We are Witches!
Crowley moved to the frank devil worshipers. Without any quotes. To witches.
They have ideas about life and the universe were much easier than the occultists. These views have gone from the Albigensian heresies. The Albigensians (they were Cathars) believed that God and the Devil had equal power. God belongs to heaven, and on earth the devil reigns. Sometimes the followers of these ideas asserted that Christ is a false God who escaped to heaven and sits cowardly in seclusion.
So, Satanists believed that they simply chose one of the two "teams". Which seemed more attractive to them. It is clear that the witches did not believe in any infernal torment. Why should Satan offend his own people? On the contrary, it was assumed that the Satanists would receive good posts in the hellish army. And the more advanced the Devil's servant was during his lifetime, the more he did the mucks - the higher the post will take.
So, Crowley decided to replenish his special slender ranks of British witches. Let the readers of such a turn of things do not surprise. In the Russian tradition, a witch is a creature exclusively female. (There is, however, the concept of "witcher", but what kind of "fruit" and what it is eaten with is not very clear.) But in England, a male witch is a very common phenomenon. Although there in the witches' milieu prevail and set the tone of the lady. However, about the witches there is worth telling in more detail.
Actually, this phenomenon is as old as the world, absolutely international and is not subject to either the time or the change of epochs. Almost in every Russian village you can hear about an old woman who is - or is considered - a witch. Her black affairs will be told to you with a lot of details. The same customs are in Europe and Africa. The level of "civilizedness" of the people means nothing. Because, as the history of the twentieth century has shown, civilization does not at all diminish the denseness of people, but only embodies it in more "modern" forms.
But this is so, by the way. It's not about that. Because the English witches, to which Crowley moved, were by no means people, but quite the reverse. Their roots, however, also go back centuries. And more precisely - in the same gloomy XIV century. As already mentioned, this century was marked by a massive surge of interest in devilry in all its manifestations. And the witches were the most massive detachment of friends of evil spirits. Which is understandable - this is the most "pop" way of serving the devil. After all, in order to become a warlock, it was necessary at least to have access to books and be able to read. Both, especially the latter, were a rarity in the Middle Ages. With witches, everything was simpler - the necessary knowledge and skills were transferred, so to speak, from hand to hand. In general, the witches have bred so much that the Holy Inquisition is tired of catching them.
Crowley moved to the frank devil worshipers. Without any quotes. To witches.
They have ideas about life and the universe were much easier than the occultists. These views have gone from the Albigensian heresies. The Albigensians (they were Cathars) believed that God and the Devil had equal power. God belongs to heaven, and on earth the devil reigns. Sometimes the followers of these ideas asserted that Christ is a false God who escaped to heaven and sits cowardly in seclusion.
So, Satanists believed that they simply chose one of the two "teams". Which seemed more attractive to them. It is clear that the witches did not believe in any infernal torment. Why should Satan offend his own people? On the contrary, it was assumed that the Satanists would receive good posts in the hellish army. And the more advanced the Devil's servant was during his lifetime, the more he did the mucks - the higher the post will take.
So, Crowley decided to replenish his special slender ranks of British witches. Let the readers of such a turn of things do not surprise. In the Russian tradition, a witch is a creature exclusively female. (There is, however, the concept of "witcher", but what kind of "fruit" and what it is eaten with is not very clear.) But in England, a male witch is a very common phenomenon. Although there in the witches' milieu prevail and set the tone of the lady. However, about the witches there is worth telling in more detail.
Actually, this phenomenon is as old as the world, absolutely international and is not subject to either the time or the change of epochs. Almost in every Russian village you can hear about an old woman who is - or is considered - a witch. Her black affairs will be told to you with a lot of details. The same customs are in Europe and Africa. The level of "civilizedness" of the people means nothing. Because, as the history of the twentieth century has shown, civilization does not at all diminish the denseness of people, but only embodies it in more "modern" forms.
But this is so, by the way. It's not about that. Because the English witches, to which Crowley moved, were by no means people, but quite the reverse. Their roots, however, also go back centuries. And more precisely - in the same gloomy XIV century. As already mentioned, this century was marked by a massive surge of interest in devilry in all its manifestations. And the witches were the most massive detachment of friends of evil spirits. Which is understandable - this is the most "pop" way of serving the devil. After all, in order to become a warlock, it was necessary at least to have access to books and be able to read. Both, especially the latter, were a rarity in the Middle Ages. With witches, everything was simpler - the necessary knowledge and skills were transferred, so to speak, from hand to hand. In general, the witches have bred so much that the Holy Inquisition is tired of catching them.