Tobias Churton is Britain's leading scholar of Western Esotericism, a tradition that encompasses Blake's deepest influences. Appointed Honorary Fellow and Faculty Lecturer in Western Esotericism at Exeter University in 2005, Tobias holds a Master's degree in Theology from Brasenose College, Oxford. His many books include: a biography of Elias Ashmole (1617-1692), the standard work on the great man who gave us the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; and Aleister Crowley: The Biography (Watkins), the definitive work on this controversial figure.