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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 1 year ago (1 children)

Barron Trump at Bohemian Grove, 2028

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

revisiting this comment post trump assassination attempt and uhhhhh

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

and uhhhhh

You can say that again.

[–] supafuzz@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

when your dungeon master is taking it way too seriously

[–] supafuzz@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

(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 1 year ago

Same, though my thoth is on my shelf ^^

[–] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] tamagotchicowboy@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year 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 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow, a 37 year old did that.

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

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

[–] Crowtee_Robot@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

A photo from a medieval science faire.

[–] wuphysics87@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ozzy decides not to resurrect Dio

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Why not??

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

[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago

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

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

[–] SpiderFarmer@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

Oh, I assumed this was a random goth kid.

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

Fan made Electric Wizard MV

[–] HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago

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

[–] geography082@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No internet + wealth + drugs

[–] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

Greta Thunberg is getting desperate

[–] tamagotchicowboy@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

New metal album dropped