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1、THELOSTCONTINENTwww.bonatus.comApoliticalsatireand/ormystictreatiseand/ordeliberatelyobscureaccountoftheO.T.O.systemofsexualmagick,undertheguiseofanaccountofAtlantis.OwesmorethanalittletoBulwer-Lytton'sTheComingRace.PDFCreatorStantonStudioswww.bonatus.comFindmorebooksLIBERLITHELOSTCONT
2、INENTbyAleisterCrowleyFORWARD"Inparticularthereisasortofnovel,"TheLostContinent",purportingtogiveanaccountofthecivilizationofAtlantis.Isometimesfeelthatthislacksartisticunity.Attimesitisafantas-ticrhapsodydescribingmyidealsofUtopiansociety;butsomepassagesareasatireontheconditionsofoure
3、xistingcivilization,whileothersconveyhintsofcertainprofoundmagicalsecrets,oranticipationsofdiscoveriesinscience."-Crowley,writingoftheSummerof1913e.v.fromConfessions,p.730.PREFACELastyearIwaschosentosucceedthevenerableK-Z-whohaditinhismindtodie,thatis,tojoinTheminVenus,asoneoftheSevenH
4、eirsofAtlantis,andIhavebeenappointedtodeclare,sofarasmayfoundpossible,thetruthaboutthatmysteriouslostland.Ofcourse,nomorethanoneseventhofthewisdomiseverconfidedtooneoftheSeven,andtheSevenmeetincouncilbutonceineverythirty-threeyears.Butitspreservationisguaranteedbytheinter-lockedsystems
5、of"dreamingtrue"andof"preparationoftheantinomy."Theformeralmostexplainsitself;thelatterisalmostinconceivabletonormalman.Itsessenceistotrainamantobeanythingbytraininghimtobeitsopposite.Attheendofanything,thinkthey,itturnsouttobeitsopposite,andthatoppositeisthusmasteredwithouthavingbeens
6、oiledbythelaboursofthestudent,andwithoutthefalseimpressionsofearlylearningbeingleftuponthemind.Imyself,forexample,hadunknowinglybeentrainedtorecordtheseobservationsbythelifeofabutterfly.Allmyimpressionscameclearonthesoftwaxofmybrain;Ihadneverworriedbecausethescratchonthewaxinnowayresem
7、bledthesounditrepresented.Inotherwords,IobservedperfectlybecauseIneverknewthatIwasobserving.So,ifyoupaysufficientatten-tiontoyourheart,youwillmakeitpalpitate.Iaccordinglyproceedtoadescriptionofthecountry."AleisterCrowley"1of27THELOSTCONTINENTwww.bonatus.comIOFTHEPLAINSBENEATHATLAS,AN
