«This book offers a fascinating account of the development of Western sexual magic through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Urban focuses on an extraordinary set of historical figures, and his rich analysis illuminates the sexual — and supernatural — undercurrents that have shaped modernity.» /   Randall Styers, author of Making Magic: Religion, Magic, and Science in the Modern World

List of Illustrations
Preface, Acknowledgments, and Apologies

INTRODUCTION
Sex Magic, Modernity, and the Search for Liberation

1. THE RECURRING NIGHTMARE, THE ELUSIVE SECRET
Historical and Imaginary Roots of Sex Magic in the Western Tradition
2. SEX POWER IS GOD POWER
Paschal Beverly Randolph and the Birth of Sex Magic in Victorian America
3. THE YOGA OF SEX
Tantra, Kama Sutra, and Other Exotic Imports from the Mysterious Orient
4. THE BEAST WITH TWO BACKS
Aleister Crowley and Sex Magick in Late Victorian England
5. THE YOGA OF POWER
Sex Magic, Tantra, and Fascism in Twentieth-Century Europe
6. THE GODDESS AND THE GREAT RITE
Sex Magic and Feminism in the Neo-Pagan Revival
7. THE AGE OF SATAN
Satanic Sex and the Black Mass, from Fantasy to Reality
8. SEXUAL CHAOS
Chaos Magic, Cybersex, and Religion for a Postmodern Age

CONCLUSION
The Lessons of King Lamus: Religion, Sexuality, and Liberation in a "Post-Orgy" World

Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index

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