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Balance every thought with its opposition. Because the marriage of them is the destruction of illusion.
Aleister Crowley
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Aleister Crowley
Age: 72 †
Born: 1875
Born: October 12
Died: 1947
Died: December 1
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Chess Composer
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The pious pretense that evil does not exist only makes it vague, enormous and menacing.
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30. If Will stops and cries Why, invoking Because, then Will stops an does naught. 31. If power asks why, then power is weakness.
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The eternal mistake of mankind is to set up an attainable ideal.
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It is necessary that we stop, once for all, this ignorant meddling with other people's business. Each individual must be left free to follow his own path.
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The student, if he attains any success in the following practices, will find himself confronted by things too glorious or dreadful to be described. It is essential that he remain the master of all he beholds, hears or conceives otherwise he will be the slave of illusion, and the prey of madness.
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A white male child of perfect innocence and intelligence makes the most suitable victim.
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