The Confessions Of Aleister Crowley
The Confessions of Aleister Crowley : An Autohagiography, by Aleister Crowley (1875–1947), is a book written in six parts, the first two parts published in 1929. It is subtitled "An Autohagiography" which refers to the autobiography of a Saint, a title which Crowley would also have associated with the Plymouth Brethren, who use it to refer to themselves. Crowley was brought up as one of their members.
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“I can imagine myself on my death-bed, spent utterly with lust to touch the next world, like a boy asking for his first kiss from a woman.”
—Aleister Crowley (1875–1947)
“My confessions are shameless. I confess, but do not repent. The fact is, my confessions are prompted, not by ethical motives, but intellectual. The confessions are to me the interesting records of a self-investigator.”
—W.N.P. Barbellion (1889–1919)
“I was asked to memorise what I did not understand; and, my memory being so good, it refused to be insulted in that manner.”
—Aleister Crowley (1875–1947)