It’s Aleister Crowley’s Birthday
It’s Aleister Crowley’s Birthday
Born on this day, 141 years ago, his name still trigger deep responses in people. His legacy is anything but one more historical name in a long list of occultists.
My question is a very simple: Do you like him?
My answer is also a very simple: Yes, I do, in spite of his awful behavior
My question is a very simple: Do you like him?
My answer is also a very simple: Yes, I do, in spite of his awful behavior
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No, i don't like him. Aside from having a serious case of spiritual pride, he stole Highest Yoga Tantra secrets and corrupted them. I find that utterly deplorable.
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ive heard of crowely would like one of his books one day basically only know leveh cos
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Without Mr. Crowley there would be no Golden Dawn "as we all know it". Without him we may never have even known it, At all! Without him there would possibly be no Wicca, no Stairway to Heaven, no 777, and no Necronomicon. There would certainly be no Thelema, an idea thousands of influential individuals have been influenced by. He worked harder than any occultist I have ever known. He wore his problems like a badge. He embodies Individuality, Individuation, and Know Thyself. I respect and like him a great deal. Happy Birthday 666.
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He was a very interesting and influential person, and I thoroughly enjoyed reading one of the better biographies about him ("Perdurabo" - it's a great read, it doesn't try to put Crowley on a pedestal, but it doesn't trash him either, just deals with the facts in an engaging way), but I've never enjoyed any of his own writing (with the exception of Diary of a Drug Fiend and some of his poetry - imo he was a better poet than he was occult author), and I suspect that if I were to somehow encounter the man in person, we wouldn't get along.
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he who gives himself to this path
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that gives itself to the chisel-
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"It's still magic even if you know how it's done." - Terry Pratchett
'The Path of Illumination'
he who gives himself to this path
is like a block of wood
that gives itself to the chisel-
cut by cut it is honed to perfection"
- DDJ, Verse 27
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Re: It’s Aleister Crowley’s Birthday
Yes! I like him!
He is one of my teachers.
The Master Therion!
Happy Birthday Mr Crowley!
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He is one of my teachers.
The Master Therion!
Happy Birthday Mr Crowley!
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The Beast 666, and a damn good Chess Player!
Mountaineer! Qabalist! Shaman! Genius! Writer!
And so much more!
Once Again!
Happy Birthday Mega Therion!
Aloha!
Mountaineer! Qabalist! Shaman! Genius! Writer!
And so much more!
Once Again!
Happy Birthday Mega Therion!
Aloha!
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i personally think he would blush at this comment. <3The Beast 666, and a damn good Chess Player!
Mountaineer! Qabalist! Shaman! Genius! Writer!
especially because "mountaineer" beats "qabalist" (over analyzing as the Beast himself would).
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I don't like him... I love him. I love his books. His card deck. Ah
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[...]
That shall end never that began.
All things endure because they are.
Do what thou wilt, for every man
And every woman is a star.
Pan is not dead; he liveth, Pan!
Break down the bar!
To man I come, the number of
A man my number, Lion of Light;
I am The Beast whose Law is Love.
Love under will, his royal right—
Behold within, and not above,
One star in sight!
That shall end never that began.
All things endure because they are.
Do what thou wilt, for every man
And every woman is a star.
Pan is not dead; he liveth, Pan!
Break down the bar!
To man I come, the number of
A man my number, Lion of Light;
I am The Beast whose Law is Love.
Love under will, his royal right—
Behold within, and not above,
One star in sight!
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That sounds like a wonderful world. I don't know which one of those I would rather eliminate from existence, but if they all disappeared tomorrow it would be a good thing. [wink]fraterai wrote:Without him there would possibly be no Wicca, no Stairway to Heaven, no 777, and no Necronomicon.
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[lol] Okay, I can see Wicca and the Necro going out the door, but NO STAIRWAY?Desecrated wrote:That sounds like a wonderful world. I don't know which one of those I would rather eliminate from existence, but if they all disappeared tomorrow it would be a good thing. [wink]fraterai wrote:Without him there would possibly be no Wicca, no Stairway to Heaven, no 777, and no Necronomicon.
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hmm.... could he be a warlock.....
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fraterai wrote:[lol] Okay, I can see Wicca and the Necro going out the door, but NO STAIRWAY?Desecrated wrote:That sounds like a wonderful world. I don't know which one of those I would rather eliminate from existence, but if they all disappeared tomorrow it would be a good thing. [wink]fraterai wrote:Without him there would possibly be no Wicca, no Stairway to Heaven, no 777, and no Necronomicon.
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I do not like him.
From his texts i fell horrible blacke energy.
From his texts i fell horrible blacke energy.
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Des - this is exactly what i was referencing [lol]. But seriously that song is amazing
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Back in the day, when I used to listen to radio stations. I distinctly remember that songfraterai wrote:Des - this is exactly what i was referencing [lol]. But seriously that song is amazing
claiming the number one spot of the 100 greatest Rock Songs of all time. More than once.
Certainly it has lost some "Magick" from being overplayed. But...when the Universe is reset,
and everything becomes new again. We can all hear it again for the very first time.
Or so it will seem.
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