there's a lot about crowley that was fucked, but the running theme in a lot of his work of using the particular only insofar as it proves to be a convenient and effective way to approach the ultimate is something that has resonated deeply with us since first encountering the idea in our youth

liber aba, appendix iii: notes for an astral atlas contains a very explicit articulation of this concept

this is not an argument for some kind of golden corral eclecticism, but rather for a measured, honest, and loosely-coupled engagement with our own traditions and practices

at least that's how we've interpreted it