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I am divided for love's sake, for the chance of union.

Then saith the prophet and slave of the beauteous one: Who am I, and what shall be the sign? So she answered him, bending down, a lambent flame of blue, all-touching, all penetrant, her lovely hands upon the black earth, & her lithe body arched for love, and her soft feet not hurting the little flowers: Thou knowest! And the sign shall be my ecstasy, the consciousness of the continuity of existence, the omnipresence of my body.

Distinction is clearly made between the two types: one are Gods the other is men. This verse establishes uncompromisingly that all Gods - G capital, that is to say, 'true Gods' - and all men deified by legend or deceit - that is to say, false gods' - are fools.

These are fools that men adore both their Gods & their men are fools.

There is no law beyond Do what thou wilt.

First and only letter to his son Aleister Ataturk (May 1947), as quoted in Do What Thou Wilt : A Life of Aleister Crowley (2000) by Lawrence Sutin, p.

It makes all the difference to anyone who reads what you write, whether you use the best phrases in the best way. In writing English the most important quality that you can acquire is style.

The best models of English writing are Shakespeare and the Old Testament, especially the book of Job, the Psalms, the Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Solomon.

The last two are of a sublimity which it would be improper to expound in this present elementary stage. The first two of these instructions comprise the whole of the technique of Yoga.

Article "The Worst Man in the World" in The Sunday Dispatch (2 July 1933) quoted in The Magical Revival (1972) by Kenneth Grant.

I despise the thing to such an extent that I can hardly believe in the existence of people so debased and idiotic as to practice it. I have been accused of being a "black magician." No more foolish statement was ever made about me. You must be obsessed with an insane idea of the importance of the petty object of your wretched and selfish desires. To practice black magic you have to violate every principle of science, decency, and intelligence. As far as the search goes, there is little fear of failure! It is like looking for an escape of gas with a lighted candle. The recoil upon those who practice it is terrific. It is a totally unscientific and emotional form of magic, but it does get results - of an extremely temporary nature. Magical Diaries of Aleister Crowley : Tunisia 1923 (1996), edited by Stephen Skinner p.I wish to say definitely, once and for all, that people who do not understand and accept this position have utterly failed to grasp the fundamental principles of the Law of Thelema. The fact of a person being a gentleman is as much an ineluctable factor as any possible spiritual experience in fact, it is possible, even probable, that a man may be misled by the enthusiasm of an illumination, and if he should find apparent conflict between his spiritual duty and his duty to honour, it is almost sure evidence that a trap is being laid for him and he should unhesitatingly stick to the course which ordinary decency indicates. There seems to be much misunderstanding about True Will."Energized Enthusiasm : A Note On Theurgy" in The Equinox Vol.I am inclined to agree with the Head Master of Eton that pæderastic passions among schoolboys 'do no harm' further, I think them the only redeeming feature of sexual life at public schools." Energized Enthusiasm : A Note On Theurgy" in The Equinox Vol.Only those who intuitively understand from early boyhood that they must stand out, and who have the incredible courage and endurance to do so in the face of all that tyranny, callousness, and the scorn of inferiors can do only these arrive at manhood uncontaminated. Three years in the world, and he is a bank clerk or even a government official.

It is rare to meet a youth without high ideals, generous thoughts, a sense of holiness, of his own importance, which, being interpreted, is, of his own identity with God. Its rarity may be attributed to the crushing influence of a corrupted society. I am certainly of opinion that genius can be acquired, or, in the alternative, that it is an almost universal possession.Aceldama : A Place To Bury Strangers In (1898) Preface.God conquered - now I have only one doubt left - which of the twain was God? I was in the death struggle with self: God and Satan fought for my soul those three long hours.