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'''[[Aleister Crowley]]''' was an English [[occultist]], [[magician]], poet, painter, novelist, and mountaineer. He founded the religion of [[Thelema]], identifying himself as the [[prophet]] entrusted with guiding humanity into the Æon of [[Horus]] in the early 20th century. A prolific writer, he published widely over the course of his life. Crowley gained widespread notoriety during his lifetime, being a [[recreational drug]] user, bisexual, and an individualist social critic.
The '''[[First Mirror of Lilith]]''' is a [[ritual magic|ritual]] to invoke [[Lilith]] and ask her questions through the assistance of [[necromancy]] using a mirror engraved with [[King Solomon|Solomonic]] symbols and text. The ritual recalls Lilith's identity as a mirror spirit found in the ''[[Zohar]]'' in Pekudei: Verse 920. In this verse, any man who vainly looks into a mirror during the night of a new moon risks awakening the [[demon]] Asirta, who in turn, will summon Lilith to torment him.


Several Western esoteric traditions other than Thelema were also influenced by Crowley, with Djurdjevic observing that "Crowley's influence on twentieth-century and contemporary esotericism has been enormous". [[Gerald Gardner]], founder of [[Gardnerian Wicca]], made use of much of Crowley's published material when composing the Gardnerian ritual liturgy. [[L. Ron Hubbard]], the American founder of [[Scientology]], was involved in Thelema in the early 1940s (with [[Jack Parsons]]), and it has been argued that Crowley's ideas influenced some of Hubbard's work.
The only known Renaissance-era ritual involving Lilith comes from the fifteenth-century [[Munich Manual of Demonic Magic]]. Among the book's magical workings, many of which are unique to this manual, is a ritual called the First Mirror of Lilith (''primum speculum Lilit''). This operation is a form of [[divination]] using [[necromancy]]. By constructing and consecrating a mirror to Lilith, the [[magician]] may discover information concerning murders, thefts, and other hidden matters.


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The First Mirror of Lilith is a ritual to invoke Lilith and ask her questions through the assistance of necromancy using a mirror engraved with Solomonic symbols and text. The ritual recalls Lilith's identity as a mirror spirit found in the Zohar in Pekudei: Verse 920. In this verse, any man who vainly looks into a mirror during the night of a new moon risks awakening the demon Asirta, who in turn, will summon Lilith to torment him.

The only known Renaissance-era ritual involving Lilith comes from the fifteenth-century Munich Manual of Demonic Magic. Among the book's magical workings, many of which are unique to this manual, is a ritual called the First Mirror of Lilith (primum speculum Lilit). This operation is a form of divination using necromancy. By constructing and consecrating a mirror to Lilith, the magician may discover information concerning murders, thefts, and other hidden matters.

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