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ALEISTER CROWLEY DllAlllY Ofa DRUG lP1IIBn~lD) by ALEISTER CROWLEY IT] SAMUEL WEISER, INC. York Beach, Maine First published in 1970 by Samuel Weise!; Inc. Box 612 York Beach, Maine 03910 Reprinted, 1991 First published in London in 1922 ISBN 0-87728-146-7 Ubrary of Congress Catalog Card Number: 79-142495 MG Printed in the United States of America To ALOSTRAEL Virgin Guardian of the Sangraal in the Abbey of Thelema in "Telepylus," and to ASTARTE LULU PANTHEA its youngest member, I dedicate this story of its Herculean labours toward releasing Mankind from every form of bondage. PREFACE This is a true story. It has been rewritten only so far as was necessary to conceal personalities. It is a terrible story; but it is also a story of hope and of beauty. It reveals with startling clearness the abyss on which our civilisation trembles. But the self-same Light illuminates the path of humanity: it is our own fault if we go over the brink. This story is also true not only of one kind of human weakness, but (by analogy) of all kinds; and for all alike there is but one way of salvation. As Glanvil says: Man is not subjected to the angels, nor even unto death utterly, save through the weak ness of his own feeble will. Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. ALEISTER CROWLEY. CONTENTS BOOK I-PARADISO CHAP. PAGE I. A KNIGHT OUT 3 II. OVER THE TOP I 20 III. PHAETON 37 IV. AU PAYS DE COCAINE 46 V. A HEROIN HEROINE 63 VI. THE GLITTER ON THE SNOW 76 VII. THE WINGS OF THE OOF-BIRD 95 VIII. VEDERE NAPOLI E POI-PRO PATRIA-MORI 102 IX. THE GATTO FRITTO II5 X. THE BUBBLE BURSTS I28 BOOK II-INFERNO I. SHORT COMMONS I43 II. INDIAN SUMMER I62 III. THE GRINDING OF THE BRAKES I75 IV. BELOW THE BRUTES I92 V. TOWARDS MADNESS 205 VI. COLD TURKEY 220 VII. THE FINAL PLUNGE 235 ix Conlmls x BOOK III-PURGATORIO CHAP. PAGE I. KING LAMUS INTERVENES 247 262 II. FIRST AID III. THE VOICE OF VIRTUE 280 IV. OUT OF HARM'S WAY 297 V. AT TELEPYLUS 315 VI. THE TRUE WILL 333 VII. LOVE UNDER WILL 348 THE DIARY OF A DRUG FIEND
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