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Aleister Crowley on vampires, Dracula

So do you want me to tell you about Vampires?  Vampire yourself!

I came across a brief note on vampires and Dracula in Aleister Crowley's introduction to the occult, Magick Without Tears (1954; written in the 1940s), chapter 66.  It's a fun letter, and touches on Stoker briskly, yet pleasantly enough:

You, however, are thinking more of the vampire of romance.  Bram Stoker's Dracula and its kindred.  This is a splendidly well-documented book, by the way; he got his "facts" and their legal and magical surroundings, perfectly correct.

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