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
atheism pigeons method
We place no reliance On virgin or pigeon; Our Method is Science, Our Aim is Religion.
nature fighting drunk
Modern morality and manners suppress all natural instincts, keep people ignorant of the facts of nature and make them fighting drunk on bogey tales.
history people made
The people who have really made history are the martyrs.
prayer invoke thyself
Invoke often! Inflame thyself with prayer!
spring healthy earth
The most delicious sensation of all is the re-birth of healthy human love. Spring coming back to Earth!
new-year courage fall
May the New Year bring you courage to break your resolutions early! My own plan is to swear off every kind of virtue, so that I triumph even when I fall!
facts horror guilty
Part of the public horror of sexual irregularity so-called is due to the fact that everyone knows himself essentially guilty.
real reality magic
Magic is real. And reality... it is magical.
savages body clubs
The affiliation clause in our Constitution is a privilege: a courtesy to a sympathetic body. Were you not a Mason, or Co-Mason, you would have to be proposed and seconded, and then examined by savage Inquisitors, and then-probably-thrown out on the garbage heap. Well, no, it's not as bad as that; but we certainly don't want anybody who chooses to apply. Would you do it yourself, if you were on the Committee of a Club? The O.T.O. is a serious body, engaged on a work of Cosmic scope. You should question yourself: what can I contribute?
enemy half dozen
There are hardly half a dozen writers in England today who have not sold out to the enemy. Even when their good work has been a success, Mammon grips them and whispers: More money for more work.
foolish
Practically, Science is true; and Faith is foolish.
daughter sunset night
I am the blue-lidded daughter of Sunset; I am the naked brilliance of the voluptuous night-sky.
son names sun
There is a splendour in my name hidden and glorious, as the sun of midnight is ever the son.
school passion thinking
I am inclined to agree with the Head Master of Eton that pæderastic passions among schoolboys 'do no harm'; further, I think them the only redeeming feature of sexual life at public schools.