Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Was Hitler Really Crowley?

The occultist magician Aleister Crowley liked to describe himself as the Antichrist of the Apocalypse (Therion - Beast 666) and once boasted: "Before Hitler was, I am." He often claimed that Adolf Hitler was his guinea pig or magic child, a term used by hypnotists to describe an "inner shadow" or product of the unguarded psyche.

While in America during the First World War, Crowley unflinchingly proposed "collecting a large number of photographs, full face and profile for each subject, and classifying them according to the horoscope." To other occultists, such a photo experiment would have been for "the educated astrologer to adopt scientific methods of study." But it would have also been a very good way for a schemer of in-the-flesh identity fraud to look for his double or look-alike... read more here

1 comment:

Chevalier said...

I doubt that. Crowley was more huff than puff and even though Hitler was an interesting character I doubt he was being controlled by anyone or anything. Besides, there are no magick techniques in the world that teach proper mind control techniques. If there was I am sure I would've found some by now :P