For a while I have considered that the reason Crowley and Waite did not get on was because they shared a common approach to writing — obscure in purple prose the obvious. Fortunately I have found two recipes for sponge cake written by the two occultists for people to compare. In some ways I take it […]
The Daily Mail, conspiracy nut-jobs and the born-again Christians make a big deal about the Golden Dawn because the so-called Black Magician Aleister Crowley was a member. Crowley’s own followers claim that the Great Beast was an influence on the Golden Dawn and was the living embodiment of the system, which only he had the power […]
For those who want the background of what I am commenting on have a look at the watchers of the dawnsite. Thanks Wikicommons As I started to work with underworld deities I started to warm to some of Crowley’s material and was starting to care less about some of the doubts I had about Thelema. […]