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"In brief, we govern by a mixture of lying and bullying." — -(From the pamphlet: The Scientific Solution of the Problem of Government.)
About Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowley (12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947), born Edward Alexander Crowley, was a British occultist, mystic, poet, and social provocateur, famous for his development of the philosophical system called Thelema, and his concepts of magic, which he called Magick.
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In brief, we govern by a mixture of lying and bullying.
Additional quotes by Aleister Crowley
MAGICK is the Science and Art of causing Change to occur in conformity with Will.*
It is the mark of the mind untrained to take its own processes as valid for all men, and its own judgments for absolute truth.
I saw at once the way to appeal to him.. 'Well, of course you know.' I said, 'in really smart circles one has to offer heroin and cocaine to people. It's only a passing fashion, of course, but while it's on, one's really out of it if one doesn't do the right thing.