"Do what thou wilt" - a brief examination of Aleister Crowley

[Monica]

Last summer I found myself in a second hand book store and bought "Diary of a Drug Fiend", written by Crowley while he was trying to quit heroine. He was addicted to cocaine and heroine. He also did other drugs but I can't remember which ones.

Ah yes, I remember now. Well I've never done heroin but I've never heard of anyone getting the kind of spiritual knowledge from it like what happens sometimes with LSD. I could be wrong, though. I don't know much about heroin. What I mean is that, he might have handled other drugs better than he did coke and heroin. Heroin's some nasty stuff.

I assume he never kicked the heroin habit? It's very difficult to kick so I'd be surprised if he did.

No wonder he got messed up. This helps to have more compassion for him. He probably thought he'd found the ticket to Nirvana. So little was known about H back then. He set himself up for a very nasty surprise, when he found himself addicted.

That's tragic. He was obviously a very brilliant entity. It's tragic that he got sidetracked by addiction like that. Who knows; his addiction probably opened the door to negative greeting, which he (apparently) succumbed to.