Theos-Talk Archives (April 1996 Message tl00120)

Gregg:
>Just a brief little side note here. First off, ol' Uncle Al is often badly
>misunderstood, or sometimes understood all *too* well; in any event, his
>writings, while demanding, can be quite rewarding to the student.
>
>Secondly, to help Thoa in her book search, I have a suggestion. If you're
>not to far away in the S.F. BAy Area, you should definitely check out
>'Shambhala Books' on Telegraph Ave. in Berkeley. While this is only a one
>room bookstore, it's stock of new books on religious, metaphysical and
>related topics is positively amazing for it's breadth and depth.
>Furthermore, if your don't get satisfaction at Shambhala, 'Moe's Books' (the
>absolutely best general used book store in this corner of the galaxy) is
>right next door.
> .............
>(A note to any former, current or wanna-be Berkeleyites out there - Moe
>Moskowitz, the owner, lord, master and soul of 'Moe's Books' for well over
>thiry years, passed away last week at the age of 70. For myself, and many
>others, this marks the end of an era. The store had been an almost weekly
>pilgrimage site for me since my college days in the 60's. Interested parties
>may want to check out the store's website at http://www.moesbooks.com . Moe
>was a friend.)
>
>Well, none of this is theosophy (except that theosophy is sharing), so back
>to our muttons.
>
>
>     Peace to all beings -
>
>     Gregg Bartle, member Theosophy International

Thanks, Gregg.  I'm going to have to check it out.  I've been going to
Minerva Books in Palo Alto.  Excellent book collection, but not enough of
Kabbalah.  There was a Shambhala book store in Boston that was the best
religious/philosophy bookstore I've ever seen.  It has a coffee shop
attached.  I gather that Moe had arranged for his store to continue in the
way he liked it.

As far as that Crowley dude, I don't really have an opinion on him.  I was
repeating what I was told.  I have no hesitation reading any of his
writings, and I have read some of his writings.  Some accounts of him was
that he's actually quite normal but hedonistic, and was reacting to
hypocrisy that he witnessed in his childhood.  Thus, all those talk of
satanism may just be his way of just stirring up the prim and proper
bloods.  I have no doubt that some of his followers took him literally and
may have done awful stuff.

Have a great one.

Thoa :o)