Household Gods
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Aleister Crowley (1875 – 1947) was an English occultist, ceremonial magician, poet, painter, novelist, and mountaineer. He founded the religion of Thelema, identifying himself as the prophet entrusted with guiding humanity into the Æon of Horus in the early 20th century. A prolific writer, he published widely over the course of his life.
Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowley wurde am 12. Oktober 1875 in England geboren. Seine Eltern gehörten den christlich-fundamentalistischen Plymouth Brethren an. Er studierte am Trinity College in Cambridge Chemie, schloss jedoch sein Studium nie ab, da er das Geld der Brauerei seines Vaters erbte und seine Zeit mit Poesie und Okkultismus verbrachte. 1898 wurde er Mitglied des Golden Dawn, einem Geheimbund, in dem auch u.a. William Butler Yeats, Oscar Wildes Ehefrau, Arthur Edward Waite, Florence Farr, Bram Stoker und Sir Arthur Conan Doyle waren. Von nun an widmete sich Crowley ganz dem Okkultismus. 1900 begann der Golden Dawn auseinanderzufallen, Crowley wurde via Yeats aufgrund moralischer Bedenken ausgestossen. Zu dieser Zeit schrieb Crowley Pornographie, die von der englischen Zollbehörde beschlagnahmt und zerstört wurde. Er reiste nach Asien und Afrika, wo er angeblich den Yoga studierte, den er mit westlicher Magie und orientalischem Mystizismus ausschmückte. In Londen und Paris verbrachte er seine Zeit in den Kreisen der Bohemia, wo sogar August Rodin einen seiner Gedichtbände illustrierte. In Paris, am Picalle, gab es damals ein Cabaret namens Abbaye de Thélème, wo später viele berühmte Jazzmusiker auftraten. 'Abbaye de Thélème' ist ein Begriff aus Rabelais' Roman "Gargantua et Pantagruel". Crowley heiratete 1903 die Schwester von Gerald Kelly, Rose. Der Charakter Oliver Haddo in William Somerset Maughams Roman "The Magician" basiert auf Crowley. 1904 verbrachte er mit seiner Frau in Ägypten, wo er ein dreiteiliges Gedicht verfasste, welches von einer ausserirdischen Intelligenz diktiert worden sein soll. Manche meinen, es könnte auch seine Frau Rose gewesen sein (im Originalmanuskript stammen einige Passagen aus Roses Hand). In seinen Schriften nennt Crowley auch "Thee, Satan, my saviour" als Quelle. Dieses dreiteilige Gedicht basiert auf Crowleys früheren Gedichten, Ideen von Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, Augustinus und Rabelais, der Offenbarung aus der Bibel und vielen anderen Quellen. Als "Buch des Gesetzes" ist es die Bibel seiner Neureligion/Philosophie "Thelema". Den Rest seines Lebens verbrachte Crowley damit, Thelema "als Gesetz des Neuen Aeons" in vielen weiteren Texten, Gedichten und Ritualen auszuarbeiten. 1910 kam er in Kontakt mit dem deutschen Ordensgebilde Ordo Templi Orientis und übernahm 1912 den englischen Zweig des Ordens. Von 1915-1919 lebte er in den Vereinigten Staaten, wo er anti-Britische Propaganda publizierte.
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Household Gods - Aleister Crowley
HOUSEHOLD GODS
by Aleister Crowley
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SCENE
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SCENE
THE HEARTH OF CRASSUS; AFTERWARDS THE LAWNS, THE WOODS, THE LAKE, THE ISLE.
CHARACTERS
CRASSUS, a barbarian from Britain.
ADELA, his wife, a noble Roman lady.
ALICIA, a servant in the house.
A STATUE OF PAN.
A FAUN.
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THE SCENE is at the hearth of CRASSUS, where is a little bronze altar dedicated to the Lares and Penates. A pale flame rises from the burning sandal-wood, on which CRASSUS throws benzoin and musk. He is standing in deep dejection.
CRASSUS.
Smoke without fire!
No thrill of tongues licks up
The