Aleister Crowley: The Man Who Spoke To Demons

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  • @SocksworthRiffs
    @SocksworthRiffs Před 2 lety +6969

    "he had asthma, and his doctor prescribed him heroin"
    Man old times were fucking wild.

    • @kumstuke
      @kumstuke Před 2 lety +194

      Yh like cocaine in coca cola

    • @jaymylar1726
      @jaymylar1726 Před 2 lety +224

      Toothache? Cocaine tooth drops.

    • @GamesCooky
      @GamesCooky Před 2 lety +152

      Yea, something tells me that heroin isn't going to treat asthma

    • @codychapman2095
      @codychapman2095 Před 2 lety +2

      😂

    • @avedic
      @avedic Před 2 lety +208

      @@GamesCooky Something tells me you won't give a shit about the asthma anymore...and will feel A OK.

  • @dr3adn0ught
    @dr3adn0ught Před 2 lety +3244

    This guy lived the most reckless, most careless I have ever heard and still somehow made it old age, wow

    • @jaqenhgar2264
      @jaqenhgar2264 Před 2 lety +46

      Maybe a God or a Devil took care of him. But he was as unlikeable as the human race. ;)

    • @kimashitawa8113
      @kimashitawa8113 Před 2 lety +180

      One of the oldest women that ever lived also had a very unhealthy lifestyle, at this point idk what the secret to long life is.

    • @misscuttlefish
      @misscuttlefish Před 2 lety +234

      Secret to long life: genetic and literal luck

    • @jpb1231000
      @jpb1231000 Před 2 lety +14

      @@jaqenhgar2264 It was a devil....

    • @samuraiboi2735
      @samuraiboi2735 Před 2 lety +13

      @@kimashitawa8113 well i meant it really depends.Maybe our body blood cells have different lifespans since usually people with a shorter body span tend to live longer maybe more than a hundred years.Sometimes our body has strong or in the worst way weak immune systems.

  • @gmccord1970
    @gmccord1970 Před 2 lety +794

    Wait a minute. Did I hear that right? He divorced his wife on grounds of adultery yet this guy lived the most impulsive, hedonistic lifestyle you can imagine. Man that’s rich!

    • @hetrodoxly1203
      @hetrodoxly1203 Před 2 lety +77

      You needed a reason to get a divorce, being bored wasn't one they'd accept.

    • @Luke-cp2jz
      @Luke-cp2jz Před 2 lety +29

      Divorce back then was super uncommon so I’m sure he had to have a reason to get a divorce.

    • @wolverine3356
      @wolverine3356 Před 2 lety +16

      The bio mentioned here is so watered down and kinda talks kindly of him.. there are better sources

    • @Dani-Claw
      @Dani-Claw Před 2 lety +10

      My exact reaction was just slow-blinking. His life was only about hedonism, so of course it didn’t matter how he treated his partner because he was no.1 😑

    • @Karin_Allen
      @Karin_Allen Před 2 lety +16

      @@Dani-Claw Apparently *she* wasn't allowed to be hedonistic. 🙄

  • @dakotawint
    @dakotawint Před 2 lety +880

    I read one of his books and was surprised. It was connecting American psychedelic shamanism and Hindu yoga mixed with Egyptian spirituality into one super practice. Wasn't filled with anything satanic or weird. It was surprisingly deep and relevant to what a lot of people talk about these days!!

    • @AniMeLoVeR23451
      @AniMeLoVeR23451 Před 2 lety +65

      you have no clue

    • @DrQuaid
      @DrQuaid Před 2 lety +104

      @@AniMeLoVeR23451 you have no idea who you're talking to; lol.

    • @zetnaruto3614
      @zetnaruto3614 Před 2 lety +5

      @dakota of earth what book

    • @tompanoname3579
      @tompanoname3579 Před 2 lety +38

      He did made around 100 books. Me thinks his claims about "male child, high intelligence and innocence is best to sacrifice", and fact that he did say he performed it at least 150 times made him infamous. Now, I think it is symbolic death. Death of inner child if you will. Plus, we all know how news,especially in that time, loved good bad-bad-bad news.

    • @tompanoname3579
      @tompanoname3579 Před 2 lety +3

      Dakota know much more then you think.

  • @The404Studios
    @The404Studios Před 2 lety +797

    His first depiction of the grey alien, is actually a demon, so it makes me wonder if all the things about ufos are actually demons?

    • @963e5
      @963e5 Před 2 lety +143

      Or if the demons r just aliens

    • @lee_drifting
      @lee_drifting Před 2 lety +45

      donald marshall talks about how ufos came from underneath antarctica. look him up, he also talks about vril lizards and how they helped the n*zis (had to censor since youtube will delete my comment) find this technology back in the 40s. i personally believe there are demons in our dimension (the three types of vril that live very deep underground in the earth) and there are those that are interdimensional, like the one crowley conjured up. he also talks about how most alien abductions are actually done by those running deep underground military bases

    • @torynichols2413
      @torynichols2413 Před 2 lety +15

      If really interested I'm reading a book right now called The UFO Deception by Spyridon Bailey. It goes into depth the history of sightings and abduction stories

    • @beckyjones3578
      @beckyjones3578 Před 2 lety +39

      It does say in The Bible that these grey,deformed things were demons.

    • @JDRusse11
      @JDRusse11 Před 2 lety +30

      What if UFOs 🛸 are crafts that help Demons travel between Dimensions rather than Aliens 👽 who travel from other Galaxies 🌌?

  • @redspartan6567
    @redspartan6567 Před 2 lety +2361

    I like how the video segments are named after tarot cards.

    • @moon_wei
      @moon_wei Před 2 lety +118

      My favorite is Intro

    • @vincenttt8289
      @vincenttt8289 Před 2 lety +55

      @@moon_wei I prefer outro myself

    • @ajzmn3538
      @ajzmn3538 Před 2 lety +47

      Im guessing Araki took inspiration from Crowley

    • @godwill9965
      @godwill9965 Před 2 lety +44

      jojo vibes right

    • @garf5484
      @garf5484 Před 2 lety +12

      Is that a Persona reference??!!?!?1111?1

  • @deltonmcclary7341
    @deltonmcclary7341 Před 2 lety +1204

    The dad dying of tongue cancer...as a preacher! The irony

    • @fantasticshorts5143
      @fantasticshorts5143 Před 2 lety +41

      We may die the first death but we will never die the 2nd.

    • @psychoskin3797
      @psychoskin3797 Před 2 lety +10

      Delton, I was just about to say the same thing

    • @shrooman768
      @shrooman768 Před 2 lety +15

      yeah, he was spewing bullshit and god punished him lol

    • @deltonmcclary7341
      @deltonmcclary7341 Před 2 lety +14

      Hahaha, hell yeah, that's what i was thinking when he was preaching and practicing the Bible literally

    • @jadedstar723
      @jadedstar723 Před 2 lety +10

      Slot of times sickness is the physical manifestation in the body by sin. So yeah not surprised

  • @shaun_rambaran
    @shaun_rambaran Před 2 lety +704

    Ozzy was playing in my head all through this episode.

  • @julietjones756
    @julietjones756 Před 2 lety +17

    Man, if anyone’s gonna talk to demons, it’s definitely gonna be someone named Alistair crowley. Like that’s gotta be the only career path for a guy with a name like that

    • @Slikarxxx
      @Slikarxxx Před 2 lety +2

      True lol

    • @asherahrue
      @asherahrue Před 2 lety +3

      It is not his real name. His name was Edward Alexander Crowley, but he preferred Aleister.

  • @nomadiccheese4911
    @nomadiccheese4911 Před 2 lety +450

    Crowley: *lives a hedonistic lifestyle and preaches radical free will*
    His wife: *gains alcoholism*
    Crowley: so anyways heres the divorce papers.

  • @Justjustinp
    @Justjustinp Před 2 lety +551

    I knew Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was involved with a cult, but I didn’t realize Crowley was in the same one. Dang, two individuals I never would have realized were related in some way.

    • @shemuelthesabbatian1254
      @shemuelthesabbatian1254 Před 2 lety +14

      @Justin Priest the golden dawn was weird and I think they appropriate our jewish traditions (kabbalah, chassidut). they were not a cult but a loose organization. it is important to be fair here

    • @brianjauch9958
      @brianjauch9958 Před 2 lety +10

      Also Bram Stoker.

    • @TheBrism
      @TheBrism Před 2 lety +23

      Cult and occult are different things

    • @tolvfen
      @tolvfen Před 2 lety +7

      Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was interested in Spirituality, not a cult,,, Spirituality, has very little to do with demons,,, he who tells this, also says that the hermetic order, is an esoteric thing,,,

    • @tolvfen
      @tolvfen Před 2 lety

      @@shemuelthesabbatian1254 Can You tell more about the the hermetic order of the golden dawn?

  • @JTHMRulez1
    @JTHMRulez1 Před 2 lety +985

    To me, it is wild that a man such as this is so widely remembered. At the end of the day, he was nothing but a rich man who got so high on heroin that wrote books about his own made up religion and thought he could talk to deities. The malnourished abbey that he left really gives insight to what he truly was and what was going on in his head. He was nothing but an addict and a crazy man who the world grew infatuated with the idea of him, rather than who he really was.

    • @ah_dan6572
      @ah_dan6572 Před 2 lety +135

      Unfortunately you solve this conundrum in your second sentence. He was rich, knew rich friends and people, and could organise publication of his thoughts. The occult was/is also an interesting subject, and he was reported on hundreds of different times across the world pre-ww2 which probably spread the idea of a "demon man" or whatever people thought of him then.

    • @larykenobi
      @larykenobi Před 2 lety +115

      Yeah. If you think you are some chosen spiritual guide because you read books and eat shrooms. It may be a sign that you lost your battle with Sir Ego.

    • @samuelvivalette9938
      @samuelvivalette9938 Před 2 lety +46

      You don't have to believe in anything he ever said to have benefits from the techinques he wrote about. It all may sound ridiculous on paper until you experience something you can't explain. Once you realise that there are more fun things in life than playing video games and jerking off to hentai a whole new world opens up to you.

    • @samuelvivalette9938
      @samuelvivalette9938 Před 2 lety +25

      @@earthalien2584 Lmao is that suppoused to be a put down? Ofcourse that is more to life you nerd. These things are fun and a better way to spend your time than wasting it on your computer.

    • @kylethedalek
      @kylethedalek Před 2 lety +20

      Knowing satanist and the like, I can ensure you until you have experienced things like this I don’t think you’ll ever believe it.
      Just remember science can’t explain everything and still has a lot to explain.
      Not to mention how much it gets wrong and purposely covers it’s tracks.
      Also bought and paid for.

  • @froogsleegs
    @froogsleegs Před 2 lety +263

    The really interesting thing about Aleister Crowley is that pop culture is stuffed with references to his work and the teachings of the Hermetic Order of The Golden Dawn. Those ideas come up time and time again in literature, music, art, film and TV. It seems as though even people who have never heard of him have been influenced by his work.

    • @moonman2022
      @moonman2022 Před 2 lety +15

      Great point, froog. I think Golden Dawn is to occult literature as Bob Marley is to reggae music--you can't avoid at least knowing about it if you have any interest in that area.

    • @checkmarcs
      @checkmarcs Před 2 lety +13

      Because the freemasons control all major media and are pushing their agenda through everything we see, using references to show their power and who they align themselves with

    • @shermanbrown419
      @shermanbrown419 Před 2 lety +1

      And video games

    • @j4ore333
      @j4ore333 Před 2 lety +4

      Right especially in music. all these people follow his teachings and y’all wanna say he was crazy? Naw he was on to something and now higher ups know it and we don’t. They run the world through symbols and numbers while following Crowleys teachings

    • @otto_jk
      @otto_jk Před 2 lety +3

      @@checkmarcs and I thought it was the Jews? How disappointed I am.

  • @shanecary5877
    @shanecary5877 Před 2 lety +65

    I would like to see an in depth analysis of how psychedelic practices shaped philosophy and religion. If anyone could cover an obscure topic like that it would be Hochelaga. I love the content!

    • @hugetird
      @hugetird Před 2 lety +5

      Look up brian muraresku’s the ‘immortality key’ he wrote a book on ancients and christians using psychedelics. He is also a guest on joe Rogans podcast . :)

    • @shanecary5877
      @shanecary5877 Před 2 lety +4

      @@hugetird oh hell yeah I’ll check him out!

    • @viljamtheninja
      @viljamtheninja Před rokem +1

      That's not really an obscure topic, anyone who's dabbled in psychedelics is at least vaguely familiar with the concept, but most research on the topic is tainted by pretty obvious prejudice, where obvious drug enthusiasts think it's the explanation of all human history and civilization, while people with no experience of it also have no understanding of its relation or at least similarity to key religious and philosophical concepts. So it's hard to find a good objective discussion on it.

    • @springchickena1
      @springchickena1 Před rokem

      youll start with soma
      youll end up with realizing people are 16 types
      these types are well known to educated humans
      their manipulation is well known to educated people.

    • @nickkorkodylas5005
      @nickkorkodylas5005 Před rokem

      _"how psychedelic practices shaped philosophy"_
      By brain damage: _"Everything should be for free n shiet n' no one should have to work... you get me duuude?..."_

  • @faxzaie1418
    @faxzaie1418 Před 2 lety +7

    Revelation 21:4-7
    "there will be no more death , or mourning , or crying , or pain.
    I am making everything new.
    Yes! I am coming soon."

  • @StrawberryAria
    @StrawberryAria Před 2 lety +380

    All his teachings derived from his own desire for power. It seems like he become a sort of "magick historian " to just use it as a way to supply his God complex and control others around him. My parents love this guy but I don't think he was a good or level headed person.

    • @CommanderShepard-wq3wo
      @CommanderShepard-wq3wo Před 2 lety +55

      Your parents love him? That sounds interesting. Though I agree with you, he wasn’t really good nor level headed guy. That’s why I find stoic philosophy much more practical and appealing. As it’s about always doing the right thing and not letting external events ruin your peace of mind and center

    • @kimashitawa8113
      @kimashitawa8113 Před 2 lety +61

      @@CommanderShepard-wq3wo Exactly, there is nothing appealing about the anarchism that he represents. Thelema was nothing, but an excuse for him and other people to do what they want. Stoicism, virtue and self-control, being able to appreciate life without the use of alcohol and drugs. Now that is worth striving for.

    • @Doug87969
      @Doug87969 Před 2 lety +24

      @@kimashitawa8113 Stoicism isn't really about not using drugs/alcohol at all. More about using in moderation, but not being addicted.

    • @Anthropomorphic
      @Anthropomorphic Před 2 lety +7

      Essentially, Thelema and Stoicism are fairly compatible. Thelema is ultimately about the single-minded pursuit of one's true purpose in life. To that end, learning discipline and self-control are pretty much necessities. It's hedonistic to a point, but only insofar as it doesn't get in the way of your primary goal.

    • @nzt1423
      @nzt1423 Před 2 lety +1

      That's mostly on the CIA and their mku protect. Among all the junkies, they needed someone with a mesias complex to overdose ppl and blame it on lsd. Plus level headed wasn't a thing back then and remains quite rare.

  • @mg4361
    @mg4361 Před 2 lety +70

    One of Crowley's students later had a friendship with an aspiring SciFi author by the name of L. Ron Hubbard and apparently influenced some of his views...

    • @malazan6004
      @malazan6004 Před rokem

      Yep and Hubbard screwed his wife and swindled him out of tons of his fortune lol! Hubbard has always been a schemer... unsure how much influence Crowley or his thelamites had on Hubbard but he did spend some time with them so likely some.

    • @jdavid9268
      @jdavid9268 Před 2 měsíci

      Jack parsons

  • @RetroBaseball
    @RetroBaseball Před 2 lety +586

    Your thumbnails keep getting even better, they are absolute masterpieces.

  • @NomaD10111
    @NomaD10111 Před 2 lety +82

    7:05 as a Christian it doesn't surprise me as it is already written in revelation, that during the end time people love will begin to grow cold and there will be a great falling away from fate and they would be a lover of themselves.

    • @GilesCorey2011
      @GilesCorey2011 Před 2 lety +14

      people sucks even before christ, this apocalypse is taking it's time to come around.

    • @commentsmatter
      @commentsmatter Před 2 lety +12

      We are not at the end of the age stop watching so much of the medias narrative your gonna lose your mind

    • @Robusquet
      @Robusquet Před 2 lety +4

      Satan was unleashed from Hell in 1864 (Read the Message of La Salette). Jesus renews Humanity every 2000 years. Satan has his disciples. The Ego-Saxon world must fall. It murdered Natives, took lands, divided the Catholic Church into hundreds of sects, and even dares to patronize other nations. The English were given to the Devil. He has granted them so much power, but it's for their downfall. First, they will shove English down your throat. Apocalypse means Revelation. Its language is divine and speaks in symbols for and of all centuries.

    • @JoshuaMSOG7
      @JoshuaMSOG7 Před 2 lety +1

      @@Robusquet who wrote La Salette ?

    • @Robusquet
      @Robusquet Před 2 lety +1

      @@JoshuaMSOG7 No one. The Virgin Mary appeared in 1846 to Mélanie Mathieu and Maximin Giraud. Everything she said would happen in the 20th Century occurred. The apparition is recognized by the Church.

  • @altnap
    @altnap Před rokem +5

    “Do what thou wilt” doesn’t mean do whatever you want. It means everyone has a specific will that they need to find and pursue for complete happiness in life. Thelema means will.

  • @aelfycarcini3992
    @aelfycarcini3992 Před 2 lety +155

    Can you talk about the British occult war during WW2?
    It was incredible interesting, and almost no one talk about that.
    There should be tons of movies on that topic!

    • @homerdadon6363
      @homerdadon6363 Před 2 lety +4

      you should make a video about it

    • @sambrown9052
      @sambrown9052 Před 2 lety +7

      Read Alister and Adolf. The best graphic novel on this topic!

    • @aelfycarcini3992
      @aelfycarcini3992 Před 2 lety

      @@sambrown9052 I didn't knew there was a graphic novel about it! Thanx!

    • @aelfycarcini3992
      @aelfycarcini3992 Před 2 lety +2

      @@Ghost-hv7ru Exactly. That's the topic what I'm talking about. Shouldn't there be tons of movies about it? I believe Dion Fortune was also involved... in fact there were several occultists competing to stand up against the Nazis.

    • @swaminathansubramanian5878
      @swaminathansubramanian5878 Před 2 lety

      👁️

  • @Vibrantclown
    @Vibrantclown Před 2 lety +27

    "That boy ain't right."
    -hank

  • @rursus8354
    @rursus8354 Před 2 lety +410

    He didn't speak to demons. He alleged that he spoke with Egyptian spirits, but I believe he just said that in order to make himself interesting and dramatic in the eyes of a bunch of gullible nut jobs. And the Wiccans essentially have removed the Crowleyan stuff after Gardiner added them.

    • @gamewizardthesecond
      @gamewizardthesecond Před 2 lety +72

      Tbh wicca shouldn't even be considered a religion anymore. Its mostly filled with teenage girls and 50 year old women who love the "aesthetic" of it and don't actually practice it religiously

    • @kibbynibby
      @kibbynibby Před 2 lety +43

      @@gamewizardthesecond I dislike Wicca for different reasons. Wicca is a ripoff and a melting pot of different pagan practices (be it Celtic, Norse) and turning it into this whole religion coming from a "secret lineage" of sorts. As an occult practitioner, those are red flags.

    • @WK-47
      @WK-47 Před 2 lety +33

      I really like hochelaga's work, but there seems to be a few inaccuracies in this one. I'm just nitpicking here, but lumping in hashish and hallucinogens with opiates as addictive is misrepresentative. They're just not all on the same level, whether in terms of personal risk, social harm or potential for dependence.

    • @rursus8354
      @rursus8354 Před 2 lety +11

      @@kibbynibby I like Wicca, because they aren't a cult, they have a kind of moral, and they aren't Christians or other Abrahamites. For the rest, they can believe whatever they want.

    • @askadoctorifheresyisright4you
      @askadoctorifheresyisright4you Před 2 lety +5

      @@kibbynibby I don't see the melting pot aspect as a bad thing. However if you don't do it from an engineering approach, I don't see a point.

  • @AkshayKumar-nu6vv
    @AkshayKumar-nu6vv Před 5 měsíci +4

    This makes me to believe more that Jesus is coming☦️

  • @bobbouwer90
    @bobbouwer90 Před 2 lety +12

    Without his father's money, nobody would have known him.

    • @iloveyoushima
      @iloveyoushima Před 8 měsíci

      He could just be some typical rich loser who thinks he’s special.

  • @Rizimar
    @Rizimar Před 2 lety +394

    I'm surprised that you didn't mention that Crowley drew a picture of Lam which is commonly cited as the first depiction of a "gray" alien
    Edit: Thought it was Aiwass, not Lam, but Aiwass is a voice that Crowley heard, not the gray he saw

    • @yungdevilmane7159
      @yungdevilmane7159 Před 2 lety +36

      thats Lam bro not Aiwass

    • @satirical140
      @satirical140 Před 2 lety +10

      WHAT AYO

    • @enochian5019
      @enochian5019 Před 2 lety +20

      Aleister Crowley drew a picture of LAM. LAM stands for LAMA which means teacher or priest in Buddhism. LAM is basically spiritual self portrait of Aleister Crowley not a grey alien.

    • @CarolusVonAgram
      @CarolusVonAgram Před 2 lety +13

      You SHOULDN'T google that picture.
      May heavens, ArchAngels Meleks and all which means well to you protect you from that picture.
      If you go and look it up don't look at it for more then 3 seconds.
      But everybody i know told me not to look at it nor stare,there is a myth that Crowley by calling the deamon set world on fire back in the beging of 20th century and that picture is a portal connecting our world with distant world of evil, im not glad i have to tell you these bat shit crazy stories and myths but people must be careful.
      I looked it up few times, regreted it, its a only picture which instantly brings uncomfort to me.

    • @yungdevilmane7159
      @yungdevilmane7159 Před 2 lety +19

      @@CarolusVonAgram bro bro

  • @Anthropomorphic
    @Anthropomorphic Před 2 lety +238

    The phrase "do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law" is often misunderstood. Thelema claims that every person has a "True Will", which simply put refers to a person's central purpose. As a religion, Thelema is all about discovering what your true purpose in life is, and then pursuing it to your greatest ability. "Do what thou wilt" doesn't mean indulging every whim that crosses your mind, but rather chasing your innermost True Will. Doing so will be "the whole of the law" because it's believed that a society in which everyone is perfectly in tune with their True Will would be so harmonious that no laws would be required.

    • @Wolfgang_von_Caelid
      @Wolfgang_von_Caelid Před 2 lety +69

      Oh, and it just so happens that the guy's "true will" and "purpose" in life that came up with this entire philosophy was to be an asshole, cheat on nearly every person he'd ever been with, take copious amounts of hard drugs, and start a cult-commune where he coincidentally has all the power? Get real. Sure, that philosophy sounds good and all, and he had some interesting input on the world of the occult, but "finding your purpose" is the basic foundation of countless philosophies and religions; it is neither novel nor particularly revelatory or even interesting.

    • @Anthropomorphic
      @Anthropomorphic Před 2 lety +11

      ​@@Wolfgang_von_Caelid In my experience, even most Thelemites don't think Crowley was an exemplary person. They think he was knowledgeable and significant, but not necessarily a role model. They're generally pretty big on every person having to figure things out on their own. Not sure if he ever publicly declared what his True Will was, though he may have considered the founding and promulgation of Thelema to be it. I don't know whether or not Crowley micromanaged his students, or how dictatorial he was within the context of the organizations he founded or lead. He liked stirring up controversy and being the center of attention, but I suspect that he was probably almost terminally disinterested in actually leading anything. I'm not saying that the meaning of the phrase is novel or revelatory, only that it doesn't mean what a lot of people take it to mean.

    • @oceanmachine1906
      @oceanmachine1906 Před 2 lety +5

      The true will is synonymous with a nondualistic view of God

    • @AmyDaisy69
      @AmyDaisy69 Před 2 lety +9

      It's a pity that there are sociopaths and psychopaths who already follow that philosophy, and more or less are the reason that we exist in a dystopian society full of control systems in the first place.

    • @Anthropomorphic
      @Anthropomorphic Před 2 lety +1

      ​@Guy Dude Heh. From what I've seen, most Thelemites aren't bothered by people being weird or making strange claims. If anything, they tend to enjoy it. As for equality, I think there's a kind of Stirner-like approach there. People aren't equal or unequal, because "people" don't exist. "Every man and every woman is a star", and so on.

  • @icarussuraki9929
    @icarussuraki9929 Před 2 lety +347

    Ahh, shame you didn't mention the part where eminent poet W. B. Yeats kicked notable mountaineer Aleister Crowley down the stairs of the OTO lodge because Crowley was just being his usual asshole self and was yelling spells at everyone.
    Another great bit is the time he cast a spell of invisibility on himself while in Sri Lanka. Of course it didn't work and everyone could see him since he was wearing a bright red wizard cape, but they all were like "Eh, that's Al. Just ignore him. He does this sometimes."
    The reputation is bigger than the man. (But it does get fun when you start connecting him to well-known yacht salesman L. Ron Hubbard, among others.)

    • @lukasd.4389
      @lukasd.4389 Před 2 lety +9

      @Ian Walker As an active Larper i refuse to be associated with these people

    • @aharonbaalshem
      @aharonbaalshem Před 2 lety +20

      Invisibility spells don't make you literally invisible, it's more like people treat you like you're invisible. But yea if you're doing off the wall stuff to stick out. Of course it isn't going to work

    • @icarussuraki9929
      @icarussuraki9929 Před 2 lety +3

      @Ian Walker Personally I think Jack Parsons should have crawled back into "Gravity's Rainbow" from whence he came. Thomas Pynchon has been looking for you, Jacky-boy. (Won't lie, Parsons is my favorite to rag on.)

    • @jackalope2302
      @jackalope2302 Před 2 lety +6

      I had heard Crowley inspired Hubbard to found Scientology

    • @rayhill5767
      @rayhill5767 Před 2 lety

      My favorite part is where he contracted Mathers to write a beautiful Goetia and then he proceeded to fill it full of dick pics and publish it. This version is still available.

  • @lkgrim7028
    @lkgrim7028 Před 2 lety +19

    Don't know if somebody already wrote this, but in that thumbnail photo he looks like uncle Fester from the Addams family and I find that pretty fitting. Btw, been binging your videos, loving them!

  • @agerven
    @agerven Před 2 lety +5

    The best, most comprehensive and consistent documentary i have seen about Crowley until now. Thank you!

  • @gailleo
    @gailleo Před 2 lety +161

    I respected and appreciated his Tarot deck, which is a whole system of symbols and mythology intertwined, and is just beautiful to look at. Thank you for the video about him!

    • @ronaldmccomb8301
      @ronaldmccomb8301 Před 2 lety +4

      Completely agree. I did a couple of readings with it back in the day.

    • @charles281
      @charles281 Před 2 lety +21

      do you also respect his manipulation and abuse of others?

    • @gailleo
      @gailleo Před 2 lety +4

      @@charles281 no

    • @charles281
      @charles281 Před 2 lety +4

      @@gailleo iight, just checking.

    • @GoofierClock
      @GoofierClock Před 2 lety

      @@charles281 No, but it look cool.

  • @hibernianperspective6183
    @hibernianperspective6183 Před 2 lety +83

    “This is either madness, or brilliance.” (Will Turner) “It's remarkable how often those two traits coincide.” -Jack Sparrow.

  • @Allyourbase1990
    @Allyourbase1990 Před 2 lety +32

    In prison a guy had one of his books, when he read it he said he saw shadows out the corner of his eyes while in his cell. H3 never finished it. Then 2 more ppl tried reading it and got sick. It's weird

    • @daltonhunt4878
      @daltonhunt4878 Před 2 lety +25

      Cause it's pure evil. This man dedicated his life to evil

    • @texanarchy666
      @texanarchy666 Před 11 měsíci

      ​@@daltonhunt4878LOL😂

    • @themajesticmagnificent386
      @themajesticmagnificent386 Před 9 měsíci

      He was evil and a murderer of children for he’s perversions and dark cult

    • @CosmicTheCowDad
      @CosmicTheCowDad Před měsícem

      ​@@texanarchy666somethin funny? I dont think he was telling a joke. Educate yourself and wisen up. This stuff isnt a joke. Its mysticism

  • @eleven9286
    @eleven9286 Před 2 lety +16

    "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law"
    Does NOT mean to disregard morality and act without precaution.

    • @1CT1
      @1CT1 Před 2 lety +1

      Matthew 24:26-27 King James Version 26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. 27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
      Accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior and you will be saved and receive eternal life. John 3:16 (share the good news of the gospel around the world!) Have a wonderful day/night, may the LORD bless you all, and farewell!,.,,,,,,,.,.,.,.
      1 John 4:1-5 King James Version 4 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: 3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. 4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. 5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.

    • @Eli-pi4eh
      @Eli-pi4eh Před 2 lety +2

      It reminds me of the Wiccan “If it harm none, do what ye will” which is just about not worrying about societal norms or judgement, just do what makes you happy if it doesn’t harm anyone. With the Rule Of Three, these things are genuinely good things to live by and tbh aren’t much different than the Ten Commandments - who get more specific about things which harm people. (Although naturally God’s ego gets dragged into it, but we won’t talk about that lol)

    • @eleven9286
      @eleven9286 Před 2 lety +1

      @@1CT1 ugh, gimme a break dogma boy. How much do you even understand about where your religion comes from?
      Just ask the Vatican and Jesuits about occultism. They are the masters of it, not Crowley.
      Maybe if you were to open up a bit, you would see the occult depths of your own beliefs and not fear the occult so much. That's the biggest lie they have taught you; that there is no truth that you need other than Jesus, and the occulted information is nothing but eeevvviiilll and demons and fear and blah blah!
      Nah, the secret stuff is just for the people creating and running the religion, duh! And for the people who actually want to initiate themselves into learning truth, not just dogmatic belief and copy-pasted bible verses.

    • @eleven9286
      @eleven9286 Před 2 lety

      @@1CT1 really doing the Lord's work in these youtube comments, huh?

    • @christinapaterno5585
      @christinapaterno5585 Před měsícem

      @@Eli-pi4ehits that on a micro level but it has a deeper meaning. True Will.

  • @hisholinesssriak7618
    @hisholinesssriak7618 Před 2 lety +4

    In "Diary of a Drug Fiend" Crowley makes it abundantly clear that "do what thou wilt" does NOT mean do whatever you want. He distinguishes between the urges of addiction, habits, and lusts and will. Do what the real you wills, not what the body wants. Mind you, I am not saying that he lived up to this teaching.

  • @jacopoarmini7889
    @jacopoarmini7889 Před 2 lety +17

    pursuing occultism is rarely a good idea, as it is often a gateway to more insane beliefs. Magic, no matter how fascinating it may be, it's nothing but a dangerous power fantasy, and as Christopher Lee said "you'll not only lose your sanity, but your soul as well".

    • @user-vx8mh4iy9c
      @user-vx8mh4iy9c Před 2 lety

      facts

    • @webcityguymyclubb4032
      @webcityguymyclubb4032 Před 2 lety +1

      Quoting B-grade actors in old horror movies - is another way to lose your reason.

    • @snuppssynthchannel
      @snuppssynthchannel Před 2 lety +2

      @@webcityguymyclubb4032 Actually Cristopher Lee lived one of the most interesting lives imaginable, I would rather take a life advice from him over Crowley any day of the week, by achievements alone. 😎

    • @LightningMcQueen-rc3mh
      @LightningMcQueen-rc3mh Před 2 měsíci

      @@webcityguymyclubb4032 Christopher Lee hunted Nazi's in WW2 and played in a metal band. Dude was cooler than you'll ever be

  • @arimolyki
    @arimolyki Před 2 lety +262

    the bisexual urge to study dark arcane secrets... very relatable

  • @joebykaeby
    @joebykaeby Před 2 lety +70

    Crowley’s fiction is actually really good, sometimes. There’s a collection called “The Drug.”

    • @KamiTenchi
      @KamiTenchi Před 2 lety +1

      Really?

    • @VomitPinata
      @VomitPinata Před 2 lety +7

      His book 'Diary of a Drug Fiend' is a pretty wild novel for the 30s. I guess you could call it "autobiographical fiction"? It's chock full of sado-masochistic sexual debauchery, heavy-drug soaked occult escapades, and a healthy appetite for the destruction of "normal" society as a whole. A bit over written due to his love of the classic poets imo, but it's certainly worth a peep if you're into that sort of thing.
      Then William Burroughs came along in the 50s and took "that sort of thing" to a whole other level with his cracked masterpiece Naked Lunch.

  • @dingoto
    @dingoto Před 2 lety +21

    There was some time when I was interested in witchcraft and I visited the website of the Museum of Witchcraft in England. I stumbled upon a photo of a painting on which was written Astrum Argentum(Silver Star) and then began researching.
    This led my to this cult and I soon even discovered that they have their own website and as a person who loves OSINT and cybersecurity I soon found out that they are still somewhat active. I even managed to find where their robes were coming from and many other connections. From what I have seen...what a madness!

    • @marcelhoermann8213
      @marcelhoermann8213 Před 2 lety +1

      Hahaha all that is a simple google search away. The ones who make the robes have an instagram account. The AA has a facebook group. And they are very active and transparent about their work. Welcome to 2021.

    • @swaminathansubramanian5878
      @swaminathansubramanian5878 Před 2 lety

      👁️

    • @malazan6004
      @malazan6004 Před rokem

      Likely involvement in Hollywood I'd imagine lol

  • @Muddy_The_Water
    @Muddy_The_Water Před 2 měsíci +1

    Aleister Crowley lived his life as he wanted, he did everything his way.
    Not many people dared to do what he did.

  • @JM-bk3jb
    @JM-bk3jb Před 2 lety +42

    I always look forward to these videos. The last one was amazing btw.

    • @TheBestLife2184
      @TheBestLife2184 Před 2 lety +1

      First plan on the new world order Georgia Guidestones is for 93% of all people to be disappeared.
      (That includes blacks, whites, Mexicans, Asians, Christians...and Democrats too.)

    • @Yakkymania
      @Yakkymania Před 2 lety

      that mod target profile picture of yours is super cool.

  • @smurfaccount2497
    @smurfaccount2497 Před 2 lety +74

    “When man get too head of himself, he die.”
    -Master Oogway

    • @novahugondela7379
      @novahugondela7379 Před 2 lety +2

      Everyone will die oneday no matter what

    • @dioni5988
      @dioni5988 Před 2 lety

      @@novahugondela7379 guess its not this kind of death his talkin bout

  • @rich3083
    @rich3083 Před 2 lety +131

    He was a massive degenerate, but the visions he saw, mostly in regards to the one that shows the "big headed demon" were interesting and it's eeriely close to modern Gray Aliens.
    And he even said (if I remember correctly, this may be a bit paraphrased);
    "we call them angels and demons, but people in the future may call them something different"

    • @zorandusic7079
      @zorandusic7079 Před 2 lety +2

      Unbelievable

    • @Triggernlfrl
      @Triggernlfrl Před 2 lety +1

      When a demon acts like a ET it is still a earthly demon.
      When someone put on some weight, a red coat and white beard it makes no real santa claus either...

    • @erisdiscordia7439
      @erisdiscordia7439 Před 2 lety +16

      Aiwass is the gray alien archetype revealed before it was an american media trope or ufo sighting trope. It’s a fucked up rabbithole, but there’s a garden at the bottom of each one. I went down when I was 6 and at this point I can’t disconnect anything from the “supernatural” so to speak. It’s better left undiscovered unless you want greater horrors than human life normally brings into your perception. I had a girl break down crying in my room because she felt some “presence” even though she had been an atheist her entire life. I had my whole family walk to the front of my house to see lights disappearing and reappearing across the sky, trying varyingly to brush it off as sattelites and weather baloons even with the circling and blinking and such. Horrors. Pure horror everywhere. Unescapable evil and there is no evil. It is everywhere. Stay blind, you’ll regret it if you don’t. Ignorance is bliss. Ignorance is bliss. Ignorance is bliss.

    • @zorandusic7079
      @zorandusic7079 Před 2 lety +1

      @@erisdiscordia7439 is there a way to fight this evil?

    • @rich3083
      @rich3083 Před 2 lety +8

      @@erisdiscordia7439 I won't disagree with you there, there's evil beyond our comprehension out there, and ignorance truly is bliss. But I'm already amongst those of like you who understand, I haven't experienced anything yet, but I'm honestly not too scared of it either, not to say it doesn't make me uncomfortable sometimes. But, in the end, curiosity killed the cat, and I'm fine with that

  • @VeryConfusedPerson
    @VeryConfusedPerson Před 2 lety +15

    Crowley is also a character in the A Certain Magical Index universe, where he is portrayed as a teenage girl floting upside down in a vat. Gotta love the Japanese for their weirdness...

    • @chaosdweller
      @chaosdweller Před 2 lety

      Haha

    • @ChiggaChiggaBruh
      @ChiggaChiggaBruh Před 2 lety +2

      Well, he's described in the novels as being both saintly, sinful, male, female, young, and old. It's only far later in the novels, past the anime, where one of his incarnations is female. But the one floating upside down was confirmed male.

    • @ENiceGeo
      @ENiceGeo Před 2 lety +1

      Aiwass also makes an appearance in that franchise. Amazing how Japanese media works can get so creative by using any subject matter in unusual ways.

    • @blackholeparty1340
      @blackholeparty1340 Před 2 lety

      Coronzon also appears later on and she's awesome

  • @BBQpig21
    @BBQpig21 Před 2 lety +6

    "Do what thou wilt" Is not the same as do what you want. Two ENTIRELY different things.

  • @TitoReni
    @TitoReni Před 2 lety +25

    You forgot to mention his conversations in 1924 with George Gurdjieff, the founder of the Fourth Way, who was kind of his opposite.

    • @oceanmachine1906
      @oceanmachine1906 Před 2 lety +6

      Gurdjieff was also an asshole with his own problems, but both figures produced some legendary 20th century esoteric works.

  • @KingfisherTalkingPictures
    @KingfisherTalkingPictures Před 2 lety +22

    I’ve learned some of his writing of him from the writings of Alan Moore. Crowley was fascinating, though I would have done my damndest to stay away from him.

  • @zacamo7
    @zacamo7 Před 2 lety +3

    I’ll sum it up for everyone. Dude was deceived and got into dark nasty stuff. Jesus is the one true God, trust in him and his work on the cross and repent of your sins and you can be saved. No power can overcome Jesus, and that is the realest truth any of you will ever hear.
    Thank you lord God for your mercy and patience with us sinners and I pray that you will reveal yourself to those who read this and save them by your grace.

    • @zacamo7
      @zacamo7 Před 2 lety +1

      @Aleksi Juvakka Jesus is the only one true God. I know him. They aren’t even comparable brother haha. It’s like comparing an ant to a tank 1v1

    • @zacamo7
      @zacamo7 Před 2 lety

      @Aleksi Juvakka not sure if you are a girl or a guy so didn’t mean to assume you were a guy

    • @zacamo7
      @zacamo7 Před 2 lety

      @Aleksi Juvakka lol. You are hilarious. I ain’t talking about Smite haha

    • @shermanbrown419
      @shermanbrown419 Před 2 lety

      Cult moment

  • @hiwelcometochilis7033
    @hiwelcometochilis7033 Před 2 lety +43

    This man is idolized by your favorite celebs.

    • @folosound
      @folosound Před 2 lety +7

      Jayz drake lady gaga

    • @folosound
      @folosound Před 2 lety +1

      @OK If you want me to send you proof.... just say that.

    • @fungusbobmoldpants2781
      @fungusbobmoldpants2781 Před 2 lety +1

      @OK I don't know about Lady Gaga or Drake but Jay Z was in a interview once where he wore a sweater with "do what thou wilt" on it which is Aliester Crowley's most most famous quote/ motto.

    • @Lordpraisethe
      @Lordpraisethe Před 2 lety

      Wickedness

    • @gregbors8364
      @gregbors8364 Před 2 lety

      So… Clint Eastwood??? Wow, I never would’ve guessed

  • @kurthessian2
    @kurthessian2 Před 2 lety +7

    “Do with thou wilt” reminds me of the scene in Parks and Rec where Ron Swanson shows the cops a permit he has to BBQ in the park and the permit reads, “I can do what I want” haha

  • @danielkover7157
    @danielkover7157 Před 2 lety +6

    Crowley has always been a mystery to me. I learned more about him in this short video than I have in the last few decades. Good show, hochelaga. 👍

    • @erickzamora921
      @erickzamora921 Před 2 lety

      I heard from a magical teacher that he reached a point along his life that guaranteed every human to ever come again would know who he is or would learn of his existence at at least one point in their life
      And here we are more and more learning about him, I’ve seen it to be true

    • @thekraemer1757
      @thekraemer1757 Před 2 lety

      There's another called the wickedest man alive that goes into a lot of detail.

  • @MrDowntemp0
    @MrDowntemp0 Před 2 lety +26

    Great as always! If you're looking for episode ideas, how about a look into physical places where we are supposed to God's presence. Namely, the Holy of Holies, and the Well of Souls, and other similar places. What does it mean to have God's presence there? How do they know? What's it like to be in those places? how were the found, etc. etc.

  • @willissudweeks1050
    @willissudweeks1050 Před 2 lety +3

    Do what thou wilt isn’t actually saying “Do whatever you want” it’s about finding the path in life you flow with best for yourself rather than being put on the path others want you to be on for THIER benefit.

    • @drakelessner3981
      @drakelessner3981 Před 2 lety +2

      so essentially. do what you want.

    • @willissudweeks1050
      @willissudweeks1050 Před 2 lety +3

      @@drakelessner3981 Nope. Find what best fits you. Huge difference that I’m not gonna waste time explaining.

  • @adamevert1618
    @adamevert1618 Před 2 lety +6

    "Various hard drugs like hashish, opium and psychadelics", ok it's 2022 and we should be informed that hashish and psychadelics are not hard drugs

    • @leysont
      @leysont Před 2 lety

      I was a bit confused and had to rewind to make sure I heard it correctly lmao

  • @JamesLeeHall
    @JamesLeeHall Před 16 dny +1

    His daughter was named Ola May and she was married to Dallas Police Chief Jesse Curry. She killed my paternal grandmother. Their were several relatives of Crowley that lived in small towns in Texas.

  • @alexnewell2606
    @alexnewell2606 Před 2 lety +23

    Another great video! It’s made me realise the reference of the demon Crowley in Terry Pratchett’s “Good Omens”

  • @tumbler9428
    @tumbler9428 Před 2 lety +31

    "Do what thou wilt" does _not_ mean "Whatever you feel like doing, go and do it". Crowley made himself very clear in this central message, more than once.

    • @webcityguymyclubb4032
      @webcityguymyclubb4032 Před 2 lety +6

      Common mistake amongst those not knowing what they’re talking about. People see a UTube vid on a complex subject and automatically they’re “An Expert”, lol.

    • @NotraNaum
      @NotraNaum Před 2 lety +1

      Yes in fact it does. The concept of "true will" is no where to be found in Liber AL. Crowley later created the idea of "true will", however it is a distortion of the original texts of Liber AL.

    • @sadhu7191
      @sadhu7191 Před 2 lety

      a good person can do what ever they want but an evil person cant

    • @moonbow93
      @moonbow93 Před 2 lety

      @@NotraNaum For pure will, unassuaged of purpose, delivered from the lust of result, is every way perfect. Liber AL I.44.

    • @NotraNaum
      @NotraNaum Před 2 lety

      @@moonbow93 Pure will does not imply true will.

  • @Xendrius
    @Xendrius Před 2 lety +8

    The us gov speaks to them too

  • @danisyx5804
    @danisyx5804 Před 2 lety +23

    Mr. Crowley
    What went on in your head?
    Oh, Mr. Crowley
    Did you talk to the dead?
    Your lifestyle to me seems so tragic
    With the thrill of it all
    You fooled all the people with magic
    Yeah, you waited on Satan's call
    Mr. Charming
    Did you think you were pure?
    Mr. Alarming
    In nocturnal rapport
    Uncovering things that were sacred
    Manifest on this Earth
    Oh, conceived in the eye of a secret
    Yeah, and they scattered the afterbirth
    Mr. Crowley
    Won't you ride my white horse?
    Mr. 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

  • @m.e.o.w.p.u.r.r
    @m.e.o.w.p.u.r.r Před rokem +5

    This was an interesting perspective! I enjoyed the end, where you take into consideration his alcohol and drug habits. Modern mental health diagnoses are also something I hadn’t thought about when reading his work. Great video!

  • @boomheadshot919
    @boomheadshot919 Před 2 lety +83

    Not to be that annoying stoner but let’s not call hashish a “hard drug”

    • @fallenangelofoz8726
      @fallenangelofoz8726 Před 2 lety +9

      It's just weed. Not hard at all.

    • @hutduggler
      @hutduggler Před 2 lety +1

      Yeah literally just a less refined type of wax right?

    • @georgeptolemy7260
      @georgeptolemy7260 Před 2 lety +1

      @@hutduggler it's the trichomes (the fine white crystal hair that are pure thc) rolled and pressed together which was necessary with the weaker marijuana of the past. Essentially a wax precursor yes but there isn't any active chemical process I'm aware of involved.

  • @aeternitasromae
    @aeternitasromae Před 2 lety +29

    I think a video on gnosticism would fit in well, you've already covered the apocrypha and now some esoterica.

  • @antivxn1437
    @antivxn1437 Před 2 lety +3

    basically what i got from this was this dude was high ash all like really high

  • @brightbite
    @brightbite Před rokem +2

    I am sorry he internalized the abusive titles put on him, such as "beast." An inquiring mind is a lovely thing. Religiosity is not to be practiced by those who have accepted Grace. A legalistic church labeled me "Salome" because I attended ballet classes. Then the church promptly proceeded to ex-communicate me from their youth group. But it was for the best. They were a cult; not a church of Grace. Had I internalized their message that I was evil, I too would be lost.

    • @thetavibes9021
      @thetavibes9021 Před rokem

      christianity is a fertility sun worship cult, with its oldest roots in psychedelic mysticism.

  • @Eva-fg3mf
    @Eva-fg3mf Před 2 lety +2

    mankind will overthrow Christianity and finally take control of their own destiny - true, it is happening

  • @luke144
    @luke144 Před 2 lety +8

    He was so right about so many things, he just took things way, way too far! His last words say everything about him.

    • @TheArtWithinYou3
      @TheArtWithinYou3 Před rokem

      What was his last words?

    • @luke144
      @luke144 Před rokem

      @@TheArtWithinYou3 I'm perplexed...

    • @luke144
      @luke144 Před rokem

      Are you fire or ashes on might ask.

  • @davidgaebler1909
    @davidgaebler1909 Před 2 lety +4

    All your videos are awesome! I’ve been binging them for this whole week. Thanks for your hard work I’ll be looking out for the next one. Hope all is well Mr. Hochelaga!

  • @gueenjohndavila873
    @gueenjohndavila873 Před 2 lety +13

    Pursuing a life of absolute liberty and freedom, Alistair Crowley will definitely be remembered as one of the true anarchists of the millenia.

    • @Rotisiv
      @Rotisiv Před 2 lety +1

      So was he like an actual occultist or did he simply masquerade himself as such in order to express his rejection of Christianity and endorsement of liberty and freedom?

  • @nannettefreeman7331
    @nannettefreeman7331 Před 2 lety +3

    I had a copy of his autohagography, as well as a book of his poetry, which was not half bad. I visited the Boleskin House on my Spring Break from University in 1987, but got chased off the property by an angry, unkept & rather tall, bearded man (looking not unlike Mick Fleetwood, actually) who emerged from the toolshed in the garden, shaking his first & yelling unintelligibly as he chased me down the driveway! Good times. Fascinating character.

  • @Fowey7
    @Fowey7 Před 2 lety +10

    i love your videos and like how you manage to talk about religious things in a secular way. not preaching about them as the truth or judging them for being religious. but this comment section is pretty wild. a lot of people preaching about their gods and deeming anyone else a satanist lol

    • @ammitthedevourer7316
      @ammitthedevourer7316 Před 2 lety +5

      It would be neat to see him make more videos about older pagan or “heretical” religions like Gnosticism or Stregheria. I imagine it’s difficult making short videos like this without coming off as preachy one way or the other. And you’re very right about the comment section. Lots of judgement and cyber-evangelism where none was needed, lol.

  • @nedkelly5866
    @nedkelly5866 Před 2 lety +20

    He was just a narcissistic rich kid.

    • @comradecarl8105
      @comradecarl8105 Před 2 lety

      That’s not fair. If you had privilege in life, as well as some balls to make shit happen wouldn’t you try to change the world a bit to your likening.

  • @iambodybuildingyt221
    @iambodybuildingyt221 Před 2 lety +3

    These religious videos are so interesting Alester crowly was a fascinating person

  • @ninjasr
    @ninjasr Před 2 lety +7

    To me, Aleister Crowley is the Board Chairman of Academy City.

    • @shikinanaya7162
      @shikinanaya7162 Před 2 lety +3

      And he is heads down in a tank and talks without moving his mouth. That guy?

    • @akaneve1063
      @akaneve1063 Před 2 lety +3

      Was looking for this comment for 10 minutes

  • @osoaioi
    @osoaioi Před 2 lety +2

    i don't think there's anything more ironic than edward crowley, who spent his life preaching hatred, using his speech for harm, only to die of tongue cancer

  • @moonbow93
    @moonbow93 Před 2 lety +1

    “For pure will, unassuaged of purpose, delivered from the lust of result, is every way perfect.” - Liber AL I.44.

  • @alanfletcher7356
    @alanfletcher7356 Před 2 lety +6

    One thing I have found to be true, if you live your life doing what ever you want, without any regard to other
    people and not acting in a positive manor, ...Karma has a way of coming up and slapping you right across
    the face when you least expect it.

    • @marniet594
      @marniet594 Před 2 lety

      God watches everything and everyone.

  • @McGregorsPlumbingandHeating

    Celebs lowkey pray to this guy

    • @fuindes_batwings
      @fuindes_batwings Před rokem +2

      93 93//93. Everyone is a star. Do as thou wilt. To Omega Therion.

    • @thetavibes9021
      @thetavibes9021 Před rokem

      Celebs worship themselves, ostentatiously.

  • @nubianbambii4033
    @nubianbambii4033 Před 2 lety +15

    he’s right, our world today absolutely steers away from God and believes to seek pleasure for ourselves as if we our our own gods. which is a lie satan tells

  • @Semik007Ru
    @Semik007Ru Před 2 lety +2

    Joe Rogan really should stop using DMTs.

  • @StClare_
    @StClare_ Před 2 lety +2

    "Do what thou wilt" doesn't mean doing whatever you like. Crowley himself explained this in his essay The Message of the Master Therion. Doing your true will involves discovering your true calling or purpose in life, which is essentially an unconscious drive, and doing it. True will is your will acted or carried out in alignment with the flow of nature.

  • @adamshadowmere8730
    @adamshadowmere8730 Před 2 lety +6

    This is the story of another man with schizophrenia

  • @pepsiloca4745
    @pepsiloca4745 Před 2 lety +4

    Your channel deserve a million subs! Absolutely amazing content, always waiting for you new vids

  • @guyyatsu
    @guyyatsu Před 2 lety +5

    93:93/93
    I'd like to make a slight addition. 'Do what thou Will,' doesn't exactly mean 'Do whatever you want, regardless of public
    opinion.'
    It's more along the lines of 'Do what is necessary to achieve your purpose in life.'
    Every intelligence has some form of Will; and a big part of the concept is that there's really only One Will and because of that when truly following the Will NONE of them are in conflict.
    Crowley was a liar. An honest one, who straight up told you not to take anything he said too seriously and that you probably shouldn't even read the book anyways if you're the type of person to read a self-proclaimed ,,Book of Law'' and just accept that as fact with no deeper application of thought.
    It's basically a left-handed screwdriver for religious nuts.
    Aleister Crowley was in my opinion, a master of double-entendre. Famous example: Liber ABA Chapter XII; of the Bloody Sacrifice and Matters Cognate. On the surface, the text seems to be suggesting to the reader that the best sacrifices are "male child(ren) of perfect innocence and high intelligence."
    And yes, there was a case in England where a man went around kidnapping and murdering little boys while reading The Book of the Law to them and used this as his justification.
    That beast was a monster, selfish, and not of our Order.
    Because if he was. He would have read the footnote, which clearly states:
    ```
    There is a traditional saying that whenever an Adept seems to have made a straightforward, comprehensible statement, then is it most certain that He means something entirely different. The Truth is nevertheless clearly set forth in His Words: it is His simplicity that baffles the unworthy. **I have chosen the expressions in this Chapter in such a way that it is likely to mislead those magicians who allow selfish interests to cloud their intelligence, but to give useful hints to such as are bound by the proper Oaths to devote their powers to legitimate ends.**
    ```
    Love is the Law. Love under Will.

  • @shelbywhite1351
    @shelbywhite1351 Před 2 lety +2

    I love the addition of the Tarot cards as phases of his life

  • @loyaluwang4228
    @loyaluwang4228 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Atleast he was open to new ideas and knew that human brains are all different to some degree.

  • @user-kf3oz6yu5n
    @user-kf3oz6yu5n Před 2 lety +6

    Omg heyy hochelaga...
    Now I've been watching ur videos for a while and honestly am so impressed..
    At first I thought u were jus like any other utuber who would jus stuff and say it all false..
    But I was wrong.
    The way u actually dig down the deep roots of stuff and find answers is jus so commendable.
    Especially the videos which are related to the bible or Christianity. The way u found answers for stuff with details is so fascinating.
    And Infact any preacher or a Christian person can jus refer to ur videos. It's jus so helpful.
    Soo... hence I have a request from u. Its more like a plead... Not jus from me but also alot of other young people, teens in this world who are struggling with this.
    And that is.. Homosexuality and the bible.
    I feel like ur videos and u r jus.. PERFECT for covering this topic..
    It is a very old equation going on with the church and many people still don't understand.. Still alot of homosexual people or lgbtq individuals are beaten upto death and then have been caused Harm by ex gay Christian ministries and conversion therapies..its jus so much pain..
    This is one of the biggest issues going on with the church and now is the longest.
    Its something very different from the other struggles the church has had.. And needs different answers aswell..
    Its a very complex issue going on which people jus like to twist and interpret it wrong.
    Like equating it to sexual acts like pedophilia or bestiality.. Even though they're no where related or equal to each other
    And thts why so many people still can't see the truth... Out of which many young LGBTQ individuals jus suicide.... Due to religious ignorance and bigotry, unacceptance and rejections from family and churches..
    And hence I plead u... Am jus a mere 16 Yr old teen but this is coming from tht every other child who is struggling..
    I fear condemnation so much.. Its triggered me. Whenever my parents eternally condemned gay people to hell... I heard.. And it kept breaking my soul slowly.. And this has been going on since I was 5,6
    And tht time I didn't even know what lgbtq was but I knew somehow they were condemning me.. And it jus hurts u so much hearing it from ur parents mouth..
    And now am out to my family.. But am still struggling.. And thts why I plead u rn to make a video on it.. So tht no other child would go through tht pain..
    And also because the only way we get to explain our parents is by showing them videos.. And rn I feel like ur jus the perfect person to go deep down its roots and find answers for it.
    Tysm.

    • @evanssamuelbiju4315
      @evanssamuelbiju4315 Před 2 lety

      .Heterosexual men may have desires for multiple woman(that is the general case),but Christ dictates that it is sin and true Christians overcome those desires by the help of Christ.Similarly

    • @evanssamuelbiju4315
      @evanssamuelbiju4315 Před 2 lety

      I am sorry but the bot is deleting the comments.There was no hate speech in what I said.Just stated the obvious stand of the Bible.CZcams cannot eve allow civil discourses on homosexuality.I hope you have a nice day

    • @user-kf3oz6yu5n
      @user-kf3oz6yu5n Před 2 lety +2

      @@evanssamuelbiju4315 I understand what u mean sir..
      but i want u to see tht this is a very mere thing but, now its jus become a huge struggle. there are alot of young LGBTQ teens who are going through depression and then also suicide because of unacceptance and rejection....and then also because of guilt because they couldnt change.
      the situation is so bad right now, tht recent studies about LGBTQ teens show tht even if one person supports them, they save them by suiciding by 40%!
      this is how huge and painful the struggle is, and then ur own parents condenmning u as a child...... ur spirit jus breaks beyond repair. and thats what i want christian people to see , i need them to look beyond what they were taught about it... Look at what is happening in reality...and it will open ur eyes , you"ll see tht its nothing like u were been taught about it...rather its more pain going on , more people struggling in such pain because of the church' ignorance and bigotry..
      and I also want them to jus .... listen to their child when they pour their heart out to u, because everytime u eternally condemn gay people to hell, unbeknownst to you, a child will be listening to tht, and it might be ur own...ur child will feel scared and you'll jus keep losing ur child..
      And if u genuinely love ur child, seeing them going through so much pain , for so many years in such a young age, and u had the slightest idea about it, its jus gonna break ur heart knowing that.
      knowing tht this was ur own child in such .....pain
      its not possible to change through prayers either..for this, id recommend u reading about the history of christian ex gay ministries ...like exodus international, love in action and alot of other ex gay ministries which came along . They failed with 99.9% accurately to change anyone. And these ministries went on for more than 5 decades and there wasn't one person who changed from Homosexual to Heterosexual.
      Rather the outcome of these ministries were death,suicide, anxiety and mental trauma......
      young people constantly asking repentance and praying continuously so god changes them, and yet when there was no change....they suicided....
      infact the heads of such ministries who once said they had changed too, who themselves were ex gay, came out again to say tht, they never changed either....they were still homosexual too.
      infact the heads of such ministries had to apologise publicly in tears to the LGBTQ community for the harm they have done, for the pain they had caused..
      now they live such shame and guilt and they accept tht they are gonna live in shame for the rest of their lives.
      and this really has happened..its a mark in history of the church now.
      there are powerful movies, and documentary made on this..which i highly recommend watching
      like
      Prayers for Bobby, Boy Erased, Pray away, The miseducation of cameron post, Out of order etc.
      sadly there are new people who have taken up the torch of "change" this is how the devil is trying deceive people and confuse and blind them even more...
      but eventually they all are having this realization and which is the truth....tht is ...they are still gay...
      no matter how hard they try, they cannot change how they are naturally. There are alot of ex gay people in hiding who are ashamed to tell the world the truth, tht they never had changed...
      The reason all this is happening is because....
      And the reason they couldnt change is because....there is nothing wrong with them..
      yes, i know it sounds like a simple reason , but tht sentence says alot.
      all this while people were struggling and there was no change, because there was never anything wrong with them. They never chose to be tht way jus like u never chose to be straight..and when they never chose to be tht way the same way they cannot change it.
      yes nothing is impossible by god, but god is not gonna change ur eye colour from brown to blue, he's not gonna change ur skin color to purple...
      because u are perfect jus the natural way u r..
      the bible tells us about how complex and intricate and wide the human creation is...We are fearfully and wonderfully made
      He knew us even before we were born, he knit us together in our mother's womb. he has everyone their own unique identity, science and the bible both teach us tht literally every human being is different.
      He hasn't made a mistake while creating us. What we need to do is not judge jus because u dont understand what is..
      u saying they need changing is pure judging from ur side.
      jus because u dont understand what LGBTQ is really, doesnt mean they're not real.
      what we need to do is...gather knowledge .because knowledge for anything in general will reveal the truth.
      knowledge uis what u need.
      understand what homosexuality is really....why is it there...
      its jus a variant in ones sexual orientation which is a biological factor..
      its not men in tights or drag queens ..its everyday people who have a job who want love, intimacy like u do, who want to have a family of their own too
      they're not less than anyone else, they're not broken people.....they are human beings jus like anyone else..
      and they too are fearfully and wonderfully made. infact LGBTQ is a example of the complexity and intricacy and the diversity in us human beings..it shows human creation is such a wide spectrum. Like i said everyone is different from each other.and lgbtq is a part of tht diversity
      lastly no one is going to heaven for jus being straight...
      we are nor righteous by what we r but by what we do.
      and never judge someone if u dont understand it..because u never know how god works in their lives.
      and this is what is the truth........and the truth cannot be converted

    • @evanssamuelbiju4315
      @evanssamuelbiju4315 Před 2 lety +2

      @@user-kf3oz6yu5n umm...I cannot for sure ...say that God can/cannot change a person from being a homosexual to a heterosexual.I have never said it either.I simply don't know.What I know for sure...is that God can save people and he has saved me...too from various sexual urges that every human has.Leading a Godly prayer life(I am not a saint....I am still a sinner...I struggle to walk in God's path even now...God has not erased...any sexual urges I have....I am still teen..I still face those..But God has given me the power to overcome those....I feel it is the same case for any human...and that includes the LGBTQ community..yes the society needs to accept them..the parents need to accept their children..even if they belong to the LGBTQ community..mere condemning...is not gonna help the sinner(no matter what sins they commit) so the parents and the church need to find a solution and be receptive of them.The church(in its true form has always been receptive of sinners who have been willing to repent...)and sadly the society has not been that way..But I do understand the points you are making..and I pretty much agree with almost everything you say except for the part..that it is right.The Bible says it is wrong and calls it a sin.So.I accept it.The Bible calls adultery a sin.Now...speaking from a naturalistic point of view,there is nothing wrong with adultery..if the other spouse gives consent.But the Bible yet calls it a sin..irrespective of the consent of the other spouse..What I am trying to convey is heterosexual people also feel the sexual urges as homosexual people do. Unmarried heterosexual people,if they act upon those urges, commit a sin(ac to the Bible...)...but is it not perfectly natural to have sexual urges...to act upon it...YES.But the Bible still calls it a sin.So,what I would like to convey here,is that even if something is natural...(have sexual urges,etc)it still could be a sin.So,what I would like to say with regards to this matter is...that just the way unmarried truly Christian heterosexual people remain celibate till their marriage..or the way married Christian couples do not act upon adulterous thoughts that come to their mind,a homosexual person should also surrender themselves to Christ..and Christ will help him overcome those sexual urges just the way he helps the heterosexual Christians.And at times..you may fail in surrendering your desires to Christ and may act upon those sinful desires...what really is important...at that time is that you are willing to repent.I wish you a good day..and pray that the best happens to you.And may Christ lead every sinner (just the way he leads me) back to himself.

  • @AiluridaeAureus
    @AiluridaeAureus Před 2 lety +3

    Even amongst the word of the mad is good advice, often simply incomplete.
    A better motto for life spinned off from his is thus: _Do what you will, every man and woman is an individual, the word of sin is restriction, _*_but know that none are exempt from consequence._*

  • @breadman5116
    @breadman5116 Před 2 lety +5

    Pretty crazy that so many people have already interacted with this video in 2 minutes.

    • @TheBestLife2184
      @TheBestLife2184 Před 2 lety

      They likely don't let truthful people gain 10 million subscribers like Infographics.
      Infographics owners are Illuminati denier. First plan on the new world order Georgia Guidestones is for 93% of all people to be disappeared. (That includes blacks, whites, Mexicans, Asians, Christians...and Democrats too.)

    • @jaggedpixel
      @jaggedpixel Před 2 lety

      @@TheBestLife2184 Have you taken your meds today? 🤔

    • @TheBestLife2184
      @TheBestLife2184 Před 2 lety +1

      @@jaggedpixel Steve uses generalized ridicule because like all Democrats and RINOs, he has no good truths to use to win any debates. If we talked in person he'd probably get all mad and try to keep me from talking so truth wouldn't get out. All atheist nations ban free speech.

    • @jaggedpixel
      @jaggedpixel Před 2 lety

      @@TheBestLife2184 😂😂😂 I’m very very very far from being a Democrat. I’m also British, so even further away from being a RINO.

    • @TheBestLife2184
      @TheBestLife2184 Před 2 lety

      @@jaggedpixel So you're non-Christian, same traitorous club as the Democrats and RINOs, likely in support of flooding Britain with foreigners.

  • @Googleiro000
    @Googleiro000 Před 2 měsíci

    Well, despite all controversy,still now I looking for Crowley with admiration.❤

  • @LoveBbyJay
    @LoveBbyJay Před rokem +1

    I had to press 'continue' 8 times on the "content warning" alert

  • @error4159
    @error4159 Před 2 lety +3

    This is one of the best videos I've seen on Crowley.
    You should do a video on Jack Parson's and L Ron Hubbard's attempt to conjour the Scarlet Woman.

  • @kato856
    @kato856 Před 2 lety +7

    Ever heard of Aleister Crowley from A Certain Magical Index? Best incarnation of the character in fiction I'd say.

    • @ChiggaChiggaBruh
      @ChiggaChiggaBruh Před 2 lety +2

      Yo I finally found a fellow Index fan

    • @kato856
      @kato856 Před 2 lety

      @@ChiggaChiggaBruh ayo, glad to see someone else that loves the LN with the best mythology integration.

  • @swaguilar_
    @swaguilar_ Před 2 lety +11

    I didn't recognize him in the thumbnail but once you showed that iconic photo of him with the hat and his hands near his face then I immediately knew who he was. Fascinating video about him.

  • @Jonehoo
    @Jonehoo Před 2 lety +1

    You will never walk alone
    You can always reach me
    You will never ever walk alone
    Little Sunshine
    (Call me)
    Call me Mephistopheles
    (Call me)
    When you feel all alone just call me
    Little Sunshine

  • @karen-7057
    @karen-7057 Před 2 lety +3

    Will =/= want. By the contrary, with chaos magick it's all your responsability.... This video was really ill informed on the deeper topics and thelema, but may be useful for people who like chitchat ...

  • @harleybfilms
    @harleybfilms Před 2 lety +6

    damn this man has really been around the world a few times

  • @callumcallaghan8175
    @callumcallaghan8175 Před 2 lety +6

    At one point in my life a bought Aleister's recordings of him singing
    I played them and honestly they're terrifying
    I then had a dream of me on a seesaw on a cliff in dover... With me high up on one end and nothing on the other end weighing it down..
    I then heard a voice..Saying "This is a demon...He can be your friend..Or your worst enemy...You choose" I woke up..Thinking nothing of it..
    I told this story to a friend who knew quite a lot about him... Turned out Aleister was quite a mountain climber...And in Dover too.
    Still freaks me out when i think about it.

    • @kyrak.4143
      @kyrak.4143 Před 2 lety

      What was so terrifying about the recordings?

  • @gavinwalsh9860
    @gavinwalsh9860 Před 2 lety +4

    I will say that "Do what thou wilt" =/= "Do what you want". Will was a very important word in Crowley's teachings, and the understanding of one's will was brought about by a journey through the abyss. So, if you find that your true will, after going through this spiritual gauntlet, is to help people, you should do it. If you find that it is face stealing, Crowley says that you should do it.
    Thank you for the wonderful video!

  • @RoyPage1970
    @RoyPage1970 Před 4 dny

    Graham Bond a British vocalist actually thought he was his long-lost son he was so obsessed with him

  • @WhatIsMatter101
    @WhatIsMatter101 Před rokem +2

    Crowley: I'm the most evil man in the world!
    Random guy: Says who?
    Crowley: My mother. She even called me the Beast.