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Originally posted by gumUnderfoot: ↑

Aleister Crowley was an English occultist, ceremonial magician, poet, painter, novelist, and mountaineer. He founded the religion of Thelema, identifying himself as the prophet entrusted with guiding humanity into the Æon of Horus in the early 20th century.Wikipedia
Born:12 October 1875,Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
Died: 1 December 1947,Hastings, United Kingdom
Thelema() is aandorphilosophyandfounded in the early 1900s by(1875–1947), an English writer, mystic, occultist, and.The wordthelemais the English transliteration of thenoun(pronounced ), "will," from the verb(thélō): "to will, wish, want or purpose."
In 1904, Crowley wrote that he had receiveddictated to him by an entity named, which was to serve as the foundation of the religious and philosophical system he called Thelema.Crowley identified himself as theof a new age, the, based upon a spiritual experience that he and his wife,, had in,in 1904.By his account, a possiblythat called itselfcontacted himand subsequently dictated a text known asorLiber AL vel Legis, which outlined the principles of Thelema.
The—a collection of gods and goddesses who either literally exist or serve as symbolic archetypes or metaphors—includes a number of deities, primarily a trio adapted from, who are the three speakers ofThe Book of the Law:,, and. In at least one instance, Crowley described these deities as a "literary convenience".

Aiwassis the name given to a voice that the English occultistandceremonial magician Aleister Crowleyreported to have heard on April 8, 9, and 10 in 1904.^[1]^[2]^[3]Crowley reported that this voice, which he considered originated with anon-corporeal being, dictated a text known asThe Book of the LaworLiber AL vel Legisto him through thechannelingof his wifeRose Edith Kellyduring their honeymoon inCairo,Egypt.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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Thanks for that gumUnderfoot, now I know Aleister Crowley was a nutcase, lets revert to good old Mark

“The Bible has noble poetry in it… and some good morals and a wealth of obscenity, and upwards of a thousand lies.” -- Mark Twain
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