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According to Crowley, Magick could be used for instrumental ends or it could be used for "the Invocation of the Holy Guardian Angel; or, in the language of Mysticism, union with God."<ref>Magick in Theory and Practice, p. xii.</ref>
 
Also, Magick is "Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel," which is equated with an "individual's Holy Guardian Angel," or union with the "Higher Self."Aleister Crowley, “Th e Initiated Interpretation of Ceremonial Magic,” in Crowley
and Mathers (eds.), The Goetia , 15–20
 
Crowley had a reductionist/psychological/material view of Magick, at times
 
<blockquote>If, then, I say, with Solomon: “The Spirit Cimieries teaches logic,” what I mean is: “Those portions of my brain which subserve the logical faculty may be stimulated and developed by following out the processes called ‘The Invocation of Cimieries.’” And this a purely materialistic rational statement.<ref>Aleister Crowley, “The Initiated Interpretation of Ceremonial Magic,” in Crowley and Mathers (eds.), The Goetia , 15–20</ref></blockquote>
 
It is unclear how this notion would reconcile with Crowley's own "action at a distance" view of magick. In fact, it is clear that at other times he did consider spiritual entities as having an existence independent of the physical unit.<ref>Pasi, Marco. “Varieties of Magical Experience: Aleister Crowley’s Views on Occult Practice.” In Aleister Crowley and Western Esotericism, edited by Henrik Bogdan and Martin P. Starr, 53–88. Oxford University Press, 2012.</ref>
 
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Magick is Aleister Crowley's term for Creation Practice

Syncretic Terms

Creation Practice > Magic, Magick

Notes

According to Crowley, Magick could be used for instrumental ends or it could be used for "the Invocation of the Holy Guardian Angel; or, in the language of Mysticism, union with God."[1]

Also, Magick is "Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel," which is equated with an "individual's Holy Guardian Angel," or union with the "Higher Self."Aleister Crowley, “Th e Initiated Interpretation of Ceremonial Magic,” in Crowley and Mathers (eds.), The Goetia , 15–20

Crowley had a reductionist/psychological/material view of Magick, at times

If, then, I say, with Solomon: “The Spirit Cimieries teaches logic,” what I mean is: “Those portions of my brain which subserve the logical faculty may be stimulated and developed by following out the processes called ‘The Invocation of Cimieries.’” And this a purely materialistic rational statement.[2]

It is unclear how this notion would reconcile with Crowley's own "action at a distance" view of magick. In fact, it is clear that at other times he did consider spiritual entities as having an existence independent of the physical unit.[3]

Footnotes

  1. Magick in Theory and Practice, p. xii.
  2. Aleister Crowley, “The Initiated Interpretation of Ceremonial Magic,” in Crowley and Mathers (eds.), The Goetia , 15–20
  3. Pasi, Marco. “Varieties of Magical Experience: Aleister Crowley’s Views on Occult Practice.” In Aleister Crowley and Western Esotericism, edited by Henrik Bogdan and Martin P. Starr, 53–88. Oxford University Press, 2012.