Quote#Desire
Cleanliness is next to Godliness, and had better come first. Purity…
Quote byAleister Crowley · 1875–1947
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Part III: Magick in Theory and Practice (1929), Ch. 13: Of the Banishings and of the Purifications.
English (original)
Cleanliness is next to Godliness, and had better come first. Purity means singleness. God is one. The Wand is not a Wand if it has something sticking to it which is not an essential part of itself. If you wish to invoke Venus, you do not succeed if there are traces of Saturn mixed up with it.
— Aleister Crowley
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