The Aleister Crowley Riff
April 9, 2009 at 6:13 pm | Posted in poetry, writing | 10 CommentsTags: aleister crowley, poetry, riff, writing
“Do what thou wilt,” said Crowley passing the Punch and Judy. Like some verb descendant, wilt. In later years he shambled the beaches of Brighton, a mere figure of fun. If you assert that it is possible to contain actual magic in language no amount of argument will do, nor drawing strange designs in the condensation left on the kitchen table from the bottom of a cold bottle.
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You have to be blind not to see the magic. Just look at a child starting the process of learning his mother tongue.
Comment by Mariana— April 9, 2009 #
If there is a need for argument then there is obviously no magic. Language is the limbo for self expression. And this piece I heartily enjoyed…
Comment by Sumedh Prasad— April 9, 2009 #
Brighton courts religious and sexual controversy even now (very topical as a Brighton preacher has personally invited a guy to come and talk about his opinion on the positive aspects of suicide)… I think we would be curious to see him picking over the pebbles. The closing thought on this piece is a wonderful tease.
Comment by Narnie— April 9, 2009 #
language is magic…yours is anyway 🙂
Comment by Tina— April 9, 2009 #
“actual magic in language” — perfect phrase.
Comment by vesper de vil— April 10, 2009 #
Wonderful piece, and I love the image of drawing strange designs in condensation.
Comment by Thomma Lyn— April 10, 2009 #
its just a means to any end, why dissect it this far?
Comment by Mental Mist— April 10, 2009 #
MMM, MedicatedLady likey. Language is more than symbols. Language is symbols of symbols.
Comment by medicatedlady— April 11, 2009 #
Love the meta reference, about signifying symbols, of medicated lady.
Comment by Mariana— April 11, 2009 #
language is magic, definitely, and this was a magical small slice of it.
Comment by harmonie22— April 13, 2009 #