“Do what you want”: as a central principle of a vision of the world, it may not look like a lot, but at least there are always a lot of people ready and ready to hear it. So Discovered Aleister CrowleyThe occultist of the beginning of the 20th century now remembered not only his unconventional religious practices, but also of his talent to bring together cults around him. It was in Liber Al Vel LegisOr The Book of LawThe central text of his Thelema religion, which he asked his disciples to act directly on their own desires, ideally using a ritual black magic.
You can find out more about life and activities that have finally obtained Crowley nicknamed “the most mean man in the world” of Hochelaga video above. After having lived most of his childhood under a father of a biblical-foundance preacher, who died when Crowley was eleven years old, he was sent back to various boarding schools, then became a troublemaker. In Cambridge, where he went to study English literature, he fell in love with romantics, then for the occult. After leaving without his diploma, but with a considerable heritage, he appreciated the freedom to travel the world, climbing mountains And try to master the black arts – not to mention taking drugs and having business.
While he went from country to country, Crowley never met an old religion that he could not adapt to his own ends. But no gods had as much impact on him as those of ancient Egypt, in particular the Hoor-Paar-Kraat, or the harpocrats in Greek; Crowley said he was contacted by the voice of the Messenger of Hoor-Paar-Kraat Awass, of which he took the dictation which has become Liber al Vel Legis. Being part of the Egyptian prophet, he preached a way for humanity to go to a post-Christian era: “Everything you want to do, go to do it, whatever popular opinion or conventional morality.” After all, it seemed to work for Crowley himself, although the work of a notorious occultist is certainly not for everyone.
The most mean man in the world could not stay like that forever: “In the end, all travel, taking drugs and libertinism had caught up with Crowley.” His inheritance dried up and his outbuildings have worsened. But he did not give up Thelema, even going so far as to establish a commune in Sicily. Alas, the “lifestyle without responsibility” recommended by religion quickly led its headquarters to chaotic dilapidation. But a few decades after his death in England in 1947, Crowley's shiny face was redireed by Crowley, on the cover of Sgt. Pepper Solitary Hearts Club Band. He has become the subject of a pop-music reference not only by the Beatles, but also David Bowie, Iron Maiden and the late Ozzy Osbourne. “Genius? Insane? Visionary? Fraud? Freethinker? Cult leader? ” We could grant Aleister Crowley all these titles, and that of Proto-Rock Star in addition.
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