Ch. 5
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I resolved passionately to reach the spiritual causes of phenomena, and to dominate the material world which I detested by their means. I was not content to believe in a personal devil and serve him, in the ordinary sense of the word. I wanted to get hold of him personally and become his chief of staff.
— Aleister Crowley
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Source: Wikiquote: "Aleister Crowley" (Quotes, The Confessions of Aleister Crowley (1929): The Spirit of Solitude: An Autohagiography: subsequently re-Antichristened The Confessions of Aleister Crowley : An Autohagiography (1929); only the first 2 Parts were published in 1929, the full 6 Parts in 1969.)
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About Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowley (12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947), born Edward Alexander Crowley, was a British occultist, mystic, poet, and social provocateur, famous for his development of the philosophical system called Thelema, and his concepts of magic, which he called Magick.
About Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowley (12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947), born Edward Alexander Crowley, was a British occultist, mystic, poet, and social provocateur, famous for his development of the philosophical system called Thelema, and his concepts of magic, which he called Magick.
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