/lit/ - Literature

lol baldie

>>12189819
Great poet, theatrical actor, performance artist, and overall pop attention seeker.

Terrible mystic, occultist, philosopher, etc. There is no content in any of his written work that is A) not ripped off of a real thinker or B) carrying any substance beyond aesthetic appeal.

He's closer to a Marina Abromavic type character than anything else.

>>12189819
>inb4 hordes of outraged Christfags who've never read him
Great writer. Superb command of the language. Has something interesting to say on almost any topic. Lived an extraordinary life. He was everything /lit/ will never be.

Too bald to take seriously

10/93, would not wilt

>>12189833
>any substance beyond aesthetic appeal
>implying aesthetic rapture isn't an end in itself
Somebody forgot to start with the Greeks

>>12189846
>would not wilt
OK, I kek'd.

>the first brappp poster
A part of Aleister Crowley’s “When Celia Farts”:

When Celia comes, ‘tis earthquake hour

The bed vibrates like kettledrums

It is a grand display of power when Celia comes

When Celia farts, my hasty nose

Sniffs up the fragrance from her parts

Shamed are the violets and rose when Celia farts

And up exhales a greasy stench

For which you curse the careless wench

>>12189867
Aesthetic appeal is an end in itself, yes, but Crowley wasn't any better at it than Lady Gaga, and he had no more range than Lady Gaga as an artist or performer.

>>12189819
>Do as though wilt
actually means
>Follow me and you end up like this

>>12189833
His chief occult works are The Book of the Law and The Vision and the Voice. In what way are they "ripped off of a real thinker?"

And another thing ... all of those thinkers are grasping at much the same truths. Is it really surprising when their statements converge?

Most every thelemite is a major ego tripping cunt.

Take from that what you will

M I N D I S A D I S E A S E O F S E M E N

MIND IS A DISEASE OF SEMEN

>bald
>ugly
>druggie
>morbidly obese
>delusional LARPer
He's the perfect encapsulation of the occult.

>>12189833
>There is no content in any of his written work that is A) not ripped off of a real thinker or B) carrying any substance beyond aesthetic appeal.

Did you forget the dozens of Libers that contain practical instructions on training the will, thought control, self-development, etc.? You don't know what you're talking about.

>>12189908
Shut your mouth you fucking girl.

>>12189819
Late 19th/early 20th century Milo, basically.

>>12190116
>writes dozens of texts about self-development
>can't stop shoving food down his mouth for 2 seconds
Really makes me think.

>>12190122
and who the fuck is milo?

>>12190140
21st century Aleister Crowley.

>>12189823
fpbp

>>12189819
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q9ePZOhGTA

nice singing voice, handsome when he was young. completely useless at philosophy or theology (or theurgy). just a useless old cretin.

>>12190103
this

>>12189945
kek

we all end like that tho anon

>>12189950
>The Book of the Law
Literally Spinoza except edgy

>>12190133
A portly figure was looked on with approval in his day. It suggested a bon viveur who had money to spend.

>>12190122
Millennials should stick to comics. The grown-ups are talking here.

>>12190261
He's nothing like Spinoza you mong. Liber Legis owes more to Nietsche than anything else.

>>12190375
t. poorly read
He literally obliquely quotes Spinoza several times in BotL despite BotL supposedly being delivered by Aiwass

Flesh to thy bone, flower to thy rod.
With hoofs of steel I race on the rocks
Through solstice stubborn to equinox.

>>12190429
m...maybe Aiwass read spinny too

>>12190450
0/100 see me after class.

>>12189819
Minerals?

>>12189819
I like him for no good reason

>>12189819
>glow in the dark mi5 nigger
no thanks

>>12189819
No matter what else you want to say about the man, we are all still talking about him, here and now. How many of us will be able to cut a swath through humanity's collective consciousness large enough to have people discussing us more than a century after we were born..?
Also, an early user of meme magick... (pic related)
An overview:
http://www.parareligion.ch/2006/ac/ac.htm

>>12189990
Yeah, but Crowley cautioned them NOT to follow him or his religion... But if they did he was MORE than happy to exploit them. He had warned them, after all! :-)

>>12190704
I hate hearing this justification. It's like defending Scientology on the grounds that L Ron Hubbard started as a science fiction writer

>>12189819

Total asshole. Mad, bad, and dangerous to know. Some of the books are interesting.

>>12189819
Diary of a Drug Fiend and some of the Simon Iff short stories are very enjoyable works of fiction.

>>12190679
But your pic is not related to meme magic in any way whatsoever. This text is just sufficiently vague to let schiz make the connections and interpretations that makes them feel smart.

>>12189899
/ourguy/ confirmed

>>12191063
All good writers were assholes, anon.

>>12191098
His poetry is pretty awesome too. Not to mention his book reviews and essays. You can enjoy Crowley without being the least bit interested in the occult.

> trusting a bald guy

>>12189846
>Too bald to take seriously
>10/93, would not wilt

topkek

>>12189819
psuedo-Mad Genius, very plausible, would recommend

(mfw i almost wrote resurrect)

Decline of the west was pretty good

>>12193013
Kek, took me a second

>>12189819
Homosex likes peepee in butt. Poop in peepee hole.

>>12190704
You're a fucking scumbag and an idiot.