When one reads Crowley, he urged each of us to write our own magical diary (journal). In it, we are to sort and categorize our own world, our own experiences upon (or onto) the Tree of Life. ‘777’ was his journal, however others use it as gospel, failing to write their own. Crowley was quixotic, on one hand he wanted followers (especially later in life when he was trying to publish his Tarot – he hoped that Jack Parsons would attract the money needed to the OTO to enable publication, that however failed), and on the other hand he demanded that we do our own homework.
When we do our own homework however, we may arrive at different conclusion than Crowley. At once this seems at odds. Others will tell us that we’ve failed to comprehend his writings.
But back in The Book of The Law he states:
In our present stage, the object that you see is never the same as the one that I see ; we infer that it is the same because your experience tallies with mine on so many points that the actual difference of our observation are negligible. For instance, if a friend is walking between us, you see only his left side, I his right ; but we agree that it is the same man. Although we may differ not only as to what we may see of his body but as to what we know of his qualities.
Arriving at differences is part of the joy of discovering and appreciating Crowley!
This poster urges that the reader read the books to discover the relevance of each quote for themselves.