α Apologia from the Book of Wisdom or Folly in The Libri of Aleister Crowley

“I would have thee to know that Spiritual Experience and Perfection have no necessary connection with Advancement in our Holy Order” [via]

Consider also:

  1. “because thou art the Child of my Bowels, I yearn greatly towards thee, o my Son”
  2. “Give Ear, give Ear attentively; the Will is not lost; though it be buried beneath a life-old Midden of Repressions, for it persisteth vital within thee (is it not the true Motion of thine inmost Being?) and for all thy conscious Striving cometh forth by Night and by Stealth in Dream and Phantasy.”
  3. “There are very many for whom in their present Incarnations this Great Work may be impossible; since their appointed Work may be in Satisfaction of some Magical Debt, or in Adjustment of some Balance, or in Fulfilment of some Defect.”
  4. “Neglect not simple Introspections”
  5. “Therefore, o my Son, be thou wary, not bowing before the false Idols and ideals, yet not flaming forth in Fury against them, unless that be thy Will.”