{"id":2700,"date":"2016-10-01T00:01:49","date_gmt":"2016-10-01T00:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/?p=2700"},"modified":"2024-02-13T20:35:34","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T20:35:34","slug":"robert-stark-interviews-paul-bingham-aleister-crowley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/?p=2700","title":{"rendered":"Robert Stark interviews Paul Bingham about Aleister Crowley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Crowley.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2701 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Crowley.jpg\" alt=\"crowley\" width=\"305\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Crowley.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Crowley-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Crowley-768x1071.jpg 768w, https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Crowley-734x1024.jpg 734w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 305px) 100vw, 305px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Robert Stark and co-host Alex von Goldstein talk to Paul Bingham about Aleister Crowley<\/p>\n<p>Topics include:<\/p>\n<p>Today Aleister Crowley exists either as an icon of occultism, used by subcultures, derided by others, but few are familiar with his political and philosophical ideas<br \/>\nKerry Bolton&#8217;s series on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.counter-currents.com\/2010\/09\/aleister-crowley-as-political-theorist-part-1\/\">Aleister Crowley as a Political Theorist, Part 1<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.counter-currents.com\/2010\/09\/aleister-crowley-as-political-theorist-part-2\/\">Part 2<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ac2012.com\/2010\/10\/27\/the-prophets-political-platform\/\">Political Platform<\/a>\u00a0based on Crowley&#8217;s ideas<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lashtal.com\/forums\/topic\/julius-evola-on-crowley\/\">Julius Evola on Crowley<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.counter-currents.com\/2015\/08\/the-name-is-crowley\/\">James J. O&#8217;Meara&#8217;s<\/a> reivew of Richard B. Spence&#8217;s book\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Secret-Agent-666-Aleister-Intelligence\/dp\/1932595333\">Secret Agent 666<\/a><br \/>\nCrowley&#8217;s religion\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thelema\">Thelema<\/a><br \/>\nCrowley&#8217;s fascination with power structures<br \/>\nCrowley transcended politics and did not fit into either traditionalism or the left<br \/>\nCrowley did not fit into the left for rejecting egalitarianism and mass democracy, and the right for rejecting free markets and traditional morality<br \/>\nCrowley&#8217;s Aristocratic individualism, and his belief in an Aristocracy of the creative class<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wyndham_Lewis\">Wyndham Lewis<\/a>&#8216;s\u00a0book\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Art-Being-Ruled-Wyndham-Lewis\/dp\/0876857535\">The Art of Being Ruled<\/a>,\u00a0which like Crowley advocated the rule of the creative class<br \/>\nCrowley viewed the masses as spiritualy inferior<br \/>\nCrowley saw capitalism as degrading genuine cultural elitism<br \/>\nCrowley rejecting Marxism, but supported a social safety net to free up the creative class<br \/>\nCrowley&#8217;s value of leisure<br \/>\nCrowley came to the same conclusions about economics as the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Distributism\">Distributist<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Social_credit\">Social creditors<\/a>,\u00a0who were Traditional Catholics<br \/>\nDistributism and Social Credit are the economic systems most compatable with Aristocratic Individualism<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Homo_economicus\">Homo economicus<\/a><br \/>\nCrowley&#8217;s critique of democracy<br \/>\nCrowley&#8217;s environmentalism<br \/>\nCrowley&#8217;s interest in Mountaineering<br \/>\nCrowley tested the limits of human nature and practiced what he wrote about<br \/>\nThe futurist philosophy is about testing what works<br \/>\nCrowley&#8217;s view of the future was that things will collapse and a new brighter future will emerge<br \/>\nCrowley&#8217;s erotic poetry series\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/White_Stains\">White Stains<\/a>, and how he practiced the sexual acts he wrote about<br \/>\nCrowley\u00a0used sexual experimentation to further his intellectual state, but did not advocate it for the masses<br \/>\nWhy the individual must have freedom to exist\u00a0within their own personal boundaries<br \/>\nCrowley&#8217;s advocacy of youth colonies, how the elites practice youth camps, and the importance of controlling youth<br \/>\nHow male bonding and inter generational relationships are stigmatized for the masses<br \/>\nHow Crowley often took the passive role in sexual acts with both men and women<br \/>\nPaul&#8217;s point that most people are either sexually dominant or submissive, but that being a switch is a uniquely Anglo trait<br \/>\nCrowley as the original Troll<br \/>\nPaul&#8217;s point that if Crowley were alive today he would be disinterested in western politics<br \/>\nOur upcoming show with Paul on Italian Futurism, and how Crowley, Wyndham Lewis, and the futurist had similar ideas, but were fiercely independent from one another<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2700-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Paul-Bingham-on-Alistair-Crowley.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Paul-Bingham-on-Alistair-Crowley.mp3\">https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Paul-Bingham-on-Alistair-Crowley.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Paul-Bingham-on-Alistair-Crowley.mp3\">Click Here<\/a> to download!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Artrstark\/\"><span style=\"color: #1a0dab;\">Check out Robert Stark&#8217;s Artwork<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"_top\"><input name=\"cmd\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"_s-xclick\" \/><br \/>\n<input name=\"hosted_button_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"75RF3EG8CMWVE\" \/><br \/>\n<input title=\"PayPal - 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