The Confessions of Aleister Crowley
An Autohagiography
Subsequently re-Antichristened
THE CONFESSIONS OF ALEISTER CROWLEY
To Three Friends
J. W. N. SULLIVAN
who suggested this booklet
AUGUSTUS JOHN
who first gave practical assistance
P. R. STEPHENSEN
who saw the point
And To Three Immortal Memories
RICHARD FRANCIS BURTON
the perfect pioneer of spiritual and physical adventure
OSCAR ECKENSTEIN
who trained me to follow the trail
ALLAN BENNETT
who did what he could
| CONTENTS | {9} |
| INTRODUCTION | {13} |
| PART ONE: Towards the Golden Dawn Prelude Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 | {29} |
| 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, 45, 46, 47, 48 | {199} |
| PART THREE: The Advent of the Aeon of Horus Chapter 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57 | {391} |
| PART FOUR: Magical Workings Chapter 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68 | {507} |
| PART FIVE: The Magus Chapter 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79 | {663} |
| PART SIX: At the Abbey of Thelema Chapter 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96 | {789} |
| LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | |
| An idealized self-portrait JPG GIF: L M S | frontispiece |
| **The Magician, 1911** | 224-225 |
| **Crowley’s mother** | |
| Crowley’s father | |
| The schoolboy, aged 14 | |
| **The poet, aged 30** | |
| Osiris Risen: Crowley in 1899 | |
| **S. L. M. Mathers, Head of the Golden Dawn** | |
| **Allan Bennett** | 256-257 |
| **The explorer, mountaineer and big-game hunter, c. 1906** | |
| **The expedition to Chogo Ri, 1902** | |
| **Crowley in the Himalayas, 1905** | |
| **The Buddhist, the man of sorrows** | |
| **Rose Kelly, Crowley’s first wife** | |
| **Sister Cybele (Leila Waddell)** | |
| The Beast 666: Crowley aged 37 | 480-481 |
| Demonstrating a yogic technique of breath-control, c. 1912 | |
| The Charter issued by John Yarker admitting Crowley to\\ the highest grade (33°) of the Scottish Rite of Masonry, 1910 | |
| **The Stele of Revealing: Exhibit 666, Boulak Museum, Cairo** | 512-513 |
| **Crowley wearing the head-dress of Horus, c. 1910** | |
| **Baphomet: Crowley in full Masonic regalia, 1916** | |
| **The Arabian alchemist** | |
| Leah Hirsig in Crowley’s studio, New York, 1918 | |
| Handwritten plan for climbing Mt Everest, 1921 | |
| Crowley and Alostrael (Leah Hirsig) at the Abbey of Thelema, 1921 | |
| Betty May | |
| Raoul Loveday (Frater Aud), 1923 | |
| Sketch by Crowley of Norman Mudd (Frater Omnia Pro Veritate) | |
| Frank Bennett (Frater Progradior) | |
| Maria de Miramar and Crowley | |
| Sketch by Crowley of a devouring demon | 768-769 |
| Crowley as a human being, 1934 | |
| **Crowley as Fo-hi, the Chinese god of joy and laughter** | |
| Crowley’s hands locked in yogic mudra | |
| **Sketch by Crowley** | |
| In Jermyn Street, Piccadilly, c. 1943 | |
| At Netherwood, Hastings | |
| The Beast 666: self-portrait |
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