Who was Aleister Crowley?
Actually, the terms Satanism and Satanic, “Great Beast 666″ right along with “The Wickedest Man in the World,” simply Great Beast, or “To Mega Therion” (all titles which he ascribed to himself), on top of the mystical content that he preached and furthered during his lifespan such as “Ceremonial Magic,” sacrifice, magic, witchcraft, and religion, etcetera, are no doubt the reasons behind why citizens of his targeted Christian-based nations turned away and completely disregarded him and his “Legacy of Sexism” as beyond contempt. Crowley’s “Legacy of Sexism”; Arcane Archive: http://www.arcane-archive.org/faqs/crowleysexistfaq.php Aleister Crowley, born Edward Alexander Crowley (1875-1947), despite his distinguishably earned complete lack of personal merit, as mentioned, was a published writer and poet; a hedonist; an “occultist” and “clergyman of Satanism”; a proclaimed bisexual; an astrologer; as well as a recreational drug discoverer, sampler, tester, and trend-setter. Born in Royal Le
What do you call a man who shows signs of psychotic behavior, defecates on hotel carpets because he thinks hhis feces are sacred, molests children, identifies with the Anti-Christ, and dies a penniless junkie in a flophouse? If you’re a Thelemite, you declare him a god and hang on every letter of his writings of course! Crowley was born Edward Alexander Crowley in 1875. He was born into a rich family, an heir to Crowley Ale. His family belonged to a strict church called The Plymouth Brethren. Crowley was very close to his father, who was a minister for the sect. At age 10, young Aleister’s world was shattered when his father died. It seems Crowley’s later homosexuality was born out of the need of a father figure, in the classic Freudian idea.
He was Born 1875 e.v. in Leamington Warwickshire England and died in 1947 e.v. in Hastings England. The intervening 72 years were spent traversing nearly every part of the globe, mastering and synthesizing systems of spiritual attainment as diverse as Buddhism and Western Ceremonial Magick, writing, climbing mountains, experimenting with mind altering drugs and generally pushing the envelope of societies’ acceptance of change. Aleister Crowley was a man whose influences can be found in such diverse places as C.G. Jung and H.L. Menkin and from Timothy Leary to Anton LaVey. In fact almost every person who now talks about, experiments with or writes about anything to do with raising spiritual awareness, expanded consciousness or altered states of awareness owes a debt to Aleister Crowley’s research and writings. One is hard pressed to find, in today’s literature on these topics, an area not modified or influenced by his writings and ideas. {For more information cf. “The Confessions of Ale
