[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Aleister Crowley (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 9/11/2016 11:44:49 PM EDT
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| Brilliant occultist who was, for the most part, misunderstood....sometimes a bit overrated and full of himself. Most people believe he's associated with satanism, but then again there are people who still think heavy metal, RPG's and masturbation are tools of the so-called devil. I actually have several of his books, if nothing else he was a prolific writer. |
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I don't know. I always had better luck with Barry White when it came to fucking songs. |
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I don't know. I always had better luck with Barry White when it came to fucking songs. Sad, the metal chicks of the 80's and 90's were spectacular!  Still are, divorced 10 years now. Not sure of what Barry White attracted.
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Sad, the metal chicks of the 80's and 90's were spectacular! Still are, divorced 10 years now. Not sure of what Barry White attracted.
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I don't know. I always had better luck with Barry White when it came to fucking songs. Sad, the metal chicks of the 80's and 90's were spectacular! Still are, divorced 10 years now. Not sure of what Barry White attracted.
Meh .... girls like this .... 
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Vile individual who sowed wickedness LOL...do you still check under the bed for the boogyman too? do you read his stuff much?Honestly? Not much anymore. I got bored with studying the occult quite a while back. Right now I'm reading an Appalachian Trail memoir and the sequal to Ready Player One |
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He has more influence now than when he was alive. Satanism is out in the open today and God is driven into the closet/basement. He had nothing to do with satanism. NOTHING. Satanism was Anton Lavey which came about around the 60's. Crowley was a member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and later the Ordo Templi Orientis in the 1920/30's. Crowley rejected the Judeo/Christian mythology which included the idea of satan. The closest he got to any of that was practicing Kabbalistic mysticism beginning during the Golden Dawn. |
| I read some of his stuff when I was a teenager. His philosophy was that everyone had a sort of destiny to fulfill their "great work" which was their contribution to mankind, and that your will was in service to that. Finding your great work and your true will were the goals you were supposed to strive to, and if this was done by all, there would be harmony in mankind since everyone's will or true goals was different. That was what was behind his "Do what thou wilt will be the whole of law" bit. Even though I was interested in the occult at the time, I didn't really think that much of it. |
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That cunt is nuts. |
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He was a phony,a deviant and a rotten individual. He successfully cultivated a following and corrupted anything he touched. A charlatan all around. This. I had a great aunt that was big time into him back in the 20's and 30's. My dad had all his crap and performed ceremonies and stuff. A bunch of crap to score sex. |
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LaVay and Hubbard were pals and came up with a way to make money in the form of religion. Quoted:
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No different than L. Ron Hubbard. Almost identical in fact. Gay pedophile con men who somehow gained a following of like minded fools. LaVay and Hubbard were pals and came up with a way to make money in the form of religion. the Pope was way ahead of them |
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He had nothing to do with satanism. NOTHING. Satanism was Anton Lavey which came about around the 60's. Crowley was a member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and later the Ordo Templi Orientis in the 1920/30's. Crowley rejected the Judeo/Christian mythology which included the idea of satan. The closest he got to any of that was practicing Kabbalistic mysticism beginning during the Golden Dawn. Quoted:
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He has more influence now than when he was alive. Satanism is out in the open today and God is driven into the closet/basement. He had nothing to do with satanism. NOTHING. Satanism was Anton Lavey which came about around the 60's. Crowley was a member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and later the Ordo Templi Orientis in the 1920/30's. Crowley rejected the Judeo/Christian mythology which included the idea of satan. The closest he got to any of that was practicing Kabbalistic mysticism beginning during the Golden Dawn. Opps. Confused him with Anton Levay (sp). |
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Quoted: He had nothing to do with satanism. NOTHING. Satanism was Anton Lavey which came about around the 60's. Crowley was a member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and later the Ordo Templi Orientis in the 1920/30's. Crowley rejected the Judeo/Christian mythology which included the idea of satan. The closest he got to any of that was practicing Kabbalistic mysticism beginning during the Golden Dawn. Quoted: Quoted: He has more influence now than when he was alive. Satanism is out in the open today and God is driven into the closet/basement. He had nothing to do with satanism. NOTHING. Satanism was Anton Lavey which came about around the 60's. Crowley was a member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and later the Ordo Templi Orientis in the 1920/30's. Crowley rejected the Judeo/Christian mythology which included the idea of satan. The closest he got to any of that was practicing Kabbalistic mysticism beginning during the Golden Dawn.  *and I am not even remotely confusing Lavey and Crowley. Different disciplines same root influence. |
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the only things AC was really good at was separating fools from their money and surprise buttsex...
he was an amoral pervert, a narcissist and an unrepentant diddler. It really didn't matter the gender, age or species... if he could catch it, he'd hump it. and he really wasn't that good of a mountain climber, he was good at taking money to talk about mountain climbing and leaving people to die on mountains. |
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One of the best intros ever.  |
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Mythology. Got it, all I needed to know. Had pretty well nailed down with other posts, put all sealed up with that one. And you think we are the ones who don't understand. Bless your heart. Are you going to make a point or add anything constructive to the discussion? |
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Quoted: Are you going to make a point or add anything constructive to the discussion? Quoted: Quoted: Mythology. Got it, all I needed to know. Had pretty well nailed down with other posts, put all sealed up with that one. And you think we are the ones who don't understand. Bless your heart. Are you going to make a point or add anything constructive to the discussion? |
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Quoted: He's lovably hatable.... http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/images/1/15/Crowley_-_King_of_Hell.png |
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Are you going to make a point or add anything constructive to the discussion? Quoted:
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Mythology. Got it, all I needed to know. Had pretty well nailed down with other posts, put all sealed up with that one. And you think we are the ones who don't understand. Bless your heart. Are you going to make a point or add anything constructive to the discussion? I think he thinks that because I used the term mythology, he has figured something out about me...and to that I say, good for him. Let him think whatever it is he thinks he knows. 
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What I find amusing about discussions about Aleister Crowley is people seem to think his "magickal" system started with him, like he invented it and started some sort of cult. This is wrong. The stuff he wrote about, practiced and taught others, as a system, started with SL Magregor Mathers and William Wescott in the Golden Dawn which combined Western and Eastern esoteric systems into one practice. Crowley and others simply split with the group and formed their own organizations. The only reason people know of Crowley is he was good at staying in the public eye.
If he's so vile then so are all the Jewish mystics, Egyptian priests, yoga practicioners, Freemasons and so on where all the practices originated. |
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Druggie con man. He definitely believed in the "do what you will part'. Whether he believed in the mumbo jumbo aspects .... who knows. Was a pretty pathetic figure there in the end. Do what thou Will does not mean "do whatever you want", it means do the Will of the Creator or Holy Guardian Angel depending on how you interpret it. Do what Thou Will, with Love under all. Means do the Will of the most high, with Love being the undercurrent of that Will. |