Aleister Crowley Essays

Conclusion The aim of this dissertation is an attempt to address the post-war disillusionment in Ernest Hemingway’s short stories. Emotional desolation is a nearly poetical term which encom-passes various different aspects, therefore it cannot be clearly defined. I has focused on the collapse of interpersonal relationships and analysed it on the grounds of both, parental rela-tions and those between a man and a woman. Another significant aspect of desolate human-ity is impaired sexuality which prevent

A transformation is a thorough or dramatic change in an individual’s life. In Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, each of the individual characters go through their own forms of transformation. Demetrius goes through a transformation of his heart and character, that are created due to magic and conflicts. Bottom goes through a physical transformation that is more reflective of his outward characteristics. And Oberon endures an internal transformation that is completely natural, ironically, he

Keeping It Simple You would be hard pressed to find anyone who does not live under a rock that has not at least heard of Harry Potter, if not read a book or seen a movie. The series has become a cultural phenomenon that has people of all ages as loyal fans worldwide. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone was the first book in the series by J. K. Rowling that had to have some qualities to capture audiences. Sure, it is a book about magic and adventures, but there are plenty of books about magic in

1. “‘But you don’t even know the difference between the way things are and the way they're supposed to be. My God,’ [Bledsoe] gasped, ‘what is the race coming to? Why, boy, you can tell anyone you like- sit down there . . . Sit down, sir, I say!’” Relectanly, I sat, torn between anger and fascination, hating myself for obeying.” (Ellison 142) In this quote, Dr. Bledsoe is yelling at the narrator for the immature way he handled Mr. Norton by taking him to Trueblood’s cabin and the Golden Day. As he

Death has always been one of the most essential elements in weird fiction. It brings the dark and creepy atmosphere in the story which creates the attraction of the tale. There are varied types of death used in literature; in “The Night Wire” by H. F. Arnold, Morgan died in such a mysterious manner that readers can hardly explain what really happened, whereas the deaths of Mrs. De Ropp in “Sredni Vashtar” by H. H. Munroe and both characters in Hugh Walpole’s “The Tarn” are more obvious. From my point

century by Aleister Crowley. Aleister Crowley was an author, a poet, a magician and a member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. In 1904 while Crowley was travelling in Egypt with his wife Rose, he became involved in a series of events which he claimed inaugurated him into new phase of evolution. While in a trance Crowley penned the 220 verses of the Book of the Law, split into three chapters. The book contained commentary on magick, yoga, Mysticism and other occult subjects. Crowley claims

In the Age of Enlightenment, scientific knowledge of our immediate nature became a central concern of natural sciences, introducing Cartesian dualism into the modern thought. However, while esoteric thinkers and theosophers stayed true to the Gnostic principle of liberation from ignorance, and thus viewed science favourably, they also insisted on a relationship between matter and the invisible―a system incompatible with modern rationality. This esoteric reasoning is depicted in Rosicrucian Chemical

such necromancy, and also in general way with mysticism and esotherism. At the beginning of the 20 th century, the English occultist Aleister Crowley development his Thelema, a religion or philosophy of life based on the rule “Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law” which he borrowed from the 16 th century French writer Francois Rabelais. Aleister Crowley claimed to have received the “book of the law” from an entity named Aiwass in

People, such as Madam Blavatsky, created a group called the Theosophic Society. With her helper Aleister Crowley, they were allowed to be the mask on the tall that is real Moorish science. Unfortunately, they were able to get certain people to join. They also created groups to get people to join without knowing, such as the Ecclesia Gnostica. Then they

Belongingness is the human emotional need to be an accepted member of a group. Whether it is family, friends, co-workers, a religion, or something else, people tend to have an 'inherent' desire to belong and be an important part of something greater than themselves. A need for this belongingness has existed ever since the dawn of mankind, and it still exists today. We accept this inherent need, because we see it as socially acceptable in society, however we dare to ask if the need becomes obsessive

I have never seen or heard of this symbol called the Elven Star. To me, it looks like a really mystical symbol and an expansion of the Pentagram. It has seven points- I know seven has always been a mystical number in tons of religions throughout the times. After researching, I learned many interesting things about this symbol. The Elven Star is a seven-pointed star commonly called a Septagram or Heptagram. Like the Pentagram, it is a “sacred symbol to Wiccans who follow the Faery tradition, where

One of the world’s strangest enigmas surrounds Loch Ness centered in the Scottish Highlands. In the early beginnings of Scotland, Loch Ness was formed when the Earth’s crust drastically changed,and made about 31,000 lakes in present day Scotland, due the Great Glen fault (Redfern 117). The Loch, located near the famous Urquhart Castle, is approximately 20 miles long and almost a mile wide and more than 755 feet deep (Redfern 117). Another aspect to Loch Ness was that the water was cold and contained

Wiccan ethics are seldom codified in a legalistic way, but may be informed by some common expressions such as the "Wiccan Rede" and the "three-fold law." According to most versions of the three-fold law, whatever one does come back to one thrice-multiplied, in amplified repercussion. One short, rhymed version of the Wiccan Rede states Eight words the Wiccan Rede fulfill: “An it harm none, do what you will." Often "none" is interpreted to include the doer themself in analogy to the "golden rule"

In this past century, allegations concerning the organization known as the Masons, admit promptly that Baphomet exists as a pagan fertility god; whereby they claim the Freemasonry believe in its early satanic teachings, (still, most believe this exists as a falsified accusation). Conversely, Kenneth Grant, the leader of its major dominant occult/Masonic institute in the world (the Ordo Templi Orientis-Order of Eastern Templar), distinctly states that Baphomet actually means Bapho-Mitras-son of Mithras;

There were a couple hundred people in a forum who were trying to figure out what was happening, both in terms of the plot of the story and whether it was a fictional production. As things got more and more Aleister Crowley–ish, it became obvious that this wasn't about a real person — but we still wanted to understand what it was and where it was going. I was an incredible disservice to everyone involved, because every idea I had was wrong and every lead I forced

We Ate the Acid: A Note on Psychedelic Imagery “Symbols – symbols every where. All along my journey they flashed forth the apocalypse of utterly unimagined truths.” – Fitz Hugh Ludlow Psychedelic art typically contains a number of recurring motifs. Examples include circles, spirals, eyes, concentric shapes, grids, landscapes, nudity, long hair, skeletons and mushrooms. Other common motifs are various kinds of non-human animals, vegetation, space scenery and mandalas. And when humans and objects

Dorothy Clutterbuck from the New Forest Coven. Gardner claimed that his Book of Shadows came to him in a fragmentary form and had to be supplemented with other material to fill in the gaps and to make it workable. His obvious influences were Aleister Crowley and the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, Margaret Murray and her books The Witch Cult in Western Europe and The God of the Witches, Charles Godfrey Leland and his book Aradia: Gospel of the Witches, along with his knowledge of ceremonial magic

Introduction. Howard Philips Lovecraft is one of the twentieth century uprising writers. All of his works are revolving in the context of terror and horror fiction. He is best known as the master of Gothic tales. Lovecraft did not made up the terror he reflected in his stories, it is the terror of what he faced and struggled, that affected him deeply to the extent to write about it. He had a rough life, as the history of his family is full of human delicacy and nervous breakdowns. Moreover, he dropped

The Gnostics taught knowledge. They knew that if a person knew knowledge, not only would it transform him but it would also set him apart from others to a degree. But no amount of knowledge is worth anything if you don’t apply it to your life. As cited in Gnostics by Andrew Smith: “True knowledge is direct, personal knowing, acquaintance, recognition, familiarity with God as one might know an ideal father or mother or friend or lover.” The physical or matter is a world that is deceptive by nature

WITCHCRAFT INTRODUCTION Witchcraft (also called witchery or spellcraft) broadly means the practice of, and belief in, magical skills and abilities that are able to be exercised by individuals and certain social groups. Witchcraft is a complex concept that varies culturally and societally; therefore, it is difficult to define with precision and cross-cultural assumptions about the meaning or significance of the term should be applied with caution. Witchcraft often occupies a religious, divinatory