment in this post below the answer to the famous Thelemic challenge \u2018Do What Thou Wilt Shall be the Whole of the Law\u2018\u2026.make sure to include your Instagram name in your answer so we can check your undying social-fealty! The winner shall be selected at random, and informed via DM on their Instagram.\n\xa0\nMain theme by\xa0Simon Smerdon\xa0(Mothboy)\nMusic bed by\xa0chriszabriskie.com\n\xa0\nTobias Churton Bio:\nBorn in Sutton Coldfield to an ancient Cheshire family, in 1960, Tobias Churton spent two years in Australia from 1966 to 1968 and returned to attend his fifth school, Lichfield Cathedral School. Three schools later he won an exhibition to Brasenose College, Oxford, where he studied Theology. Compelled to exchange a vocation to the priesthood for the lowlier prospect of a career in television, he first came to public notice with the 1987 Channel 4 production,\xa0GNOSTICS. The 4-part, drama-documentary went out at peak time on Saturday nights. It won the New York TV Festival Gold Award for best religious series. Churton\u2019s Channel 4/Weidenfeld & Nicolson book accompanying the series was a best seller.\xa0\nLong before Dan Brown scored a hit with\xa0The Da Vinci Code, Tobias Churton introduced a popular audience to the authentic world of esoteric mysteries. In the words of Dutch scholar, Gilles Quispel, the TV series would \u201cchange the minds of millions\u201d. Churton presented the facts, not the fantasy. Swedish theologian Jan-Arvid Hellstr\xf6m hailed Churton as a \u201creligious genius\u201d while Amsterdam bibliophile and industrialist Joost Ritman enthusiastically greeted the appearance of a new \u201cwriting star\u201d.\xa0\nThe success of\xa0The Gnostics\xa0allowed Tobias to concentrate his energies on his first love:\xa0writing. After years of voluminous reading, mystical experience and creative endeavour, Churton had much to express.\xa0\nHaving completed his twenty-fifth book commission, Tobias Churton is today internationally recognized for his insightful books on esoteric, spiritual history, Art and philosophy. Accessible and scholarly, Churton\u2019s works address believers and doubters alike and, remarkably, have stimulated spiritual experiences in some readers. He has successfully widened the appeal of so-called \u201cesoteric\u201d spirituality. Churton\u2019s warm style and depth of knowledge have entertained many thousands of readers in the process. Tobias is also a filmmaker, lecturer, poet and musician. He has recently recorded his orchestrated score for his prospective dramatic project,\xa0William Blake: Love is on Fire!, while his musical about Nancy Cunard and Henry Crowder,\xa0YOU, ME AND YESTERDAY, co-written with artist and songwriter John Myatt, was performed to great acclaim at the Lichfield Garrick Theatre in 2011. He has composed and recorded eight albums of original music.