Moonchild A Prologue Author:Aleister Crowley This is a novel by Crowley about a magical war between a white lodge ( led by Iff ) and a black lodge ( led by Douglas ) over an unborn child, the "moonchild" of the title, with the action moving between London, Paris and a villa in Naples. It was written in 1917 in New Orleans. — -Chapter I: A Chinese God — -Chapter II: A Philosophical Disquisiti... more »on Upon The Nature Of The Soul
-Chapter III: Telekinesis: Being The Art Of Moving Objects At A Distance
-Chapter IV: Lunch, After All; And A Luminous Account Of The Fourth Dimension
-Chapter V: Of The Thing In The Garden; And Of The Way Of The Tao
-Chapter VI: Of A Dinner, With The Talk Of Divers Guests
-Chapter VII: Of The Oath Of Lisa La Giuffria; And Of Her Vigil In The Chapel Of Abominations
-Chapter VIII: Of The Homunculus; Conclusion Of The Former Argument Concerning The Nature Of The Soul
-Chapter IX: How They Brought The Bad News From Arago To Quincampoix: And What Action Was Taken Thereupon
-Chapter X: How They Gathered The Silk For The Weaving Of The Butterfly-Net
-Chapter XI: Of The Moon Of Honey, And Its Events; With Sundry Remarks On Magick; The Whole Adorned With Moral Reflections
-Chapter XII: Of Brother Onofrio, His Stoutness And Valiance; And Of The Misadventures That Came Thereby To The Black Lodge
-Chapter XIII: Of The Progress Of The Great Experiment; Not Forgetting Our Friends Last Seen In Paris
-Chapter XIV: An Informative Discourse Upon The Occult Character Of The Moon, Her Threefold Nature, Her Fourfold Phases
-Chapter XV: Of Dr. Vesquit And His Companions, How They Fared In Their Work Of Necromancy; And Of A Council Of War Of
-Chapter XVI: Of The Spreading Of The Butterfly-Net; With A Delectable Discourse Concerning Divers Orders Of Being; And Of
-Chapter XVII: Of The Report Which Edwin Arthwait Made To His Chief, And Of The Deliberations Of The Black Lodge Thereupon
-Chapter XVIII: The Dark Side Of The Moon
-Chapter XIX: The Grand Bewitchment
-Chapter XX: Walpurgis-Night
-Chapter XXI: Of The Renewal Of The Great Attack; And How It Fared
-Chapter XXII: Of A Certain Dawn Upon Our Old Friend The Boulevard Arago; And Of The Loves Of Lisa La Giuffria
-Chapter XXIII: Of The Arrival Of A Chinese God Upon The Field Of Battle; Of His Success With His Superiors And Of A Sight« less