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Page 1 of 11910 · PDF PAGE 8
… 24th August 1910. A NEW RELIGION A CERTAIN number of literary people know the name of Aleister Crowley as a poet. A few regard him as a magician. But a small and select circle revere him as the hierophant of a new religion. This creed Captain Fuller, in a book on the subject extending to 327 pages, calls “ Crowleyanity.” I do not pretend to know what Captain Fuller means. He is deeply read in philosophy, and he takes Crowley very seriously. I do not quite see whither Crowley himself is driving ; but I imagine that the main idea in the brain of…
1910 · PDF PAGE 5
…e was the beloved of Rodin. Wherever he may be he must lead the way. Whilst Maeterlinck was delicately suggesting that there was more in magic than most of us imagined, Crowley was saturating himself in all the mystical works of the middle ages. He learnt Magic as certainly no living man has ever learnt it. Eighteen months ago he started a periodical called “ The Equinox, ” brilliant from first page to last. Some of it is pure literature ; some semi-magical : the greater portion intended for the study of those who see a serious side to Ceremoni…
1910 · PDF PAGE 6
…y. Crowley is the mouthpiece of a society the object of which would seem to be the attaining of religious ecstasy by means of Ceremonial Magic. Dr. Maudsley defines Ecstasy or Samadhi as a quasi-spasmodic standing-out of a special tract of the brain. W. R. Inge defines Ecstasy as a vision that proceeds from ourselves when conscious thought ceases. But however you may feel about Ecstasy there is no doubt that it is an essential part of true religious feeling. Crowley says “ True Ceremonial Magic is entirely directed to attain this end, and forms…
1910 · PDF PAGE 11
…expression than great verse and great music I have yet to learn it. I do not pretend to understand the ritual that runs like a thread of magic through these meetings of the A∴ A∴ I do not even know what the A∴ A∴ is. But I do know that the whole ceremony was impressive, artistic, and produced in those present such a feel- ing as Crowley must have had when he wrote : So shalt thou conquer Space, and lastly climb The walls of Time ; And by the golden path the great have trod Reach up to God ! THE WHY AND HOW OF ECSTASY “ There is a land of pure d…