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
who-we-are remember increase
Every incarnation that we remember must increase our comprehension of ourselves as who we are.
religious dirty sin
To me, every dirty act was simply a sacrament of sin, a passionately religious protest against Christianity, which was for me the symbol of all vileness, meanness, treachery, falsehood and oppression.
use financial absurd
To use legal or financial constraint to compel either abstention or submission, is entirely horrible, unnatural and absurd.
mistake mankind thelema
The eternal mistake of mankind is to set up an attainable ideal.
stars men light
This Universe is a wild revel of atoms, men, and stars, each one a Soul of Light and Mirth, horsed on Eternity.
running alcohol risk
There is only one really safe, mild, harmless beverage and you can drink as much of that as you like without running the slightest risk, and what you say when you want it is, Garcon! Un Pernod!
hallucinations lord abyss
Truth! Truth! Truth! crieth the Lord of the Abyss of Hallucinations
lying self way
Happiness lies within one's self, and the way to dig it out is cocaine.
hate people christ
I did not hate God or Christ, but merely the God and Christ of the people whom I hated.
willpower talent virtue
In the absence of willpower the most complete collection of virtues and talents is wholly worthless.
yoga thinking two
Sit still. Stop thinking. Shut up. Get out! The first two of these instructions comprise the whole of the technique of Yoga. The last two are of a sublimity which it would be improper to expound in this present elementary stage.
religious doors people
The supreme satisfaction is to be able to despise one's neighbor and this fact goes far to account for religious intolerance. It is evidently consoling to reflect that the people next door are headed for hell.
evil vagueness doe
The pious pretense that evil does not exist only makes it vague, enormous and menacing.
unions sake chance
For I am divided for love's sake, for the chance of union.