Henrik Bogdan's intro to "Aleister Crowley and Western Esotericism
Alister Crowley
his cosmic purpose: to proclaim
Absoloute liberty of the individual. to self actualize with out regard for normal cultural, moral, and religious codes
Drawn from western European Magical traditions, Crowley focused on the power of sexuality as a magical discipline. sexual magic: a simple and direct method of achieving the telesmatic ends of the curator without the material trappings of ceremonial magic
- a charismatic revelator
secret chiefs: seems contradictory to have these symbolic figure heads "Some followers[who?] of the Golden Dawn tradition believe that the Secret Chiefs were not human or supernatural beings but, rather, symbolic representations of actual or legendary sources of spiritual esotericism. The term came to stand for a great leader or teacher of a spiritual path or practice that found its way into the teachings of the Order.[15]"
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his contribution to western esotericism : was his attempt to legitimate his essentially religious approach to reality though philopshl and empirical skepticism
perphonical mysticist zorasatist skeptical energy scientifiic illuminist or what you will for in short it is a conscious communion with god from the part of an atheist
a transcending of reason by skeptissit of the instrument and the limitation of skeptisist by direct consciousness by the absoloute
mainstream religiion has failed to answer their own questions because of their inherent methodological limitations
“the method of science the aim of religion, magic as the third way”
- the magical order of the golden dawn*-esoteric organization
Paschal Bevery Randopph: They are a radical soul-sexive series of energies.. read: Maria de Naglowska
Cthulhu Mythos is a shared fictional universe,