The Beast was rarely lacking in creativeness; and in the spring of 1917, he turned out in rapid succession essays, and short stories about a detective called 'Simon Iff'. He ascribed his creative ability at this time to the stimulating effect of the old quarter of New Orleans where he was living. 'I wrote day and night continuously — poems, essays and short stories.' He also tried his hand at a longish novel called The Net or The Butterfly Net, the butterfly being the ancient Chinese symbol for … [Read more...] about Book: Aleister Crowley on the Moonchild (1997)