The ‘Worst Man in the World’ Tells the Astounding Story of His Life in Articles by Aleister Crowley.

“Before Hitler was, I am.” [via, also]

Consider also:

  1. “The first proof that I had of this miracle-working capacity which is latent in every man was this: even before I had issued the call for guidance there was a man at my side to answer it.”
  2. “At school I had passions for poetry and chemistry. I had an instinct for chess; experience rapidly proved my ability. I never lost to anyone until–at Cambridge–I met H. E. Atkins, seven years running amateur champion of Britain.”
  3. “One book told me of a secret community of saints in possession of every spiritual grace, of the keys of the treasure of Nature. The members of this church lived their secret life of sanctuary in the world, radiating light and love on all those that came within their scope.”
  4. “He gave me my first injunction: ‘Fear is failure and the forerunner of failure. Be thou therefore without fear, for in the heart of the coward virtue abideth not. Thou hast known me. Pass thou on.'”
  5. “The Path! One of the final secrets–listen!–is this: not even the inexpressible glory and rapture of the goal, but the Path itself, with all its dangers, hardships, and distress, is the reward worth while.”

0 thoughts on ““Before Hitler was, I am.””

  1. Wm. Pritchard

    Definitely not a diabolic statement of origin for Hitler, but in my opinion, rather a spell casting via words to usurp the beginning of the Third Reich's first forrays into occultism – which may have some credence if the myth regarding Crowley's service to the Queen's intelligence branch during WWII. Nice reveal from the Hermetic Library Blog.