Please help me find/place a quote from Aleister Crowley

No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world – 67 points – 1 years ago

This might be a bit of an odd one: I am a great shroom enthusiast. On my trip I 'saw' an entity that looked like something described in aleister crowley's writings. I didn't read his writings at the time. Searching up on google it yielded and excerpt that goes somewhat as follows, I am asking for your help to identify the work in which the passage is found:

description of a pyramid with an eye for a capstone and (iirc) made out of light and in a dark realm/room and aleister crowley then went on to say that the thing itself is only a distraction to prevent you from looking at what is beneath it or what it's lower half looks like.

I know this is a weird one but please humor me. I know there is at least one of you who is familiar with all of his writings and can point me in the right direction.

If google search still worked I'd find it myself.

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thank you, but I'm not so much looking for a book but for a single paragraph within an essay book or other work

Did you read the description of the book the guy linked?

This is an objective biographical study of Crowley written by someone who lived and worked intimately with him. Dr. Regardie observed "The Great Beast" at close quarters while serving as his personal secretary. The Eye in the Triangle was written many years later, after long contemplation. Regardie combines the psychological insight afforded by his professional training as a Reichian analyst with his grasp of Crowley's magical personality.

It's likely that the passage wasn't written by Crowley himself, so a source like the one linked may be useful.

Also Libgen if you'd rather download the book and ctrl+f the passage you're looking for

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