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Aleister Crowley in 1912

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Thelema

Thelema (/θəˈliːmə/) is a Western esoteric and occult social or spiritual philosophy, as well as a new religious movement that was founded in the early 1900s by Aleister Crowley (1875–1947), an English writer, mystic, occultist, and ceremonial magician.

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[-] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 15 points 2 months ago

Barron Trump at Bohemian Grove, 2028

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago
[-] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago

revisiting this comment post trump assassination attempt and uhhhhh

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago

and uhhhhh

You can say that again.

[-] supafuzz@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago

when your dungeon master is taking it way too seriously

[-] supafuzz@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago

(I actually like Crowley, I have a few of his books on my shelf and a Thoth deck in front of me as we speak)

[-] magi@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago

Same, though my thoth is on my shelf ^^

[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago

Wasn’t he just a weird, rich, horny Nazi who likes dressing up in costumes

[-] tamagotchicowboy@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago

Iirc he was doing his weird magic stuff for the British in WW2, but did have some super sketch views as expected from someone of his class in TERF isle.

[-] BobDole@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago

Wow, a 37 year old did that.

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago

I was on the Wikipedia page and when I saw the caption because I'm crap at mental arithmetic - I assumed he was probably in his early 20s if not a little younger.

[-] dannoffs@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago

"Uhh so as I was saying its $8 per person to enter the haunted house"

[-] wuphysics87@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago

Ozzy decides not to resurrect Dio

[-] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

Why not??

And who keeps resurrecting him?
No way Ozzy is just naturally alive.

[-] Crowtee_Robot@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago

A photo from a medieval science faire.

[-] HakFoo 5 points 2 months ago

I thought it was another of those cringy pics of Elon Musk failing to oull off emo.

[-] SpiderFarmer@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago

Oh, I assumed this was a random goth kid.

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

He's the dork lead singer in a ridiculous math rock metal band with a hit on Youtube called "Ride My White Horse".

[-] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago

Fan made Electric Wizard MV

[-] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 months ago

Figure 1: Early 1900s man converts to wicca in attempt to attract the attentions of alternative women.

[-] geography082@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

No internet + wealth + drugs

[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago

Greta Thunberg is getting desperate

[-] tamagotchicowboy@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago

New metal album dropped

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