Kali Yuga - Devotion the most popular but least understood !!!

[Guest guest]

Crowley was addicted to heroin, it is true, but he was

prescribed it by a doctor to deal with his asthma, and

was not addicted to it for "fun". He attempted to

break the habit using cocaine, and then had to

struggle with addiction to THAT. He also experimented

with hallucinogenics long before Timothy Leary and the

60s, notably with peyote, and with ether and hashish,

to see whether the effects could be harnessed to the

service of attainment. He was rather a pioneer in this

regard. One has only to read his brilliant "Magick

Without Tears", written in the last two years of his

life, to see that his mental integrity was undimmed by

any of his indiscretions with chemical substances. It

must be noted that he could play three chess games at

once while blindfolded, his grasp of the English

language was astounding and encyclopedic, he was a

master mountaineer, spoke several languages, and wrote

innumerable books, and a whole load of other

remarkable accomplishments, so he can hardly be lumped

in with the common herd, or dismissed lightly as a

mere crank..I met his grandson once, and got an

insight into what the Master in person must have been

like!

Lilith M.

--- Lars Hedström <lars wrote:

>

> Is it true that he died as an drug-addict?

>

>

> Regards

>

> Lars

 

 

 

 

 

 

Y! Messenger - Communicate in real time. Download now.

http://messenger.

[Guest guest]

Lili Masamura wrote:

>

>

>

>##################################################

> Why not? I too am into Aleister Crowley, as he is,

>despite his failings, just about the only genuine

>adept of the Western system who had a real

>understanding of the Eastern methodology. His book

>"Yoga" is a masterpiece of insight into the topic, and

>cuts straight to the point.

>

 

Strange as die-hard ockultists, for example those on alt.magick, mean

that Crowley is weak on yoga and therefore recommend other books about yoga.

 

>Though Crowley is mostly

>lost on people who are not Qabalists; without a

>grounding in Qabalah you won't understand the half of

>what he talks about.

>

 

Qabalah is boring. I read a couple of books about it but it gave me nothing.

 

No offense but the whole judeo-christian pathriarcal penis-project

makes me throw up...

 

Btw, wasn't it stated in the subculture of qabalah that men has cabbala

and women children?

 

Regards

 

Lars

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

>His methods are very like the

>Path of Aghora Tantra, no doubt about it! When I read

>the Robert Svoboda books I was struck immediately by

>the similarity of the methods of Vimalananda and of

>Crowley, though Crowley had a much meaner streak and

>scads less self-control than Vimalananda.

> Lilith M.

>

>

>

>

>

>Take Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone.

>http://mobile./maildemo

>

>

>

>

> Links

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Lili Masamura wrote:

>Crowley was addicted to heroin, it is true, but he was

>prescribed it by a doctor to deal with his asthma, and

>was not addicted to it for "fun". He attempted to

>break the habit using cocaine, and then had to

>struggle with addiction to THAT.

>

 

But many people from the "common herd" as you put it has managed to get

free of addict-problems which I am sure has been just as harsh as Crowleys.

 

You can choose whatever example you want but personally I prefer someone

who has as much character and self-control that she (he) can get rid of

addictproblems without difficulty.

 

Btw, if he was so intelligent, why didn't he just stop smoking to get

rid of his astma?

 

Personally I think he is overestimated.

 

Regards

 

Lars