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• The ordinary man looking at a mountain is like an illiterate person confronted with a Greek manuscript.

  Aleister Crowley

  Men, Illiterate Person, Greek

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• Magick is the Art of Life itself.

  Aleister Crowley

  Art

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

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• I cling unto the burning Æthyr like Lucifer that fell through the Abyss, and by the fury of his flight kindled the air. And I am Belial, for having seen the Rose upon thy breast, I have denied God. And I am Satan! I am Satan! I am cast out upon a burning crag! And the sea boils about the desolation thereof. And already the vultures gather, and feast upon my flesh.

  Aleister Crowley

  Air, Sea, Rose

  Aleister Crowley (2012). “The Best of the Equinox, Enochian Magic”, p.141, Weiser Books

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• I must make MAGICK the essential factor in the life of ALL. In presenting this book to the world, I must then explain and justify my position by formulating a definition of MAGICK and setting forth its main principles in such a way that ALL may understand instantly that their souls, their lives, in every relation with every other human being and every circumstance, depend upon MAGICK and the right comprehension and right application thereof.

  Aleister Crowley

  Book, Soul, Way

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

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• Men and women are not free to love decently until they have analyzed themselves completely and swept away every mystery from sex; and this means the acquisition of a profound philosophical theory based on wide reading of anthropology and enlightened practice.

  Aleister Crowley

  Love, Sex, Philosophical

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• Light, Life and Love are like three glow-worms at thy feet: the whole universe of stars, the dewdrops on the grass whereon thou walkest!

  Aleister Crowley

  Stars, Life And Love, Light Life

  Aleister Crowley (2012). “The Best of the Equinox, Enochian Magic”, p.141, Weiser Books

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• The first task of the Magician in every ceremony is therefore to render his Circle absolutely impregnable.

  Aleister Crowley

  Circles, Tasks, Firsts

  Aleister Crowley (2014). “Magick in Theory and Practice”, p.124, Lulu Press, Inc

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• I admit that my visions can never mean to other men as much as they do to me. I do not regret this. All I ask is that my results should convince seekers after truth that there is beyond doubt something worth while seeking, attainable by methods more or less like mine. 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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  Regret, Father, Mean

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

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• Astrology has no more useful function than this, to discover the inmost nature of a man and to bring it out into his consciousness, that he may fulfil it according to the law of light.

  Aleister Crowley

  Men, Light, Law

  Aleister Crowley, John Symonds (1974). “The Complete Astrological Writings”, p.120, Dubois Publishing

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• Practically, Science is true; and Faith is foolish.

  Aleister Crowley

  Foolish

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

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• Crime, folly, sickness and all phenomena must be contemplated with complete freedom from fear aversion or shame. Otherwise we shall fail to see accurately, and interpret intelligently; in which case we shall be unable to outwit and outfight them.

  Aleister Crowley

  Aversion, Sickness, Failing

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

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• The pious pretense that evil does not exist only makes it vague, enormous and menacing.

  Aleister Crowley

  Evil, Vagueness, Doe

  "The Confessions of Aleister Crowley". Book by Aleister Crowley. Chapter 33, 1969.

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• Unspeakable is the variety of form and immeasurable the diversity of beauty, but in all is the seal of unity.

  Aleister Crowley

  Diversity, Unity, Form

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

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• To use legal or financial constraint to compel either abstention or submission, is entirely horrible, unnatural and absurd.

  Aleister Crowley

  Use, Financial, Submission

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

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• Part of the public horror of sexual irregularity so-called is due to the fact that everyone knows himself essentially guilty.

  Aleister Crowley

  Facts, Horror, Guilty

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• The Holy Guardian Angel is the spiritual Sun of the Soul of the Adept.

  Aleister Crowley

  Spiritual, Angel, Soul

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• The intention of this Book of The Law is perfectly simple. Whatever your sexual predilections may be, you are free, by the Law of Thelema, to the the star you are, to go your own way rejoicing.

  Aleister Crowley

  Stars, Book, Simple

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

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• Sit still. Stop thinking. Shut up. Get out!
  The first two of these instructions comprise the whole of the technique of Yoga. The last two are of a sublimity which it would be improper to expound in this present elementary stage.

  Aleister Crowley

  Yoga, Thinking, Two

  Aleister Crowley (2014). “Eight Lectures on Yoga”, p.37, Lulu Press, Inc

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• To knot a sentence up properly, it has to be thought out carefully, and revised. New phrases have to be put in; sudden changes of subject must be introducted; verbs must be shifted to unsuspected localities; short words must be excised with ruthless hand; archaisms must be sprinkled like sugar-plums upon the concoction; the fatal human tendency to say things straightforwardly must be detected and defeated by adroit reversals; and, if a glimmer of meaning yet remain under close scrutiny, it must be removed by replacing all the principal verbs by paraphrases in some dead language.

  Aleister Crowley

  Hands, Plums, Verbs

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• Destiny is an absolutely definite and inexorable ruler. Physical ability and moral determination count for nothing. It is impossible to perform the simplest act when the gods say no. I have no idea how they bring pressure to bear on such occasions; I only know that it is irresistible.

  Aleister Crowley

  Determination, Destiny, Ideas

  "The Confessions of Aleister Crowley". Book by Aleister Crowley. Chapter 48, 1969.

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• You must on no account attempt to use the squares given in the Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage until you have succeeded in the Operation. More, unless you mean to perform it, and are prepared to go to any length to do so, you are a fool to have the book in your possession at all. Those squares are liable to get loose and do things on their own initiative; and you won't like it.

  Aleister Crowley

  Book, Mean, Squares

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• Every incarnation that we remember must increase our comprehension of ourselves as who we are.

  Aleister Crowley

  Who We Are, Remember, Reincarnation

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

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• For I am divided for love's sake, for the chance of union.

  Aleister Crowley

  Unions, Sake, Chance

  Aleister Crowley, Stephen Skinner (1996). “Magical Diaries of Aleister Crowley: Tunisia 1923”, p.64, Weiser Books

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• I am certainly of opinion that genius can be acquired, or, in the alternative, that it is an almost universal possession.

  Aleister Crowley

  Genius, Alternatives, Opinion

  Aleister Crowley “The Equinox Vol. 1. No. 9.”, Lulu.com

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• A burnt child dreads the fire.

  Aleister Crowley

  Children, Fire, Dread

  Aleister Crowley “The Equinox Vol. 1. No. 5.”, Lulu.com

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