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I found it hard work. Some of the speaking scenes within the farmhouse seemed far too actorly, complete with Shakespearian stances. Not Mr Dance of course, he's very good.
I don't know why it saw fit to tie a love cult heresy with Quakerism. Or quite why the villainous pseudo cavalier was quite so villainous. His assistant thug was cartoonish.
The woman's voice over predicted things that didn't really come to pass - Dance's character was not as enfeebled by the end as it led you to think would occur.
Beautifully filmed and lit though.
If you want a book about free love heresies, set a little earlier, read 'Q' by 'Luther Blissett'. Bonus is it comes with a great story.
I don't know why it saw fit to tie a love cult heresy with Quakerism. Or quite why the villainous pseudo cavalier was quite so villainous. His assistant thug was cartoonish.
The woman's voice over predicted things that didn't really come to pass - Dance's character was not as enfeebled by the end as it led you to think would occur.
Beautifully filmed and lit though.
If you want a book about free love heresies, set a little earlier, read 'Q' by 'Luther Blissett'. Bonus is it comes with a great story.
Interesting show, uneven acting and at times awkward plot lines but good production values.
It seems that much of it is fiction made up by George Pendle to make a good story. For me that undermines the entire project. A few new characters and a few imagined situations are forgiveable but he's written his own fantasy.
The final episode had a decent conclusion, if more Austin O. Spare than Aleister Crowley, but what was in the cakes of light, hmm? Not perhaps what you expect. Most of the cult of Thelema seemed to be an excuse for an orgy.
At the very end we also get to see that charlatan El Ron, lol.
Note that when he heard of the exploits of Parsons and El Ron, Crowley said they were idiots.
Disclaimer : I read a lot of Crowley stuff in my youth. While in some ways it stays with you, it's hard to get any sort of objective view, though that maybe is half the point. He had some advanced ideas amongst everything else. If I'd seen this show back then, it might have saved some time.
And feel sorry for Leah, the Ape of Thoth, and her and Crowley's baby Poupee, that Crowley, deep in his ego, let die from neglect.
It seems that much of it is fiction made up by George Pendle to make a good story. For me that undermines the entire project. A few new characters and a few imagined situations are forgiveable but he's written his own fantasy.
The final episode had a decent conclusion, if more Austin O. Spare than Aleister Crowley, but what was in the cakes of light, hmm? Not perhaps what you expect. Most of the cult of Thelema seemed to be an excuse for an orgy.
At the very end we also get to see that charlatan El Ron, lol.
Note that when he heard of the exploits of Parsons and El Ron, Crowley said they were idiots.
Disclaimer : I read a lot of Crowley stuff in my youth. While in some ways it stays with you, it's hard to get any sort of objective view, though that maybe is half the point. He had some advanced ideas amongst everything else. If I'd seen this show back then, it might have saved some time.
And feel sorry for Leah, the Ape of Thoth, and her and Crowley's baby Poupee, that Crowley, deep in his ego, let die from neglect.
