The diary of a drug fiend, by Aleister Crowley.

383 Pages·2016·24.21 MB·English

by  Crowley, Aleister, 1875-1947.

THE DIARY OF A
DRUG FIEND
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ALEISTER
CROWLEY
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LONDON: PALL MALL
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W. COLLINS SONS 8: CO. LTD.
GLASGOW MELBOURNE AUCKLAND
Copyright 1922.
Manufactured in Great Britain
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TYLER OF BARNET
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PILGRIM’S REST F. BRETT YOUNG
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To ALOSTRAEL
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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
Vjl‘his
is a true story.
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It has been rewritten only so far as was necessary
to conceal personalities.
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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.
Aunsrea CROWLEY.

CONTENTS
BOOK I—PARADISO
CRAP PAGE
A KNIGHT our
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II. OVER THE TOP! 20
III. PHAETON 37
IV. AU PAYS m: comma 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 rr
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THE BUBBLE BURSTS 128
BOOK II—INFERNO
SHORT COMMONS I43
INDIAN SUMMER 162
III. THE GRINDING OF THE BRAKES I75
IV. BELOW THE BRUTES
192
TOWARDS MADNESS 205
COLD TURKEY 220
THE FINAL PLUNGE 235
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Contents
BOOK III—PURGATORIO
PAGE
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KING LAMUS INTERVENES 247
FIRST AID 262
III. THE VOICE OF VIRTUE 280
IV. our OF HARM'S WAY 297
AT TELEPYLUS 315
VI. THE TRUE WILL 333
VII. LOVE UNDER WILL 348
BOOK I
PARADISO