"I slept with faith and found a corpse in my arms on awakening; I drank and danced all night with doubt and found her a virgin in the morning."
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Aleister Crowley (1875-1947) was a British occultist, mystic, and writer, often dubbed "the most wicked man in the world." Born into a wealthy family, he rebelled against conventional norms, embracing a philosophy of self-liberation and spiritual exploration. Crowley founded the religion of Thelema, advocating for the pursuit of one's true will, famously encapsulated in his phrase, "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law." His lasting legacy has sparked both fascination and controversy, influencing various aspects of modern occultism and counterculture.
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"The conscience of the world is so guilty that it always assumes that people who investigate heresies must be heretics; just as if a doctor who studies leprosy must be a leper. Indeed, it is only recently that science has been allowed to study anything without reproach."
Aleister Crowley"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."
Aleister Crowley"To read a newspaper is to refrain from reading something worth while. The first discipline of education must therefore be to refuse resolutely to feed the mind with canned chatter."
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