14. Man is capable of being, and using, anything which he perceives; for everything that he perceives is in a certain sense a part of his being. He may thus subjugate the whole Universe of which he is conscious to his individual Will.

What is Magick?
Aleister Crowley
Magick Without Tears
New Falcon Publications, 1991
page 32

It is very good hearing that these letters do good, but rather sad to reflect that it is going to make you so unpopular. Your friends will notice at once that glib vacuities fail to impress, and hate you, and tell lies about you. It's worth it.

Introduction - Letter I
Aleister Crowley
Magick Without Tears
New Falcon Publications, 1991
page 26
  

3. Now then to your old Pons Asinorum about the names of the Gods! Stand in the corner for half an hour with your face to the wall! Stay in after school and write Malka be-Tharshishim v-Ruachoth b-Schebralim 999 times!

My dear, dear, dear sister, a name is a formula of power. How can you talk of "anachronism" when the Being is eternal? For the type ( Read more... )

2. Most people in my experience either cook up a hell-broth of self-induced obstacles to success in Astral travelling, or else shoot forth on the wings of romantic imagination and fool themselves for the rest of their live in the manner of the Village Idiot.

Introduction
Aleister Crowley
Magick Without Tears
New Falcon Publications, 1991
page 22
  

No, there is this factor in all success: self-confidence. If we analyze this, we find that it means that one is aware that all one's mental and physical faculties are working harmoniously. The deadliest and subtlest enemy of that feeling is anxiety about the result; the finest gauze of doubt is enough to dim one's vision, to throw the entire field ( Read more... )

For pure will, unassuaged of purpose, delivered from the lust of result, is every way perfect.

This, from a practical point of view, is one of the most important verses in the book.
     The unusual word "unassuaged" is very interesting. People generally suppose that "will" is the slave of purpose, that you cannot will a thing properly unless ( Read more... )

"I’d like to mention three major publishing projects that International (O.T.O.) HQ has in the works:

1. The unabridged Confessions of Aleister Crowley in a definitive, unexpurgated six-volume edition, with an additional volume of editorial material. This project is currently in proofreading for Volume 5, currently at about 2,000 pages. It is being ( Read more... )