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Aleister Crowley
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born
October 12, 1875
died
December 01, 1947
gender
male
place of birth
Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, The United Kingdom
genre
Religion & Spirituality
about this author
Aleister Crowley, born Edward Alexander Crowley, was a British occultist, writer, mountaineer, philosopher, poet, and mystic. He was an influential member in several occult organizations, including the Golden Dawn, the A∴A∴, and Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.), and is best known today for his occult writings, especially The Book of the Law, the central sacred text of Thelema. He gained much notoriety during his lifetime, and was infamously dubbed "The Wickedest Man In the World."
Crowley was a chess player, mountain climber, poet, painter, astrologer, hedonist, bisexual, drug experimenter, and social critic. Crowley had claimed to be a Freemason, but the regularity of his initiations with the United Grand Lodge of Eng...more
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Diary of a Drug Fiend by Aleister Crowley avg rating 3.61 — 400 ratings — published 1970 7 editions |
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The Book of Lies by Aleister Crowley avg rating 3.84 — 314 ratings — published 1913 6 editions |
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The Book of the Law/Liber Al Vel Legis by Aleister Crowley avg rating 3.93 — 260 ratings — published 1973 16 editions |
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The Book of Thoth: A Short Essay on the Tarot of the Egyptians (Equinox III:5) by Aleister Crowley, Frieda Harris avg rating 3.95 — 221 ratings — published 1977 6 editions |
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777 And Other Qabalistic Writings of Aleister Crowley by Aleister Crowley avg rating 3.72 — 229 ratings — published 1970 6 editions |
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The Moonchild by Aleister Crowley avg rating 3.43 — 185 ratings — published 1929 7 editions |
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Magick Without Tears by Aleister Crowley avg rating 3.99 — 150 ratings — published 1973 6 editions |
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Book Four by Aleister Crowley avg rating 3.81 — 142 ratings — published 1974 2 editions |
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Magick in Theory and Practice by Aleister Crowley avg rating 4.01 — 130 ratings — published 1940 8 editions |
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Magick: Liber ABA (Book 4) by Aleister Crowley, Mary Desti, Leila Waddell avg rating 4.34 — 98 ratings — published 1998 |
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"If one were to take the Bible seriously one would go mad. But to take the Bible seriously, one must be already mad."
— Aleister Crowley
— Aleister Crowley
"The essence of independence has been to think and act according to standards from within, not without."
— Aleister Crowley
— Aleister Crowley
"Inevitably anyone with an independent mind must become 'one who resists or opposes authority or established conventions': a rebel. If enough people come to agree with, and follow, the Rebel, we now have a Devil. Until, of course, still more people agree. And then, finally, we have --- Greatness."
— Aleister Crowley
— Aleister Crowley
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