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Aleister Crowley
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Aleister Crowley
Age: 72 †
Born: 1875
Born: October 12
Died: 1947
Died: December 1
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Their false compassion is called compassion and their false understanding is called understanding, for this is their most potent spell.
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I believe in one Gnostic and Catholic Church of Light, Life, Love and Liberty, the Word of whose Law is THELEMA .
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To me a book is a message from the gods to mankind or, if not, should never be published at all. A message from the gods should be delivered at once. It is damnably blasphemous to talk about the autumn season and so on. How dare the author or publisher demand a price for doing his duty, the highest and most honorable to which a man can be called?
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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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Acts which are essentially dishonourable must not be done they would be justified only by calm contemplation of their correctness in abstract cases.
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The True Will is thus both determined by its equations, and free because those equation are simply its own name, spelt out fully.
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Must not understanding lie open unto wisdom as the pyramids lie open to the stars? (6:2)
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Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.
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Your friends will notice at once that glib vacuities fail to impress, and hate you, and tell lies about you. It's worth it.
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The joy of life consists in the exercise of one's energies, continual growth, constant change, the enjoyment of every new experience. To stop means simply to die. The eternal mistake of mankind is to set up an attainable ideal.
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The first task of the Magician in every ceremony is therefore to render his Circle absolutely impregnable.
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A single ego is an absurdly narrow vantage point from which to view the world.
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Destiny is an absolutely definite and inexorable ruler. Physical ability and moral determination count for nothing. It is impossible to perform the simplest act when the gods say no. I have no idea how they bring pressure to bear on such occasions I only know that it is irresistible.
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It will be seen that the formula - 'Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law' has nothing to do with 'Do as you please.' It is much more difficult to comply with the Law of Thelema than to follow out slavishly a set of dead regulations.
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It is only necessary to destroy in oneself the roots of those motives which determine a man's course, in order to enjoy the omnipotence and immunity of a god.
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All questions of the Law are to be decided only by appeal to my writings, each for himself
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Light, Life and Love are like three glow-worms at thy feet: the whole universe of stars, the dewdrops on the grass whereon thou walkest!
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Part of the public horror of sexual irregularity so-called is due to the fact that everyone knows himself essentially guilty.
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Adaptation to one's environment makes for a sort of survival but after all, the supreme victory is only won by those who prove themselves of so much hardier stuff than the rest that no power on earth is able to destroy them. The people who have really made history are the martyrs.
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