In addition...

Crowley himself tells me, through his lovely and insightful Thoth deck, that

"Consciousness has fallen into a realm unenlightened by reason. This is the world of unconscious primitive instincts, of the psychopath, of the fanatic."

I'm staying the path. It's cruel and difficult, but I know in my heart that it isn't wrong. I've just sort of been going at it the wrong way.