Oct 26, 2025
Spinoza: Practical Philosophy (Gilles Deleuze 1970; tl. Robert Hurley 1988) // constructive vs. destructive interference
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Spinoza: Practical Philosophy (Gilles Deleuze 1970; tl. Robert Hurley 1988) // constructive vs. destructive interference
The real truthnuke is when you realize Thelema (i.e. the "93 current") is, once you strip away the ceremonial magick and the Egyptian æsthetics, a descendant (at least in some respects) of the very same Spinozist/Nietzschean currents* that influenced folks like Deleuze himself! So, in a way, Crowley was right about this/these current(s) becoming a defining feature of our era (or "aeon"); he just didn't realize most of it wouldn't be via his own magical mystery cult, lol.
*Crowley's Nietzscheanism is glaringly obvious even if you haven't read the bit where AC calls FN "one of [Thelema's] prophets", but I still need to find out whether he actually references Spinoza anywhere (ol' sunshine wrote prolifically so it would take me forever.) There are, to my understanding at least, certain similarities between them (God/Nature as the single divine Substance -> the continuous body of Nuit, just for one example.) But I need to read more.