biography
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Crowley, Aleister
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originally Edward Alexander Crowley
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| male
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| lived:
| (1875–1947)
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| biography:
| British writer and ‘magician’, born in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, C England. He became interested in the occult while an undergraduate at Cambridge, and was initiated into the occult society of the Golden Dawn (1898). He travelled widely, settling for some years in Sicily with a group of disciples at the Abbey of Thelema, near Cefalù. Rumours of drugs, orgies, and magical ceremonies led to his expulsion from Italy. Back in England, he co-founded the order of the Silver Star (1906) based on the mystical Law of Thelema that he developed. He liked to be known as ‘the great beast’ and ‘the wickedest man alive’ - and certainly many who associated with him died tragically. |
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