To me a book is a message from the gods to mankind; or, if not, should never be published at all. . . .
Source: The Confessions of Aleister Crowley, ch. 68 (1929; rev. 1970).
-- Aleister Crowley, (Oct 12 1875-1947), English occult writer; The Great Beast was a writer of occult lure and Black Magic rites.