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> Why pity him? He lived in pure hedonism, got everything he wanted out of life. He died a lonely, impoverished junkie.
by _the_king_ 4y ago
> Why pity him? He lived in pure hedonism, got everything he wanted out of life.
He died a lonely, impoverished junkie.
- armitron 4y agoI wouldn't call him lonely, he had constant visitors from all over the world and his followers ensured him that his philosophy would not die out. Moreover, the 'junkie' part is misleading in that it sounds a lot worse than it was in his day. Crowley had chronic bronchitis (decades of smoking will do that to you) and heroin was commonly prescribed back then to help with symptoms. Not like he had to score smack on the street, he had access to top-notch pharma-grade heroin to use as he saw fit, something which isn't possible today. I'm quite envious actually and can't imagine a much better way to spend my final years.
- dotgov 4y agoAll the strife and bad blood and still his happiness needs to come out of a needle. Maybe what the previous posters wanted to point out is that if he’d have cared more about his fellow man, he’d have made connections that are less shallow than the ones based on his excessively pompous prose or his other performative exploits. Maybe those visitors wouldn’t have stayed vistors. Hard to say, personally my experience is that the junkie lifestyle seems less hollow and more appealing than it is, no matter the quality of the substance.