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666: Connection with Crowley
This book was previously published under the title "Parallel Light from Infinity: Morphic Resonance of Aleister Crowley." According to the back cover blurb, the reader will learn mystical secrets contained in the Book of the Law. Additional topics include Rupert Sheldrake's morphic fields, Sirius, the Black Sun, the Dweller on the Threshold, the Ark of the Covenant, sexual magnetism, and new paradigms of matter and energy. The fundamental thesis of the book is that Aleister Crowley was a showman and show-off who hid his true self behind a public mask designed to put off all except other adepts experienced in deep magick. The book claims to be the connection to the God within, the infinite unnamed one. Whitley Strieber says, "This astounding book re-envisions Aleister Crowley, who in his lifetime was known as the most evil man in the world. In fact, he was the victim of his own sense of humor and of media hype. He certainly had a complex and controversial life, but, as Laurence Galian shows in this profound and enlightening volume, behind the public screen there was one of the most astonishing people of the age. '666: Connection with Crowley' is extraordinarily knowledgeable and highly intelligent. It is a major breakthrough and a very important book."
341 pages, Paperback
First published September 21, 2015
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Laurence Galian
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Laurence Galian, New York City), (b. April 5, 1954, New York City, Aries, Taurus Moon, Leo Rising), is a podcaster, composer, pianist, and published author. He is the founder of the spiritual method known as "The Process," with its stated goal to help each human being attain self-actualization, transformation, supersensible awareness, and illumination.
Laurence states that “The Process” is an inquiry, not a conclusion. He proposes to then take this knowledge of the territories of the mindscape, and found intentional communities in which men and women can live as nature, our ancestors, and our unique archetypes intended us to live.
The mission and vision of Laurence Galian is to liberate men and women from the societal, religious, spiritual, and ancestral chains that hold humanity back from achieving illumination and self-actualization.
In addition, Laurence Galian emphasizes the importance of depth psychology in an anti-psychological age. Since his first book was published in 1995, Laurence Galian has become an internationally known author. Whitley Strieber calls him a "brilliant and innovative researcher.
Since the age of 6, Galian studied classical piano and eventually held the position of Senior Dance Accompanist, at Hofstra University. Today, he is a music improviser, composer of choral music, and a classical pianist. He has often appeared as a guest in podcasts, radio and television, and has traveled the world to far-off places in search of truly authentic teachers and teachings.
Laurence Galian is adopted. In 2010, he moved to Mexico. You can find Laurence’s books here: https://tinyurl.com/y3m2x3x6.
Remember to visit Laurence Galian’s immense collection of the most far-reaching and all-encompassing group of playlists on YouTube on spiritual & other topics:
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March 23, 2019
Absolutely unique and fantastic. Full of liberating insights. If there's a better apologia for Crowley and Thelema, I've never seen it.
September 24, 2022
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May 19, 2024
This was a wonderful disturbing book. Disturbing because it has done what it probably set out to do: disrupted a few myths I’ve been telling myself. I am so glad that it came my way and fully intend to read more of this author’s work. Read this book.
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December 26, 2024"There is a traditional saying that whenever an Adept seems to have made a straightforward, comprehensible statement, then it is most certain that He means something entirely different." Aleister Crowley
Laurence Galian, born in Manhattan, New York in 1954, has been researching and teaching about Sufism, Tarot, Magick, Cabala, and Welsh witchcraft for 40 years. He has been a professor at Hofstra College of Continuing Education in Hempstead, New York, as well a lecturer, traveller, and composer. He experienced a spiritual awakening at the age of 5, and began to study piano at the age of 6. In his late teens he was successful as a professional pianist and music director. He studied to become a Roman Catholic priest for several years in his youth, which he gave up in order to continue to study music and marry.
At the age of 17 he discovered the work of Rudolf Steiner, which he studied assiduously for many years. At 18 he was initiated into Ananda Marga Yoga, founded by Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar ("Baba") in 1955. At the age of 27 he met Sheikh Muzaffer Ozak, a Sufi Grand Sheikh, who initiated him as a dervish, as a result of which he studied Sufism for 20 years. At 28 he also became a senior dance accompanist at Hofstra University, where he remained for 23 years, creating an original ballet called Zemzem, and recording a solo piano album of ballet music entitled Ballet Music for Barre and Center Floor.
During the 1980s and '90s Galian studied Welsh witchcraft, becoming a Wiccan priest. Galian and another witness had a close encounter with a UFO on Jones Beach, Long Island, also in the '90s. He published Beyond Duality: The Art of Transcendence in 1994 and The Sun at Midnight: The Revealed Mysteries of the Ahlul Bayt Sufis in 2003, leaving Hofstra University in 2004. He then served as the spiritual guide for the Halveti-Jerrahi Sufi Order in St. Louis before moving to Cuernavaca, Mexico in about 2010. He published 666: Connection with Crowley in 2015.
666: Connection with Crowley is a reprint with corrections of a prior work entitled Parallel Light from Infinity: Morphic Resonance of Aleister Crowley, which no longer seems to be available from Amazon.
The book was ostensibly inspired by Aleister Crowley's The Book of Wisdom or Folly which, like his The Book of Lies, is concerned with the paradoxes and apparent contradictions of trans-rational, trans-dual spiritual realization. Some of the chapters bear chapter numbers in Greek letters as well as Latin titles, like The Book of Wisdom or Folly. About twenty-three chapters are about Crowley explicitly, including his birth, youth, and family; sexual yoga; the True Will; Mexico; Freemasonry; UFOs; the Magical Motto; Magick; BABALON; the number 666; the popular treatment of Crowley; Sufism; Crowley's relations with women; the A∴A∴; Crowley as a spiritual explorer; and the Black Brothers. 63 chapters provide background and context, including Rupert Sheldrake, the Buddha, UFOlogy, Krishna, Dionysus, Cabala, the Roerichs, Wilhelm Reich, yoga, mantra, and scientism.
The fundamental thesis of the book is that, far from being "the most evil man in the world" (the actual phrase used was "wickedest man in the world"), as he was made out to be by the tabloid press of the 1920s and on, Aleister Crowley was an advanced spiritual adept who exploited his notoriety as a way to communicate his message to mankind, especially to other spiritual adepts who would recognize, understand, and value his work. This way of seeing Crowley is beginning to supplant the muck-raking journalistic approach of the establishment and the popular press and the white-washing approach of organizations like the Caliphate O.T.O. and authors like Tobias Churton, amongst others, who would have made Crowley, who loved to air his dirty laundry in public, laugh. Galian's approach is not unlike that of Max Demian in his book, originally published in 2011, entitled The Secret Wisdom of 666, which is one of very few works to interpret Aleister Crowley from this higher point of view. Galian cites this little-known book on page 213.
666: Connection with Crowley is wide-ranging, subtle, and complex, hard to understand. Galian explores a labyrinth of ideas in his effort to interpret Crowley's significance beyond the puerile prattle and hostility that continues to characterize the popular reaction to Crowley's admittedly difficult and demanding oeuvre. Crowley himself intimated that his work had a deeper meaning that would be discovered later.
Laurence Galian, born in Manhattan, New York in 1954, has been researching and teaching about Sufism, Tarot, Magick, Cabala, and Welsh witchcraft for 40 years. He has been a professor at Hofstra College of Continuing Education in Hempstead, New York, as well a lecturer, traveller, and composer. He experienced a spiritual awakening at the age of 5, and began to study piano at the age of 6. In his late teens he was successful as a professional pianist and music director. He studied to become a Roman Catholic priest for several years in his youth, which he gave up in order to continue to study music and marry.
At the age of 17 he discovered the work of Rudolf Steiner, which he studied assiduously for many years. At 18 he was initiated into Ananda Marga Yoga, founded by Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar ("Baba") in 1955. At the age of 27 he met Sheikh Muzaffer Ozak, a Sufi Grand Sheikh, who initiated him as a dervish, as a result of which he studied Sufism for 20 years. At 28 he also became a senior dance accompanist at Hofstra University, where he remained for 23 years, creating an original ballet called Zemzem, and recording a solo piano album of ballet music entitled Ballet Music for Barre and Center Floor.
During the 1980s and '90s Galian studied Welsh witchcraft, becoming a Wiccan priest. Galian and another witness had a close encounter with a UFO on Jones Beach, Long Island, also in the '90s. He published Beyond Duality: The Art of Transcendence in 1994 and The Sun at Midnight: The Revealed Mysteries of the Ahlul Bayt Sufis in 2003, leaving Hofstra University in 2004. He then served as the spiritual guide for the Halveti-Jerrahi Sufi Order in St. Louis before moving to Cuernavaca, Mexico in about 2010. He published 666: Connection with Crowley in 2015.
666: Connection with Crowley is a reprint with corrections of a prior work entitled Parallel Light from Infinity: Morphic Resonance of Aleister Crowley, which no longer seems to be available from Amazon.
The book was ostensibly inspired by Aleister Crowley's The Book of Wisdom or Folly which, like his The Book of Lies, is concerned with the paradoxes and apparent contradictions of trans-rational, trans-dual spiritual realization. Some of the chapters bear chapter numbers in Greek letters as well as Latin titles, like The Book of Wisdom or Folly. About twenty-three chapters are about Crowley explicitly, including his birth, youth, and family; sexual yoga; the True Will; Mexico; Freemasonry; UFOs; the Magical Motto; Magick; BABALON; the number 666; the popular treatment of Crowley; Sufism; Crowley's relations with women; the A∴A∴; Crowley as a spiritual explorer; and the Black Brothers. 63 chapters provide background and context, including Rupert Sheldrake, the Buddha, UFOlogy, Krishna, Dionysus, Cabala, the Roerichs, Wilhelm Reich, yoga, mantra, and scientism.
The fundamental thesis of the book is that, far from being "the most evil man in the world" (the actual phrase used was "wickedest man in the world"), as he was made out to be by the tabloid press of the 1920s and on, Aleister Crowley was an advanced spiritual adept who exploited his notoriety as a way to communicate his message to mankind, especially to other spiritual adepts who would recognize, understand, and value his work. This way of seeing Crowley is beginning to supplant the muck-raking journalistic approach of the establishment and the popular press and the white-washing approach of organizations like the Caliphate O.T.O. and authors like Tobias Churton, amongst others, who would have made Crowley, who loved to air his dirty laundry in public, laugh. Galian's approach is not unlike that of Max Demian in his book, originally published in 2011, entitled The Secret Wisdom of 666, which is one of very few works to interpret Aleister Crowley from this higher point of view. Galian cites this little-known book on page 213.
666: Connection with Crowley is wide-ranging, subtle, and complex, hard to understand. Galian explores a labyrinth of ideas in his effort to interpret Crowley's significance beyond the puerile prattle and hostility that continues to characterize the popular reaction to Crowley's admittedly difficult and demanding oeuvre. Crowley himself intimated that his work had a deeper meaning that would be discovered later.
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