Alexander Crowley

Alexander Crowley, Anglice Aleister Crowley"For many years I had loathed being called Alick, partly because of the unpleasant sound and sight of the word, partly because it was the name by which my mother called me. Edward did not seem to suit me and the diminutives Ted or Ned were even less appropriate. Alexander was too long and Sandy suggested tow hair and freckles. I had read in some book or other that the most favourable name for becoming famous was one consisting of a dactyl followed by a spondee, as at the end of a hexameter: like Jeremy Taylor. Aleister Crowley fulfilled these conditions and Aleister is the Gaelic form of Alexander. To adopt it would satisfy my romantic ideals." Crowley 1989:139. (natus Edward Alexander Crowley; 12 Octobris 1875; 1 Decembris 1947), fuit occultista, magicus, poeta, pictor, scriptor mythistoriarum, et montanus Anglicus. Rationem Thelematis, religionis et philosophiae novae, reddere debuit, in qua parte se prophetam consideravit, ut homines in Aeon Hori duceret saeculo vicensimo ineunte commissum.

Crowley, in familia divite Fratrum Plimmutensium natus, hanc religionem reiecit ut esotericismum Occidentalem, poesin, et res montanas cognosceret. Cantabrigiae eruditus est, ubi in sententiam bisexualitatis transivit. Sunt biographi qui dicant eum ab administratione intelligentiae Britannica ibi conscriptum fuisse, et speculatorem omnem per vitam mansisse. Anno 1898, se cum esotericum Ordine Hermetico Aurorae Aureae coniunxit, antequam ad Domum Boleskine iuxta Lacum Nessianum migravit et ad Mexicum et India ad discendos usus Hinduisticos et Buddhistics peregrinavit. Rosam Editham Kelly duxit, et iter ad Cairum anno 1904 fecit, ubi Crowley dixit se ab Aiwass, entitatis corporis experte, (qui in Latine fortasse ens-spiritualis sive melius ens-spiritus) visitatum fuisse, qui ei Librum Al vel Legis donaverat, textum sacrum qui pro fundamentis Thelematis fuerit.

Crowley, conatu in Kanchenjungam scansam anno 1905 infelice effecto, Britanniam rediit, ubi anno 1907 ipse et Georgius Caecilius Jones A∴A∴ ordinem Thelemitanum una condiderunt. Postquam nonnullos menses in Algeria degit, Ordini Templi Orientis anno 1912 initiatus est, in quo dux eius rami Britannici factus est, quem ex fidibus Thelematis redintegravit. Bellum Magnum in Civitatibus Foederatis degit, ubi pro administratione intellegentiae Britannica se in lobbiam Germaniae favente insinuare operatus est

Cephaloedium in Sicilia anno 1920 migravit, ut commune Abbatiam Thelematis appellatum administraret. Britannici actorum diurnorum scriptores eum vituperaverunt ob mores dissolutos, et administratio Italica eum anno 1923 expulit. Duobus decenniis sequentibus in Gallia, Germania, et Anglia habitavit, ac Thelemati consulere solebat usque ad mortem.

Crowley vivus infamissimus erat, experimenta drogarum oblectationis faciens, individualista, et iudex societatis. Quam ob rem, in diariis popularibus vituperari nomine "impiissimus orbis terrarum vir"Anglice: "the wickedest man in the world." et Satanista (false) nominari solebat. Ipse persona magni momenti in esotericismo Occidentali et motu contra culturam manet, ac propheta in Thelemate iam accipitur. Anno 2002, comitia a BBC administrata eum aestimaverunt septuagensimum tertium a maximo Britannico.

 Notae 

Bibliographia
Bogdan, Henrik, et Martin P. Starr, eds. 2012. Aleister Crowley and Western Esotericism. Oxoniae et Novi Eboraci: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199863099.
Booth, Martin. 2000. A Magick Life: The Biography of Aleister Crowley. Londinii: Coronet Books. ISBN 9780340718063.
Churton, Tobias. 2011. Aleister Crowley: The Biography. Londinii: Watkins Books. ISBN 9781780280127.
Crowley, Aleister. 1989. The Confessions of Aleister Crowley: An Autohagiography. Londinii: Arkana. ISBN 9780140191899.
DuQuette, Lon Milo. 2003. The Magick of Aleister Crowley: A Handbook of Rituals of Thelema. Franciscopoli: Weiser. ISBN 9781578632992.
Dyrendal, Asbjørn. 2012. Satan and the Beast: The Influence of Aleister Crowley on Modern Satanism. In Aleister Crowley and Western Esotericism, ed. Henrik Bogdan et Martin P. Starr, 369–394. Oxoniae et Novi Eboraci: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199863099.
Evans, Dave, 2007. The History of British Magick after Crowley. Hidden Publishing. ISBN 9780955523700.
Hanegraaff, Wouter J. 2012. Foreword. In Aleister Crowley and Western Esotericism, ed. Henrik Bodgan et Martin P. Starr, vii–x. Oxoniae et Novi Eboraci: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199863099.
Hutton, Ronald. 2012. Crowley and Wicca. In Aleister Crowley and Western Esotericism, ed. Henrik Bogdan et Martin P. Starr, 285–306. Oxoniae et Novi Eboraci:Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199863099.
Kaczynski, Richard. 2010. Perdurabo: The Life of Aleister Crowley. Ed. 2a. Berkeleiae Californiae: North Atlantic Books. ISBN 9780312252434.
Landis, Bill. 1995. Anger: The Unauthorised Biography of Kenneth Anger. Novi Eboraci: HarperCollins. ISBN 9780060167004.
Moreman, Christopher M. 2003 Devil Music and the Great Beast: Ozzy Osbourne, Aleister Crowley, and the Christian Right. The Journal of Religion and Popular Culture 3(1).
Morgan, Mogg. 2011. The Heart of Thelema: Morality, Amorality, and Immorality in Aleister Crowley's Thelemic Cult. The Pomegranate: The International Journal of Pagan Studies 13(1).
Moore, John. 2009. Aleister Crowley: A Modern Master. Oxoniae: Mandrake. ISBN 9781906958022.
Owen, Alex. 2012. The Sorcerer and His Apprentice: Aleister Crowley and the Magical Exploration of Edwardian Subjectivity. In Aleister Crowley and Western Esotericism, ed. Henrik Bogdan et Martin P. Starr, 15–52. Oxoniae et Novi Eboraci: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199863099.
Pasi, Marco. 1999, 2014. Aleister Crowley and the Temptation of Politics. Conversus ab Ariel Godwin. Durham:  Acumen. ISBN 9781844656967.
Richmond, Keith. 2012. Through the Witch's Looking Glass: The Magick of Aleister Crowley and the Witchcraft of Rosaleen Norton. In Aleister Crowley and Western Esotericism, ed. Henrik Bogdan et Martin P. Starr, 307–334. Oxoniae et Novi Eboraci: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199863099.
Spence, Richard B. 2008. Secret Agent 666: Aleister Crowley, British Intelligence and the Occult. Port Townsend Vasingtoniae: Feral House. ISBN 9781932595338.
Sutin, Lawrence. 2000. Do What Thou Wilt: A Life of Aleister Crowley. Novi Eboraci: St Martin's Press. ISBN 9780312252434.
Symonds, John. 1997. The Beast 666: The Life of Aleister Crowley. Londinii: Pindar Press. ISBN 9781899828210.
Tully, Caroline. 2010. Walk Like an Egyptian: Egypt as Authority in Aleister Crowley's Reception of The Book of the Law. The Pomegranate: The International Journal of Pagan Studies 12(1).
Urban, Hugh B. 2012. The Occult Roots of Scientology? L. Ron Hubbard, Aleister Crowley, and the Origins of a Controversial New Religion. In Aleister Crowley and Western Esotericism, ed. Henrik Bogdan et Martin P. Starr, 335–368. Oxoniae et Novi Eboraci: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199863099.

 Nexus externi 

 Congeries Alexandri Crowley in Centro Harry Ransom in Universitate Texiae apud Austin, www.hrc.utexas.edu
 Libri Alexandri Crowley, hermetic.com
 Societas Fundata Alexandri Crowley, aleistercrowleyfoundation.net


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