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

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I will say, Aleister loved shock value, and I would take few of his words literally, and instead would look to energy processes and movements contained therein. Many of his so called "atrocities" were either simply added publicity, or were metaphors for sexual energetic interactions.

I remember first seeing a book by him, a paperback. It was covered with remarks about his being the "wickedest man" and so on, so I thought, "Ewww!" and put it back on the rack.

Then several days later I was visiting Carla when she held it up and asked if I saw it. I said, simply, "Yes." She said that she and Don had taken to reading it out loud to each other, enjoying its wit. This put a new perspective on Crowley, but when I looked for the book again, it was no longer in the stores. Oh well.

I did read a book about Crowley by Israel Regardie, which was illuminating but slow going.