So do you see any tension between Crowley's appeal to American individualism and the illiberal interpretation of Liber Oz? It seems Crowley straddles between a libertarian civic vision (both economically and socially), when he talks about laissez faire, free trade, every man should bear arms, prohibition, and social mores relating to sexuality; and an aristocratic traditionalist vision when he talks about hierarchy and the mob. Is there a reconciliation between these two ideas of governance?
One of the big things on Oz that I came to realize a decade or so back was that it's utterly, and completely reactionary - it's all the things that Crowley didn't like about his own life, which were basically more often than not consequences of his chosen actions, like the many countries who threw him to the curb (and why he rails about passports in his letters and includes the 'move as he will' et cetera).
The magic of the document for me was lost once I started examining the self-dealing involved, and it's massive.
So do you see any tension between Crowley's appeal to American individualism and the illiberal interpretation of Liber Oz? It seems Crowley straddles between a libertarian civic vision (both economically and socially), when he talks about laissez faire, free trade, every man should bear arms, prohibition, and social mores relating to sexuality; and an aristocratic traditionalist vision when he talks about hierarchy and the mob. Is there a reconciliation between these two ideas of governance?
Very well done.
One of the big things on Oz that I came to realize a decade or so back was that it's utterly, and completely reactionary - it's all the things that Crowley didn't like about his own life, which were basically more often than not consequences of his chosen actions, like the many countries who threw him to the curb (and why he rails about passports in his letters and includes the 'move as he will' et cetera).
The magic of the document for me was lost once I started examining the self-dealing involved, and it's massive.
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