This is a lecture by Rev. Ryuei Michael McCormick — a priest of the Nichiren lineage of Buddhism — on Aleister Crowley’s system of Thelema & magick and Theravada Buddhism, given at Blazing Star Oasis O.T.O. in the Valley of Oakland, CA on 10/25/2016, e.v.
Source: Aleister Crowley & Theravada Buddhism | Blazing Star OTO on Patreon
I have been interested in Theravada Buddhism for a long time – about as long as as I’ve been interested in Aleister Crowley’s work. Of note is the fact that one of Crowley’s first teachers, Alan Bennett, eventually retired to Ceylon and became a Theravada monk.