>also in pretty dubious historical standing), and then to invent
the motto "An it hurt none, do as ye will", which as well as
Hmmm, that phrase does owe something to "do as thou wilt will be the whole of the law", which dates back to Aleister Crowley/Golden Dawn/OTO, all Brits, in the early 1900's. And they were a, uh, fiesty bunch, they were. Crowley was once dubbed by the press as "The most evil man in all England".
>The fact that we invented Wicca and the Yanks invented
Scientology at about the same time says a lot about the
comparative vigour of the two cultures. Given the choice, I
Jack Parsons, a brilliant rocket fuel scientist and co-founder of Cal Tech in Pasadena California, also headed an OTO Lodge. One of his disciples was L. Ron Hubbard. Guess who Jack Parsons owed OTO alliegance to? You guessed it, Crowley. So, Scientology, indirectly, owes quite a bit to Crowley.