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Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowley
(12 October 1875 - 1 December 1947 / Warwickshire, England)
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Hymn To Lucifer
Poem by Aleister Crowley
Ware, nor of good nor ill, what aim hath act?
Without its climax, death, what savour hath
Life? an impeccable machine, exact
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Sucks, the only good thing he ever wrote was Happy Dust.(Report)Reply
The poem is not bad, given the content indicates it was written by a disturbed mind.(Report)Reply
Enjoyed it very much(Report)Reply
This is a true satanism poem! Rebellion of man the curses they bring upon themselves their free will no doubt.(Report)Reply
The Key of Joy is disobedience! Well, it's definitely more fun to be bad! ! ! ! I shall remember this line forever now.
How utterly perfect!(Report)Reply
Crowley's compositions are always impecceble... Wisely pre-meditated. This counts as one of my favourites, ALL HAIL LUCIFER(Report)Reply
In my opinion, this together with 'Hymn to Pan' are the best poems by thy best poet - Aleister Crowley. Can't believe that the last comment on his brilliancy was 2 years ago...
And I also have the whole poem written on the beginning page of my notebook, beneath the unicursal hexagram and the line 'The Key of Joy is disobedience' with darker shrift.(Report)Reply
I have this written in my notebook! 'The Key of Joy is Disobedience.' I love that line.(Report)Reply