Magical Exposure and Aleister Crowley

Introduction

Aleister Crowley is one of the most famous occultists in the world and he is the founder of Thelema, and the author of many occult works. Crowley's life was a few occult organizations, including the "Golden Dawn", "The Order of the Silver Star" and "Order of the Temple of the East." In the hobbies, Crowley treated chess, climbing, and poetry (Grant, p21).

Edward Alexander Crowley was born in October 12, 1875 in Leamington Spa (Warwickshire, England). His father named Edward Crowley, and mother was Emily Bertha Bishop. His parents were members of a fundamentalist Christian "Plymouth Brethren." They study Bible daily and accompanied childhood of Alistair. However, after the death of his father, all attempts to strengthen mother Crowley in the Christian faith only to provoke his skepticism. Sometimes his mother called him in the hearts of the "Beast 666" (from "Revelation"), and later Crowley took the nickname as his "magic name", giving it a new meaning (DuQuette, p.43).

In 1885-1888 years. Crowley studied English literature at Cambridge. In 1886, as a result of a mystical experience, he became interested in magic and alchemy, and in November 1889 joined the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, taking the magical motto. In 1895, after graduation, Crowley went to Cambridge University. At first he was going to learn "moral science" (philosophy, psychology and economics), but then decided to come to grips with English literature.

In 1898, Crowley published his first book of poetry, “Pentagram” retired from the University of Cambridge and met occultist Julian Baker who introduced Crowley with Samuel Mothers, one of the leaders of the "Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (DuQuette, p.43)."

Discussion

Aleister Crowley additionally made utilization of the pentagram and in his Thelemic arrangement of magick: an antagonistic or reversed pentagram speaks to the drop of soul into matter, consistent with the translation of Lon Milo Duquette. The Crowley disaffirmed his old confidants in the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, who accompanying Levi, and recognized this introduction of the malicious image, and partnered it with the triumph of matter over soul (Grant, p21).

Aliester Crowley (1900 - 1947)

In 1900, Aliester Crowley was disappointed in the abilities of Mathers during the split of "Golden Dawn" (although the official gap between them followed only in 1904). In the same year, Crowley made a trip to Mexico, where he continued his magical experiments (DuQuette, p.43).

In October 1901 Crowley began to practice ...