Kaczynski holds a Bachelor of Science degree, master's degrees, and a PhD insocial psychology fromWayne State University. He has held positions as assistant professor at Wayne State School of Medicine, research associate and affiliate at Yale University's Department of Psychiatry.[4] He was also an adjunct instructor oforthodontics at theUniversity of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry.[5]
He has published dozens of articles in academic peer-reviewed journals in areas ranging from national program evaluation of comprehensive work therapy, and multi-site clinical trials of treatment efficacy for bipolar disorder (STEP-BD), schizophrenia (CATIE) and Alzheimer's (CATIE).[6]
Kaczynski has been a student ofThelema since 1977, and a lecturer on magic since 1990.[7] Within OTO he has been a very active member, and has done editorial duties on several publications includingNeshamah[8] and the proceedings books for its US biennial national conference. He appeared on Canada'sDrew Marshall radio show on June 25, 2011, where he was described as the "world’s leading expert on Aleister Crowley"[9]
Kaczynski's occult writings have appeared in various magazines includingHigh Times,[10]The Magical Link,Neshamah,Cheth,Mezlim,Eidolon, andDifferent Worlds.[11] His medical and psychological writing has appeared in several publications in those fields.[6]
Beauty and Strength: Proceedings of the Sixth Biennial National Ordo Templi Orientis Conference R. Kaczynski, ed., BookSurge Publishing, 2009.ISBN1-4392-4734-X
Perdurabo, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Life of Aleister Crowley 2nd ed., North Atlantic Books.ISBN978-1-55643-899-8
Forgotten Templars, The Untold Origins of the Ordo Templi Orientis, 2012
Kaczynski, R. (1989).Preface to J.F.C. Fuller’s Bibliotheca Crowleyana. Edmonds, WA: Sure Fire Press.
Kaczynski, R. (1993). "The Structure and Correlates of Metaphysical Beliefs Among a Sample of Behaviorally Committed Participants". Doctoral dissertation, Wayne State University, Detroit.
"Daybreak: Early History and Origins of the British Golden Dawn" inGolden Dawn Sourcebook byDarcy Kuntz. Holmes Publishing, (1996).ISBN1-55818-332-9
"Taboo and Transformation in the Works of Aleister Crowley" inRebels & Devils: The Psychology of Liberation, edited byChristopher S. Hyatt. New Falcon Publications, (1996).ISBN1-56184-153-6
Kaczynski, R. (1996).Barking up the wrong tree: The Kabbalah that the western Hermetic tradition overlooked. In P. Kershaw (Ed.), Proceedings of Convocation ’96. Magical Education Council of Ann Arbor: Ann Arbor, MI.
Kaczynski, R. (1998).Equidistant letter sequences: A guide for the perplexed. In P. Kershaw (Ed.), Proceedings of Convocation ’98. Magical Education Council of Ann Arbor: Ann Arbor, MI.
Kaczynski, R. (1999).An introduction to “The Revival of Magick” In Proceedings of Convocation ’99. Magical Education Council of Ann Arbor: Ann Arbor, MI.
Kaczynski, R. (2001).One is the magus, twain his biographies. The Magical Link, 3:8-9.
Kaczynski, R. (2003).Wine and strange drugs: Aleister Crowley’s quest for enlightenment. High Times, November, 339:64-66.
Kaczynski, R. (2005).The Satanic ritual abuse controversy: A case of groupthink? Neshamah, 1(1), 7–10.
Kaczynski, R. (2005).Metaphysical belief correlates in a behaviorally committed sample. Neshamah, 1(1), 34–38.
Kaczynski, R. (2008).Foreword. In Colin D. Campbell (ed.), A Concordance to the Holy Books of Thelema. York Beach, ME: Teitan Press.
Kaczynski, R. (2009).Carl Kellner’s occult roots: Sex and sex magick in the Victorian age. In Richard Kaczynski (ed.), Beauty & Strength: Proceedings of the Sixth Biennial National Conference of Ordo Templi Orientis. Riverside, CA: Ordo Templi Orientis
Kaczynski, R. (2009).Iconic or iconoclastic? The Thoth Tarot and the Western esoteric tradition. Tarosophist International #4 (September).
Kaczynski, R. (2010).The Method of Science: Ten Steps toward Scientific Illuminism. Neshamah (fall 2010).
Kaczynski, R. (2011),Introducing Perdurabo, Watkins Review, summer, 2011 issue.
^Baker, Phil (2011-11-09)."Beastly Aleister Crowley".Times Literary Supplement. London.Archived from the original on 2018-10-10. Retrieved2011-12-07.
^(in Norwegian)Sønderlind, Didrik (29 November 2006)."Verdens ondeste mann".Aftenposten. Archived fromthe original on 22 June 2013. RetrievedDecember 8, 2011.Many biographies are written about Crowley, but connoisseurs of new religious movements believe thatPerdurabo by American Richard Kaczynski is best.
