Month: December 2021

From a World of Pain to Existence as Pure Joy: Some Notes on a Critical Reading of Crowley’s “Berashith”

“Berashith” is a foundational essay of Aleister Crowley’s, and often taken to present an ontology that is consistent throughout Crowley’s life. In fact, this early essay has a number of limitations compared to the Book of the Law and to some of Crowley’s later writings, and is ultimately a reductionistic view of the relationship between nothingness and manifestation.