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To: alt.magick From: heidrick@well.com (Bill Heidrick) Subject: Re: Crowley and Scientific Method Date: 7 Jun 1996 16:16:29 GMT 93, Johnwrites: >an600435@anon.penet.fi (Xnar) wrote: >>Crowley's background was the Golden Dawn and no one in the GD had any >>significant training in magic or the hard sciences. No. Westcott was a medical professional of note. Bennett and Jones were very well skilled in magical subjects, the former even had an international reputation in eastern religions. Mathers, for all of his misrepresentations, was well versed in the original MSS of Western magick. Fuller, although not G.'.D.'., was both Crowley's literary editor and the formost military tactical author in Britain. >>magic on a "scientific" basis, Crowley had very little education and >>certainly no experience as a practicing scientist. Although he left without graduation, Crowley did go to Cambridge and nearly completed the undergraduate studies. His eduation in the hard sciences exceeded that of a modern pre-med graduate outside the area of physiology and bio. He was versed in Mathematics through advanced algebra and used indices and venn diagrams. He edited medical research papers to prepare _The Herb Dangerous_ and assisted pharmaceudical companies in drug trials -- even if doing the latter on himself. To accomplish this last, he had to prepare experimental anecdotal reports and to document doses and effects. His journals in the latter part of Equinox Vol. I show a clear application of scientific record technique to visionary practices. >Pardon the interjection, but perhaps someone with more knowledge can >clarify this point for me. Didn't Crowley study biochemestry at >Cambridge? Vid. sup. 93 93/93 Bill Heidrick
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