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• Every intentional act is a magical act.

  Aleister Crowley

  Aleister Crowley (1991). “Magick: In Theory and Practice”, Book Sales

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• The Gods are but names for the forces of Nature themselves.

  Aleister Crowley

  Names, Atheism, Force

  Aleister Crowley (2014). “Magick in Theory and Practice”, p.150, Lulu Press, Inc

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• People think that talking is a sign of thinking. It isn't, for the most part' on the contrary, it's a mechanical dodge of the body to relieve oneself of the strain of thinking, just as exercising the muscles helps the body to become temporarily unconscious of its weight, its pain, its weariness, and the foreknowledge of its doom.

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  Pain, Exercise, Thinking

  Aleister Crowley (2010). “The Diary of a Drug Fiend”, p.7, Weiser Books

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• I can imagine myself on my death-bed, spent utterly with lust to touch the next world, like a boy asking for his first kiss from a woman.

  Aleister Crowley

  Kissing, Boys, Lust

  "The Confessions of Aleister Crowley: An Autohagiography". Book by Aleister Crowley (Chapter 54), 1969.

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• Happiness lies within one's self, and the way to dig it out is cocaine.

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  Lying, Self, Way

  Aleister Crowley (2010). “The Diary of a Drug Fiend”, p.78, Weiser Books

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  I was not content to believe in a personal devil and serve him, in the ordinary sense of the word. I wanted to get hold of him personally and become his chief of staff.

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  Believe, Devil, Ordinary

  "The Confessions of Aleister Crowley". Book by Aleister Crowley. Chapter 5, 1969.

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• The essence of independence has been to think and act according to standards from within, not without.

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  Inspirational, Life, Philosophy

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• To train the mind to move with the maximum speed and energy, with the utmost possible accuracy in the chosen direction, and with the minimum of disturbance or friction. That is Magick. To stop the mind altogether. That is Yoga.

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  Moving, Yoga, Mind

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• Intolerance is evidence of impotence.

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  Intolerance, Evidence, Fetish

  Aleister Crowley, (2013). “The Writings of the Great Beast - Some Short Stories by Aleister Crowley (Fantasy and Horror Classics)”, p.7, Read Books Ltd

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• We must conquer life by living it to the full, and then we can go to meet death with a certain prestige.

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  Conquer, Prestige, Death And Dying

  Aleister Crowley (2010). “The Diary of a Drug Fiend”, p.255, Weiser Books

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• Ever man is eternally alone. But when you get mixed up with a fairly decent crowd, you forget that appalling fact for long enough to give your brain time to recover from the acute symptoms of its disease - that of thinking.

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  Men, Thinking, Long

  Aleister Crowley (2010). “The Diary of a Drug Fiend”, p.6, Weiser Books

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• This serpent, SATAN, is not the enemy of Man, but He who made Gods of our race, knowing Good and Evil; He bade 'Know Thyself!' and taught Initiation.

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  Men, Race, Knowing

  Aleister Crowley (1991). “Magick: In Theory and Practice”, Book Sales

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• Oh, how superior is the Eye of Horus to the Mouth of Isis!

  Aleister Crowley

  Eye, Isis, Mouths

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• One must find out for oneself, and make sure beyond doubt, 'who' one is, 'what' one is, 'why' one is... Being thus conscious of the proper course to pursue, the next thing is to understand the conditions necessary to following it out. After that, one must eliminate from oneself every element alien or hostile to success, and develop those parts of oneself which are specially needed to control the aforesaid conditions.

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  Doubt, Elements, Next

  Aleister Crowley (1991). “Magick: In Theory and Practice”, Book Sales

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• A white male child of perfect innocence and intelligence makes the most suitable victim.

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  Children, White, Perfect

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• Sex is the sacred song of the soul; Sex is the sanctuary of Self.

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  Song, Sex, Self

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• Repeal all laws which assume that mankind is a herd of cattle

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  Law, Assuming, Herds

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• Anything which throws light upon the Universe, anything which reveals us to ourselves, should be welcome in this world of riddles.

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  Light, World, Welcome

  Aleister Crowley (2014). “Magick in Theory and Practice”, p.70, Lulu Press, Inc

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• Those magicians who object to the use of blood, have endeavored to replace it with incense. But, the bloody sacrifice, though more dangerous, is more efficacious. And for nearly all purposes, human sacrifice is the best.

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  Sacrifice, Blood, Purpose

  Aleister Crowley (1991). “Magick: In Theory and Practice”, Book Sales

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• I do not want to father a flock, to be the fetish of fools and fanatics or the founder of a faith whose followers are content to echo my opinions. I want each man to cut his own way through the jungle.

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  Father, Cutting, Men

  "The Confessions of Aleister Crowley". Book by Aleister Crowley. Chapter 66, 1969.

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• Every man and every woman is a star.

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  Stars, Men, Intriguing

  Aleister Crowley “The Equinox Vol. 3. No. 1.”, Lulu.com

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• It's no good trying to teach people who need to be taught.

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  People, Trying, Needs

  Aleister Crowley (1986). “Book of Lies”, Weiser Books

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• This Universe is a wild revel of atoms, men, and stars, each one a Soul of Light and Mirth, horsed on Eternity.

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  Stars, Men, Light

  Aleister Crowley (1975). “The Commentaries of AL: Being the Equinox Volume V, No. 1”, Weiser Books

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• I believe in one secret and ineffable Lord; and in one Star in the Company of Stars of whose fire we are created, and to which we shall return; and in one Father of Life, Mystery of Mystery, in His name Chaos, the sole viceregent of the Sun upon the Earth; and in one Air the nourisher of all that breathes. And I believe in one Earth, the Mother of us all, and in one Womb wherein all men are begotten, and wherein they shall rest, Mystery of Mystery, in Her name Babalon.

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  Mother, Stars, Father

  "Liber XV, The Gnostic Mass". Book by Aleister Crowley, www.scarletwoman.org. 1913.

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• Your friends will notice at once that glib vacuities fail to impress, and hate you, and tell lies about you. It's worth it.

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  Hate, Lying, Failing

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