Was this guy a real whacko?
Was this guy a real whacko?
Zachary Reyes
Parker Sanders
Yes
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Nathaniel Parker
No
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Jace Bailey
Maybe
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Juan Wright
Not even a proto-L. Ron Hubbard?
Brandon Wright
Depends on your definition.
A lot of observers like to try to typify his personality which leads to some wild characterizations based off of the most extreme events from the dude's life.
Was there something wrong with him? Probably some form of personality disturbance but I mean really at the point of modernity who can they're 110% chemically balanced? Was he "insane"? Well, if we're going by medical and legal definitions, no; he had little problem actually functioning in society (eccentric as he may have been, his diaries indicate a highly functional and capable individual) and certainly distinguished right and wrong as is evidenced by his various writings on ethics like Duty and certain chunks in his commentaries on L.
Jaxson Long
This guy was a real whacko - but actually did useful stuff - unlike the guy in OP
Jack Walker
Hubbard was significantly more impaired in terms of psychic function than ol' Ed Crowley. AC mounted expeditions on K2 and Everest. Hubbard couldn't complete a domestic naval deployment. AC declined graduation from Cambridge despite having the credits to qualify for a few diplomas, iirc, while Hubbard couldn't get through a semester of physics.
Moreover, they were rather contemporary, given Hubbard references the HGA in his autohypnotic Admissions, and the fact he trained as Frater H under Jack Parsons aka Belarion.
Justin Peterson
No, he founded Academy City
Levi Morales
>muh nerals
Isaiah Parker
Stereotypical degenerate Anglo.
Jaxon Richardson
>888
You do realize Parsons' development of solid rocket fuel was fostered by a conversation with Crowley on the nature and application of Greek fire coupled with the 'eureka' moment of watching some roofers spread pitch, yes?
Crowley's initiator, George Cecil Jones, held a few chemical patents as well.
The contributions of Crowley to society can largely be said to be in the sphere of comparative religion, and I can hardly think of a world in which we have such strong inquiry into the grimoire traditions without Crowley's elaborations on the GMP, Lemegeton, Agrippa, and Enochian.
Xavier Allen
Fukou da
Elijah Perry
>Academy City
>nerals
Wat?
John Lopez
OH, come to think of it I'm relatively certain his pseudonymous publication "The Herb Dangerous" was the first pilot study on the effects of hashish/cannabis in the English language.
"The Cactus" was probably also incredibly significant in those respects but is a lost text at this point.
Logan Young
Another rareish pic of his son.
James Russell
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Jordan Bennett
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Charles Bailey
Fukou Da
Carter Nguyen
Could've sworn that was Spengler.
John Moore
They're the same man.
Grayson Sullivan
When Crowley faked his suicide he pretended to be Pessoa for a couple weeks.