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"It was twenty years ago today; Sergeant Pepper taught the band to..." Pray?

As a matter of interest, the Album 'Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts' Club Band' was released in 1967. Aleister Crowley was born in 1875 and died in 1947, or "twenty years ago." Some people think Sergeant Pepper is the Devil, others Crowley - not much of a difference! - others attach no occult significance to Sergeant Pepper at all... it does not really matter, though; the Beatles were adepts of the New Age, and pictured Crowley on the Album Cover.

I contend that Crowley is a "major religious figure" of the 20th century; and that his significance and legacy cannot be overlooked.

Crowley also claimed to have slaughtered at least one hundred infants in child sacrifice. There is a pro-life imperative in studying Crowley. Indeed one could argue that Crowley began the sɛҳuąƖ revolution, whose summit would be Steel's 1967 abortion act. What was released in 67 again? Oh yeah, that album with the eerie cover, 'Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts' Club Band.'

I have no interest in delving into crazy conspiracy theories: Crowley was a religious leader who founded a religion and philosophy, which exists to this day, and this cannot escape the examining gaze of History.

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The comedians, musicians, artists et cetera, are fond of parody. The subject of this parody is often the immutable deposit of Christian Faith, which is most perfectly termed (traditional) Roman Catholicism.

Catholics, though, are no slouches when it comes to satire. On our side is St Augustine "O Lord make me chaste ... but not yet!"; Erasmus (an Augustinian monk who wrote "Clerical Satires" or, in other words, the original version of Father Ted); and Saint Thomas More.

Let us turn the tables and parody their religion, which I shall call "Crowleyanity" after the "Great Beast" Aleister Crowley.

Crowley claimed that a daemon named "I WAS" (a mockery of EGO SUM QUI SUM/ IAHVEH /I AM / I AM WHO AM) dictated to him "The Book of the Law." I have never read this impious book, but the Great Commandment of Crowleyanity (or Thalema) is:

Do as thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.

The Church of Crowleyanity is Popular Music/Hollywood et cetera: (I watch Digital Versatile Devices and listen to Pop Music myself, so I am not pretending to be puritanical, but the lifestyle promoted by these things is bad.) The post-Christian culture, which we must endure.

"I shall destroy Christianity, and in its place there will only be Crowleyanity."

I think Crowleyanity needs an update of its own:

Do as thou wilt if thou art perfectly confident that thou wouldst not get caught.

Do as thou wilt; for thou art a good person, and God understands.

Do as thou wilt, and pretend otherwise. (Hypocrisy).

Do as thou wilt, as everybody else doth it.

As I understand it, for many kids "Goth"is really just about fashion.  However, there are far more sinister cultural presuppositions underlying it.  It is something orthodox and consistent Catholic parents should take seriously, without assuming that their kid is a Satanist because of a haircut.