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I'm reading "Diary of a Drug Fiend" right now, and it's excellent. A lot of lines in his poetry are great, too. Why doesn't anyone talk about him when discussing great authors?

>> No.23046677

>>23046675
I've made threads about him but no one cared

>> No.23046679

>>23046677
well I care to check them digits at least

>> No.23046698
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>>23046679
Get pic rel if you haven't. It's a compilation of his short stories. My favorite being The Testament of Magdalen Blair.

>> No.23046701

>>23046677
Because Crowley is a major grifter so most people don't even care about the writings, I'll check it out though

>> No.23046703

>>23046675
He's up there with Lenin as one of the most influential individuals of the 20th century. Once you start noticing, you can't stop noticing. He was the true Nietzschean Ubermensch in all its greatness and baseness. That fateful day in Egypt truly was the ushering in of a new era, even if it wasn't the Aeon of Horus he believed it was.

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>>23046698
Pic rel too, if you want. It contains: Diary of a Drug Fiend, Moonchild, Household Gods, The Book of Lies, The Book of the Law, and the notorious White Stains. Moonchild being my favorite :)

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>>23046698
>>23046708
I haven't, but will do.
>>23046703
Studying modern esoterica, all roads seem to lead back to Crowley. I've been reading about Jack Parsons too, very fascinating individual.

>> No.23046730

>>23046675
He is capable of lucid prose, he's just given to waxing poetic with the nature of his occult material most of the time.

>> No.23046734

>>23046708
Look at this goth girl kino

>> No.23046740

>>23046675
>Crowley
>great author
HA! The absolute state!

>> No.23046741

>>23046740
Why don't you think he's a great author?

>> No.23046748

>>23046708
>Moonchild is a novel written by the British occultist Aleister Crowley in 1917. Its plot involves a magical war between a group of white magicians, led by Simon Iff, and a group of black magicians, over an unborn child.
Looks kino, I'll check it out.

>> No.23046752

>>23046748
NTA but I know it because it plays heavily into the later editions of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. The Moonchild turns out to be Harry Potter.

>> No.23046768

Someone explain to me what magick is. I remember doing the LRP as an impressionable teenager but nothing happened.

>> No.23046774

>>23046768
That's more or less the qrd right there

>> No.23046777

>>23046768
Basically your intentions willed into reality.

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>>23046777
NO FUCKING WAY

>> No.23046786

>>23046783
If you manage to control reality can you make 15ft tall women a thing, ty

>> No.23046791

>>23046675
Post favourite poem

>> No.23046813

>>23046777
>>23046783
wew

>> No.23046828

>>23046708
Have you read the Simon Iff short stories? They're great too.

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>>23046777
I kneel. Crowley was right and magic(k) is real.

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>>23046777
Sneed

>> No.23046883

>>23046703
HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHHHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH..........HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHA

>> No.23046888

>>23046883
Are you suggesting that having a bunch of drug fueled orgies in california mansions while larping as a magician was not a politically potent ideology that has shaped much of modern thinking?

>> No.23047001

>>23046883
>>23046888
cope

>> No.23047543

>>23046675
Because he's mediocre and everything he wrote is onanistic. Read more.

>> No.23047553

>>23046768
As far as Crowley is concerned, it means communing with spirits and receiving guidance or knowledge from them that when applied affords some material benefit. That's what he taught.
The language, symbols and ritual, the sex and the drug use were means to that end; his primary preoccupation was experimenting with the best ways to do it, coming as close as possible to a science of it, regardless whatsoever of any moral or superstitious objections.

>> No.23048374

bump

>> No.23048382

>>23047543
>Because he's mediocre
Nah, you are.
>and everything he wrote is onanistic.
Reality often is.
>Read more.
I read more than you.

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>>23046752
no it's trump

>> No.23048937

>anon fails to even attempt to defend the views of his esoteric faggot of choice against critics and his thread dies because no one wants to circle jerks about magick
many such cases

>> No.23048977

>>23048925
I thought it was George W? Barbara Bush did fuck Crowley at Bohemian Grove.

>> No.23048979

>>23048937
>I fight with imaginary beings in my head, ignore arguments to the contrary and declare victory
Many such cases.

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>>23048977
>Barbara Bush

>> No.23048988

>>23048985
could be his sister

>> No.23049014

>>23046675
He's a highly underrated writer -- much of his stuff is far more erudite and eloquent than the more famous stuff of many of his contemporaries (a good starter is his Little Essays Toward Truth) -- but I don't think he found anything ultimately consoling in occultism/mysticism, for the simple reason that I don't think there's anything to be found, though for what it's worth, I do get a better vibe from the New Thought guys like Atkinson and the old parapsychology journals from the Society for Psychical Research and whatnot.

>> No.23049076

>>23048979
>>I fight with imaginary beings in my head, ignore arguments to the contrary and declare victory

That's Magick, baby.

>> No.23049124

>>23046675
>A lot of lines in his poetry are great, too.
Unfortunately his critics spread the idea that he was a terrible poet and the idea just stuck, so people believe it without having read him. Even if you don't like the guy you have to admit his poetry was technically excellent.
allpoetry.com/La-Gitana
>>23046708
I like the sound of this, except lumping The Book of the Law in there with the others. If you're taking it seriously you need to decide at some point whether to burn it or ignore the warnings and keep it. Having it as part of a collection diminishes the transgression of putting a "forbidden" book on your shelf.

>> No.23049128

>>23048988
There's an old conspiracy creepypasta that says she's his daughter.

>> No.23049147

I get the impression that everyone pushing him is just an /x/ fag who wants to push /x/ shit rather than any real appreciation for his writing. An L Ron of /x/ if you will.

>> No.23049164

The play Adonis was really good. I read it out loud to a friend once. Lots of fun

>> No.23049176

>>23046777
what the

>> No.23049177

>>23049147
No, Crowley is actually good. L. Ron Hubbard? He sucks.

>> No.23049220

>>23049164
>The play Adonis
why is it impossible to find a copy of this

>> No.23049237

>>23049220
he names the jew

>> No.23049395

>>23049164
How did you find it?

>> No.23049530

>>23049220
>>23049395
It's in Equinox Vol. 7
Find Equinox downloadables here: https://hermetic.com/crowley/equinox/index

>> No.23049531

>>23049530
why is a william gill play in a crowley collection

>> No.23049541

>Do what thou wilt
Make me, sodomite.

>> No.23049651

>>23049541
>Make me sodomite
FTFY

>> No.23049685

>>23049651
Don't make me force you to fuck your own arse.

>> No.23049734

>>23046703
Literally all he did was cosplay and have sex with men in the desert. That's so lameduck it makes Hitler's claim to ubsermensch status seem credible.

I agree about the Lenin part though. He was just as influential, unfortunately.

>> No.23049884

>>23049530
>127 dollars for a thumbdrive with some pdfs
https://sacred-texts.com/product/ista-usb-flash-drive-9-0/
the eternal fucking grift right here

>> No.23049889 [DELETED] 

>>23049734
Lenin was based, thoughbeit.

>> No.23050477

>>23049734
>all he did was cosplay and have sex with men in the desert
I'd like to see you try summoning Choronzon.

>> No.23050725

>>23046675
Doesn't have the cool points of being fash like Evola.

>> No.23050732

>>23050725
Good. Fascism is passé.

>> No.23050781

>>23050725
>>23050732
Evola knew about Crowley and gave his opinion:
gornahoor.net/library/EvolaOnCrowley.pdf