When you have proved that God is merely a name for the sex instinct, it appears to me not far to the perception that the sex instinct is God.
Aleister CrowleyTo use legal or financial constraint to compel either abstention or submission, is entirely horrible, unnatural and absurd.
Aleister CrowleyThis serpent, SATAN, is not the enemy of Man, but He who made Gods of our race, knowing Good and Evil; He bade 'Know Thyself!' and taught Initiation.
Aleister CrowleyThe first task of the Magician in every ceremony is therefore to render his Circle absolutely impregnable.
Aleister CrowleyThe pious pretense that evil does not exist only makes it vague, enormous and menacing.
Aleister CrowleyTo me a book is a message from the gods to mankind; or, if not, should never be published at all. A message from the gods should be delivered at once. It is damnably blasphemous to talk about the autumn season and so on. How dare the author or publisher demand a price for doing his duty, the highest and most honorable to which a man can be called?
Aleister Crowley