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The first task of the Magician in every ceremony is therefore to render his Circle absolutely impregnable.
Part III: Magick in Theory and Practice (1929)
I believe in one Gnostic and Catholic Church of Light, Life, Love and Liberty, the Word of whose Law is THELEMA.
Liber XV: The Gnostic Mass (1913)
As soon as you put men together, they somehow sink, corporatively, below the level of the worst of the individuals composing it.
Magick Without Tears (1954)
The cause of human sectarianism is not lack of sympathy in thought, but in speech; and this it is our not unambitious design to remedy.
No event can be fairly judged without background and perspective.
The Confessions of Aleister Crowley (1929)
The people who have really made history are the martyrs.
The Confessions of Aleister Crowley (1929)
I am divided for love's sake, for the chance of union.
The Book of the Law (1904)
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
The Book of the Law (1904)
There is no law beyond Do what thou wilt.
The Book of the Law (1904)
The old spelling MAGICK has been adopted throughout in order to distinguish the Science of the Magi from all its counterfeits.
Part II: Magick (1912)
Modern morality and manners suppress all natural instincts, keep people ignorant of the facts of nature and make them fighting drunk on bogey tales.
The Confessions of Aleister Crowley (1929)
Magick is the Science and Art of causing Change to occur in conformity with Will.
Part III: Magick in Theory and Practice (1929)
The Magician must be wary in his use of his powers; he must make every act not only accord with his Will, but with the properties of his position at the time.
Part III: Magick in Theory and Practice (1929)
The first discipline of education must therefore be to refuse resolutely to feed the mind with canned chatter.
The Confessions of Aleister Crowley (1929)
The pious pretence that evil does not exist only makes it vague, enormous and menacing.
The Confessions of Aleister Crowley (1929)
Men and women will never behave worthily as long as current morality interferes with the legitimate satisfaction of physiological needs. Nature always avenges herself on those who insult her.
The Confessions of Aleister Crowley (1929)
Cleanliness is next to Godliness, and had better come first. Purity means singleness. God is one.
Part III: Magick in Theory and Practice (1929)
I admit that my visions can never mean to other men as much as they do to me.
The Confessions of Aleister Crowley (1929)
To read a newspaper is to refrain from reading something worth while.
The Confessions of Aleister Crowley (1929)
Destiny is an absolutely definite and inexorable ruler.
The Confessions of Aleister Crowley (1929)