Aleister Crowley 2012

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  • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

    Sat, October 24, 2009 - 8:35 AM
    he had such a strong will that he died a heroin addict.....
    no vote from here
    • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

      Sat, October 24, 2009 - 4:17 PM
      So did William S. Burroughs.

      What do you find that is "dark" about Aleister Crowley? Other than his reputation, that is.
      • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

        Sat, October 24, 2009 - 6:37 PM
        Some people only see the dark. Even if theyre looking straight in the face of freedom, liberation & love. It doesnt matter if youre at 1, 2 or 3. Or if you make it to 33. I'm not even a part of that system. It's not required.
      • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

        Sat, October 24, 2009 - 11:52 PM
        well from the little i know i can decipher that his writings propone an intrinsic self-interest.. and a kind of abandonment of 'higher' aspirations.. and this is the paradoxical effect i suppose - some are drawn to seizing that wild card, others rather travel a path of restraint~ me, i think i'll straddle

        en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goetia
        • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

          Sun, October 25, 2009 - 12:00 AM
          Good idea Cali!
          I like to think that folks like Crowley and Ayn Rand-
          laid the hedonistic groundwork,
          filling out all those basic, primitive, terrestrial wants and needs till they're full...
          so that guys like Huxley, Leary, R.A.Wilson, and the McKenna's could knock it out of the park!
          • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

            Sun, October 25, 2009 - 12:11 AM
            I just think he's interesting. Like many other people and subjects I read about. I'm not a Crowleyite OTO Mason or whatever the kids are calling it these days. There are lots of people & subjects I find far more interesting. I just shared this bit cuz it's 2012 related.
            • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

              Sun, October 25, 2009 - 12:25 AM
              yeah i'm definitely going to look into him one day soon.. cos it looks like he's somewhat of an exppert on yoga psychology even!
              • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

                Sun, October 25, 2009 - 12:37 AM
                Yoga schmoga. He was a high rank Mason & British Intelligence asset. Psyops expert and tool of mass experimentation on the collective mind of all humanity. Highly brilliant and highly fucked up simutaneously. Yen & Yang just like everyone. How many people wish they could have walked in his shoes? Someone has to play the important roles. Hitler. Stalin. Anton. Dali Lama. Ghandi. Jim Jones. Manson. Etc...... What is the end of the story? World slavery in the guise of freedom, liberation & love? The victims of genocide become an unfortunate inconvenient truth yet again? Oui oui. Buttocks of course. The fine line between being a genius and a tool becomes insignificant when omnicide is the main course on the menu.
                • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

                  Sun, October 25, 2009 - 2:34 AM
                  Let me get this straight, you are claiming that Crowley's work was a mind experiment instigated by MI-6 with the ultimate aim of killing everyone? Give me a break.
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                    Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

                    Sun, October 25, 2009 - 4:08 AM
                    <irony light on>
                    Don't ever listen to anything Mr. M has to say about paganism, ritual, or Thelema. The problem with him and all the uptight San Fransisco Christians like him is he loves to talk about concepts he has no idea about, yet has absolute faith in his own conventional dogma. He truly thinks he is truly playing "God's Advocate" here with you.
                    <irony light off>

                    Oh, and if a hypocrite produces a hypocracy-
                    then God is an iron!
                    It's in the bible, look it up, do the math!
                    • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

                      Sun, October 25, 2009 - 7:59 AM
                      I actually dont talk about paganism, ritual or Thelema very much. And I'm not a Christian. Where did that come from?

                      And Copy & Paste, I don't think LaVey & Crowley are the greatest people that ever lived. People assume way too much. I do admire both. Have you written any books and started a global movement lately? Silly man. lol
        • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

          Sun, October 25, 2009 - 2:28 AM
          It's not really an abandonment of higher aspirations, and to say self-interest barely scratches the surface. He has turned the last ~3000 years of philosophy in the West on its head, and in doing so simultaneously transcended and included it.

          All the magick, yoga, and religion that he created was taking old ceremonial formulae and recalibrating them for this aeonic change.

          "Despite the frequent assumption that 'Do what thou Wilt' is solely an exhortation to hedonism or licentiousness, Thelema as it was formulated by Crowley is a path of spiritual development based on seeking and putting into practice one's True Will, or destiny, the soul's Will rather than the ego's desires."

          en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelema
    • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

      Sat, October 24, 2009 - 9:33 PM
      >he had such a strong will that he died a heroin addict..... <<

      At his time, heroin was legal and prescribed by the doctor for back pain (which Crowley suffered from). They didn't know much about the addictive effects, so we can't really blame the good ol' Beast for getting hooked.

      Thousand of people will die from the Big Mac and flu shots; each era has it's own flavor.
      • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

        Sat, October 24, 2009 - 10:37 PM
        Actually not so much back pain as things like bronchitis and asthma. Anyway yeah, it was legal and prescribed to him. He did take it (and many other things) recreationally as well as sacramentally, and he was one of the first people to write about such uses for drugs in the English language. He should be praised for this, not ridiculed, eh?
      • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

        Sat, October 24, 2009 - 10:51 PM
        There's a vaccine for the Big Mac attack?

        Crowley did many drugs. He loved cocaine. He loved drugs. I would never try to whitewash his drug use. He wouldnt want that either probably. He didnt when he was living. Why would he after he died? Just as I share openly about my own drug use. It is absolutley nothing to be ashamed of and not a bad thing. It can be in some ways. But even if someone abuses drugs and kills themself, I still think it's better to discuss such thing openly rather than not. Drugs offer what not taking drugs does not. A different perspective. It's that simple ultimately. No complexity involved. The complexity comes from what is inside of people. Not from the drug itself. Kind of like how guns don't kill people. People kill people. With Guns.

        PS - Diary of a Drug Fiend. Indeed.
        en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diar...Drug_Fiend

        Supposedly his last words were "I'm perplexed." He was just a human as anyone else. Perhaps more enlightened. Ya think?
        • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

          Sun, October 25, 2009 - 2:15 AM
          Crowley died peacefully and quietly.

          Whether or not he was "more enlightened" or whatever is something that is best judged by actually looking at his work. I suggest anyone unsure of what to think of him, do so.
          • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

            Sun, October 25, 2009 - 6:12 AM
            "Crowley died peacefully and quietly.

            Whether or not he was "more enlightened" or whatever is something that is best judged by actually looking at his work. I suggest anyone unsure of what to think of him, do so. "

            Aye aye captain!
            ...I allready did

            ...can I say VERY misguided genius?
            • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

              Sun, October 25, 2009 - 6:16 AM
              If anyone wants to follow Crowley they better get themselves a sterile blade, antiseptic cream and bandaids....
              lets get real.
              and that's just for starters.
              • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

                Sun, October 25, 2009 - 6:49 AM
                Let's read the punchline of The Book of Law (by Aiwass via Crowley).....


                48. Now this mystery of the letters is done, and I want to go on to the holier place.

                49. I am in a secret fourfold word, the blasphemy against all gods of men.

                50. Curse them! Curse them! Curse them!

                51. With my Hawk's head I peck at the eyes of Jesus as he hangs upon the cross.

                52. I flap my wings in the face of Mohammed & blind him.

                53. With my claws I tear out the flesh of the Indian and the Buddhist, Mongol and Din.

                54. Bahlasti! Ompehda! I spit on your crapulous creeds.

                55. Let Mary inviolate be torn upon wheels: for her sake let all chaste women be utterly despised among you!

                56. Also for beauty's sake and love's!

                57. Despise also all cowards; professional soldiers who dare not fight, but play; all fools despise!

                58. But the keen and the proud, the royal and the lofty; ye are brothers!

                59. As brothers fight ye!

                60. There is no law beyond Do what thou wilt.

                61. There is an end of the word of the God enthroned in Ra's seat, lightening the girders of the soul.

                62. To Me do ye reverence! to me come ye through tribulation of ordeal, which is bliss.

                63. The fool readeth this Book of the Law, and its comment; & he understandeth it not.

                64. Let him come through the first ordeal, & it will be to him as silver.

                65. Through the second, gold.

                66. Through the third, stones of precious water.

                67. Through the fourth, ultimate sparks of the intimate fire.

                68. Yet to all it shall seem beautiful. Its enemies who say not so, are mere liars.

                69. There is success.

                70. I am the Hawk-Headed Lord of Silence & of Strength; my nemyss shrouds the night-blue sky.

                71. Hail! ye twin warriors about the pillars of the world! for your time is nigh at hand.

                72. I am the Lord of the Double Wand of Power; the wand of the Force of Coph Nia--but my left hand is empty, for I have crushed an Universe; & nought remains.

                73. Paste the sheets from right to left and from top to bottom: then behold!

                74. There is a splendour in my name hidden and glorious, as the sun of midnight is ever the son.

                75. The ending of the words is the Word Abrahadabra.


                The Book of the Law is Written
                and Concealed.

                Aum. Ha.


                ....children WILL play, lol...
              • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

                Mon, October 26, 2009 - 1:38 AM
                If anyone wants to follow Crowley they better get themselves a sterile blade, antiseptic cream and bandaids....
                lets get real.
                and that's just for starters.

                hmmm... for starters, i don't know any thelemites who are following crowley. see?
                • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

                  Mon, October 26, 2009 - 6:00 AM
                  hmmm... for starters, i don't know any thelemites who are following crowley. see?

                  Are Crowleys works are of no interest to Thelemites?
                  I thought that The Book of the Law was a main text for a Thelemite.
                  A bit like The Bible is to Christians....(which is also very bloody)
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                    Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

                    Mon, October 26, 2009 - 6:25 AM
                    You suggest that studying Crowley's work is the same as following him. It's not.
                    • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

                      Mon, October 26, 2009 - 9:40 PM
                      That would be like saying if you read a book about Jeffrey Dahmer you are just like him. Totally ignorant.

                      I say Crowley is seen as evil by many people for various reasons. Therefore he IS truly evil. But I don't see it as a bad thing personally. Because life is a contradiction in and of itself. The good and bad balance each other out. They make life what it is. Good and bad are subjective. Not 100%. Maybe. I do believe there are some absolutes. Truth is truth and can't be changed. But I dont think we human folk are experts on ultimate truth. We will always be learning till the day we die. This is why know it all types work my nerves. I'm all for sitting at the feet of really wise people and learning from them. But even if someone is really smart and intelligent, if they are arrogant and self righteous, it kind of negates a lot of what they say and do. I dont care how brilliant someone is. If theyre an asshole I don't pay too much attention to them. Gurdjief & I probably would have totally hated each other. lol Maybe not. Maybe I should make a t-shirt & bumper sticker that say Gurdjiefs Bitch.
                      • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

                        Tue, October 27, 2009 - 12:14 AM
                        What's inherently wrong with being arrogant and self righteous? Other than that it is kind of annoying? Lots of great people had those traits -- why should it be the case that somehow they negate the value of a person's work? Beethoven for example. Is his work less valuable because of his 'tude?
      • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

        Sun, October 25, 2009 - 6:03 AM
        At his time, heroin was legal and prescribed by the doctor for back pain (which Crowley suffered from). They didn't know much about the addictive effects, so we can't really blame the good ol' Beast for getting hooked.

        ....oh right,, he was a real hero, lmao
        • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

          Sun, October 25, 2009 - 1:30 PM
          It's easy to criticize a man who has more tabloid journalism written about him than Britney Spears. Not the sign of a great intellect to parrot that stuff.

          I suppose you would caution anyone against reading Burroughs?
          • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

            Sun, October 25, 2009 - 3:50 PM
            I suppose you would caution anyone against reading Burroughs?

            Who's he? Isn't he that rice chef?
            • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

              Tue, October 27, 2009 - 9:33 AM
              William S. Burroughs, one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. Taking heroin the whole time, off and on, and died an addict. You've not heard of him? Somehow I am not surprised.

              en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will..._Burroughs
              • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

                Tue, October 27, 2009 - 3:40 PM
                You've not heard of him? Somehow I am not surprised.

                lol
                • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

                  Tue, October 27, 2009 - 3:49 PM
                  Thanks for the link:

                  www.sacred-texts.com/oto/lib150.htm

                  sacred texts is one of my favourite sites
                  ...though I wouldn't describe myself as a literati
                  ....you don't have to be especially well read to know what you're reading has that edge of canker to it.
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                    Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

                    Tue, October 27, 2009 - 8:00 PM
                    No but you do need to actually comprehend what you are reading if you want anyone to listen to your opinion :)
                    • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

                      Tue, October 27, 2009 - 9:46 PM
                      No but you do need to actually comprehend what you are reading if you want anyone to listen to your opinion :<<

                      i'm gonna have to agree with that. and of course! thelema isn't for everyone, its its own flavor and def has its protection mechanism, nor for the faint hearted and read between the lines, yada yada. and hey, you don't have to hate vanilla if you love chocolate, right?
                      • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

                        Tue, October 27, 2009 - 10:53 PM
                        I have a love hate relationship with Freemasonry. Yet I have friends that are Masons. And A.C. was supposedly above the highest rank of 33rd degree. There are a few degrees above that apparently. Most initiates never progress past the first 2 or 3.

                        OTO

                        DOGSINATAS
                        • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

                          Tue, October 27, 2009 - 11:45 PM
                          i don't think the 33rd degree is that big a deal. here's why. (and it may have been at one point but not now). my grandpa was a 33 degree mason. he ranked 33 in 5 rites. he was pretty regular, a do-gooder for the community, and that's sort of what its about. its not that big a deal...
                          the conspiracy behind the philanthropy is non-sense. and yes, there are aspects that look really slanted to those who can't see the truth of things, beyond religion. that's the attainment that crowley prolly reached with his h.g.a (and anyone can do it given discipline, will, and desire or drive, etc...)

                          god is satan, perhaps, i always think its lucifer though, whats the diff? i think there must be one. satan seems more assholish, where lucifer seems softer in an insane light way... olo
                          • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

                            Wed, October 28, 2009 - 4:38 AM
                            well i'm not sure but isn't Lucifer just a fallen angel? kinda like, well.. the Antichrist.. but i'm pretty sure Lucifer isn't Satan..?

                            and call me ignorant, but isn't it kinda strange that you guys are openly talking about your friends and relatives being Masons? i mean doesn't it suggest much more?
                            • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

                              Wed, October 28, 2009 - 5:23 PM
                              lucifer isn't satan, but o they're in cohoots! i guess anti-christ, but it depends on defintion etc... its all relative. anyhow,

                              anyone can be a mason. its no secret. and if you become a mason, your aim is 33 degrees, that's no secret. they are philanthropists if we shed any light on them. what more could be suggested?

                              robert anton wilson was a solid thelemite. i bet he'd vote crowley 2012, and a host of other magicians.
                              • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

                                Wed, October 28, 2009 - 5:34 PM
                                which makes me think...

                                i'm not attached to any idea as solid. things change and fluidity is an important part of magick.

                                what is the best we can hope for in 2012 and after
                                and whats the worse? those are my challenge questions. anyone...
                                • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

                                  Wed, October 28, 2009 - 7:44 PM
                                  I thought Satan & Lucifer are the same "person". Whether He is real or not is of course debated by many.

                                  Why would it be a problem to mention if youre friends or family with a mason? I have all kinds of friends. Some are even racist. Some of my nonracist friends dont understand how I can be friends with certain people. I take each person as an individual. Mostly I probably wouldnt be friends with people that hold certain views. But everything in life isnt always black and white. There's a lot of grey area. And I have no problem being friends with some people that hold various views. Regardless of how out there or extremist others may think of them. Some people think negative shit about me. I could care less. My friends & family are my friends and family regardless of how we might feel about specific subjects.
                                  • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

                                    Wed, October 28, 2009 - 7:48 PM
                                    i dunno people might judge you as being in cohoots with the high n mighty i guess.. but yeah i suppose that's just people being judgmental. i'm just misinformed about it all
                                  • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

                                    Wed, October 28, 2009 - 7:52 PM
                                    << Satan & Lucifer are the same "person" >>



                                    Satan (Hebrew: השָׂטָן ha-Satan ("the accuser"); Arabic: الشيطان al-Shaitan ("the adversary") - both from the Semitic root: Ś-Ṭ-N) is an embodiment of antagonism that originates from the Abrahamic religions, being traditionally considered an angel in Judeo-Christian belief, and a Jinn in Islamic belief. Originally, the term was used as a title for various entities that challenged the religious faith of humans in the Hebrew Bible.


                                    Lucifer is a Latin word, literally meaning "light-bearer", that was used as a name for the "day star" or "Morning Star" that precedes the risining star.

                                    The name is frequently given to the Devil in Christian convention. Use of this name in reference to a fallen angel stems from a particular interpretation of Isaiah 14:3-20, a passage that speaks of someone who is given the name of "Day Star" or "Morning Star" (in Latin, Lucifer) as fallen from heaven.

                                    • Satan and Lucifer

                                      Wed, October 28, 2009 - 9:05 PM
                                      My sense is that Satan is associated with Testing as ruled by the planet Saturn. Testing in terms of lessons offered for growth in whatever area seems to require it.

                                      Lucifer I see as corresponding with Temptation as symbolized by the serpant in the Garden of Eden. The planet Venus is recognized as both the morning star and the evening star depending on the time of year. Both Christ and Quetzalcoatl are associated with the concept of the "Morning Star" which imo represents the dawn following the dark of night or the dark night of the soul as mystics see it.

                                      The Devil conflates the two with the Tarot card showing a naked male and female chained to the goat beast. Each concept does have a Limitation element attached which can be viewed as either limits for expansion (satan) or limits placed on oneself through desire (lucifer).
                                      • Re: Satan and Lucifer

                                        Wed, October 28, 2009 - 9:14 PM
                                        oh i love Saturn! love gemstones associated with Saturn.. though i've heard of some Saturn worshippers who are supposedly evil or something.. nyway..

                                        i just read that hasatan of the Hebrew traedition had no power of its own, but is only able to alert God to the evils of humankind.. although asking at one time to test Job.. or something..
                                        and also that Lucifer 'became' Satan after the Rebellion of Heaven.. and the ruler of this world, illusion
                              • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

                                Wed, October 28, 2009 - 7:46 PM
                                i thought only men could become masons.. and i'm not sure what more it suggests, just some subversive connection to something or other.. i really don't know.. it's never something i really talk about
                          • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

                            Wed, October 28, 2009 - 8:01 PM
                            <<<i don't think the 33rd degree is that big a deal.>>>

                            i met one once, he did not impressed me much on the esoteric side, but he sure had a lot of business contacts

                            Today's Manson's dont do any masonry ....

                            "Lucifer, THE LIGHT-BEARER! STRANGE AND MYSTERIOUS NAME TO GIVE TO THE SPIRIT OF DARKNESS! LUCIFER, THE SON OF THE MORNING! IT IS HE WHO BEARS THE LIGHT AND WITH IT SPLENDORS INTOLERABLE BLINDS FEEBLE, SENSUAL, OR SELFISH SOULS? DOUBT IT NOT!" Just as the Word of God is a Light that shines through the darkness (ignorance) of this world, so is there a counterfeit Light called Illuminism that actually derived from the name Lucifer. For "Lucifer," as we have already seen, means "The Illuminated One," or "Shining One."

                            www.gatecreepers.com/workspa...Pike.pdf
                            • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

                              Wed, October 28, 2009 - 8:12 PM
                              are the Masons connected to the Knights Templar and the Illuminati? who are the guys intent on sorting out the bloodline of Jesus n Mary n protecting the Arc of the Covenant etc etc?

                              and what is a counterfeit Light? like what Prometheus brought forward?
                              • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

                                Wed, October 28, 2009 - 8:35 PM
                                Man-sons come in all different stiles (rites) .... like all in life ... is not the same being part of a Manson Lodge in Wyoming as being part of the Masonic Lodge in Oxford, England
                              • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

                                Wed, October 28, 2009 - 10:46 PM
                                are the Masons connected to the Knights Templar and the Illuminati? who are the guys intent on sorting out the bloodline of Jesus n Mary n protecting the Arc of the Covenant etc etc? <<<

                                some are and some aren't. its a huge world with lots of stuff going on. it a lot related to business, which often in banking and those areas of the old timers. women are not freemasons, no siree. we have other work to do.

                                the satan- lucifer thing has to do with the trickster (like prometheus and a host of others with different names, same mythos), stealing fire, revealing stuff... etc... lol.
  • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

    Mon, October 26, 2009 - 1:13 AM
    I think this is the best idea ever. Crowley is great. Anyone that can get on the cover of sgt peppers is obviously a star, even if we all are.

    It's such a good idea that I even got inspired to finally cash in on 2012 with a fancy sigil and witty caption or 2 that I stuffed in the gallery.

    cafepress ahoy: www.cafepress.com/tanklepan more items coming soon. wife and child to feed etc etc 93
    • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

      Mon, October 26, 2009 - 6:27 AM
      It looks like the crowley 2012 logo is under a commons license, so you can make versions of it and sell it if you want, or just make your own stuff or whatever if you give credit.
      • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

        Wed, October 28, 2009 - 9:21 PM
        So are Lucifer and Satan really that different?And if they are--or aren't--isn't that just another example of the old an (for me) discredited dichotomous/non-unitary (vs. unitary or reversible, and thus reciprocal or convertible unity of contraries) perspective of us-them, good-evil, material-spiritual, mind-body, saved-damned?

        For me, the alchemy of opposites has worked (everything contains its opposite)....
        • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

          Wed, November 11, 2009 - 11:55 PM
          to me, they are just other limbs of the body of god. i was looking over the wakeworld, one of my favorite tales. this is my favorite passage from the beast:

          "It was midnight, and the Devil came down and sat in the midst; but my Fairy Prince whispered: "Hush! It is a great secret, but his name is Yeheswah, and he is the Saviour of the World." And that was very funny, because the girl next me thought it was Jesus Christ, till another Fairy Prince (my Prince's brother) whispered as he kissed her: "Hush, tell nobody ever, that is Satan, and he is the Saviour of the World."

          theres more to the tale than that, of course, but for me, i enjoy the imagery and the ponders... one in the same, sorta. its difficult to define each one as separate, so its easier to unify the elements and chalk it up to various expressions of the same thing(ness). damn saved, lol...
          • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

            Thu, November 12, 2009 - 5:06 AM
            49. I am in a secret fourfold word, the blasphemy against all gods of men.

            50. Curse them! Curse them! Curse them!

            51. With my Hawk's head I peck at the eyes of Jesus as he hangs upon the cross.

            52. I flap my wings in the face of Mohammed & blind him.

            53. With my claws I tear out the flesh of the Indian and the Buddhist, Mongol and Din.

            54. Bahlasti! Ompehda! I spit on your crapulous creeds.

            55. Let Mary inviolate be torn upon wheels: for her sake let all chaste women be utterly despised among you!

            - Aleister Crowley
  • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

    Mon, November 16, 2009 - 2:11 PM
    Did you guys see this mention of one of these threads? ac2012.wordpress.com/2009/10...eathbed/
    • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

      Mon, November 16, 2009 - 6:32 PM
      except for those that don't

      will you have my actions silenced until the end of time?
      your brain-teased judgments scalded clean with remorse.
      of folly and countless escapades that sought only your delight.
      turned to crime and missing chances at every turn.
      to bring together all futility and simmer in cold dawns such as this.

      with a rising sun, warmth tickles pink your infinite desires, of waking
      from so long a sleep, it never tires of dying from each pitiful rebuke
      that sends me once again into horrors caught with nightshades,
      labled, framed, shamed and forever straying, until now when I'd only
      still whisper in your ear, I love you and you return the favor.

      now i would appreciate, if you could explain, as clearly as your won't.
      the exception that proves the rule and how its definition breaks cool,
      upon your face so bleak, your heart in tatters, still smelling sweet,
      your words of wisdom foretelling a likely retreat that will not borrow
      or weep, yet harness a respite from due diligence to reap a whirlwind.
      • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

        Mon, November 16, 2009 - 8:41 PM
        what
        • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

          Mon, November 16, 2009 - 8:52 PM
          In Lewis Mumford's "The Pentagon of Power"(1970) he foresaw what the onrushing tsunami of information would do. Here he is on that: "Without... self-imposed restraints the over-production of books will bring about a state of intellectual enervation and depletion hardly to be distinguished from massive ignorance."

          In other words, there would be so much apparent richness of information that people would become progressively poorer in understanding. Sound familiar?
          • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

            Mon, November 16, 2009 - 9:16 PM
            intelligence comes in all shapes and sizes. i get the point but i wouldn't call it the end all... ignorance is bliss, but only to a degree and not much of one, lol...
          • Re: Aleister Crowley 2012

            Tue, November 17, 2009 - 7:06 AM
            Buy, it sure does...


            Kind of like how the extreme availability of Crowley's works online has paradoxically produced a whole subcultureof people who collect the e-texts but do not read them. As if having them alone signifies knowledge; not unlike the book collection of prior decades but in that case there was some investment involved so (apart from pure speculation on resale value) the person was bound to actually value the material.

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