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Aleister Crowley was an English occultist who lived from 1875 to 1947 and became a prominent figure in Western esotericism and ceremonial magic. He remains historically significant because of his influential writings and practices within occult traditions, and his ideas continue to shape modern occultism and popular culture's perception of magic.
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- Born
- 1875-10-12
- Died
- 1947-12-01
- Works
- 176
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- Victorian Drug Fiends
- Rites of Eleusis
- Equinox I(2)
- Greater and Lesser Keys of Solomon
- Lesser Key of Solomon
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Acting · Warwickshire, England, UK
Aleister Crowley, born Edward Alexander Crowley, was an English occultist, ceremonial magician, poet, painter, novelist, and mountaineer. He founded the religion of Thelema, identifying himself as the prophet entrusted with guiding humanity into the Æon of Horus in the early 20th century. A prolific writer, he published widely over the course of his life.
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- Secret Societies : The Dark Mysteries of Power Revealed — Ordo Templi Orientis2007
- Pantelia — Self2006
- Nameless — Narration (Archival)2004
- The Man We Want to Hang — Painter2002
- The Mysteries of Myra1916
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Aleister Crowley (/ˈælɪstər ˈkroʊli/; born Edward Alexander Crowley; 12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947) was an English occultist, ceremonial magician, poet, novelist, mountaineer, and painter. He identified as the prophet entrusted with guiding humanity into the Æon of Horus in the early 20th century, founding the religion of Thelema. A prolific writer, he published widely over the course of his life.
Born to a wealthy family in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, Crowley rejected his parents' fundamentalist Christian Plymouth Brethren faith to pursue an interest in Western esotericism. He was educated at Trinity College at the University of Cambridge, where he focused his attention upon mountaineering and poetry, resulting in several publications. Some biographers allege that here he was recruited into a British intelligence agency, further suggesting that he remained a spy throughout his life. In 1898, he joined the esoteric Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, where he was trained in ceremonial magic by Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers and Allan Bennett. He went mountaineering in Mexico with Oscar Eckenstein, before studying Hindu and Buddhist practices in India. In 1904, he married Rose Edith Kelly, and they honeymooned in Cairo, Egypt, where Crowley wrote down The Book of the Law—a sacred text that serves as the basis for Thelema, which he said had been dictated to him by a supernatural entity named Aiwass. The Book announced the start of the Æon of Horus and declared that its followers should "Do what thou wilt": seek to align themselves with their True Will via the practice of ceremonial magic.
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1875 births1947 deaths19th-century English LGBTQ people19th-century English poets19th-century pseudonymous writers20th-century English LGBTQ people20th-century English novelists20th-century English poets20th-century mystics20th-century pseudonymous writersAleister CrowleyAlumni of Trinity College, Cambridge