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Thanks David. I'm certainly curious to read your commentary... apropos of the recent discussion, perhaps I'll buy the e-book! All the best, Ben On Tue, 8 Nov 2011 15:49:24 +1100, David Mattichak <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >Hi Ben; >Lola lived until 1990. These links are all that I have ever found of Crowley's children online: >http://www.lashtal.com/nuke/PNphpBB2-viewtopic-t-1102-start-30.phtml >http://www.tarotforum.net/archive/index.php/t-78825.html >I feel that this is another example of Crowley not being able to comprehend Thelema very fully. I have thought for a while that Crowley was only able to understand a portion of what he had been given. I discuss this more completely in my book A Comment on the Verses of the Book of the Law. I can send you an e-copy if you are interested (or you could support a fledgling writer and buy a copy :)) >David G Mattichak jr > >> Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 04:35:34 +0000 >> From: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] Ben's Crowley and Grief Paper >> To: [log in to unmask] >> >> Thanks, Caroline! >> >> A minor point: unless I'm wildly mistaken, I don't believe Crowley was ever confronted with the death of Lola Zaza (who survived him), but he did endure the loss of Nuit and Poupee (Anne Leah). >> >> Well, to put some flesh on the bones - it's not yet apparent to me how shaken Crowley was by Nuit's death, but his account of Poupee's death in The Confessions tells a very clear story of overwhelming and enduring grief. Crowley claims to have overcome that sorrow through introspection and cathartic emotional expression, but until he did, the fact of her death seemed to continually torment him. >> >> From an occult point of view, Crowley seemed to take the standard line that death is not to be feared, being merely separation of the higher self from the gross physical body. This ultimately leads to a glorious dissolution of the ephemeral aspects, and possibly re