Pax Hominibus Bonae Voluntatis by Aleister Crowley in International, Dec 1917.

“The Germans are under the monstrous delusion that God is with them; that they are fighting for their hearths and altars. It is none of our business to cure that delusion. We must accept it in estimating their minds.” [via]

Consider also:

  1. “This may be a little difficult, as we have all forgotten what those points were; but at least we can try to come to some arrangement as to what is best to be done.”
  2. Aleister Crowley and Western Esotericism
  3. “The mildest of animals, if it feels itself cornered, will resort to every means of defense. Queensberry rules were not invented for men who are scrapping in a life and death combat.”
  4. “In other words, let us quit fighting for a few weeks or months, and have a conference. If nothing happens, we can go on fighting again with renewed zest. Speaking as an Irishman, I might go further and suggest talking and fighting at the same time — an ideal state of affairs!”
  5. “We hope that no reader of this paper is so foolish as to try to think for himself. What are papers for, but to save all this trouble? The only problem that can possibly present itself to us is this, ‘Which is the largest crowd?'”