Thou therefore who desirest Magical Gifts, be sure that thy soul is firm and steadfast; for it is by flattering thy weaknesses that the Weak Ones will gain power over thee. Humble thyself before thy Self, yet fear neither man nor spirit. Fear is failure, and the forerunner of failure: and courage is the beginning of virtue. — Liber Libræ sub figurâ XXX – The Book of the Balance
Quote featured at FEAR IS FAILURE from the Ministry of Information.
Check out these Aleister Crowley related shirts from Fear and Clothing, including famous Aleister Crowley pose and text from Liber AL vel Legis, seal of A∴A∴, Laylah from Book of Lies as Babalon, and a Unicursal Hexagram.
Black Sanctuary has a Thelema shirt on special, which has a unicursal hexagram and Aleister Crowley in an A∴A∴ robe doing the sign of silence.
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Noticed this Do What Thou Wilt print in a kind of old school tattoo style by Poison Apple Printshop.
“This is a hand printed original screenprint made from an original drawing by artist and printmaker Adrienne Rozzi. It is a 4-color print with gold, red, white, and black. It features a gypsy with day of the dead skull tattoos as well as a 6-pointed star. The banner reads ‘Do What Thou Wilt’ which is a phrase made popular by occultist Aleister Crowley. There are two hands at the top with the all-seeing eye of truth tattooed on them. This is a second limited edition of 25 and only a portion of them will be sold online so get them while they’re here! This second edition has metallic red and gold ink whereas the first edition only had metallic gold.
It is printed on Fawn (tan) colored Stonehenge paper (acid free) and each print will come numbered and signed by the artist.
It measures about 9″ x 11″.” [via]
It was pointed out to me by @sexualcabinetry that one of the logos for WCW appears to be a kind of smooshed unicursal hexagram.
On the Formulae of the Unicursal Hexagram by Frater David R. Jones
“If the standard premises upon which the Golden Dawn formulates its planetary hexagrams are applied, a symbolically consistent system of invoking and banishing can be derived. Further these formulations can be verified by corollary application of the elemental paradigm, with similarly consistent and symbolically harmonious results.” [via]
