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A response to the Conspiracyzone article

Concerning Alistair Crowley dated 07.02.08

(theconspiracyzone1.blogspot.com)

The Conspiracy Zone published an article on the Blog space

concerning Crowley, which is misleading and inaccurate. Here

is a response from an interested party.

Crowley, born 12 October 1875, writer of Diary of a DrugFiend Magic in theory and Practice The book of Law

Moonchild The book of Thoth 777 and many more. In their

article the Con-zone claim that Crowley was a Satanist and

wanted to be Satans chief of staff. In fact Crowley did not

recognize Satan in any form other then as a concept of

Christianity; as he was not a Christian he did not recognize

Satan and cannot therefore have wanted to be his chief of

anything. The tabloid press of the time called him TheWickedest man on Earth and Crowley probably encouraged this

notion. Not because he thought of himself as wicked but

because (as a self-publicist) it kept him in the newspapers.

The Con-Zone then say that Crowley was kicked out of every

country he ever visited, which is a blatant lie. He was asked to

leave an Italian island once following the death of a visiting

friend. Crowley was living there at the time, having set up hisAbbey of Thelema on the island, with his wife, Leigh Hersig,

and their children. They were regularly visited by travelling

British aristocrats who wanted to experience Crowleys Abbey

and who provided him with much needed funds to feed the wife

and kids. The friend who died had probably been trying to keep

up with Crowleys mammoth drug use and overdid it. This

caused the fascist government much bad press and so they asked

him and the family to leave.
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Beside this incident Crowley had travelled widely without

problems; climbing K.2 and other Himalayan peeks and

walking single-handed across the Sahara desert. He was an

accomplish mountaineer and liked to set challenges for himself.

Born to parents who were part of a strict Christian sect called

the Plymouth Brethren he rebelled against his upbringing early

and, at one stage, his exasperated mother called him The Great

beast 666 a title he adopted later in life; again to get publicity.

His parents crazed ideology turned him against Christianity

and he spent the rest of his life looking into and exploring other

religious concepts. Because of this he never, as stated by Con-

Zone, identified with Satan or the antichrist.

Most of Crowleys life revolved around Sex magic (Tantric

yoga), drugs, and invoking spirits and elementals; not, as stated,

because he wanted to wind God up, but in a quest to understand

the essence of spirituality and to stretch his imagination.

Crowley did not die a wasted heroin addict. He was an elderly

man who had outlived many of his contemporaries when he

died. The only problem he had with drugs at the time was calledThe Misuse of Drugs Act which having been recently

introduced made getting his daily heroin dose difficult. He

shows that a life long addiction to a clean supply of heroin does

not necessarily lead to ill health. So he was Perplexed on his

deathbed, but so are many other 80 year olds. There was nothing

evil about his Hymn to pan, the Greek god of wine and song,

which was sympathetically read at his funeral.

Crowley never believed in human sacrifice, as stated by Con-

zone, and used ritual magic positively to expand his knowledge.

Con-zone then go on, in their article, to describe Jimmy Page of

Led Zeppelin as a devout follower of Crowley. Page was

interested in the man and his beliefs. That does not make him

devout. Crowley liked to refer to himself as Tomega Therion

(The great beast) to gain notoriety in the press; being a

struggling writer with a family to feed and a habit to pay for.


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Con-zone say Crowley was recognized as the master Satanist of

the twentieth century, but they do not say by whom; whoever it

was had never researched the man or his writings. If they had

they would have found that Satan was not a concept he was

drawn to. He did believe in evil forces though; he thought

Christianity was a very evil force.

Boleskine House was owned by Crowley at one time but he

never practiced Satanic rituals there because he did not believe

in the concept of Satan. Con-zone then go on to say Jimmy Page

performed these so called magic rituals during concerts; a notion

which is so stupid it was obviously written by someone who hasnever seen a live rock concert; let alone a Zeppelin concert.

They state that Jimmy Page had Led Zeppelins third album

inscribed with Crowleys magical motto Do what thou wilt, so

shall it be. This is untrue and you can search the L.P for

yourself to see this. Also Crowleys motto was actually Do

what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law, Love is the law,

love under will. I imagine Con-Zone stuck the So shall it be

on the end because if fitted in with their whole Satan theory.

Page and Robert Plant, Zeppelins lead singer, did not ever say

that their lyrics come from the occult. Page had an interest in

Crowley, which Plant never indulged in. To say, as Con-zone

does, that Crowley described magic being spread by musical

mediums is ridiculous. The music heard when Crowley was

alive featured orchestras and brass bands; Rock music was some

way off. It was obviously written by Con-zone to link Rockmusic with Crowley. They describe how lyrics come to Plant

and Page implying that there is something occult about getting

word on paper. Creativity and inspiration is a virtue we all can

tap into if we put our minds to it. It may be divine, or it may

not, who really knows?

The article then offers a badly constructed Photoshop montage

showing a picture of Page next to a picture of Crowley tied


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together with the legend Jimmy Page, disciple of Alistair

Crowley. This unconvincing mock up is another attempt to link

Zeppelins music with Crowleys ideology. I do not recognize it

as any official issue by Led Zeppelin and it was probably

constructed by Con-zone to enhance their silly ideas. They then

go on to say that the long and indulgent song Stairway to

Heaven has a hidden message in the line Spring clean for the

may queen. They say if you listen to it backward it will tell you

that Satan is in the shed. I think that anyone who listens to this

track backwards has too much spare time on their hands and

would better use their free time cleaning the shed or listening

to the other side of the L.P where theyll fine Battle of

Evermore which is a fantastic piece of acoustic music and isZeppelin at their best.

Con-zone say that in Stairway to heaven the band presented

the concept of worshipping the male/female godhead of the

Quibala (Kaballa), and that Lucifer is the god of the world

consorting with the female god of light? What codswallop. The

Quibala is actually a Jewish set of beliefs tied around the notion

of the tree of life. It does not recognize the concept of Lucifer.This idea almost certainly comes from Christianity which itself

borrows heavily from Egyptian theology. Isis, the Sun, battles

daily to drive the god of darkness Set (or Night time) out. This

notion of Good Light and bad Darkness, or good verses evil is

demonstrated in the story of Isis/Horus and Set and was used in

the creation of the Jesus myth; hence the names Jesus

(Isis/Horus) and Satan (Set) by early Christians. This wasnt just

a coincidence surely?

The Con-zone then asserts that the worship of Lucifer in the

form of Pan is a theme of Crowleys writing. This, again,

confirms that the writer is unfamiliar with Crowleys work and

does not comprehend his belief system. The gutter press of his

time called him a black magician, true, for probably the same

reason. Crowley never denied this because it sold books. The

Con-zone then state that Led Zeppelin placed Crowleys


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doctrines in many of their songs (naming some like the gentle

Ramble On which, in fact, tells the story of a jilted lover

rambling around to forget). They ridiculously say that fans are

commanded to sell their souls to the devil in the concert film

The Song Remains the Same. I must have missed that bit and

Ive seen the film several times.

The Con-zone then move on to show their lack of knowledge

concerning other great British bands. They note that the Beatles,

on their Sergeant Peppers album cover, show a collection of the

bands heroes and that Crowley was one of them. The Con-zone

say incorrectly that in 1967 most people did not even know

who Crowley was when in fact a very good biography ofCrowley came out at that time; and, of course, Kenneth Anger

made a film at the ruins of Crowleys Abbey of Thelema in the

late 60s.

There follows, in the article, a badly drawn picture of someone

who they say is Crowley in a form which (they say) was copied

by Gene Symonds of the (middle of the road) American

(Schlock) rock group Kiss. They then list a whole menagerieof musicians who refer to Crowley in one way or another

completely contradicting their earlier assertion the most people

did not know Crowley.

The author of the Con-zone article then states incorrectly that if

ever there was a God hating degenerate it was Crowley. In

doing so they nail their true agenda to the mast and once again

show a misunderstanding of Crowleys life long study ofcomparative religion and his quest to spread New Age

spirituality. The writer then goes on to state that the image on

the back of a dollar bill showing an eye in a pyramid was

created by Crowley; how ignorant is that. This symbol is in fact

Egyptian (the all seeing eye of Horus) and used by Freemasons

as part of their iconography. Egyptology was popular at the

time because of the discovery of King Tuts tomb by Howard

Carter.


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There follows, in the article, a cute picture of Crowley looking

resplendent in his magical garb with a home made hat with the

symbol on the front. This does not indicate that he invented the

symbol; only that he understood its meaning and used it.

Con-zone then goes on to say that Magic in theory and

practice Crowleys guide to ritual magic taught, what they call,

the law of reversal. Going back to playing L.Ps the wrong way

round again. This claptrap claims that satanic churches recite the

lords prayer backward starting with the word Amen (Or is

that Amon) and finishing with Our father who art The writer

has been to some very strange churches if this is what theywitnessed; I wonder if they walk backward and sit down for

hymns? The zone really get excited about the notion of hidden

messages in popular music claming that diverse artists from

Prince to Michael Jackson have all hidden satanic messages in

the music, merchandise and/or videos.

Con-zones most ridiculous claim is that Crowley may be the

real father of George W Bushs mother Barbara Bush. Tovalidate this claim they show a separated at birth type photo of

Crowley on one side and Ms Bush on the other. Going by her

expression in the photo they use, it looks like shes just been

told Crowleys name is on her birth certificate. They then give a

really far-fetched story linking the Abbey of Thelema and

Grandma Bush with links so tenuous they must have been

smoking some strong weed when they came up with them.

Some so called Heavy Metal bands of the 1980s did use satanic

references in their lyrics but only because they lacked

imagination and wanted to shock so they repackaged the

Christian ideology of their god-fearing pappies and sold it

back to the kids; but this was well removed from anything Led

Zeppelin did.


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Getting back to Crowley, okay, he was a egomaniac, a self-

publicist, a drug user and womaniser. He was also artistic (see

his tarot card designs), creative, knowledgeable and deeply

spiritual. His understanding of Eastern theology, Chinese I-

Ching, Buddhism, the Tarot, astrology, Greek Gods, Egyptian

mythology, Kabbalist lore (The Zohar), transcendental

meditation, Babylonian esoteric tradition and Magical

correspondences was second to none. While most of his

contemporaries are dead and forgotten Crowley is remembered,

talked about, topical and still in print; seriously, thats magic.

c: The Dogbreaths

5 March 2010

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