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NO is right on target as you continue to prove again and again.RViewer said:Now as to digging my own grave, a bit over the top wouldn’t you say?
RViewer said:Here are a few more quotes from AC taken from 'A Magick Life'. The first one is from a dream that he relates and one that I think gives a feel for his energy and demeanor:
Crowley:
“I have a fatal weakness for believing the best about everybody. In face of the plainest evidence I cannot believe in the existence of dishonesty and malice, and I always try to build with rotten material”
Those who have actually read the confessions will recall the greater context of this quote. See pg 323 of The Confessions.
What you have missed in this quote is the paragraphs leading up to and after the remark. You forgot to point out how the “wicked devil” of a man despite the fact he was physically ill and downright exhausted from the mountain climbing expedition, despite extreme danger and terrible weather conditions. This “evil man” left his base camp to save another mans life. A life that another man, one in his own group had abandoned for dead. Your right about the “energy and demeanor” part. Setting aside your own safety in order to try and help another is an act of selflessness that I admire.
The virtual pissing contest that you have started has time and again been blown right back in your face. You can misquote your books all you like but the fact is AC was no devil, satanist or monster. Sure you can quote from various text and cast a spell of illusion for weak minded individuals who take comfort in the security of their man made gods and devils. But what you cannot prove with your john bull tactics is that this man was an evil devil worshiper. The gig is up. Of course opinions can and will be shared especially in this thread. But yours like many others in the thread are not supported by any actual knowledge of the life and work of AC.