"Perdurabo traces Aleister Crowley's remarkable journey from his birth as the only son of a wealthy lay preacher to his death in a boarding house as one of the most notorious men of his day. Crowley, a tireless magician, prophet, poet, and adventurer, has inspired generations of social and spiritual truth-seekers and has shaped modern popular culture through his philosophy of "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. " Taking an even handed and accessible approach to an extremely controversial figure, author Richard Kaczynski draws from his extensive academic expertise with the subject matter to present Crowley's story in a way that is unmatched to any other biographer.