I have written elsewhere of my respect and admiration for the recently-published thesis by Patrick Everitt on the influence of peyote on the life and work of Aleister Crowley: The Cactus and the Beast: Investigating the role of peyote in the Magick of Aleister Crowley.
Thanks to YouTube we can view a lecture by Patrick based on his MA thesis at the OPEN Foundation‘s Interdisciplinary Conference on Psychedelics Research last weekend.
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An outstanding lecture that demonstrates yet again the seminal influence Crowley was on others during his life and after his death. I have been of the opinion for some time that Carlos Castaneda was influenced to an extreme degree by the writings of Crowley; the insights provided by Mr. Everitt on Crowley’s use of Peyote serve to reinforce that position even further.
Thanks for posting this.
Agreed, absolutely. Patrick’s research is genuinely cutting edge – his thesis opens up all manner of possibilities.
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