THE FOOL'S KNOT
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Quick question: anybody know what kind of knot Crowley was talking about in the book of lies. There's a tom fools knot and quick release knot and a naughty knot. They're all pretty likely candidates.
The Tom Fools knot is like handcuffs that pull apart when you bring them together, which is what I think he's talking about. The quick release knot, can't be pulled apart by the horse that it would be tied to, but the owner can pull it apart by pulling one one end and the last one is a knot that is a sexy knot that girls where, which pulls apart right away. For what ever reason I'm compelled to know.
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Seems to me that the "Fool's knot" might be the Fool's "naught", i.e. zero. The number of the fool and the qabbalistic egg. I don't have the Book of Lies in front of me at the moment to cross reference but I'd be surprised if that wasn't at least one of his meanings.
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@dillanh said
"Quick question: anybody know what kind of knot Crowley was talking about in the book of lies. There's a tom fools knot and quick release knot and a naughty knot. They're all pretty likely candidates.
The Tom Fools knot is like handcuffs that pull apart when you bring them together, which is what I think he's talking about. The quick release knot, can't be pulled apart by the horse that it would be tied to, but the owner can pull it apart by pulling one one end and the last one is a knot that is a sexy knot that girls where, which pulls apart right away. For what ever reason I'm compelled to know."
I might as well do something useful for once...
The Answer:
A "Tom Fool's Knot" is, to quote wikipedia, "a good knot with which to commence a slightly fancy sheepshank."
Knowing Crowley's tendency towards homosexuality, I think we have a good idea of what this knot was used for...
As for the quick release knot:
"This knot sometimes happens when a human male has ingested an excess quantity of alcohol and is unable to bring the female (presumably human) to climax."--my defenition.
The quick-release knot, only to be used in event of emergency, is in fact an antiquated--(fucking English!)--an antiquated English term for "slip-knot," not to be confused with the band.
The naughty knot:
Here definitions fail. Just imagine what the man Crowley, given enough booze and cocaine, would do to your girlfriend (if you have/had one)--imagine what he would do to her in the dark, using an "advanced scottish sheepshank," (these being ancient Masonic techniques involving consensual [most of the time] sodomy)--imagine what he would do, given the chance. Only then do you have a dim conception of the "naughty knot."
I myself use these knots only in times of extreme religious persecution and when all other rituals fail.