On Crowley’s Authority to Found the A.’.A.’.

Aleister Crowley, 1875-1947 Overview Aleister Crowley (1875-1947) took initiation in the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. At some point he became convinced it was no longer initiating. He wished to…

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The Holy Guardian Angel and the Daemon, Revisited

The Angel, Uncaged Guardian Angel by Pietro da Cortona, 1656 In the last blog post, The Unknown Angel, we discussed how Aleister Crowley invented the term "Knowledge and Conversation of the…

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Equinox Musings on Writing and Magick

Writing is Magickal Thoth, God of Writing and Magick Thoth is the God of both writing and magick, almost as if writing is inherently magickal. Aleister Crowley understood clearly that the…

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The Demon and the Angel

Oil Painting by J. Edward Cornelius “One you control; the other controls you.” The Demon On the A.’.A.’. path, it soon becomes necessary to confront the Demon. The Demon is not…

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