Aleister Crowley and the Enigmatic Occult Connection with Cannabis

 

By Shofarsound/End-Time Shofar 

Aleister Crowley, often called the "Great Beast" or "Wickedest Man in the World," was a complex and controversial figure in occultism and esotericism during the early 20th century. Known for his involvement in various mystical practices, including Thelema, Crowley's life and writings continue to captivate and mystify people today. Among the many aspects of his life, one intriguing element is his reported use of cannabis. In this blog post, we'll explore Crowley's relationship with cannabis and its role in his spiritual and mystical pursuits.

 

 

Before delving into the connection with cannabis, it's essential to understand who Aleister Crowley was. Born in 1875 in England, Crowley was a prolific writer, poet, occultist, and ceremonial magician. He founded the religious and philosophical movement known as Thelema, which centers on the idea that individuals should follow their true will to attain spiritual enlightenment and self-fulfillment. His writings, particularly "The Book of the Law," serve as the foundational texts for Thelema.

 

Cannabis and the Occult

 

Cannabis has a long history of use in various mystical and spiritual practices worldwide. From ancient Hindu rituals involving bhang to Rastafarian sacramental use of marijuana, the plant has been associated with altered states of consciousness and spiritual insight.

 

In Crowley's time, cannabis was not as widely discussed or understood as it is today. However, there are references in some of his writings that suggest he may have experimented with the substance. One notable example is his book "The Diary of a Drug Fiend," where he discusses the use of various drugs, including cannabis, in a quest for spiritual awakening.

Aleister Crowley was known for pursuing altered states of consciousness to connect with higher spiritual realms and explore the boundaries of human perception. While he employed various methods, such as meditation, ritual magic, and sexual practices, his experimentation with substances like cannabis was part of this quest.

 It's essential to note that Crowley's approach to mind-altering substances was not limited to recreational use. He saw them as tools for self-exploration and transcendence, believing that certain substances could facilitate spiritual experiences and insights. Cannabis, with its psychoactive properties, was one such substance that intrigued him.

 

Thelema and Cannabis

In Thelema, the use of mind-altering substances, including cannabis, is not explicitly mandated or prohibited. Instead, the emphasis is on the individual's ability to discern their path and follow their true will. Some Thelemites interpret this as a license to explore substances like cannabis as part of their spiritual practice, while others choose to abstain from such substances.

Crowley's 1907 Essay, The Psychology of Hashish-Marijuana Forbidden Drug in the Garden of Eden  

In his 1907 essay titled "The Psychology of Hashish," Aleister Crowley wrote about the mystical and psychological aspects of the use of hashish and cannabis. In one particularly intriguing passage, Crowley asserted that marijuana was prohibited or forbidden in the Garden of Eden. If not the Tree of Life, at least of that other Tree, double and sinister and deadly?”  In rhetorical response to Jehovah’s ancient taboos, the Beast wrote: “Nay! for I am of the Serpent’s party; Knowledge is good, be the price what it may.”

 

Drug Use and Magic in The Bible- Old Testament Septuagint

We heard of the  Greek word pharmakia, which means drugs and sorcery. However, another Greek word used in the Septuagint for drug-using magician is epano. Epano has a much broader meaning than pharmakos. Here are some scriptural references for epano being used to show drug-using magicians:

Exodus 7:11: pharmakos, epano, pharmakia

Exodus 7:22: epano, pharmakia

Exodus 8:7: epano, pharmakia

Exodus 8:18: epano, pharmakia

Exodus 8:19: epano

Daniel 1:20: epano

Daniel 2:10: epano

Daniel 2:27: epano

Daniel 4:7: epano

Daniel 4:9: epano

Daniel 5:11: epano

What Aleister Crowley taught and wrote was nothing new under the sun(Ecclesiastes 1:9). Crowley's satanic inspirations go back thousands of years, with the connection to drug use and sorcery/magic. The Bible predicts that in the End-Times, a massive Satanic revival and a revival of pharmakia(drug use/sorcery) would take place.

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Spice: Synthetic Marijuana and the Spirit of Pharmekeia

Spice: Synthetic Marijuana

Fox 11 News in Los Angeles just did a report on Synthetic Marijuana because of the death of Connor Eckhardt.  He died in July of  this year at the age of 19 years old from smoking it (source). Eckhardt's parents are on a crusade to educate the public about the dangers of using this type of marijuana.  Some of the perils include:  addiction, brain damage, heart attack, hallucinations, and death(source). The Bible states in the book of Revelation  that an explosion of sorcery, or  "pharmekeia" in Greek, would take place in the very last days/end-times.

What is Pharmekeia?

This word "pharmakeia" is found at least four times in the Book of Revelation for sorcery: Revelation 9:21 ,  Revelation 18:23, Revelation 21:8, and Revelation 22:14-15. Synthetic Marijuana falls under pharmekeia for the following reasons:

1.  It causes its prey to be drugged and puts them under a spell (a.k.a. addiction),
2,  The effects of the drug cause serious health issues including blood poisoning
3.  The victim may begin to see in the spirit world, run the risk of demon possession and be manipulated to perform abnormal behaviors (a.k.a. hallucinations, witchcraft/manipulation).

Synthetic Marijuana Plagues US Military  

 A synthetic marijuana mix called Spice is spreading through the military at a startling rate.

An aggressive testing program was launched in 2011 and led to the investigation of more than 1,100 suspected users, according to the December 2011 edition of Daily UK.  Spice has caused some soldiers to become delusional and have anxiety attacks.(source)

Kyle Smith's Horror Story of Synthetic Marijuana Use

Robin Smith, Kyle's Mother

This what Robin Smith, Kyle Smith mother stated about how synthetic marijuana impacted her son Kyle's life:

"I had a normal child on a Thursday and a not normal child on a Friday, Robin Smith of Forest Hill, Md. tells of her son Kyle in 2010.”

Kyle who just 15 years old at the time, decided to use synthetic marijuana. After coming home from school, he smoked Spice and took a loaded gun into the woods."

Now at 18 years old, Kyle has been institutionalized seventeen times for psychiatric care and has made three different attempts to take his own life. He is presently an outpatient at Johns Hopkins University Medical Center  where he recently endured electroconvulsive therapy (shock treatments) in an attempt to rehabilitate from his experience with imitation pot (source). 

Notice how with the use of Spice,  this young man was opened to the spirit world of demonic spirits. These demons have one purpose.  They seek the  death and destruction of the prey that take the bait.

Waco Texas Man Eats Dog While High on Spice

Michael Daniels of Waco, Texas in June of 2012, was high on Spice.  At the age of 22 years old,  he beat and strangled a 30 to 40 pound dog, then proceeded to eat it. When police arrived at the scene Daniels had fur and blood around his mouth. He told neighbors he was high on synthetic marijuana(source). This sounds like a case of demon possession!!!

The End-Game for Spice is Death and Destruction

Please don't let the bait of synthetic marijuana that Satan and his demons use to get you hooked and addicted.  Your soul may become enslaved to it.  The end-game to Satan's bait of synthetic marijuana is death and destruction. Always remember that Jesus Christ came that you might have an abundant life! Don't take Satan's bait of synthetic marijuana! Choose Jesus Christ and Eternal Life!   

Pharmarkia/Sorcery Lil' Wayne's Sizzurp

Lil' Wayne AKA Lil' Sorcerer and his drink/potion of death!

Hip-Hop star Lil’ Wayne is influencing youth with his immoral music, music videos, and fashion.  It’s Interesting that Lil’ Wayne is imitating his art with real life.  In his song “It’s Time To Give Me Mine” he raps about drinking cough syrup (the slang word he uses is “sizzurp”).  In reality, he does sizzurp or drink Purple Drink to get high. Lil’ Wayne is helping to aid young people into a new way of getting high. In 2011, a national survey found that 1 out of 10 American teens used cough or cold medication to get high, making it more popular in that age group than cocaine, ecstasy, LSD, and meth(U.S. Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Agency). One of the key ingredients in cough syrup is Dextromethorphan/DMX, found in Robitussin Cough Syrup DM.   

When abused it is a hallucinogenic that opens a person up to spiritual experiences in the demonic realm(source). This is a form witchcraft/ sorcery, it’s called pharmakeia (Pharmakeia is the Greek word for drugs; sorceries or witchcraft) found in Galatians 5:20; Revelation 9:21; Revelation 18:23. Lil’ Wayne is helping to indoctrinate a generation into practicing witchcraft by the use drugs.

      

Pharmarkeia= Drugs= Witchcraft= Eternal Damnation.

America is The Mistress of Witchcraft

On January 9, 2013 we broadcasted a show Blogtalkradio.com entitled, "America is the Mistress of Witchcraft."  The title for this episode comes from Nahum 3:4 which states, " Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of the witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through witchcraft." That word "witchcraft" in Hebrew in this scripture is "kesheph" which means magic and sorcery. This nation has taken upon itself to become the mistress of witchcraft through its' blatant rebellion against G-d (rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft), its growing faith in Wicca, its love of psychics and astrology, and the growing amount of satanic occultic movies and television shows being made and viewed. Also, legal and illegal drugs run rampant in this nation. To listen to the entire broadcast click here.

 

Fast Facts of USA Being the Mistress of Witchcraft

Horror Movies in the Box Office for 2012 grossed over $400 million and sold over 50 million tickets (source).

The movie series Paranormal Activity (4 part series) has made over $700 million (source).

Halloween has become $8 Billion Holiday Business now (source).

Astrology in the United States is a multi-billion dollar business (source).

CNN cable news has reported that 300 Fortune 500 companies use astrologers (source).

The psychic industry is boasting a multi-billion dollars per year (source).

Wicca (Witchcraft) is the fastest growing religion in the USA, and is on track to be the third largest religion in the United States (source).   

There are about 700,000 websites for Wiccans (source). 

Illegal drugs sold in New York alone bring in an estimated $832 million per year (source). Drugs are a gateway that opens up people to the demonic spirit realm (source).

The pharmaceutical drug business (legal drugs) is a $650 billion dollar business per year in this country alone (source).

Most of the psycho pharmaceutical drugs can cause a person to commit suicide or commit a homicidal act (source).  Again even these legal psycho pharmaceutical drugs can open a person up to the demonic spiritual realm in which demons can influence a person.

The Greek word Pharmakeia means magic, sorcery, witchcraft. This is where we get the word pharmacy.  Please note that all drugs given for health purposes are not bad.

Of course witchcraft/occult has influenced television, law enforcement, CIA and the FBI in this country (source).

Harry Potter books are used as curriculum in US schools by Scholastic (source). Harry Potter books promote witchcraft and indoctrinates children in witchcraft (source).         

Celebrity Ghost Stories: Is Automatic Writing from G-d?

In November 26, 2011, the hit series, "Celebrity Ghost Stories"  aired an episode with Kim Coles, star of "In Living Color" and "Living Single."  In this episode Coles states she went to her friend who is a life coach who told her of the technique of automatic writing. Her life coach instructed her to go home, quiet herself, meditate, and to write with her non-dominant hand. She went on to tell Coles to ask the spirits of her ancestors to come and speak to her. This spirit goes on save Coles from an abusive relationship.  But did an guardian angel really deliver Kim Coles from an abusive relation?  Does automatic writing come from the true living G-d? Are ghost real or not?  Should a believer in Jesus Christ practice automatic writing? Let's examine these questions.

What are Ghosts?

Are ghost really the spirits of the dead or something else? In reality, ghosts are demon spirits/familiar spirits that imitate a person that has died. Usually mediums call upon these familiar spirits  to receive information.  It is a form of divination in which the medium receives secret information through demonic power.  He or she gets the information from a  spirit guide/familiar spirit that knows the details of an individual's family (source). These demon spirits become very "familiar" with the intimate details of a country, city, or family (source).  These demonic spirits are used to entice people into the kingdom of darkness because the hearer of the information is being seduced into the occult by seducing spirits. 

Familiar spirits gather the information of individuals to bring forth false prophecies to gain access to their targeted victim (source). When individuals go to consult a medium they're actually knowingly or unknowingly consulting the enemy and the power of darkness.  Keep in mind: demonic forces are lying spirits that seek out the destruction of mankind.  They only act like they have someone's best interest at heart.  This is false.  Their main objective is to bring the people that follow them to eternal damnation.

In his book, "Secret Teachers of All Ages," Famous Freemason Philosopher and occultist Manly P. Hall  had this to say:  

 "The majority of modern mediumistic apparitions are but elemental creatures masquerading through bodies composed of thought substances supplied by the very persons desiring to behold these wraiths of decarnate beings (source)." 

So Hall states a fact that these beings aren't departed souls of someone's love one, but indeed a spirit entity masquerading as that person's departed loved one's spirit. Can someone shout out, "DECEPTION!"     

Automatic Writing and Spirit Channeling

Automatic Writing writing falls under Spiritualism, and is a form of mediumship/channeling  in which an individual allows an outside force or entity to take control of the motor functions in his or her arm to write messages reputedly from either a spirit being (spirit guide or deceased person) or from the individual's own higher consciousness (source).  Methods of automatic writing can be either writing or typing.  A person can also open themselves up to familiar spirits in order to utilize automatic writing.

Some of the examples of New Age writers that claim to have used automatic writing by having spirit guide overtake them are Madame P. Blavtasky, Alice Bailey, Jane Roberts, and  Ruth Montgomery(source).  There's a major difference between new age automatic writing and a Christian journaling.  In automatic writing a person's hand goes limp and a spirit takes control of the hand and writes for them. Christian journaling however, is the inner working of the Holy Spirit that leads and guides the individual's heart to write (source).  A true Christian would not allow themselves to practice  automatic writing because it is part of the  curious arts of the occult  forbidden by the Bible.

In Merrill Unger's book, "What the Bible says about Demons in the World Today,"  he quotes Rudolf Tishner, a parapsychologist.  He talks about  the danger in automatic writing when practiced in immoderation. Tishner regarded automatic writing as a phenomena known as "motoric automatisms."  He admits that they can enslave a person and break up the integrated psychic structure while ensuring peril to mental and psychical health ("What the Bible says about Demons in the World Today,", Merrill Unger, P. 51-52). 

Simply said, when a person indulges in the occult practice of automatic writing, they become enslaved by the kingdom of darkness.    

Kim Kardashian gospel of mediums/necromancer

In January of this year, E! Network Channel's popular reality show, "Kourtney and Kim take New York," aired an episode of Kim Kardashin going to visit popular psychic John Edward to receive a reading andto answer a few questions.  Her older sister Kourtney tagged along even though she was skeptical about Edward's psychic abilities.  Edwards summoned the Kardashin's deceased father Robert Kardashin Sr., to give guidance for her life and future.  The reading basically lead the reality star to divorce her husband, NBA Basketball player Kris Humphries after being married for 72 days (source).  Millions of Kim's faithful followers viewed John Edward's handy psychic work.  Edward also told Kourtney that she would have a second child, which was confirmed in November 2011.  But did this reading help Kim or is there another agenda? 

Kim Kardashin Worship 



   

Kim Kardashin is one of the most talked about people in thie world. She was number three in Yahoo's top 10 search terms for 2011.  In Google United Kingdom's internet celebrity search, she finished number one in 2011 beating out Victoria Beckham for the top spot.  In Bing.com Kardashian finished second behind Justin Bieber for the top 10 2011 searches.  In Ask.com 2011 top online searches , she finished number one out of the top 10, and for Aol for top 10 2011 celebrity searches she finished fifth overall.  She is one of the most searched out individuals on the planet!  

Her big fairy tale wedding "Kim's Fairytale Wedding: Kardashin Event" on the E Network! drew an estimated 5 million viewers (source).  She is embraced as a pop icon and sex symbol.  Her fan base shows a definite case of celebrity worship syndrome.  Fans follow her every move, what she endorses, and what opinions she has on certain matters.   She also has over 14 million Twitter followers which is the 7th largest number of followers on Twitter. 

Kim Kardashian's rise to become an American idol has allowed her to gained the hearts of millions and influence her generation.  Just recently the Faith and Reason Religious section of USA Today did an article entitled,  "Kim Kardashin, The Donald trump Bible for money advice."   Despite the Bible having 2,000 verses that talk about money and possessions,  1 out of 10 Americans age 18-34 (Millennials) would take financial advice from Kim Kardashin over the Bible.  Now is that powerful or what? With that being said, how many people would heed her advice to inquire a psychic for guidance?

Evangelist Kim: Gospel of Mediums/Necromancy              

 

Kim's visit to famous Psychic Medium John Edward for a personal reading is an illustrated evangelistic sermon that validates mediums as an answer to the problems and issues of life without consulting  G-d.  This is a forbidden occult practice in the Bible.   Consulting the dead is a form of divination.  The actual medium occult method Edward used is called necromancy,  It is a form of magic that involves communicating with the deceased by summoning their spirit for the purpose of foretelling future events or to acquire hidden knowledge.

In the video above Kardashian boasts that she had always been a big fan of John Edward, who once had popular television show "Crossing Over With John Edward."  In his show, he talked to the audiences' dead loved ones and delivered messages.  She was happy to speak to her deceased father Robert Kardashian Sr., who has been dead since September 2003.  Furthermore, the reading confirmed and validated Edward's Psychic Medium abilities when he  stated that Kourtney would have a second child.  She was indeed pregnant a couple of months afterwards.   Edward's prediction gave Kim direction in her life.  His reading validated Kim's gospel message of mediums/necromancy.  The display of Edward's "power" has the ability to entice anyone without any type of biblical knowledge to go to a psychic if he or she could read their future and give crucial direction for life's issues.  But was Kim really speaking to her deceased father?  Or was something else at work?

Familiar Spirits are used by Mediums Necromancers

      

 

Mediums receive their information from familiar spirits.  It is form of divination in which the medium receives secret information through demonic power.  He or she gets the information from a  spirit guide/familiar spirit that knows the details of an individual family (source). These demon spirits become very "familiar" with the intimate details of a country, city, or family (source).  These demonic spirits are used to entice people into the kingdom of darkness because the hearer of the information is being seduced into the occult by seducing spirits. 

Familiar spirits gather the information of individuals to bring forth false prophecies to gain access to their targeted victim (source). When individuals go to consult a medium they're actually knowingly or unknowingly consulting the enemy and the power of darkness.  Keep in mind: demonic forces are lying spirits that seek out the destruction of mankind.  They only act like they have someone's best interest at heart.  This is false.  Their main objective is to bring the people that follow them to eternal damnation.

I pray for Kim Kardashian's salvation in Jesus Christ, and that she repents of her sin. This world is not your friend Kim, nor can it give you the love that Jesus Christ can give you if you receive Him as your Savior.

Isaiah 8:19

Amplified Bible (AMP)

¹⁹And when the people [instead of putting their trust in God] shall say to you, Consult for direction mediums and wizards who chirp and mutter, should not a people seek and consult their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?

Leviticus 19:31

Leviticus 20:27

Isaiah 8:19

Deuteronomy 18:10-12

Jeremiah 29:11