As soon as you put men together, they somehow sink, corporatively, below the level of the worst of the individuals composing it. Collect scholars on a club committee, or men of science on a jury; all their virtues vanish, and… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
The affiliation clause in our Constitution is a privilege: a courtesy to a sympathetic body. Were you not a Mason, or Co-Mason, you would have to be proposed and seconded, and then examined by savage Inquisitors, and then-probably-thrown out on… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
“Remember that which is written: "Moderate strength rings the bell: great strength returns the penny." It is always the little bit extra that brings… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
This formula of Love is universal; all the laws of Nature are its servitors. Thus, gravitation, chemical affinity, electrical potential, and the rest -… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
A single ego is an absurdly narrow vantage point from which to view the world. — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
I must make MAGICK the essential factor in the life of ALL. In presenting this book to the world, I must then explain and… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
What is it in absinthe that makes it a separate cult? The effects of its abuse are totally distinct from those of other stimulants.… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
“Indubitably, Magick is one of the subtlest and most difficult of the sciences and arts. There is more opportunity for errors of comprehension, judgement… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
Every one interprets everything in terms of his own experience. If you say anything which does not touch a precisely similar spot in another… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
I am inclined to agree with the Head Master of Eton that pæderastic passions among schoolboys 'do no harm'; further, I think them the… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
The joy of life consists in the exercise of one's energies, continual growth, constant change, the enjoyment of every new experience. To stop means… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
