Deep Dip, The Gospel According to St. Bernard Shaw

About this episode

The episode explores Aleister Crowley's response to Bernard Shaw's preface to 'Androcles and the Lion', focusing on the analysis of Jesus and the Dying God mythos.

‘The Gospel According to St. Bernard Shaw’ is Crowley’s exhaustive response to Bernard Shaw’s preface to his play, Androcles and the Lion. Both pieces analyze the Jesus of the Gospels, with Crowley’s diving into the parallels with the life of the Mystic as well as the Dying God mythos, with abundant quotations from J.G. Frazer’s ‘The Golden Bough.’

People in this episode

Host: Darren White

Topics covered

• Gospels
• Bernard Shaw
• Aleister Crowley
• Dying God mythos
• Theater
• Literary analysis

Keywords

• Bernard Shaw
• Aleister Crowley
• Gospels
• Androcles and the Lion
• The Golden Bough
• Dying God
• theater

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Androcles and the Lion, The Golden Bough

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