Quote#Freedom
Crime, folly, sickness and all phenomena must be contemplated with…
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), Appendix VI: A few principal rituals – Liber Reguli.
English (original)
Crime, folly, sickness and all phenomena must be contemplated with complete freedom from fear aversion or shame. Otherwise we shall fail to see accurately, and interpret intelligently; in which case we shall be unable to outwit and outfight them.
— Aleister Crowley
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