Babalon

{{blockquote|So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and [[precious stones]] and pearls, having a [[golden cup]] in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her [[fornication]]: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.{{cite web|url=http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+17&version=KJV|title=Revelation 17 KJV - And there came one of the seven angels - Bible Gateway|publisher=biblegateway.com|access-date=2015-04-12}}}}

{{blockquote|So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and [[precious stones]] and pearls, having a [[golden cup]] in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her [[fornication]]: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.{{cite web|url=http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+17&version=KJV|title=Revelation 17 KJV - And there came one of the seven angels - Bible Gateway|publisher=biblegateway.com|access-date=2015-04-12}}}}

Aleister Crowley recorded his view of the Book of Revelation in ''The Vision and the Voice''.

Aleister Crowley recorded his view of the Book of Revelation in ''[[The Vision and the Voice]]''.

{{blockquote|All I get is that the Apocalypse was the recension of a dozen or so totally disconnected allegories, that were pieced together, and ruthlessly planed down to make them into a connected account; and that recension was re-written and edited in the interests of Christianity, because people were complaining that Christianity could show no true spiritual knowledge, or any food for the best minds: nothing but miracles, which only deceived the most ignorant, and Theology, which only suited pedants.

{{blockquote|All I get is that the Apocalypse was the recension of a dozen or so totally disconnected allegories, that were pieced together, and ruthlessly planed down to make them into a connected account; and that recension was re-written and edited in the interests of Christianity, because people were complaining that Christianity could show no true spiritual knowledge, or any food for the best minds: nothing but miracles, which only deceived the most ignorant, and Theology, which only suited pedants.