itnAklipse wrote:He also excelled at higher intellectual pursuits but that's another thing.
Well, yes, that's true. I can't quite seem to break the habit of being disparaging towards Crowley; I used to know a few thelemites, and they would get quite irate at me when I did it.
I also think he was a great practical joker:
Section 69 of The Book Of Lies wrote:69
{Kappa-Epsilon-Phi-Alpha-Lambda-Eta Xi-Theta}
THE WAY TO SUCCEED-AND THE WAY TO
SUCK EGGS!
This is the Holy Hexagram.
Plunge from the height, O God, and interlock with
Man!
Plunge from the height, O Man, and interlock with
Beast!
The Red Triangle is the descending tongue of grace;
the Blue Triangle is the ascending tongue of
prayer
This Interchange, the Double Gift of Tongues, the
Word of Double Power-ABRAHADABRA!-is
the sign of the GREAT WORK, for the GREAT
WORK is accomplished in Silence. And behold is
not that Word equal to Cheth, that is Cancer.
whose Sigil is {Cancer}?
This Work also eats up itself, accomplishes its own
end, nourishes the worker, leaves no seed, is perfect in itself.
Little children, love one another!
According to Robert A Wilson, this is the most important secret of ceremonial magick.