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"It seemed to me that my first duty was to prove to the world that I was not teaching
Magick for money. I promised myself always to publish my books on an actual loss on the
cost of production --- never to accept a farthing for any form of instruction, giving
advice, or any other service whose performance depended on my magical attainments. I
regarded myself as having sacrificed my career and my fortune for initiation, and that the
reward was so stupendous that it made the price pitifully mean, save that, like the
widow's mite, it was all I had. I was therefore the wealthiest man in the world, and the
least I could do was to bestow the inestimable treasure upon my poverty-stricken fellow
men.
I made it also a point of absolute honor never to commit myself to any statement that
I could not prove in the same sense as a chemist can prove the law of combining weights.
Not only would I be careful to avoid deceiving people, but I would do all in my power to
prevent them deceiving themselves. This meant my declaring war on the spiritualists and
even the theosophists, though I agreed with much of Blavatsky's teachings, as
uncompromisingly as I had done on Christianity.
I further resolved to uphold the dignity of Magick by pressing into its service science
and philosophy, as well as the noblest English that I could command, and to present it in
such a form as would of itself command respect and attention. I would do nothing cheap: I
would be content with nothing second rate.
I thought it also a point of honesty not to
pretend to be "better" than I was. I would avoid concealing my faults and
foibles. I would have no one accept me on false pretences. I would not
compromise with conventionality; even in cases where as an ordinary man of
the world, it would have been natural to do so. In this connection there
was also the point that I was anxious to prove that spiritual progress did
not depend on religious or moral codes..." (Excerpt taken from Chapter
64)
 THE
CONFESSIONS OF ALEISTER CROWLEY
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PART ONE: Towards the Golden Dawn
Chapter: 1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8,
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10,
11,
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PART TWO: The Mystical Adventure
Chapter: 23,
24,
25,
26,
27,
28,
29,
30,
31,
32,
33,
34,
35,
36,
37,
38,
39,
40,
41,
42,
43,
44,
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PART THREE: The Advent of the Aeon of Horus
Chapter: 49,
50,
51,
52,
53,
54,
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PART FOUR: Magical Workings
Chapter: 58,
59,
60,
61,
62,
63,
64,
65,
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PART FIVE: The Magus
Chapter: 69,
70,
71,
72,
73,
74,
75,
76,
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PART SIX: At the Abbey of Thelema
Chapter: 80,
81,
82,
83,
84,
85,
86,
87,
88,
89,
90,
91,
92,
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