Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowleywas an English occultist, ceremonial magician, poet, painter, novelist, and mountaineer. He founded the religion and philosophy of Thelema, identifying himself as the prophet entrusted with guiding humanity into the Æon of Horus in the early 20th century...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionReligious Leader
Date of Birth12 October 1875
hands plums verbs
To knot a sentence up properly, it has to be thought out carefully, and revised. New phrases have to be put in; sudden changes of subject must be introducted; verbs must be shifted to unsuspected localities; short words must be excised with ruthless hand; archaisms must be sprinkled like sugar-plums upon the concoction; the fatal human tendency to say things straightforwardly must be detected and defeated by adroit reversals; and, if a glimmer of meaning yet remain under close scrutiny, it must be removed by replacing all the principal verbs by paraphrases in some dead language.
yoga hands two
The two seem, at first glance, to be opposed, but when you have advanced a little in both, you find that concentration learned in Yoga is of immense use in attaining the mental powers necessary in Magick; on the other hand, the discipline of Magick is of the greatest service in Yoga.
arms corpse danced drank found night slept
I slept with Faith, and found a corpse in my arms on awaking; I drank and danced all night with Doubt, and found her a virgin in the morning.
dog fall pits
He shall fall down into a pit called Because, and there he shall perish with the dogs of reason.
sex names perception
When you have proved that God is merely a name for the sex instinct, it appears to me not far to the perception that the sex instinct is God.
children white perfect
A white male child of perfect innocence and intelligence makes the most suitable victim.
angel uniting unions
There is a single main definition of the object of all magical Ritual. It is the uniting of the Microcosm with the Macrocosm. The Supreme and Complete Ritual is therefore the Invocation of the Holy Guardian Angel; or, in the language of Mysticism, Union with God.
liberty individual function
The absolute rule of the state shall be a function of the absolute liberty of each individual will.
writing law appeals
All questions of the Law are to be decided only by appeal to my writings, each for himself
believe men artist
The average man cannot believe that an artist may be as serious and highminded an observer of life as the professed man of science.
tears cry written
I've written this to keep from crying. But I am crying, only the tears won't come.
compassion understanding spells
Their false compassion is called compassion and their false understanding is called understanding, for this is their most potent spell.
spiritual children heart
It would be unwise to condemn as irrational the practice of devouring the heart and liver of an adversary while yet warm. For the highest spiritual working one must choose that victim which contains the greatest and purest force; a male child of perfect innocence and high intelligence is the most satisfactory.
mean journey steps
Initiation means the Journey Inwards: nothing is changed or can be changed; but all is trulier understood with every step.