Trump isn’t hemmed in by pesky old-times notions, like rules.
He does and says what he wants when he wants, acknowledging only what suits him.
In this sense, the US president resembles the early 20th century occultist Aleister Crowley, whose entire philosophy is summed up in this single commandment,
“Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.”
In 1923, at Crowley’s Sicilian compound—where he led followers of his religion premised on personal will “The Law of Thelema”—an Englishman died in a mysterious ritual involving cat blood.
Crowley was expelled from Italy and castigated in the British press.
Yet he persisted, continuing to write books, perform bizarre rituals, and attract followers.
The magician wrote a book of poems described by one contemporary critic as:
“The most disgusting piece of erotica in the English language.”
The one big difference between Crowley and Trump, however, is that one was an occultist and the other is was responsible for a country.
It will take some very powerful magic indeed for the former commander-in-chief to retain his spell on the people if the rule of law keeps proving to be as strong as it showed itself yesterday.
