Aleister Crowley - The Great Beast 666

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    • @auroramariealmeara8622
      @auroramariealmeara8622 Před 4 lety +9

      @Jerry Collins your a moron

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    • @oneloveboob
      @oneloveboob Před 3 lety +2

      Jerry Collins only the weirdo elites who eat children are going to hell’

    • @johnnycashew9101
      @johnnycashew9101 Před 3 lety +4

      You didnt mention the entire Black Sabbath song dedicated to him??

  • @Szyperak
    @Szyperak Před 3 lety +4163

    Crowleys father went about talking that everything is a sin, and then died from tongue cancer. I see what you did there God

  • @peter-8483
    @peter-8483 Před 3 lety +4024

    Today he would just be your average person in Hollywood

  • @haynesatteh4463
    @haynesatteh4463 Před rokem +289

    Great video, have always known there’s more to life than meets the eye, I feel like in this life i am supposed to be doing more than i am doing for the people i love. been seeking for an eye opening enlightenment, a way to be more influential, powerful and protected~

    • @bartholetbay412
      @bartholetbay412 Před rokem +2

      oh well you can achieve that by being a part of the illuminatus brotherhood, i know it sounds like a mystery but there are ways you can actually get in contact with them

    • @haynesatteh4463
      @haynesatteh4463 Před rokem +1

      @@bartholetbay412 hi, isn't the brotherhood a myth?

    • @bartholetbay412
      @bartholetbay412 Před rokem +1

      @@haynesatteh4463 Well it is not and you can't actually expect it to be open to everyone, but if you want to know more you can look up ANTHONY MARK SZYMON online you will find something interesting.

    • @haynesatteh4463
      @haynesatteh4463 Před rokem

      @@bartholetbay412 oh really, i just saw his website, interesting.i will leave him a message.

    • @ddirtdid
      @ddirtdid Před rokem

      yeah i kinda do feel that way too sometimes.

  • @delmar418
    @delmar418 Před rokem +189

    Young Crowley has unstable angina and was sickly until he had spent time away from his parents. He lived in the country, chopped wood, became physically strong before he returned to his parents. He still suffered from angina and was prescribed, as he had been before time in the country, it was called laudinum (morphine), it came in tinctures. This was the method used for pain in many, in those days. During travels later on, laudinum wasn't available, so he was prescribed Heroin. Heroin, was a brand name for processed morphine. It was created in Germany by Bayer. He built a tolerance.

    • @demetriusgrosse
      @demetriusgrosse Před rokem +3

      Sheesh

    • @erocktherockjohnson5169
      @erocktherockjohnson5169 Před rokem

      Bro suffered from vagina 💀💀💀💀💀💀

    • @nightblades6239
      @nightblades6239 Před rokem

      No he never

    • @gabesmokeymartatom
      @gabesmokeymartatom Před 11 měsíci +2

      I thought so. A very different perspective than blaming the kids problems entirely on his father’s religion. It’s such biased BS.

    • @luckycat3302
      @luckycat3302 Před 7 měsíci +1

      Addiction quite early. Hmmm. This might be why I am having trouble getting through Libre 777....off to the chemists I go....

  • @MC-gj8fg
    @MC-gj8fg Před 3 lety +2807

    Child raised by crazy parents turns out crazy in the opposite direction. Never heard that story before...

  • @ThePSNinjas
    @ThePSNinjas Před 3 lety +1459

    A hardcore preacher dying of tongue cancer is the ultimate irony

    • @austins.2495
      @austins.2495 Před 2 lety +32

      Due justice

    • @thmo8130
      @thmo8130 Před 2 lety +2

      @A Rare Sophisticate Okay?!

    • @rory4016
      @rory4016 Před 2 lety +16

      poetic

    • @TheWorldStageGeopolitics
      @TheWorldStageGeopolitics Před 2 lety +36

      @@austins.2495 if u dont believe in an a creator than why would u say “due justice” - thats contradictory from a fundamental level

    • @user-mn2gt4ct3l
      @user-mn2gt4ct3l Před 2 lety +13

      @@TheWorldStageGeopolitics He might believe in a Devil.Ah who cares?

  • @jfpk114
    @jfpk114 Před rokem +262

    Ozzy Osbourne wrote a cracking song about him too. One of the greatest guitar solos is on it.

    • @ericfronczak4177
      @ericfronczak4177 Před rokem +10

      Also a very trippie movie was directed by Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickenson based on Crowley.

    • @Okbuddypal
      @Okbuddypal Před rokem +2

      @@ericfronczak4177 Where can I watch this movie?

    • @PsyCygnet
      @PsyCygnet Před rokem +2

      I read that his last words were “I am perplexed, Satan get out”. Anyone else know if this is true?

    • @donquixote8462
      @donquixote8462 Před rokem +2

      @@PsyCygnet
      Of course it is. Why on Earth would the truth be to indulge your desires? Wow. What a profound mystery. What a sage. I thought for sure that Satan actually used these things to deceive us so that we worship the self rather than God, but turns out, no, I just needed a so-called magician to unlock the secrets of the universe: pleasure! Wow. Deep.

    • @Ingrid_Kasady
      @Ingrid_Kasady Před rokem +10

      @@donquixote8462God does not exist

  • @lucyalienlove
    @lucyalienlove Před rokem +189

    You mentioned psychedelic drugs and showed acid tabs, which didn't exist during Crowley's life. Crowley did mescaline, from cactus like San Pedro and Peyote. I think the distinction is important.

    • @2wayproducing2584
      @2wayproducing2584 Před rokem +10

      Thank you for pointing this out

    • @charliespeary2503
      @charliespeary2503 Před rokem +3

      I’m pretty sure Acid and LSD did exist in his time. They certainly did in my dads who was born in the 50’s

    • @lemonadratrand
      @lemonadratrand Před rokem +22

      @@charliespeary2503 lsd was discovered in 1943

    • @robertkubicki126
      @robertkubicki126 Před rokem +8

      @@lemonadratrand exactly, also Crowley died in 47

    • @samuel56551
      @samuel56551 Před rokem

      ​@@charliespeary2503 Crowley died in 1947.

  • @Glamosapien
    @Glamosapien Před 4 lety +2604

    Cant believe he talked about musicians and didnt mention ozzy osbournes song “mr crowley”

    • @BeatlesPetty
      @BeatlesPetty Před 4 lety +11

      or coil

    • @hooliganinquiries2725
      @hooliganinquiries2725 Před 4 lety +7

      Fr tho

    • @redjacemory4404
      @redjacemory4404 Před 3 lety +8

      Me too!

    • @therealeikichionizuka
      @therealeikichionizuka Před 3 lety +23

      While I do like the song, I think the creator of the video is not necessarily talking about with Crowley himself, but songs that reference his actions and impact. Idk tho, cause he might just be uncultured.

    • @nomadmover7699
      @nomadmover7699 Před 3 lety +65

      IKR I kept waiting for him to mention Ozzy. Had the song going through my brain most of the video!

  • @simmthingler
    @simmthingler Před 4 lety +551

    I don't think he actually said LSD. 06:57 "He incorporated psychedelic drugs into his routines..." So that could be anything from peyote to the playing of a Björk album.

    • @catsofsherman1316
      @catsofsherman1316 Před 4 lety +23

      The psychedelic properties of LSD were not discovered until 4 years before Crowley's death so that timeline doesn't work.

    • @tomservo5007
      @tomservo5007 Před 4 lety +18

      Timm Shingler: 12:58 , He actually said LSD.

    • @stevenanderson2358
      @stevenanderson2358 Před 4 lety +21

      There were no Björk albums before 1947 either.

    • @tomriordan6008
      @tomriordan6008 Před 4 lety +15

      @@tomservo5007 Yes you are right. Crowley was in Sicily from 1920 to 1923. LSD was discovered in 1943, so other hallucinogens must have been used.

    • @Itsunclegabby
      @Itsunclegabby Před 4 lety +8

      @@stevenanderson2358 Right, but that's not what he said. He's just saying that a psychedelic doesn't always have to be LSD, or even a drug.

  • @eoo1882
    @eoo1882 Před rokem +9

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  • @Pruflas-Watts
    @Pruflas-Watts Před 2 lety +109

    I learned about him in 2003 from the Rob Zombie movie: House of 1000 Corpses. Towards the end of the movie, the surviving victims of the fire fly family cult were being dragged to their death to be sacrificed to Doctor Satan in a watery grave below. During the ritual, you can hear a sinister, low voice of Alistair saying "Bury me in a nameless grave", Looping on repeat.

    • @naew5664
      @naew5664 Před rokem +11

      Love Rob Zombie

    • @donquixote8462
      @donquixote8462 Před rokem +2

      @@naew5664
      Hahaha deceived.

    • @naew5664
      @naew5664 Před rokem +3

      @@donquixote8462 Decieved? Not by Rob though haha

    • @alvadrive42
      @alvadrive42 Před 8 měsíci

      thank you! i wondered what that was

    • @memorymedia6188
      @memorymedia6188 Před 23 dny +1

      Yes, Alester Crowley embraced evil. Don't make the mistake of minimizing that. Its a simple equation. Not a good guy.

  • @whitewolf2868
    @whitewolf2868 Před 3 lety +744

    " he's not the messiah. He's just a naughty boy"

  • @nickx1754
    @nickx1754 Před 3 lety +1257

    What surprises me the most is after self indulging to such extremes, he found his greatest satisfaction in family. Wow.

    • @terry-zZ
      @terry-zZ Před 3 lety +47

      i know, very disappointing, how basic, what an false prophet

    • @dirtnbloodnotherkids
      @dirtnbloodnotherkids Před 3 lety +136

      Were made in Gods image, as much as we try to deny it or run from it or pretend otherwise, were all wired to long for and desire to build a loving family, which is what God wants too ultimately, a family of genuinely loving children.

    • @user-sk8lj1vw4r
      @user-sk8lj1vw4r Před 3 lety +36

      Acceptance of the tribe (our survival mechanism)

    • @mintoo2cool
      @mintoo2cool Před 3 lety +82

      wouldn't you know it... truth always prevails... all the great religions of the world focus on family values in some way, shape or form.
      truth is you can't beat biology. we are social creatures, that's what we're wired to do. family is the fundamental social unit. a group of families make a community and so on so forth... no amount of drugs can beat the dopamine rush you get when you see your kid walk or talk for the first time...

    • @user-sk8lj1vw4r
      @user-sk8lj1vw4r Před 3 lety +6

      @@mintoo2cool Indeed, my friend

  • @Voidvampy
    @Voidvampy Před 2 lety +414

    I kind of appreciate that wholesome twist near the end of Crowley's story. A fangirl actually took care of him and helped him get sober, and Crowley ended up being a good dad. I love that for him

    • @DaveWestGuitar
      @DaveWestGuitar Před 2 lety +23

      I've read about this guy for 37 years and this was the first person to contradict the death in a boarding house as a feeble perplexed heroin addict. FIRST TIME. I also never heard about a redemption through finding joy in family and getting sober. This account is unique. Again, I have doubts. I have read his Book of The Law, and other of his esoteric writings many many years ago. I encourage anyone to read that stuff and draw their own conclusions. The whole "Do What Thou Wilt" is only part of the mantra. There's "Love under Law", which is clearly the opposite of Christian teaching that love covers many sins, and that Love in it's truest form, rendered payment for mankind's debt to the Creator for breaking the Law. You can't "Do What Thou Wilt" without leaving a negative impact on others. It's selfishness. Is that a high spiritual or moral aspiration?

    • @caroliner2029
      @caroliner2029 Před 2 lety

      I've only heard that Crowley was a pedo. I would bet that he ab*sed his little son.
      My mother was a Narcissist, and a bis*xual pedo like him, and if she was still alive I'd press charges.
      It's rubbish that a twisted, amoral and perverted individual like Crowley would ever be able to bond with or love another person, family or not.
      A Narcissist isn't capable of love or bonding. They don't have object constancy, or empathy. Crowley would have been bored stiff at home with "family" and no drugs.
      Everyone that practices Crowley's rituals holds that the blood of a little boy is best for their "spirit cooking".
      As per Maria Abramovich, Lady Gaga, Hillary Clinton, etc...

    • @bubbashursh262
      @bubbashursh262 Před 2 lety +82

      bruh he rapped people and had no remorse for what happened to the other people on the mountain, is that good to you? smh

    • @susanluffy
      @susanluffy Před 2 lety +66

      @@bubbashursh262 Right? This guy is something else trying to shine a good wholesome light on pure evil. Not cool.

    • @bubbashursh262
      @bubbashursh262 Před 2 lety +43

      @@susanluffy exactly people are so brainwashed and it’s sad!!

  • @SumiOccult
    @SumiOccult Před 2 lety +2

    Thanks mate. Much apprecited. 🙋

  • @MrGold-lo6vc
    @MrGold-lo6vc Před 4 lety +1856

    Victorian edgelord Aleister Crowley

    • @rogerelzenga4465
      @rogerelzenga4465 Před 4 lety +18

      hahahaha

    • @MrGold-lo6vc
      @MrGold-lo6vc Před 4 lety +50

      It's still funny to me to imagine Aleister as a boy, grimacing, holding that funny mushroom head pose, with him occasionally glancing toward his disapproving mother, checking to see how pissed off she is.

    • @outlawJosieFox
      @outlawJosieFox Před 4 lety +40

      Overgrown schoolboy with too much money.

    • @jeffnicholas6342
      @jeffnicholas6342 Před 4 lety +17

      lololol! I don't know how the OG edgelord doesn't already have a Hollywood biopic about his life

    • @annie_xo
      @annie_xo Před 4 lety +21

      Jeff Nicholas imagine all the wild conspiracy theories that would come from a movie like that. The crazies world see it as a confirmation of the Hollywood satanism Illuminati crap

  • @matthewkeil961
    @matthewkeil961 Před 4 lety +2135

    He sounds like a modern day celebrity.

    • @dngt90X
      @dngt90X Před 4 lety +186

      Alot of celebs follow his worldview.

    • @ujjwalthakurthe
      @ujjwalthakurthe Před 4 lety +13

      Ooooffff !!!!!!

    • @Raumplestomp
      @Raumplestomp Před 3 lety +76

      @@dngt90X - seems like they follow more than just "worldview". He left detailed instructions behind.

    • @Raumplestomp
      @Raumplestomp Před 3 lety +51

      @Keith Peterson - Fools usually judge others to be foolish. I try to avoid casting judgement of others. Even in my own private throughts. Usually when I feel the impulse to judge others, it is because I saw something reflected their actions that I subconsciously identified as a part of myself that I need to improve. The only reason I wrote this was to share my personal journey in the hopes that someone else may learn from my mistakes.

    • @oneloveboob
      @oneloveboob Před 3 lety +72

      They all like to rape kids and get high off of their neurochemicals’

  • @kenpudsey6435
    @kenpudsey6435 Před 2 lety +5

    Fascinating story about this guy..didn't know much about him before..keep up the great work Simon!

  • @jbmuteboi2381
    @jbmuteboi2381 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Cant wait to learn more about famous people and stuff in history subscribed

  • @DextrumBoucher
    @DextrumBoucher Před 3 lety +559

    Crowley's followers could not have "stared at frightening images and while taking LSD" at the abbey. The abbey was founded in 1920 and shuttered in 1923. LSD was not synthesized until 1938 and was not discovered to have effects until 1943. By this time the Abbey had been closed for 20 years. Similarly, mushrooms were not known outside circles until scientists for Sandoz Pharmaceuticals went seeking out psychedelic drugs in the 1950. It is doubtful that Crowley would have had access to this drug as it was not purified from the raw material until 1959. Mescaline was the most likely drug used, as accounts from the era describe the copious use of alcohol, morphine, cocaine, and chloroform, as well as the occasional use of peyote/mescaline.

    • @doodahman2995
      @doodahman2995 Před 3 lety +34

      Caught that too

    • @udstyle
      @udstyle Před 3 lety +62

      Exactly, my jaw almost dropped when I heard that. How could he take LSD decades before it was discovered?

    • @daedalus1
      @daedalus1 Před 3 lety +58

      Sadly, some 'journalists' never allow facts to get in the way of their story. Excellent comment and correction!

    • @Konfide4043
      @Konfide4043 Před 3 lety +32

      Or...most history we believe is fact, is actually false, most everything is inverted truths, and the date LSD was synthesized was in the early 1800s. Or...maybe not *shrug*

    • @ericschueler794
      @ericschueler794 Před 3 lety +14

      Thanks for dropping some real knowledge. Most on here just talk shi* without even thinking.

  • @MusicLover-ti6zo
    @MusicLover-ti6zo Před 3 lety +749

    So basically Crowley Was a narcissistic who loved his power over people. Knowing L. Ron Hubbard was a follower of his hedonistic teachings is not surprising in the least.

    • @zalty8556
      @zalty8556 Před 3 lety +29

      but at the end he realised it was all meaningless and found true happiness with his son

    • @teamridgeback
      @teamridgeback Před 3 lety +5

      Hedonistic

    • @TheAfterHoursLV
      @TheAfterHoursLV Před 3 lety +8

      *narcissist

    • @pajo103
      @pajo103 Před 3 lety +17

      @@TheAfterHoursLV don't be a grammar Nazi you douche bag

    • @TheAfterHoursLV
      @TheAfterHoursLV Před 3 lety +8

      Patrick Mulholland - protector of everything stupid...

  • @francisfischer7620
    @francisfischer7620 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Best ever! Fascinating! And thanks for limiting the ramblings.

  • @mikekovacevic9337
    @mikekovacevic9337 Před rokem +14

    You forgot to mention his entry into the OTO by Theodore Ruess in which he eventually became Ruesses successor as outer head and reconstituted it with thelema as it’s central philosophy. He also founded the A.’.A.’. Which was his spiritual school. Not everyone that was involved with Crowley ended up having their lives destroyed. Karl Germer was Crowley’s successor in the OTO and the AA. Grady McMurtry became a student of Crowley’s during World War Two and was Crowley’s successor of the OTO after Germers death in 1962. McMurtry had successfully expanded the OTO in the United States and was the first to mass publish Crowley’s works to make them available to the public. Israel Regardie was also a student of Crowley’s and was a practicing psychologist who published works based on Crowley’s teachings. However, Hubbard was never a student of Crowley’s and never met him. Hubbard was involved with Parsons at the Agape lodge in Pasadena California but it was a short lived relationship. Hubbard took some of the ideas and practices of thelema and twisted them into what would eventually become Scientology.

    • @davidvader8723
      @davidvader8723 Před 8 měsíci +2

      One of the only people mentioning his understudy, Regardie I've read all of crowleys stuff and most of regardies, Most people say stuff to relate or try to sound cool. Though a sicko he was intelligent.

    • @mikekovacevic9337
      @mikekovacevic9337 Před 7 měsíci +1

      @@davidvader8723 I accidentally said that Parsons started Scientology. I corrected it lol

  • @mrdent5648
    @mrdent5648 Před 4 lety +905

    The founder of scientology is associated with crowley? Imagine my shock....

    • @natpolkabunny
      @natpolkabunny Před 3 lety +18

      Actually no, they never met

    • @walkaway6353
      @walkaway6353 Před 3 lety +55

      I got another shock for you. His daughter was barbara bush the $hit pres. george Bush's wife. So now you know a little about how "fowl" the elite family's are.

    • @natpolkabunny
      @natpolkabunny Před 3 lety +11

      Olek the Eternal oh my god are u okay??! Triggered asf

    • @Courage2bwell
      @Courage2bwell Před 3 lety +11

      @@walkaway6353 I had heard that and did digging. According to Brittanca, it states her parents are "Marvin Pierce, the publisher of McCall’s magazine, and Pauline Robinson Pierce."

    • @tylerironside8109
      @tylerironside8109 Před 3 lety

      @Olek the Eternal Be nice!!!

  • @qmccarr89
    @qmccarr89 Před 2 lety +787

    “Miiiister Crowley…. What went on in your head?! ……. Oh Mister Crowley…. Did you talk to the dead?!” One of the best metal songs of all time lol

    • @manaleauxduclaire482
      @manaleauxduclaire482 Před 2 lety +44

      "The Bible is so insane, you would have to be sane to understand it." - Aleister Crowley
      That is what went on in his head.

    • @shanebraaten9553
      @shanebraaten9553 Před 2 lety +26

      Miiiister Crowley.... 🎸...... Won't You Ride My White Horse.... 🎸.... 🤘

    • @manaleauxduclaire482
      @manaleauxduclaire482 Před 2 lety +18

      @@shanebraaten9553 "Look at my horse, my horse is amazing".

    • @nathannate9153
      @nathannate9153 Před 2 lety +8

      "Miiiister Crowley....what went on in your head?!...oh Mister Crowley....did you talk to the dead?!" I agree b

    • @JDX28
      @JDX28 Před 2 lety +20

      Your life to me seemed so tragic
      In the thrill of it all
      You fooled all the people with magic
      Knocking on Satan’s door
      🤘

  • @gregorfaust819
    @gregorfaust819 Před rokem +16

    Aleister Crowley was in Sicily from 1920 - 1923. LSD was „invented“ in 1943, so Crowley and bis crew did certainly not use LSD in the 1920thies. But other drugs, such as heroine.

    • @TheMightyBlackPearl
      @TheMightyBlackPearl Před rokem +2

      Well, opium back then, but essentially yes. Both come from the Poppy. All opioids stem from the Poppy.

    • @TheMightyBlackPearl
      @TheMightyBlackPearl Před rokem +1

      That's where the opium dens come in. They were popular back then.

    • @stormrider1375
      @stormrider1375 Před rokem

      A truly evil, vile man who in a remotely sane society would be imprisoned for life or otherwise forced to work to avoid starving to death. He never actually worked a day in his life. But the modern world is very far from being sane and the power structures adore and promote such freemasonic occultists and intelligence assets. It is likely Crowley was a lifelong British intelligence asset which added to his "untouchable" status. At least Fascist Italy exiled this rootless parasite and his "commune" in the 1920's. It would have been far more appropriate if they imprisoned him for life instead or executed him, at least on grounds of being a British spy.

    • @davidcauley9400
      @davidcauley9400 Před rokem +1

      It was mescaline

    • @Eye_Radiate_Light
      @Eye_Radiate_Light Před měsícem

      He smoked DMT

  • @teegee613
    @teegee613 Před rokem +8

    To clarify, "Do what thou wilt" does NOT mean do whatever you want. Crowley himself has said this, and any true Thelemite will tell you the same. What was actually meant by this was to follow your true will, which is akin to the divine will. The primary goal of Thelema is to attain knowledge and conversation with your Holy Guardian Angel (basically your Higher Self) upon which you discover your true will. However, having said that, Crowley was against the concept of sin.

    • @SandaBoxing
      @SandaBoxing Před rokem +2

      which is why he's probably being tormented by fire right now.

  • @feralcyborggaming1531
    @feralcyborggaming1531 Před 4 lety +333

    99% of comments: DeR wAs No LsD in 1920
    .5%: He never said LSD!
    .5%: the lyrics to Mr. Crowley

    • @feralcyborggaming1531
      @feralcyborggaming1531 Před 4 lety +4

      @@Burnt_Nipple because LSD is obviously the only drug you can infuse into a sheet of paper...

    • @matte6352
      @matte6352 Před 4 lety +6

      WHAT’D THEY DO TO YOUR HEAD?!

    • @richardchambers3533
      @richardchambers3533 Před 4 lety +6

      LSD is a helluva drug. Im Rick James Bitch!🤣🤣🤣

    • @bentramer682
      @bentramer682 Před 4 lety +4

      1% Jimmy Page and the houses of the holy

    • @gurgy3
      @gurgy3 Před 4 lety +3

      DiD yOu TaLk To ThE dEaD?

  • @dialaskisel5929
    @dialaskisel5929 Před 5 lety +617

    "**sigh** just walked in and my roommate is levitating *AGAIN*" - a day in the life of Alister Crowley

    • @rocksteady8705
      @rocksteady8705 Před 5 lety +15

      For a prank he should have put thumb tacks (pins) underneath his roommate when he wasn’t looking lol

    • @BINDRUNE
      @BINDRUNE Před 5 lety +2

      LAVATATING. not Levitating.. it was a spelling error?

    • @deviantoutcast
      @deviantoutcast Před 5 lety +11

      @@BINDRUNE Lavatating, that's what you do in Alister Crowley's lavatory - Levitating, that's what you do in Alister Crowley's dormitory.

    • @p.butler9071
      @p.butler9071 Před 5 lety +3

      B.S. about Jack the Ripper too...

    • @ottoleyendecker2728
      @ottoleyendecker2728 Před 4 lety +2

      Which of us hasnt levitated whilst on drugs?

  • @hasaniprince7093
    @hasaniprince7093 Před rokem +20

    His son became his pride and joy after becoming clean again and giving it all up .. but I wonder what happened to his first born child... Zaza🤔

  • @mattflamenco
    @mattflamenco Před rokem +1

    This years Crowley fest is 16th-17th September. There's usually some really good bands on (if you like death metal and goth). Same place, Clarendon Square, Leamington spa. This year's the 10th anniversary so there should be some good acts on and I think the local council have stummped up some cash for a change having realised it brings people to the town. 🤘

  • @HailRider
    @HailRider Před 5 lety +456

    You left out one of Ozzy's biggest hits, Mr. Crowley.

    • @isaacpulido1510
      @isaacpulido1510 Před 5 lety +4

      \m/

    • @HailRider
      @HailRider Před 5 lety +31

      James Scalzo not so sure about that. Sounds like a bad urban legend. Mr. Crowley, did you talk to the dead? Mr. Crowley in nocturnal rapport. Heard satans call... the references to Aleister Crowley are all over the place. The bio on A. Crowley seems to match the song perfectly. Where did you get that tidbit ? Would like to research that.

    • @letsgetstoned4719
      @letsgetstoned4719 Před 5 lety +6

      Ozzy fukken rulez man! ! ! ! ...

    • @tardwhisperer1015
      @tardwhisperer1015 Před 5 lety +4

      You can tell by the lyrics that Ozzy was clueless about the man.

    • @tardwhisperer1015
      @tardwhisperer1015 Před 5 lety

      I was referring to the "I wanna know what you meant" line. As well as the "you fooled all the people with magick." That's reserved for the so called elites.

  • @bobsacamano251
    @bobsacamano251 Před 4 lety +253

    Legend has it, he used to fly around town with his favorite goat in a ufo.

  • @dhawkins78412
    @dhawkins78412 Před rokem +1

    Thank you for the intro. I've came across his name in reading about uh hum books on witchcraft and magic.

  • @williamhiles7404
    @williamhiles7404 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Crowley loved to write poems and publish them in his occult encyclopedia The Equinox. One of those poems, and it was actually about his New Aeon, was the line
    "As an acid eats into steel, so am I unto the Spirit of man". That should tell you all you need to know.
    LedHed Pb 207.20 🎶 🎸 🎹

  • @ThomasTrue
    @ThomasTrue Před 5 lety +254

    Crowley wasn't all he claimed to be but he certainly had a great influence on 20th century subculture.
    He also had a great sense of humour. While living at Boleskine, he once wrote to the community council in Foyers, the nearest village, complaining of the level of sin and lewd behaviour there. The council duly got back to him, saying they could find no evidence of such. Crowley replied "That's exactly what I mean. It's terrible."

    • @doccatface6868
      @doccatface6868 Před 5 lety +25

      yeah hes so cool i bet he wears a leather jacket and skips class to smoke djarums by the bleachers, he was a basic contrarian dressing his misgivings and failures as providence and wit. Both of which he is absent of. Grandstanding about how people dont want you around is what the greasy wallet chain types do. Hes so basic it's boggling.
      How can you sit through this and put that above yourself? Guess it says more about the person looking up to an insect, than the insect itself.

    • @coolcatmcfat7658
      @coolcatmcfat7658 Před 5 lety +30

      The guy above me's great great grandpa was locked out of the Golden Dawn

    • @iamjackalope
      @iamjackalope Před 5 lety +6

      @@doccatface6868 So it's safe to assume that you are not a Crowley fanboy.

    • @dannyslammy4379
      @dannyslammy4379 Před 5 lety +2

      @@doccatface6868 That tardcoven created modern america

    • @ezmyreldaandrade
      @ezmyreldaandrade Před 3 lety +1

      @@doccatface6868 It's interesting you mention Providence.

  • @figgynewton5718
    @figgynewton5718 Před 5 lety +395

    This dudes accent goes perfectly with what he’s talking about

    • @Williamtipq
      @Williamtipq Před 4 lety +2

      Figgy Newton yeah if you’re a hillbilly

    • @livinglavish1705
      @livinglavish1705 Před 4 lety +2

      Williamtipq why would you say that

    • @JGofBEWA
      @JGofBEWA Před 4 lety

      @@Williamtipq Too bad it is all bullsh*t.

    • @FranklynRBonfante
      @FranklynRBonfante Před 4 lety +3

      Ugh, it's weird how his high english accent keeps getting higher and higher with every video.. I can't do it anymore.

    • @stevemartinez1360
      @stevemartinez1360 Před 4 lety +1

      Franklyn R. Bonfante glad I’m not the only one that noticed.

  • @redneckgirl1955
    @redneckgirl1955 Před 2 lety +4

    I heard that too he was the wicked man, but he said he allowed that, so he could sell his books. I believe that too. Thanks for sharing this knowledge and wisdoms with me 🇨🇱🧡

  • @helina2557
    @helina2557 Před rokem +1

    Dude I stumbled on u. Imma subscribe now

  • @DRholmsey
    @DRholmsey Před 3 lety +119

    Finally a decent (albeit short) video on Aleister Crowley. Although there are a few mistruths promulgated here. 1) Crowley left the Abramelin operation to support MacGregor Mathers in the Golden Dawn schism, not for lack of results from the operation. 2) LSD wasn't in existence when Crowley was at the Abbey of Thelema at Cefalu, most likely it was mescaline, cocaine, or opium that was taken. 3) Leah Hirsig wasn't the person who went to the press, that was Betty May. 4) After 1935 Crowley didn't just become a nobody, some of his greatest works were written even up until his death, such as the book of thoth and his work with Lady Freida Harris from 1939 to 1944, and Magic without tears which was published posthumously. 5) Crowley had various so-called supernatural experiences prior to the events of 1904 in egypt. There is plenty of literature/diary entries to confirm this. 6) The Goetia ritual with Rose was not in a cave, but the King's Chamber of one of the pyramids. It was done to show Rose the Sylphs, but instead she claimed to be in contact with Horus.
    But on the whole it is appreciated to finally see a Video that has some semblance of proper research behind it

    • @jawarholol4651
      @jawarholol4651 Před 3 lety +2

      recommend a good biography of Crowley?

    • @DRholmsey
      @DRholmsey Před 3 lety +13

      @@jawarholol4651 Perdurabo by Richard Kazcynsky is the most thorough biography to date, as well as the confessions of Aleister Crowley as it is his autobiography. There are others but none compare to Perdurabo in my mind

    • @DRholmsey
      @DRholmsey Před 3 lety +14

      @SomeHazyCaveman Not really, he explored the symbolism of the idea of satan, but also explored the symbolism of many different gods. Satan is for the most part a christian creation, an aspect of that pantheon. Crowley abhorred what christianity had become and the repressive aspects it subjected people to, so he identified with the adversary in attacking it. Hence the title 'The Great Beast 666'.
      As for black magic, he found it repulsive and corrupted, and termed it as any act that wasn't in conformity with one's will. He even took a publisher to court over being named a black magician, though he lost the case as the judge found his sexual exploits to be repugnant, which has nothing to do with whether he was a black magician or not.

    • @andrewcooper-barnes6165
      @andrewcooper-barnes6165 Před 3 lety +1

      The Great Pyramid in Giza

    • @schmuckpuppet4842
      @schmuckpuppet4842 Před 3 lety +2

      @@DRholmsey What I glean from Crowley is that he was some sort of kabalist. In particular, he seems to have espoused Sabatean Frankism. This also explains why he named his daughter Ataturk. This man had all the hallmarks of satanic doctrine. This video claims that he was a failed secret agent, but I think the opposite is true. Maybe his uncle even had a hand in his induction. He probably remained a secret agent until the day he died. Mission: moral subversion. Probably he was never even explicitly told that that was his mission, yet his mission it was.

  • @gunsmokeandghouls
    @gunsmokeandghouls Před 4 lety +370

    His early life sounds like every other suburban angsty teen in the 1990s.

    • @grimtea1715
      @grimtea1715 Před 4 lety +3

      😂😂😂😂

    • @stefan6347
      @stefan6347 Před 4 lety +13

      The first suburban angsty teen

    • @eunuchprovocateur4734
      @eunuchprovocateur4734 Před 3 lety +15

      I was a suburban angsty teen in the 90's. My granddad never bought me a prostitute, and I never got to bang a maid just to be a dick. I'm feeling very unfulfilled now.

    • @cabin_fever
      @cabin_fever Před 3 lety +3

      The problem is he was given power

    • @ericschueler794
      @ericschueler794 Před 3 lety +2

      Idiot, he was born into money, nothing typical about his life. Do some Mother fu**ing research!

  • @dearld
    @dearld Před rokem +2

    Thanks for the info on crowley. The onlything i knew from before this was Black Sabbaths song Mr. Crowley.

  • @JaredMerlin
    @JaredMerlin Před rokem +6

    Until now, I have never researched Aleister Crowley. Your video was the start. Thank you. What a whirlwind of a man he was only to finally level out at his end. I look forward to learning more about him over the next few months and possibly years.

    • @dnivek12
      @dnivek12 Před rokem +1

      I would do your own research he repeatedly says Crowley was having his people take LSD in the early nineteen-hundreds but LSD wasn't invented till 1938 and the psychedelic properties of LSD weren't even discovered until 1943

    • @guyfly9715
      @guyfly9715 Před 11 měsíci +2

      ​@@dnivek12 Not to mention the blatant misrepresentation of the quote, "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law." He did not mean do whatever you want. A little bit of reading of Crowley's work would've done this video some good. There are so many misrepresentations of Crowley and his philosophy in this video.

  • @LordRogerPovey
    @LordRogerPovey Před 3 lety +141

    I was born in the year of his death and he died at Netherwood House which was situated about 2 miles form where I am sitting now!

    • @Crashgate7
      @Crashgate7 Před 3 lety

      I drank at the Robert de mortin pub once while at Hastings , the pub claimed it was the original house but looking into it Netherwood was demolished, now the pubs gone too

    • @thachubbmonster9013
      @thachubbmonster9013 Před 3 lety +3

      @aerial bombardment is a military hoax no. Winston Churchill was much worse than Crowley

    • @vice.nor.virtue
      @vice.nor.virtue Před 2 lety +2

      If you can't do magick you're a dissapointment to us all.

    • @alanlawrence2954
      @alanlawrence2954 Před 2 lety

      He was a swinger, his dad was a pleasure hater... Go figure.

  • @little.bear344
    @little.bear344 Před 3 lety +1140

    "I'm not a
    h o m o s e x u a l but I do enjoy buggering men for the sake of Magick"
    -Aleister Crowley

    • @geekbeer5846
      @geekbeer5846 Před 3 lety +11

      😂😂😂

    • @shayneryatez4705
      @shayneryatez4705 Před 3 lety +28

      This gave me I’m not gay I just like to buggy to some Marvin vibes

    • @geekbeer5846
      @geekbeer5846 Před 3 lety +7

      @@shayneryatez4705 slip myself some pink xannies. 😂 I wouldn't doubt if Tyler was somewhat interested in Thelema and Mr Crowley

    • @nibiru379
      @nibiru379 Před 3 lety +11

      A little of the ol in out in out

    • @markmeadows7093
      @markmeadows7093 Před 3 lety +24

      I think he did it just to be a troll. Either way it’s gross.

  • @ClearlyReviews
    @ClearlyReviews Před rokem

    Your voice is perfect for this!!!

  • @pcb1623
    @pcb1623 Před rokem

    Awesome,! Beautifully narrated what a fascinating fella! I shall further my studies on this chap. ♠️🇬🇧💯

  • @AsIfItNeverWas
    @AsIfItNeverWas Před 5 lety +262

    Mr. Crowley, what went wrong in your head?
    Oh, Mr. Crowley, did you talk to the dead?

    • @Williamtipq
      @Williamtipq Před 4 lety +8

      Kyurem Bael gay song

    • @AsIfItNeverWas
      @AsIfItNeverWas Před 4 lety +38

      @@Williamtipq no your mom

    • @nathanielhendrix6225
      @nathanielhendrix6225 Před 4 lety +26

      Ozzy and Randy 🤘🤘

    • @delmanglar
      @delmanglar Před 4 lety +2

      Lyrics are super gay. You think Ozzy is a straight man? Straight men aren't rock stars

    • @irish2772
      @irish2772 Před 4 lety +27

      @@delmanglar you know this for a fact do you? You must have spent a lot of time backstage with these rock stars.

  • @AwokenEntertainment
    @AwokenEntertainment Před 2 lety +1282

    What's crazy is how many modern celebrities still idolize this man..

    • @reyrey6295
      @reyrey6295 Před 2 lety +59

      And I really don't understand Why?

    • @DudeThatsBadPLUR
      @DudeThatsBadPLUR Před 2 lety +78

      @@reyrey6295 for me it's much harder to accept why than to understand why

    • @reyrey6295
      @reyrey6295 Před 2 lety +5

      @@DudeThatsBadPLUR help me understand why?

    • @TheKing-fe3pp
      @TheKing-fe3pp Před 2 lety +7

      @@reyrey6295 They do it because these celebrities yall worship are part of secret societies like Aleister was. Actors, actresses, politicians, musicians, business moguls, you name it. These people run your government. Average people who don't know better call them the "illuminati"

    • @GandalfGreyhame
      @GandalfGreyhame Před 2 lety +9

      @@TheKing-fe3pp Always a wonder stumbling upon people like this on the internet. Reminds you that there are always those who are dumber than yourself

  • @nicholaspaz
    @nicholaspaz Před rokem

    That was interesting. Thanks for diving into that topic.

  • @dawngallagher9662
    @dawngallagher9662 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Ozzy Osbourne has a song about him on his No Rest For The Wicked album called Mr. Crowley as well.

  • @lunashadow9942
    @lunashadow9942 Před 3 lety +242

    See, this is what happens when the parents are overzealous and downright insanely wrong; you get children that do the radical opposite.

    • @kaka7654
      @kaka7654 Před 2 lety +15

      His parents werent the problem.

    • @tvshowmemes-jt8eb
      @tvshowmemes-jt8eb Před 2 lety +8

      That’s why you need to be a moderate

    • @ChrisMacal
      @ChrisMacal Před 2 lety

      Pft yeah of course 👍

    • @GeorgeZimmermen
      @GeorgeZimmermen Před rokem

      @@kaka7654 yes they were! Still happens today. You suppress and take away someone’s childhood and make them feel like an outcast, this is the result. Tale as old as time. You rebel and go hard the opposite way. It’s happening right now as I type this. We all knew kids who’s parents deprived them of what other normal children had and did. They always end up weird or angry. Can’t blame someone who was raised by religious nut jobs. We are a communal species. When you don’t fit in, you lash out. It’s natural. Would be more weird if he bought in completely and continued on his parents ideals

    • @johnmorrison3560
      @johnmorrison3560 Před rokem

      @@tvshowmemes-jt8eb spineless

  • @Scalesthelizardwizard3399
    @Scalesthelizardwizard3399 Před 3 lety +211

    Fun Fact Aleister Crowley has been the inspiration for some Yugioh cards like The look for the Seal of Oricalcos the Invoked and Spellbook Prophecy Archetypes

  • @healmyroots
    @healmyroots Před 8 měsíci

    Excellent video, thank you

  • @MuMBlzTOKES024
    @MuMBlzTOKES024 Před 2 lety +3

    Small correction to this video...
    Jimmy Paige did move into Crowley's house and said it was haunted, however he said that he did not believe that it was Crowley or anything that relates to him that was haunting the house.

  • @FEAROWNAGE
    @FEAROWNAGE Před 5 lety +1098

    His uncle sounds fucking awesome.

  • @MrJacksonBollock
    @MrJacksonBollock Před 5 lety +168

    His uncle sounds like an utter legend...
    Often wondered about Crowley. Super interesting, thanks Simon & Team!

    • @DontreadPimpBoy
      @DontreadPimpBoy Před 5 lety +4

      If you wondered about him, you could have searched about him lol.

    • @iSTEFIXi
      @iSTEFIXi Před 5 lety +14

      Underage drinking drugs prostatution yeah a real legend

    • @MrJacksonBollock
      @MrJacksonBollock Před 5 lety +11

      @@iSTEFIXi
      Oh bore off.

    • @JayMartian
      @JayMartian Před 5 lety +1

      @@iSTEFIXi I mean.... Yeah.

    • @iSTEFIXi
      @iSTEFIXi Před 5 lety

      @@JayMartian it was sarcasm

  • @TheDanBidondiShow
    @TheDanBidondiShow Před 22 dny

    Excellent report.
    Most people leave out half the stuff you said.

  • @celestinjohannesbuche523

    Amazing video thanks

  • @Zenia666
    @Zenia666 Před 5 lety +220

    Holy hell I asked for this video on a comment and it's here! I about spit up my coffee when I got the notification! Haha ok ok back to watching 🖤😁👏👏👏
    Edit: Amazing and very well put video as always. Thank you for what you do!

    • @TheWazzoGames
      @TheWazzoGames Před 5 lety +3

      You're a grown ass woman looking like that. Foh 😂😬😬

    • @joero4610
      @joero4610 Před 5 lety +1

      @@TheWazzoGames she is beautiful... what are you talking about?

    • @alexandercarder2281
      @alexandercarder2281 Před 5 lety +1

      Haha I’ve been asking for mr Crowley for ages and I nearly choked too lol 😝

    • @Biographics
      @Biographics  Před 5 lety +25

      @zenia, and yet you aren't even a subscriber. For shame....

    • @alexandercarder2281
      @alexandercarder2281 Před 5 lety +1

      Consome Deguacuco how do you know? Her legs are not visible. But her face is beautiful.

  • @williamwallace3580
    @williamwallace3580 Před 4 lety +250

    The parents really paved the way for him being that kind of man that he is. If they could’ve just let him live a normal life as a child, running around and playing, and enjoying a given amount of freedom to himself, then he would have not been easily drawn into the wickedness of the world as he clearly had experienced it once or twice in his life as a young teenager.

    • @theplacebeyondthelies2429
      @theplacebeyondthelies2429 Před 2 lety

      "the kind of man that he *was "
      the story just sounds too good to be true cause it favors this satanic new age movement in so many ways... first of all it degrades christianity, second of all it promotes emancipation and therefore a false sense of freedom, third of all this story will lead many people to the conclusion of planed parenthood, that it's fair if the government takes your children away at early ages, and they'll come out with all those stories how governments are saving children from christian parents cause they are considered as cruel or evil while they had in mind to protect their children... cause that is what you do when you are a parent and you truly care for your children... this whole world is satanic... just letting your kids get accustomed with this world will lead them into this fairytale dream, this matrix and they will have a hard time waking up to the truth once they are already involved with it... there is something called desensitizing... when you partake in certain things of this world you will be desensitized and probably even promote it as harmless, like alcohol or cigarettes or porn etc... it is basically weakening your senses to the evil in this world... imagine if you had to go through all painful experiences just to learn what's right... you can also avoid things by listening to someone who loves you - for example your parents. Your government does not love you. For them you are just a corn of sand at the beach from which they will build castles with tax income.. castles out of sand cause Jesus is the truth, and everything will turn to dust one day... and none of them can take their money with them... that's the greatest joy of a christian - knowing that Jesus wins.

    • @e2daz265
      @e2daz265 Před rokem +6

      All i got from it is put that bible down

    • @yoshadxw5624
      @yoshadxw5624 Před rokem +3

      @@e2daz265 that doesn’t correlate at all, but ok???

    • @Gary_M
      @Gary_M Před rokem +4

      He thought people could levitate. He was an insane person who just happened to inherit a fortune.

    • @gabesmokeymartatom
      @gabesmokeymartatom Před 11 měsíci +1

      You really believe that? You’re being facetious, right?

  • @chasitydeanna4861
    @chasitydeanna4861 Před 2 lety +6

    I’m surprised you didn’t mention his last words: “I am perplexed. Satan, get out!”

  • @Dic_richards69
    @Dic_richards69 Před 6 měsíci

    the lack of ozzy meniton at the music part was astonishing

  • @Musicreach101
    @Musicreach101 Před 5 lety +62

    In this Corner we have Aleister Crowley and in this corner we have Grigori Rasputin! 🔔 ding ding!

    • @jumemowery9434
      @jumemowery9434 Před 5 lety +4

      That was funny! Thanks

    • @Maius26
      @Maius26 Před 5 lety +11

      They would have just ended up having sex together, and then falling out over some woman.

    • @j.wberger3479
      @j.wberger3479 Před 5 lety +3

      Epic Rap Battle!

    • @obeewankenobi
      @obeewankenobi Před 5 lety

      and in this corner we have saint Mike Mcmorely

    • @iamjackalope
      @iamjackalope Před 5 lety

      @@Maius26 Sounds about right.

  • @dimitriusliwen9354
    @dimitriusliwen9354 Před 5 lety +34

    Ahhh I love seeing the notification from you guys that indicates you've uploaded yet another fantastic video! Like a little pre-birthday treat ^_^
    On that note, I humbly request of you, Simon, (and all the other wonderful people that work on this channel) and that would be a biography on either Puyi, the Last Emperor of China or King Henry VIII, please!
    Anyways, thank you for making my day better, even if it's just a little bit. Keep up the great work, Simon and crew. It gives me cause to renew my CZcams Premium subscription ;3

    • @jamiebell314
      @jamiebell314 Před 5 lety

      Dimitrius Liwen Puyi would be really interesting, especially when he was emperor of the Japanese puppet state In Manchuria

  • @bakerman1231
    @bakerman1231 Před 2 lety +14

    He locked the doors and laughed at wizards that struggled to get in! That's calling them out like a boss!

  • @spiritualanarchist8162
    @spiritualanarchist8162 Před 2 lety +7

    Crowley, the Victorian age punk rockstar.

  • @raymondhall8691
    @raymondhall8691 Před 5 lety +797

    But no mention of Mr. Crowley by Ozzy? Blasphemy

    • @ethankane7872
      @ethankane7872 Před 5 lety +10

      Raymond Hall exactly

    • @jeffwelker8114
      @jeffwelker8114 Před 5 lety +14

      Maybe the guy in the video has never heard the song Mr Crowley ?

    • @davehanson381
      @davehanson381 Před 5 lety +18

      So much for research....

    • @jenzim3639
      @jenzim3639 Před 5 lety +12

      @@jeffwelker8114 simon is english how could he not have?

    • @huntmastergutentag557
      @huntmastergutentag557 Před 5 lety +3

      @@jenzim3639 Ozzy is also English and mispronounced Crowley, so i'm not sure that's relevant lol

  • @marley.hendrix
    @marley.hendrix Před 3 lety +835

    Notice how all "evil" men in history have daddy issues in common? Even Lucifer had daddy issues. 😂

    • @apalahartisebuahnama7684
      @apalahartisebuahnama7684 Před 3 lety +43

      God : "see, i show you an example about daddy issue, don't you dare to repeat it in this worl-"
      Human : "what? I can't hear you because my son crying when i spank his ass"

    • @truegtchamp2188
      @truegtchamp2188 Před 3 lety +5

      Some buddy, some. Never all.

    • @abcdefg31023
      @abcdefg31023 Před 3 lety

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @vampirascoffin870
      @vampirascoffin870 Před 3 lety +2

      @porn theater mop bucket Crass!!!

    • @SageSixFlabs
      @SageSixFlabs Před 3 lety +1

      Weird.. just like all of my exs.. 🤔🤔

  • @toddvtx1300
    @toddvtx1300 Před rokem +9

    My all time favorite quote is by Crowley. About life and misery.

  • @kevinhensley4643
    @kevinhensley4643 Před 9 měsíci

    That was very interesting. I'm gonna look for the best book written on him. Any suggestions?

  • @Matt-zu2lu
    @Matt-zu2lu Před 4 lety +171

    Mister Crowley
    What went down in your head?
    Oh, Mister Crowley
    Did you talk to the dead?
    Your lifestyle to me seems so tragic
    With the thrill of it all
    You fooled all the faithful with magic
    Yeah, you waited on Satan's call
    Mister charming
    Did you think you were pure?
    Mister alarming
    In nocturnal rapport
    Uncovering things that were sacred
    Manifest on this earth
    Oh, conceived in the eye of a secret
    Yeah, they scattered the afterbirth
    Mister Crowley
    Won't you ride my white horse?
    Mister Crowley
    It's symbolic, of course
    Approaching a time that is classic
    I hear that maiden's call
    Approaching a time that is drastic
    Standing with their backs to the wall
    Was it polemically sent?
    I wanna know what you meant
    I wanna know
    I wanna know what you meant, yeah!

  • @josephwilliammarek9566
    @josephwilliammarek9566 Před 5 lety +77

    You are mostly correct. I would like to recommend you to the books: Aleister Crowley The Biography, by Tobias Churton, and Perdurabo, by Richard Kaczynski. At one time Heroin was prescribed for the treatment of Asthma. There was no LSD in Crowley's lifetime. The Book of Abramelin had a ritual for the Knowledge and Communication of the Holy Guardian Angel. There are references in Crowley's writings that the HGA was a Personal God, hence Aiwaz was a secret name of Melek Taus, the god of the Yazidis. "Do What Thou Wilt" does no mean "Do as You Please". It means go deep into your Unconscious Mind, find your True Will, Identify with it, and bring it to the Surface to affect your actions. And he had had spiritual encounters before April 1904.

    • @trenthuggary8265
      @trenthuggary8265 Před 5 lety +4

      thank you. LSD was first synthesized in 1938 when Crowley would have been 60+ years old. @13:00 "he encouraged his followers to take LSD" claim... in 1920? 18 years before it was discovered? Now that's a neat magic trick

    • @PAPITOFLOW6969
      @PAPITOFLOW6969 Před 4 lety

      NO THANKS

    • @JamesRichardWiley
      @JamesRichardWiley Před 4 lety +3

      And what exactly is your true will?
      Do as thou wilt?
      And what are spiritual encounters?
      Your brain generating your own desires.

    • @neil6477
      @neil6477 Před 4 lety +2

      James Richard Wiley Instead of trying to guess, or play analytical games, why not follow Crowley’s teachings and see where they take you?

    • @neil6477
      @neil6477 Před 4 lety

      Trent Huggary Cheers Trent, will check it out.

  • @daniellitcherb6465
    @daniellitcherb6465 Před 2 lety

    hello, could you make a video about byography of Anton Lavey please ??

  • @trawetsj
    @trawetsj Před 11 měsíci +2

    The full quote of the pagan philosophy is: if you harm none, do as you will. That also includes harm to all creatures, including yourself. Sadly, it's often misinterpreted.

    • @ScrappyKitty15
      @ScrappyKitty15 Před 10 měsíci

      In the Book of the Law by Crowley it does not say that. It says:
      39. The word of the Law is THELEMA.
      40. Who calls us Thelemites will do no wrong, if he look but close into the word. For there are therein Three Grades, the Hermit, and the Lover, and the man of Earth. Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
      41. The word of Sin is Restriction. O man! refuse not thy wife, if she will! O lover, if thou wilt, depart! There is no bond that can unite the divided but love: all else is a curse. Accursed! Accursed be it to the aeons! Hell.
      42. Let it be that state of manyhood bound and loathing. So with thy all; thou hast no right but to do thy will.
      43. Do that, and no other shall say nay.
      44. For pure will, unassuaged of purpose, delivered from the lust of result, is every way perfect.
      To him doing what you want no matter is what was important, because someone’s will was perfect. He in his lifetime hurt many people, so he didn’t adhere to the pagan from of do as you will. He adhered to do as you will no matter what. Either way, do as you will, is still a totally selfish philosophy. Because you take into account only your desire, even when you say you’re thinking of how it won’t hurt others. We can never a human beings hold to that because we are self centered beings and will always make excuses to do what we want for our own benefit no matter what.

  • @stephenmeier4658
    @stephenmeier4658 Před 3 lety +198

    They took LSD before it was discovered. Truly magical

    • @louiscypher2221
      @louiscypher2221 Před 2 lety +14

      I was gonna say the same thing. He even died before anyone in the general public could have had access to it. This channel is usually on the ball. I don't know where he got this massively erroneous piece of information.

    • @danieljob3184
      @danieljob3184 Před 2 lety +2

      They took LSD in ancient Egypt? Wow! They didn't mention he was a time traveller!?
      *Holds up SARCASM sign*

    • @louiscypher2221
      @louiscypher2221 Před 2 lety +12

      @@tadialbert1036 Actually he does say LSD right after 12:50 where he is talking about the Abbey of Thelema commune, which took place around 1920, a good 15 years before LSD was discovered. Also, the mention of "psychedelic drugs" @ 6:57 clearly shows blotter paper in a man's hand, which is a main form of delivery of LSD. Not a plant or mushroom to be seen.

    • @ericmikesell5252
      @ericmikesell5252 Před 2 lety +5

      I bet he ingested something similar to skooma aswell

    • @Ludifant
      @Ludifant Před 2 lety +5

      Maybe this refers to the use of ergot infected bread or rhy? It´s far from healthy but may be used to induce hallucinations. Acids from ergot were used to create LSD. Ancient Greeks used it as a hallucigenic. He might have read about it.

  • @mattkaustickomments
    @mattkaustickomments Před 4 lety +356

    668 - The Neighbor of the Beast! 🤘

  • @dubweiserj
    @dubweiserj Před rokem

    Great bio. I have heard several and very few even mention he eventually found love from family.

  • @jaxson2323
    @jaxson2323 Před měsícem

    This video made me fall asleep😴😴😴

  • @Moon-li9ki
    @Moon-li9ki Před 3 lety +471

    I still wonder how these grown men gathered to talk and practice magic. They do their magic rituals and nothing happen and they look each other in an awkward silence, then what?
    edit: apparently magic is not about creating fireballs in your hand or levitate or stuff like that; it's about internal transformation and changing your way of thinking. I get it, theres like 20 comments all saying the same thing. this comment was made 8 months ago, I've changed since then

    • @Tyradius
      @Tyradius Před 3 lety +83

      We must have said something wrong, or the translation isn't proper. Lets spend money on this other text and give it a try! Rinse repeat.

    • @CommonPurpose1
      @CommonPurpose1 Před 3 lety +10

      nothing happened really now your his product in this from the 1960s

    • @gummo8433
      @gummo8433 Před 3 lety +41

      successful people keep thier triumphs to their selfs

    • @Behutet93
      @Behutet93 Před 3 lety +14

      Peter Carroll, a chaos magician, said if 20% of your spells out of 100% work, then you are doing good. He didnt elaborate how he got that number.

    • @alaricgoldkuhl155
      @alaricgoldkuhl155 Před 3 lety +63

      Crowley had some out there ideas, but when you read his work it is not so obviously crazy. Mostly he talked about internal transformations through magic ritual, that it is to transform the mind of the practitioner. To dismiss him as mere superstition ignores the massive influence he had on some of the greatest minds of the 20th Century. As for "magic", Jimmy Page went to his house and wrote Stairway to Heaven in 15mins. He said "it was like something was guiding his hand". Even if you say that it was Jimmy's own brain reacting to the location, this to me is what is meant by "magic". It might only happen in human brains, but that doesn't make it any less remarkable.

  • @takashihun8148
    @takashihun8148 Před 4 lety +379

    The most awesome guy was the uncle he sound like a chill dude

    • @razoredge6476
      @razoredge6476 Před 4 lety +7

      If you call slitting a goats throat in order to achieve an orgasm "awesome" then I guess you are as sick as he was. Which is what he had done. It's no secret. Facts.

    • @kaidon39
      @kaidon39 Před 4 lety +15

      @@razoredge6476 Dude, I think you should watch the video again and listen more carefully this time...

    • @chrispena8186
      @chrispena8186 Před 4 lety +8

      So I guess you like someone who sacrificed 1000's of children as well as animals, ate his and others poop during the satanic rituals, performed pedophilia, was a bisexual, was into beastiality. Etc... You need help my friend.

    • @chrispena8186
      @chrispena8186 Před 4 lety +6

      @@kaidon39 The man in the video didn't fully explain who Crowley really was . This man is screwed up! Watch other videos about him and you'll see his full dark side. I know all the disgusting and twisted things Crowley did.

    • @razoredge6476
      @razoredge6476 Před 4 lety +3

      @@chrispena8186 Truth. Well said.

  • @Strik.9
    @Strik.9 Před rokem

    This was very interesting and excellently delivered.
    I'm surprised you didn't mention Ozzy Osbourne's "Mr. Crowley." It's why I clicked...

  • @ex-zen
    @ex-zen Před 7 měsíci

    Not even a mention about Thoth tarot or Frieda Lady Harris.? Seems like quite a thing to overlook. Definately a significant piece of his work and story.

  • @Jackc8201
    @Jackc8201 Před 3 lety +404

    So he was basically just a rich guy with an interest in the occult?

    • @ezmyreldaandrade
      @ezmyreldaandrade Před 3 lety +20

      well, not merely.. he was more than that.. Though people who aren't interested in Babalon or the occult would find little to hold their attention.. He was a magical poetry author.. a very good one at that.

    • @kingkoi6542
      @kingkoi6542 Před 3 lety +1

      @@ezmyreldaandrade any recommendations?

    • @anshuuu9708
      @anshuuu9708 Před 3 lety +1

      @@kingkoi6542 me

    • @kingkoi6542
      @kingkoi6542 Před 3 lety +5

      @@anshuuu9708 Hey Aristotle was a good read, I'll check out some Socrates

    • @babybabybabybaby12
      @babybabybabybaby12 Před 3 lety +26

      A pervert that enjoyed to worship the devil. He influenced the Clintons, Obama, Hollywood etc.

  • @ENTERPLAYSTUDIO
    @ENTERPLAYSTUDIO Před 5 lety +341

    LSD was NOT available to Mr. Crowley, please correct 12:59!!
    LSD wasn't even discovered as a psychedelic before 1943.
    This is a HISTORICAL video, and I respect your work, please keep it that way. ;)

    • @ENTERPLAYSTUDIO
      @ENTERPLAYSTUDIO Před 5 lety +82

      To be a tad bit more constructive, after short preliminairy research, I believe the drugs in question during the 1920-ish period of his life, were most likely things like Peyote, Mescaline and/or psychocybin.

    • @zacharygreen6267
      @zacharygreen6267 Před 5 lety +14

      Yes I noticed this to! Yes, was most likely mushrooms or mescaline.

    • @davidsherrington532
      @davidsherrington532 Před 5 lety +11

      He did do payotie and mescaline though I think that’s where the lsd mixup is

    • @ericbuzzard2041
      @ericbuzzard2041 Před 5 lety +16

      Yes I was wondering the same thing. Lsd was first synthesized in 1938.

    • @loraxdavewalters2696
      @loraxdavewalters2696 Před 5 lety +13

      Sandolz Labs and a famous bicycle ride is the origin story of LSD 25. I don't know how many versions there are. Argot mold inoculated in a medium of organic rye and liquor, preferably in a glass (Pyrex) 8x8x2 inch pan filled 1/2 way. Either in a clean room, and/or covered in nylon. No light for 48 hours. Check mold growth. When the mold hairs reach the top of the pan, scrape the "gak" off the top and put it in test tubes. Spin in a centrifuge until clear liquid separates. That clear liquid is LSD 25. There's a recipe that is made with marigold seeds, but I am not familiar with that process.

  • @zipt5
    @zipt5 Před 2 lety +55

    "Oh no, I fear something is very very wrong"
    Last words of Aleister Crowley.

    • @zipt5
      @zipt5 Před rokem

      @Nicki Elmore worship devils and summom demons, you'll see their true nature soon enough.

    • @kneelb4usirs
      @kneelb4usirs Před rokem +23

      No that was Anton Levey.
      Crowley's was "I'm perplexed".

    • @zipt5
      @zipt5 Před rokem

      @@kneelb4usirs Anton Lavey founded the satanic church am I right, do you have a link or reference to the quotes please.

    • @WalterECook-dc1tx
      @WalterECook-dc1tx Před rokem

      ​@FlourishingLikeAPalmTree 😊

    • @retrogradesaturn
      @retrogradesaturn Před rokem

      Isn’t that a myth

  • @blahblahoink
    @blahblahoink Před 4 lety +449

    He's not the Great Beast he's a very naughty boy

    • @tednugent8501
      @tednugent8501 Před 4 lety +9

      Now go away!!!!

    • @Lazurath101
      @Lazurath101 Před 4 lety +4

      Great comment 😂😂

    • @antiherogrindviolence
      @antiherogrindviolence Před 4 lety +1

      Agreed! 🤣🤣

    • @Rachel-ng2wz
      @Rachel-ng2wz Před 4 lety +6

      he was a spoilt brat who done what most people do these days like sleeping with someone in you're parents bed isn't something that hasn't happened before that's nothing compare to some peoples ways.

    • @chrystgavenfamorcan8507
      @chrystgavenfamorcan8507 Před 4 lety +3

      A very SAD NAUGHTY BOY :(

  • @ThePOWERANGERFAN
    @ThePOWERANGERFAN Před 4 lety +343

    He took Yu-Gi-Oh! Too serious lol

  • @zoleelvnvspj3415
    @zoleelvnvspj3415 Před 2 lety

    Albert Hofmann at Sandoz Pharmaceutical Laboratories in Switzerland first synthesized lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and personally experienced its effects (later described as a voyage into madness or a chemically induced psychosis) in 1943.

  • @LordTakkun86
    @LordTakkun86 Před 2 lety

    Whoa, makes me wanna explore more what is written about him in "To Aru no Index"

  • @thomasmann7457
    @thomasmann7457 Před 5 lety +90

    That guy's ceremony was carried out down the road from my place. Weird innit.

    • @haplessasshole9615
      @haplessasshole9615 Před 5 lety +3

      Hey, I'm from the States, and I've gotta say that I was knocked sideways by the weird-assted vibes I ran into in Europe. The US hasn't been densely populated nearly as long as any spot in the British Isles. I never thought much about spirits -- seeing or feeling them at all -- until I was there.
      How are the vibes in your neck of the woods? Or have you been there so long, it's just background noise?

    • @blackirish781
      @blackirish781 Před 5 lety +2

      The house is for sale now, too bad it was severely damaged by fire a while ago. Dark history in that house.

    • @khalilrazak6486
      @khalilrazak6486 Před 5 lety

      Very weird, innit.

    • @avadakedavra69
      @avadakedavra69 Před 5 lety

      @@haplessasshole9615 hmm. Interesting. I'll have to visit Europe then.

  • @TheKulu42
    @TheKulu42 Před 5 lety +53

    I never knew Crowley had a son and managed to turn his life around a bit. Great video!

    • @stevetoth7136
      @stevetoth7136 Před 4 lety +1

      No the narrator read. It wrong. He had a life and turned his son around. I know, totally diff ending with the mix up

    • @stevetoth7136
      @stevetoth7136 Před 4 lety +1

      I mean I guess Alleister had a happy ending either way, his son not so much

    • @doctoracanthamoeba2413
      @doctoracanthamoeba2413 Před 4 lety +1

      He probably had incestuous interactions with him. Guy was known for gay orgies, anal abuse , ect after all.

  • @richt63
    @richt63 Před rokem +1

    Great post. I read his works especially the book of the law. I think he was brilliant and a visionary. His beliefs focus more on human development through being a occult and esoteric beliefs. Which most of it was a belief in the connection between nature and the human soul. Why I speak positive of the beast? Well I think he used that accusation as a cover. I practice Wicca and I myself have been labeled as Diablo. Trust me I use that all the time. So much for the teaching of present religions about love when they don't practice tolerance for those who don't embrace their ideology . Sorry, for rambling. Great post.

  • @NovaSagradaFamilia
    @NovaSagradaFamilia Před rokem +1

    I am a major fan of your work but there are some inaccuracies in your research. You said around 13:00 that he told people to take LSD, however LSD was not synthesized until 1938 by Albert Hoffman - who didn’t even discover its psychedelic properties until 1943. The house in Italy, (Thelema) where major “psychedelic use” took place, occurred between 1920 to 1923.
    Other than that, I am still a major fan!

  • @toshitvaidya9901
    @toshitvaidya9901 Před 5 lety +276

    I am sure if he was alive today,
    We would've definitely see him at hot topic or at Tumblr

    • @blixaland
      @blixaland Před 4 lety +6

      Someone should make a Tumblr, sort of role-playing as Crowley. That would be brilliant.

    • @petaunotthoughtsintime
      @petaunotthoughtsintime Před 4 lety +1

      Doubtful at least.

    • @nkwhite
      @nkwhite Před 4 lety +3

      Pretty much. At heart, seems it was all about mommy and daddy

    • @UberLummox
      @UberLummox Před 4 lety +4

      @@nkwhite Yes, totally. It usually is all about mommy or daddy issues.
      These unfortunate types usually litterally wear their pain on their sleeves with tons of tattoos.
      Today Crowley just another goth kid with ink.

    • @nkwhite
      @nkwhite Před 4 lety +3

      @@UberLummox The great and powerful Allister Emo Crowley 😂

  • @dr.migalitoloveless1651
    @dr.migalitoloveless1651 Před 4 lety +596

    Crowley wanted to be a preacher like his father. He sure missed the mark.

    • @alexmills244
      @alexmills244 Před 4 lety +46

      D.O.P. 57 I’d say he was a preacher of some sort

    • @jffry24
      @jffry24 Před 4 lety

      D.O.P. 57 Are you kidding no he didn’t he just went the wrong way with it

    • @KFCuser
      @KFCuser Před 4 lety +21

      @@jffry24 yeah, Anakin Skywalker style

    • @nastynewtproductions2872
      @nastynewtproductions2872 Před 4 lety +21

      He saw the duality of man and the hypocrisy of organized religion and became disenfranchised

    • @PHAToregon
      @PHAToregon Před 4 lety +1

      It’s an already over saturated position to hold

  • @bestwitch2931
    @bestwitch2931 Před rokem +10

    He was redeemed at least in the end, with a heart full of love. Selfishness does not bring love and joy, it is the complete lack of those things…

  • @billysheppard6091
    @billysheppard6091 Před rokem

    Thanks...just another funny guy... semper fi...