How to attract an elemental (which one can turn into one's familiar spirit is set forth in the top secret O.T.O. treatise entitled De Nuptiis Secretis Deorum cum Hominibus,1 a treatise rewritten by Crowley who added of course his own characteristic touches. — John Symonds [1. Symonds, J. (1997) The Beast 666, Pindar Press] ____ 1Concerning the Secret Marriages of the Gods with Men De Nuptiis Secretis Deorum cum Hominibus[1. Article source: … [Read more...] about Article: De Nuptiis Secretis Deorum cum Hominibus (OTO) (n.d.)
Left Hand Path
Book: Aleister Crowley & The Hidden God (1992)
Source: Aleister Crowley & The Hidden God by Kenneth Grant Introduction THIS BOOK contains a critical study of Aleister Crowley's system of sexual magick and its affmities with the ancient Tantric rites of Kali, the dark goddess of blood and dissolution represented in Crowley's Cult as the Scarlet Woman. It is an attempt to supply a key to the work of an Adept whose vast knowledge of occultism was unsurpassed by any previous Western authority. I have emphasized the similarity between … [Read more...] about Book: Aleister Crowley & The Hidden God (1992)
Book: Magick Without Tears by Aleister Crowley (1954)
Source: http://hermetic.com/crowley/magick-without-tears/mwt_12.html Mark well this first distinction: the "Black Magician" or Sorcerer is hardly even a distant cousin of the "Black Brother." The difference between a sneak-thief and a Hitler is not too bad an analogy. The Sorcerer may be—indeed he usually is—a thwarted disappointed man whose aims are perfectly natural. Often enough, his real trouble is ignorance; and by the time he has become fairly hot stuff as a Black Magician, he has … [Read more...] about Book: Magick Without Tears by Aleister Crowley (1954)