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Crowley agreed to join because as the climbing leader he would have the opportunity to break the altitude record. [1] The record at the time was held by either William Woodman Graham , Emil Boss and Ulrich Kaufmann on Kabru (7,315 m), a widely contested, but possibly accurate claim, [ 2 ] or Matthias Zurbriggen on Aconcagua (6,962 m).
Crowley had his first significant mystical experience while on holiday in Stockholm in December 1896. [21] Several biographers, including Lawrence Sutin, Richard Kaczynski, and Tobias Churton, believed that this was the result of Crowley's first same-sex sexual experience, which enabled him to recognize his bisexuality. [22]
The Blue Equinox, officially known as The Equinox (Volume III, Number 1) is a book written by the English occultist Aleister Crowley, the founder of Thelema.First published in 1919, [2] it details the principles and aims of the secret society O.T.O. and its ally the A∴A∴, both of which were under Crowley's control at the time.
Crowley's aim was to encapsulate the principles of Thelema in a manner that was direct and accessible, describing the "O.T.O. plan in words of one syllable." [6] It is one of the last and shortest of the books known as the Libri of Aleister Crowley. The creation of Liber OZ took place during World War II.
At one point he proposed to Crowley that they form a company to publish the journal, but by early 1910 there was a rift between the two and the acquaintanceship ended, with Crowley claiming that Raffalovich had acted on his behalf without authorization, and cashed cheques in Crowley's name, forging the signature. [4] [12]
The A∴A∴ (/ ˌ eɪ ˈ eɪ / ay-AY) is a magical organization established in 1907 by Aleister Crowley, a Western esotericist.Its members are dedicated to the advancement of humanity by perfection of the individual on every plane through a graded series of universal initiations.
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Cover of the 1991 edition of Little Essays Toward Truth by Aleister Crowley. Little Essays Toward Truth is a 1938 book written by the mystic Aleister Crowley (1875–1947). It consists of sixteen philosophical essays on various topics within the framework of the Qabalah and Crowley's religion of Thelema. On the concept of truth, Crowley writes: