Most notable in the discussion of occult topics, this man has made quite a name for himself. He was a 33rd degree Free Mason, until he branched off and started his own occult groups. With being labeled as "The Beast 666", he is often labeled a Satanist, though any info about his affiliation with Satanism is vague. He dedicated his life to learning and teaching Ritual Magick and Yoga, claiming that he has used them to evoke spirits into physical appearance, to astral travel, and many other supernatural type things.
He supposedly went into deep meditative trance to speak higher intelligence who revealed to him "The Book of the Law", which was the foundation of Thelema, a religion that closely resembles that of a Laveyan Satanist, preaching about free will, and doing only things that you want to do. The religion is based on 1 simple line "Do what though wilt shall be the whole of the law". Alot of the practices and rituals of Thelema have to do with the worship of multiple Egyptian gods/godesses. He never claims that any of them do or don't exist, but that certain actions will bring certain results.
I believe he was a Satanist, i've read some of his material, where he would relate satan and lucifer to certain egyptian gods, saying that they were one in the same. I've also seen him use the name Satan for worshiping while explaining his rituals, especially when coming in contact with his guardian angel, where one must "summon the 4 princes of hell" (satan, lucifer, leviathan, and belial). I think he tried to cover up being a satanist to avoid a lot of shit that would come along with it.
I have only used his methods of yoga for taking control my mind, (which have reap me great results), and have not practiced much ritual magick, (mostly due to lack of a sufficient area to practice such long drawn out rituals without the worry of outside interference) but i am interested in seeing what type of results they would bring, since his techniques on yoga were so helpful.
He could have just been crazy, or it all could be just a big lie. Either way, he has undeniably made quite a name for himself.
What are your views on the topic?
