King, Francis (Xavier) (1904-?)
King, Francis (Xavier) (1904-?)
Contemporary British author who also wrote or edited a number of important historical studies on magic and occultism, especially as related to Aleister Crowley and the OTO (Ordo Templi Orientis). King edited and published some of the secret ritual materials of the OTO and also made important contributions to such reference books as the Encyclopedia of Mythology and the Encyclopedia of the Unexplained. With Israel Regardie, King revived the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, originally founded in the late 1800s.
Sources:
King, Francis. Astral Projection, Ritual Magic, and Alchemy. London, 1971.
——. Magic: The Western Tradition. London: Thames & Hudson, 1975.
——. The Magical World of Aleister Crowley. New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1978.
——. Ritual Magic in England: 1887 to the Present Day. London, 1970. Reprinted as The Rites of Modern Occult Magic. New York: Macmillan, 1971.
——. Satan and Swastika: The Occult and the Nazi Party. London: Mayflower, 1976.
——. Sexuality, Magic, and Perversion. London, 1971. Reprint, New York: Citadel Press, 1972.
——. Wisdom From Afar. London: Aldus Books, 1975. King, Francis, and Stephen Skinner. Techniques of High Magic. New York: Destiny Books, 1980.
King, Francis, and Isabel Sutherland. The Rebirth of Magic. London: Corgi, 1982.
Shaw, Eva. Divining the Future: Prognostication from Astrology to Zoomancy. New York: Facts on File, 1995.