The woman's name I think was Frieda or Freeda Harris, I mean the one that worked with Crowley on the Thoth deck...
People either really love that deck or get freaked out by it...Me I've studied Crowley and his mad Tarot work but just can't seem to connect with it.   He was actually very brilliant but I'm not sure I'll ever get a handle on his stuff...
Anyway
Best Wishes and You take care as well...

I don't mind talking about him. I mostly came at Crowley through Lon Milo Duqette, an avid student. He's been my favorite Crowley translator... I'll go brush up on The Law...

I mean translator as in I really don't understand much of his chanelled works...how about we talk about the man himself and see where that gets us...?

Oh about the woods, they are a nice place to visit but I prefer to be out in the open...

Blessings

Alright, to anyone who read the above post, read this:

If you read it and were like "Huh?" or "Whatever.", fine. Good. Stop here or read on.

If you read it and thought "that's interesting, I'm in learning mode", definitely read on.

If you read it and thought "he messed up", I know! Luckily I didn't realize it unitl this morning or else I would have had trouble falling asleep. I love sharing what I (think I) know, but if I pass on some bad intel, then I'm all shook up.

I didn't totally screw up though.
The Path I alluded to is "Lamed", which corresponds to Justice (Adjustment in Thoth), which corresponds to Libra.

"Gimel", the Camel, corresponds to the High Priestess.

Both paths lead from Tiphareth, though Lamed goes up and to the left. Gimel shoots up the middle to Kether, across the Abyss.

Both however, have many interesting correspondences, which you may or may not know about. I won't get into them here. I believe in the Vision and the Voice, the correspondences are really elucidated.

I discovered my error and verified the correspondences this morning looking through 777 and another book of Crowleys, which is incredible, but I won't get into here,

It's a bit fortunate that I made that mistake, because I delved into 777 in a way I hadn't yet, so I"ve learned because of my mistake.

If anyone is interested in the correspondences between Adjustment and the High Priestess and their corresponding Key and Path numbers let me know.

As for that brilliant young woman who did an open reading for me, she wasn't exactly trying to nail my Sun, Moon and Rising Signs, and I still think she did, actually! But to explain it here is getting wayyyy off topic.

I hope nobody was led too far astray or confused by my mistake. I should be quiet more often. I'm still learning and the last thing I need is to read some bad info, so I apologize if anyone read the above post with any interest or with their Learning Cap on. Please reread this post and/or contact me and I'll share with you the startling correspondences between Lamed and Gimel; a correspondence I had integrated and which led me to confound them.

Take care!

Ah, my Friend, I see you know a bit about "The Beast". (a term misinterpreted by many! his Mother used to use that term to label a misbehaving boy and his hardcore Biblically informed upbringing apprised him of the overtones of the word.)
It goes to show nobody's perfect. He at times pokes fun at himself in his works and must have been aware that some of the things he condemns he either already was or would eventually become, such as a drug addict. He very well may have had a kind of self-loathing going on which is a condition fostered I feel by Abrahamic religions.
However, he has much to offer and I'm grateful for his work.
If one were to discount the work of anyone whose life they did not 100% approve of I don't think there'd be much to work with.
Though I do understand that his relationship dynamics with women could be a bigger issue for you than it is for me.
I do disagree with a good deal of things he's written, and I've read a lot of his work by now, but there's just way too much "good stuff" that the things I disagree with (like the idea that women have no souls!) pale in comparison to those things I do agree with.
I don't have to feel someone has to be absolutely correct in order for me to find value in their work and/or points of view.
I agree with one of his what I consider to be "Big Ideas", which is to not ever be a slave to any one point of view; the more angles of perspective you can have in relation to anything helps you understand that thing better than if you are tied/superglued to just one conception of it...
Have you ever heard the term "parallax"?

Anyway, thanks for getting back to me. I'm looking forward to discussing more when you have a bit more time. If you want to start a messaging discussion I think that would be just fine too!