Theos-Talk Archives (June 2000 Message tt00133)

ernesto wrote:
> Do any of you know if in this list has been previously discussed 
> Aleister Crowley's teachings in relation with Theosophy?  Do any of you 
> know what he opined about HPB's teachers? Or the Mahatmas' opinion about 
> himm, if any?

	Aleister Crowley claims that a Master gave secrets to the Golden Dawn,
and there was a LOT of cross-membership between the groups. The basic
difference between Crowley and Blavatsky, in my opinion, is the
importance of the practice of magic (or magick, as Crowley spelled it,
to differentiate it from stage magic). Blavatsky felt that magic comes
with evolution, Crowley believed that evolution came through the
practice of magic. Otherwise, Crowley's Thelema (Divine Will) was very
close to Theosophy. Note, "Do what thou wilt, let that be the whole of
the Law" refers to what Crowley calls "Divine Will"; in other words, if
one follows one's true Will (Atma-Budhi), then one can only do the
correct thing.

	Bart Lidofsky

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