Quote#Happiness
I resolved passionately to reach the spiritual causes of phenomena,…
Quote byAleister Crowley · 1875–1947
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Confessions of Aleister Crowley (1929), Ch. 5.
English (original)
I resolved passionately to reach the spiritual causes of phenomena, and to dominate the material world which I detested by their means. I was not content to believe in a personal devil and serve him, in the ordinary sense of the word. I wanted to get hold of him personally and become his chief of staff.
— Aleister Crowley
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