Aleister Crowley, an occultist, magician, poet, painter, and writer, spent three sojourns in America, establishing his notoriety and lasting influence. Tobias Churton uses previously unpublished diaries and letters to trace Crowley's extensive travels and his quest to implant a new magical and spiritual consciousness in the United States. He arrived in New York in 1900 and returned to the U.S. in 1914, staying for five years, which changed him, the world, and the face of occultism forever.