Exactly how Crowley's stuff wound up in Texas has to be a story in itself. It's akin to Ian Fleming's stuff being at IUB. ??? Is this a subtle disownment of disreputable figures by prim British universities?
That's a good question. I think big donors have seen archival collections as a way to establish pre-eminence...but I have not seen an overview of why.... The Ransom Center at Texas has been aggressive:
Barnard, Megan. Collecting the Imagination the First Fifty Years of the Ransom Center . 1st ed. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2007.
I read, Magick in Theory and Practice by Aleister Crowley years ago.
It was incomprehensible to me when I read it. But the wiedest thing about the book is that it seems to leave seeds in the mind that bloom and mature through time.
Crowley's teachings are actually quite philisophical and the "Magic" he speaks to is essentially psychological.
"Do what you will, is the whole of the law" This is Cartesian philosophy at its core.
I did use one love spell that was in the book. That it actually worked I figured was simple 'coincidence" at the time. Now that I understand the Cartesian aspect of Crowely "magic"
I think the "spell" actually worked!
'The Power Of Positive Thinking'...is in fact Cartesian/Crowely Magic.
AC is included on the front of the Sergeant Pepper album. He was quite a force. Just imagine anyone that wants to look at his papers has to go to Texas. As Koshmarov notes--that's telling those Brits.
Exactly how Crowley's stuff wound up in Texas has to be a story in itself. It's akin to Ian Fleming's stuff being at IUB. ??? Is this a subtle disownment of disreputable figures by prim British universities?
That's a good question. I think big donors have seen archival collections as a way to establish pre-eminence...but I have not seen an overview of why.... The Ransom Center at Texas has been aggressive:
Barnard, Megan. Collecting the Imagination the First Fifty Years of the Ransom Center . 1st ed. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2007.
Now you gave me an idea for tomorrow.
I read, Magick in Theory and Practice by Aleister Crowley years ago.
It was incomprehensible to me when I read it. But the wiedest thing about the book is that it seems to leave seeds in the mind that bloom and mature through time.
Crowley's teachings are actually quite philisophical and the "Magic" he speaks to is essentially psychological.
"Do what you will, is the whole of the law" This is Cartesian philosophy at its core.
I did use one love spell that was in the book. That it actually worked I figured was simple 'coincidence" at the time. Now that I understand the Cartesian aspect of Crowely "magic"
I think the "spell" actually worked!
'The Power Of Positive Thinking'...is in fact Cartesian/Crowely Magic.
Yup!
\\][//
AC is included on the front of the Sergeant Pepper album. He was quite a force. Just imagine anyone that wants to look at his papers has to go to Texas. As Koshmarov notes--that's telling those Brits.