Aleister Crowley

[Lorentzen / Nicklaus]

 any discussion about crowley's notion of "will" should, imo, start with the    
 term's configuration in the philosophy of the 19th century, first of all in    
 schopenhauer and nietzsche. especially nietzsche's influence on crowley is     
 obvious, in "the book of the law" and elsewhere. concerning the   
 psycho-spiritual meaning of "will" i recommend the works of the italian  
 psychologist roberto assagiolo ("psychosynthesis"), who, very probably, had to 
 do with crowley and/or the oto in an early period of his carreer. in last  
 instance, so it seems to me, crowley's "will" is the non-doing of letting  
 happen the rise of the kundalini shakti ...

kfl 
 
 ps: for a non-hysterical view on crowley see especially r.a. wilson's "cosmic 
 trigger" (his best book) and the works of christopher s. hyatt, starting with 
 "undoing yourself with energized meditation and other devices".
    


Rich Romeo schrieb:
> david sed:
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> >I'm sure Kai has thoughts on this on this phrase, and I'm sure AC was fully 
> >aware of this phrase's meaning.  But I'm not sure what pun you mean.
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> well, for a dude obsessed with decay and transformation that word wilt, as 
> in plant wilting, can be interpreted many ways.
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> Rich
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