If Jeffrey Dahmer or Jack the Ripper or some other nut wrote a book of truth and wisdom, would you accept it at truth?

Why do people trust others to tell them what is truth and what is not? This is YOUR journey. No one else's. To let others decide what you should read, watch, think and believe is just another form of slavery.

Think for yourself!

if it is truth....
then it matters not from whose mouth it spills

Exactly, but most people don't believe that they are smart enough, wise enough and advanced enough to make their own choices of what is truth.

Until you believe in yourself and make your own choices, you will never be free.

Many refuse to study or read the works of Aleister Crowley because of his reputation and views.

In truth you could learn a lot from the writings of this man.

I did....
good information...
very poetic...
meanwhile, there plenty of sacrifices in the bible...
wholesome is as wholesome does....
when it comes to truth...
I trust my heart/ intuition...
I say it out loud , gargle it, weigh it , taste it, swallow if I like...
spit it out if it tastes like lies...

genius is always misunderstood
what people thought of....
Jesus = batshit crazy
Buddha = lazy
Crowley = cannibal, most evil man in the world...
anyway, there is a fine line between genius and crazy...
Einstein ...
obviously evil genius is less desirable for world peace...
but who am I to say?
sometimes it takes many years to absorb and understand the base fundamentals of a new idea and a new genius...
the government is the master of actions, and it has the ability to choose who may act in evil ways...
many of which are legal if you are an officer of the law...

You are wise.

I have found Crowley to be a wise and very talented person.

Crazy, torn, tortured at times, but he spoke real truth.

Especially his work on the tarot and the Kaballah.

This thread is whatever the inverse of mind-blowing would be.

"Do what thy wilt is the whole of the law."

Truth.

Another shallow, dark, lost soul.

Negative

Yes, that too.

Precision

he took the hard road....
it cost him dearly...emotional, physical....
but it is possible he attempted as best as he could to follow the path of Jesus ....
however, that which he unearthed is best viewed with a scientific approach...
meaning that religious teachings often cause confusion , not always blessings....
he is rumored to have had many regrets about his opinion of truth and god , as he lay in bed dying...
possible I guess....

only if you are armed with the protective shield of truth and knowledge, tempered in the fire of compassion

The path to enlightenment always is. It is never easy.

The easy path is to do nothing. To stay lost, confused and enslaved.

I agree, but we must be brave and go into the darkness to reach the light within.

Dante's Inferno tells us that we must go into the depths of Hell to ever reach Paradise.

We must go where others fear to tread.

Jesus invited us to do just that, long long ago...
few have listened...
thou many have pretended in truths name, most have failed....
it is a solo journey...
the truth is for your soul only as well, so the truth it brings, is slowly acquired, slowly digested, and eventually digested...
the spiritual path is the only reason you are here, and now that you are here, and have found yourself......
it is time to make your way home...

Truth is truth no matter where it is found.
It is what surrounds the truth you must peel away as it often comes wrapped in lies.

truth is truth, sifting through the bs to find a truth is another... the only true truths are the ones you've experienced for yourself, the rest is faith in others to tell the truth, which may or may not be true...

all you are missing is an iq.