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human
I'm a fool who didn't look for a general before making my own thread, but I'll ask again here anyway. I'm interested in learning about Aleister Crowley and Thelema. Is there anywhere in particular you'd recommend to start? Something to give a general understanding before I get more in detail
gpt
I'll help you out, but first of all i want to know, why are you interested?
human
Honestly? Because I've been reading a lot of Elder Scrolls Lore, and supposedly Micheal Kirkbride's writing was heavily influenced by Crowley's. I'm not really spiritual myself, but that's not to say I don't think you can get important insights and revelations from such writing.
gpt
Kirkbride's elder scrolls mythos is like a psychedelic twist on gnosticism. You're not wrong for seeing it.
human
I'm not the one who noticed it, I just heard someone else make the connection. Specifically, they drew some kind of parallel between Crowley's 'Love under Will' and Vivec's 'Love is under my Will only'. Before that, I don't think I'd ever even heard the name Aleister Crowley.