#trigger warning: anti Semiticism

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Aleister Crowley

And why he's a douche bag.

TRIGGER WARNINGS: Antisemitism, sex magic, racism, sexism/misogyny and cultural appropriation.

Born Edward Alexander Crowley on October 12, 1875 he grew up to found Thelema (an esoteric and occult social or spiritual philosophy and new religious movement), he was also a poet, painter, novelist and mountaineer.

He was the creator of the Thoth Tarot, popularized sex magic, the "black arts" and popularized the spelling of Magick rather than Magic.

However what you might not have known is that Crowley was also an anti-semitic, an appropriator, a bigot, a misogynist, a racist and a sexist. He also spread misinformation and faked his own death. He even claimed to be a prophet that would lead human kind through the Aeon of Horus.

Crowley was a huge antsemetic and yet he appropriated the Kabbalah. The Kabbalah should only be practiced by Rabbis or Jewish people who know what they're doing, which Crowley was neither of.

Crowley's 777 and Other Qabalistic Writings is just an assortment of papers that he wrote that takes the teachings of the Kabbalah and bastardizes them into his own version of what they really are.

A misogynist and sexist, Crowley claimed to be a bisexual and while most bisexuals may have one preferance over another and this lines with how Crowley preferred women to men, he was extremely misogynistic to the women he dated and had sexual intercourse with.

He would say that women were 'morally inferior' and 'secondary social beings in terms of intellect and sensibility'. Some people believe that this behavior of women was because of his relationship with his mother but that should not have excused his behavior.

A racist, here are a few things that Crowley had to say about certain race groups.

About the Chinese: “One cannot fraternize with the Chinese of the lower classes; one must treat them with absolute contempt and callousness“ and "The Chinese does not respect the white man as the Indian does — for his possession of high moral qualities.“ 

About Mexicans: “Neither the coyotes nor the turkey-buzzards will touch a dead Mexican. His flesh has been too thoroughly impregnated with chillies and other pungent condiments.”

About Blacks:  “Where Islam and Christianity meet in open competition, as in some parts of Africa, it is found that only the lowest type of Negro, such as is accustomed to arrange matters with conscience by hanging a rag on a piece of stick, accepts Christianity”

About Indians:  “I am not fond of Benaglis at the best and he as the worst specimen of his race I have ever seen. He was fat and oily, with small piglike treacherous eyes.”

As you can see, Crowley was a huge douche bag, he was very opinionated on these specific topics and should not be supported even if he has been dead for 76 years. While he did live in another time period where racism was allowed and openky discussed as if they were discussing the weather, it is now the 21st century and that kind of behavior is no longer tolerated.