Books like Magick in Theory and Practice

In Crowley's master work, he states that he is "The Most Wicked Man In The World!" and you need read no further than the introductory comments to see the proof of this. He sets down a list of precepts that by their own definition destroy man's ability to understand the world around him, stating explicitly that the concept of reason has no place in the world and is an illusion. He then follows by noting that with proper understanding and preparation, every magical sending will of course be successful... unless, of course, someone else heretofore unknown to you wills otherwise and interferes in your sending, or it is the will of the Universe that this not occur.I picked up Crowley to learn something about the character and concepts of the Occult. I certainly got that. What I didn't get was the concept of "magical thinking" which insulated Crowley from understanding the fundamental flaws in his perceptions, the system of belief that says wishing makes it so (except for when it doesn't) so keep wishing because then things will change (or they won't). He likens magic to science, which is similar in principle to the quote that sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic, except bass-ackwards because he simply does not grasp the utility of reason and finds it an inconvenient obstacle... because with reason, everything he believes must be false, and everything he has done with his life makes no sense.By trying to teach others to abandon reason and live in a perpetual fog, Crowley accomplishes his goal of proving himself to be a wicked man. Sadly, this is the only way in which I can see he has ever succeeded at this self-proclaimed objective; his other so-called sins are mostly things he just didn't go far *enough* with, too busy rebelling against the Judeo-Christian morality that dominated the world at the time to see a reasoned moral system absent the fundamental precepts of those religions. "Do As Thou Wilt Is The Whole Of The Law" is actually an excellent first step towards recognizing that people are different than the creatures presupposed by the guiding moralities of the time, but he fails to draw universal conclusions or apply these precepts externally to himself, too busy assuming he is a beautiful and unique snowflake to realize that the fulfillment of this human nature is a laudable goal and morality should be based on who we are and how to live on Earth.