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Oh, he fucked people's heads & such up royally, no doubt, but that 5%
magic effect was the drugs plus sex.
The Bête
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I'd put it the other way around, Martin -- 95% of his control was sex&drugs
(and considering the amount he ingested, surprising he lived as long as he
did) added to which he did seem, god help us, to have a rather compelling
personaloty. [I think I'll leave that mis-spelling.]
But ...
Hey, I can think of two novels based on Crowley (and both more interesting
than anything he ever wrote himself) -- +The Magician+ (where I can't
remember the author) and one by Colin Wilson (where I can't remember the
title).
Anyone help? I suppose I could google, but I'm feeling idle.
Off to carry on staring at the palms of my hands and trying to work out
whether it's my imagination that hairs are growing from the eczema scabs.
Titivullus, A Truly Harmless Demon
Robin Hamilton wrote:
>>Crowley was on drugs all the time, anyone can do that.
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>I think the drugs and sex were the least of it, Martin -- it was the way he
>seemed to have a real talent for screwing-up the heads and lives of anyone
>who got close to him.
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