Aleister Crowley

Crowley Introduction

Carsten — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 22:37:42 +0200

Aleister Crowley (1875-1947) surely was and still is the most (in-)famous occultist of the last century, whose influence on the occult science of our time is far greater than anyone else's (even than that of Gurdijeff or A.O. Spare). It is not least due to him that Magick has become a living modern science, maintaining the valueable roots of the western occult mysteries, combined with eastern practices and wisdom to build a system doing justice to the conciousness of western people who are living under the formative influence of natural science, but still (or therefore) interested in spiritual experiences. The volume and quality of his spiritual writings are exceptional and build the foundation of a 'religious' system often referred to as the Law of Thelema or simply Thelema.

If you are totally unfamiliar with Aleister Crowley, a good starting point would be to read the articles on Wikipedia and Thelemapedia.

Timeline

Carsten — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:21:44 +0100

Direct URL: Crowley Timeline

A basic, straight forward Aleister Crowley timeline taken from LAShTAL's Encyclopedia Thelemica.

The Libri of Aleister Crowley

Carsten — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:24:13 +0100

Direct URL: The Libri of Aleister Crowley

Excellent collection of Libri and some other writing of Uncle Al. Hosted on the excellent hermetic.com archive. Alternatively, and in some ways often in superior quality, you may also visit the OTO libri archive.

The Collected Works of Aleister Crowley

Carsten — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 18:11:03 +0100

Direct URL: The Collected Works of Aleister Crowley

The three volumes(1905-1907), as well as other literary books and pamphlets that first appeared between 1898 and 1946. Generously Made available to the public, for free, unrestricted download by the OTO. Taken together, these additional works constitute most of a fourth volume of the Collected Works series. Some in ASCII text and some in PDF format:

Ambergris (1910). Amphora (1908), reissued as Hail Mary (1912). Chicago May. A Love Poem (1914). The City of God. A Rhapsody (1943). Clouds without Water (1909). The Collected Works of Aleister Crowley. Volume I (1905). The Collected Works of Aleister Crowley. Volume II (1906). The Collected Works of Aleister Crowley. Volume III (1907). The Fun of the Fair (1942). La Gauloise, The Song of the Free French (1942). Household Gods (1912). Mortadello, or the Angel of Venice (1912). Olla, an Anthology of Sixty Years of Song (1946). The Rites of Eleusis (1910), program booklet. Rosa Mundi (1905); Rosa Coeli (1907); Rosa Inferni (1907). The Rosicrucian Scandal (c. 1910). The Scented Garden of Abdullah the Satirist of Shiraz (Bagh-i-muattar) (1910). Snowdrops from a Curate’s Garden (1904). Songs for Italy (1923). Temperance. A Tract for the Times (1939). Thumbs Up: A Pentagram -- A Pantacle to Win the War (1941). White Stains (1898). The Winged Beetle (1910). The World’s Tragedy (1910)

The Great Beast Speaks

Carsten — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:16:01 +0100

Direct URL: The Great Beast Speaks

In late 1936 Aleister Crowley recorded a few tracks on 78 rpm. On this site you can download a zip file with the following 11 of those recordings in mp3 audio format:

The Call of the First Aethyr (Enochian version), The Call of the Second Aethyr (Enochian version), The Call of the Second Aethyr (English version), La Gitana, The Pentagram, The Poet, At Sea, The Titanic, Hymn to the American People, Excerpts from the Gnostic Mass, Vive La French Republic

Introduction to Crowley (in Five Voices)

Carsten — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 10:26:10 +0100

Direct URL: Introduction to Crowley (in Five Voices)

A very good introduction to some basic aspects of Crowley's teaching and personality as well as the thelemic philosophy/religion. An ideal page for newbies (but not only for them), because Tim offers a well thought out overview considering different points of view, sometimes pleasantly critical, sometimes controversial, (but) always worth reading. By Tim Maroney, who celebrated his Greater Feast in 2003.

Warburg Institute Archive

Carsten — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:49:14 +0100

Direct URL: Warburg Institute Archive

The Warburg Institute owns a huge Aleister Crowley collection, many or actually most of the items originally collected by Gerald Yorke. The links takes you directly to the search results.

LAShTAL.COM

Carsten — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 16:03:21 +0100

Direct URL: LAShTAL.COM

LAShTAL.COM is home of The Aleister Crowley Society. It is a site devoted to the legacy of Aleister Crowley and to the impact of Crowley and Thelema on media, news and culture that was launched Paul Feazey and quickly became probably THE leading thelemic website, certainly in terms of the most active thelemic forum based community. It hosts the Encyclopedia Thelemica, a Thelemapedia fork, the Bibliographia Thelemica, a collaborative bibliography with information on many, if not most the books out there. There is an amazing gallery of pictures personalities and places of the past and present, host the thelemic time-server, some downloads, articles, links and did I mention the forum ? ;-)

Any forum brings with it some undesirable post of not so high quality, but generally the variety and quality of the content, and the news section make this in probably not only my humble opinion the leading website out there. It the highly unlikely event that you have not visited it yet, please do. You won't regret it.

Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Archive

Carsten — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 23:47:17 +0100

Direct URL: Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Archive

The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas has the huge collection of original Crowley manuscripts, letters, and related documents in the world that is open to research.

The Abbey of Thelema

Carsten — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 10:36:49 +0100

Direct URL: The Abbey of Thelema

Small site with a couple of pictures of the infamous Abbey of Thelema in Cefalù, Sicily. If you're really interested in the Abbey, you should definitely consider to buy Thelema Revisited - In Search of Aleister Crowley.

Aleister Crowley and Freemasonry

Carsten — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:22:00 +0100

Direct URL: Aleister Crowley and Freemasonry

Interesting article at the Grand Lodge of British Columbia and Yukon website about Aleister Crowley's contacts with Freemasonry. New to me was that this seems to admit Crowley was initiated into Craft Freemasonry in Anglo-Saxon Lodge No. 343, recognized, as of 1964, under the jurisdiction of the Grande Loge Nationale Française in Paris as No. 103, which was not recognised by the United Grand Lodge of England as a regular masonic body at the time.

The article also contains some information on Crowley 33° in AASR as well as probably better known contact to John Yarker, who bestowed on Crowley, by post, the degrees of 33°, 90° and 95°; respectively, the Ancient and Accepted, Memphis and Mizraim. the articles closes with the known comment that the UK Grand Lodge does NOT accept Crowley as ever been a member of the Craft.

The site also hosts another short biography put together by Martin P. Starr, the latter connection probably explains the sympathetic attitude towards Crowley.