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Topic: The Antichrist came...and no one recognized it.
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Endoxos
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Aleister Crowley was *a* antichrist, not THE Antichrist. The conditions don't fully apply to him, such as the death-wound, the false prophet, the miracles, the standing in the Temple, the demand for people to worship *him*, and proclaiming himself alone to be God (Crowley proclaimed that man, as individuals, were gods).
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Daniel S
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Some more info.Link here to encyclopedia page
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The Book of the Law, also known as Liber AL vel Legis, is the text central to philosophical / religious practice called Thelema Thelema is the English spelling of (a) Greek word... which implies 'will' or 'intention.' The central doctrine of this system is that knowing and doing one's True Will is the ultimate purpose and duty of every being. Crowley's 'received' text Liber AL vel Legis or The Book of the Law is the central document which provides the basis for Thelema. This book declares that "Love is the law, love under will", "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law", and "The word of the Law is Thelema".
Crowley claimed to have received the book in Cairo in three sessions between 12 noon and 1 pm on April 8, 9 and 10, 1904 Gregorian, and his Thelemic calendar starts from this year. He reports writing the book by dictation from a voice that seemed to come from behind him and called itself Aiwass. He also reports having the impression or picture of a speaker in the corner behind him, looking "transparent as a veil of gauze," but otherwise like a tall, dark man with his eyes veiled. At the time, he says, he considered the figure "an 'angel' such as I had often seen in visions, a being purely astral..."
BTW, "Liber AL vel Legis" seems to be a concoction of at least three Romantic languages (Latin, French, and Spanish) and Arabic. It has that look of comic pseudo-intelectualism.
Dan
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Daniel S
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Aleister Crowley, 1875-1947
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Aleister Crowley was a self-proclaimed drug and sex "fiend," a mostly self-published author of books on the occult and magick. a poet and mountaineer, and a leader of a cult called Ordo Templi Orientis (OTO) whose tenets he detailed in one of his many writings, The Book of the Law. The latter contains his version of the Law of Thelema, which Crowley claims he channeled for a "praeterhuman intelligence" called Aiwass.
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law is his motto for OTO. In practice, for Crowley this meant rejecting traditional morality in favor of the life of a drug addict and womanizer. ("I rave; and I rape and I rip and I rend" is a line from one of his poems. Diary of a Drug Fiend is the title of one of his books.) He claimed to identify himself with the Great Beast 666 (from the Book of Revelation) and enjoyed the self-appellation of "wickedest man in the world." Crowley inherited a fortune and worked hard at being strange. He was especially alluring to dysfunctional women (Gardner 1992:198).
Crowley's Magick in Theory and Practice is a very popular book among occultists. Given his reputation, it is inevitable that he would appeal to certain rock musicians of the late 20th century. Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin guitarist and occultist, bought Crowley's mansion, Boleskine House, near Foyers, Scotland, and owns a large collection of Crowley memorabilia. And Crowley's face is one of many on the album cover of the Beatles' Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
He's not someone you'd go looking for, but here's some basic info.
Dan
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1 John 4:
3: And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
2 Thess. 2:
1: Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
2: That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
3: Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
4: Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
5: Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
6: And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
7: For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
8: And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
9: Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10: And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11: And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
Rev. 19:
11: And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
12: His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
13: And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
14: And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
15: And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
16: And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
17: And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
18: That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
19: And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.
20: And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
21: And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.
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16: And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh..
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Just Passing Through
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If this is so where is the False prophet and who was he ??? where was the Rapture and when was it ???? where is the 7 year tribulation and when was it started and ended ????? where is Jesus and when was his second comming ???? are we in the 1,000 mill. kingdom now????? I dont think so !!!!!The temple wasnt rebuilt ????? He was a TYPE OF ANTICHRIST PERHAPs BUT NOT ( THE ANTICHRIST ) He has Not come yet, but I think he is alive and just waiting in the wings. IMHO
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It has now been a little over 100 years since Aleister Crowley received Liber AL vel Legis (The Book of the Law). During that period the world has changed more than any one could have imagined.
It has now become painfully clear to me that 1) Aleister Crowley was the Antichrist spoken of in II Thess. 2:1-12, and 2) that not many will ever recognize it.
I simply submit this to you for your own edification. I do not expect many to ever believe it or understand it. But, before God I lie not.
--Fr. Nothing
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