But it does suffer a sort of “Life of Brian” – “Catch-22“. When it talks about not wanting followers because it’s the surest way to get a laugh when 50 people in the room cheer at the statement.
None the less. I like it.
“I admit that my visions can never mean to other men as much as they do to me.
I do not regret this. All I ask is that my results should convince seekers after Truth
that there is beyond doubt something worthwhile seeking, attainable by methods
more or less like mine. I do not want to father a flock, to be the fetish of fools
& fanatics, or the founder of a faith whose followers are content to echo my opinions.
I want each man to cut his own way through the jungle.”
-Aleister Crowley
Introduction to Liber 418
Equinox Vol.IV No.2
Taken from the website for Coph Nia Lodge in Eugene, OR.