Grady Louis McMurtry: The Man, the Myth and the Legend

By J. Edward Cornelius

Of all Aleister Crowley's disciples, the single individual who has effectively shaped the destiny of the modern occult revival, especially in the name of the Beast himself, was Grady McMurtry. Yet his life has remained relatively unknown even amongst his own followers. Although there are many biographies written about the life of Aleister Crowley, there are none which have explained what took place in his Thelemic cult after his death. To understand the modern history of the occult revival in the late sixties in northern California we must examine the life of Grady Louis McMurtry. They are inseparable. However, Grady is unquestionably one of the most remarkable and controversial figures in the entire history of the OTO. Whether right or wrong, he infected the Order with his own foolish proclivities which would have rattled the likes of even Aleister Crowley were he alive today. Grady's long hair, hippie lifestyle, poetry, sex, booze and drugs, equally bathed in unusual magickal rituals and philosophical thought, while living in San Francisco and Berkeley, has become so legendary that it has gained him lasting notoriety long after his death, similar to Aleister Crowley. Grady McMurtry died in Berkeley in the summer of 1985.

• Format: Perfect Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1946585319
• ISBN13: 9781946585318
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Cornelius
• Length: 507 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.