Crowley, Aleister

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Name
Crowley, Aleister Gender: M
Crowley, Edward Alexander
born on 12 October 1875 at 23:42 (= 11:42 PM )
Place Leamington Spa, England, 52n18, 1w31
Timezone GMT h0e (is standard time)
Data source
Rectified from approx. time
Rodden Rating C
Collector: Rodden
Astrology data s_su.18.gif s_libcol.18.gif 19°14' s_mo.18.gif s_piscol.18.gif 22°48 Asc.s_leocol.18.gif 08°00'



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Aleister Crowley
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Biography

British mystic who authored "Equinox of the Gods" in a dozen volumes. He also was a writer of poetry and pornography. Crowley was a member of the Golden Dawn and the leader of the British branch of O.T.O. (Ordo Templi Orientis) A notably controversial figure, he was called the wickedest man in the world by some and one of the greatest mystics of our age by others.

Crowley was brought up within the Plymouth Brethren, a strict religious sect who believed that their ministers possessed special gifts, charismata, bestowed from above and who stood in direct communion with God. This undoubtedly influenced his later religious epiphanies as he believed himself to be a divine priest and said that much of his writing was "dictated" to him by the divine. In 1895 he entered Trinity College, Cambridge. His studies were eclectic, and he discovered both his poetic skills and a love of mountaineering. It was while he was in Cambridge that he had his first mystical experience and his first encounter with Magic. He left University in 1898 without completing his degree.

When he inherited 30,000 pounds, he traveled through many countries, where he gained a reputation for infamous exploits of black magic, hypnotism and lechery. Writing prolifically, though erratically, he seldom revised a manuscript. One of his most infamous works must be "Diary of a :Drug Fiend," in which he explores the subject of addiction to opiates, published 1922. Actually his first experience with drugs was the opiates he was given to relieve the discomfort of asthma attacks. Rebellious and eccentric all of his life, he wrote that "bourgeois values are like a piece of milling meat on soggy toast."

Crowley was married twice and had one child.

On 1 December 1947, Crowley died at Netherwood of chronic bronchitis aggravated by pleurisy and myocardial degeneration, aged 72.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Relationships

  • business associate/partner relationship with Regardie, Francis (born 17 November 1907)

Events

  • Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1922 (Diary of a Drug Fiend)

Source Notes

Jim Eshelman quotes his autobiography, "Confessions of Aleister Crowley," in which he gives a time of "11:00 PM to Midnight," rectified by Eshelman. Crowley did, however, publish a chart in "Equinox of the Gods" that is set for 10:50 PM LMT. LeGros gave 10:58 PM in AA. Penfield quotes the chart in "Equinox" for 10:32 PM in Mercury Hour Ext., 1/1980. Steinbrecher rectified to 11:04 PM

Starkman rectified to 23.22.24 GMT Asc 4Leo32'

Categories

  • Traits : Personality : Mystical
  • Diagnoses : Body Part Problems : Heart (Terminal attack)
  • Diagnoses : Psychological : Abuse Drugs (Opiates for asthma)
  • Diagnoses : Psychological : Psychotic Episode (From drug use)
  • Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages (Two)
  • Family : Parenting : Kids more than 3 (5)
  • Lifestyle : Financial : Gain - Inheritance (30,000 pounds)
  • Lifestyle : Financial : Loss - Bankruptcy
  • Lifestyle : Social Life : Travel
  • Passions : Sexuality : Bi-Sexual
  • Personal : Religion/Spirituality : Mystical experience (Epiphanines)
  • Vocation : Religion : Metaphysical (The Golden Dawn)
  • Vocation : Sex Business : Porno Market (Writer)
  • Vocation : Writers : Erotic (Pornography)
  • Vocation : Writers : Metaphysics/ Parapsychology
  • Vocation : Writers : Poet
  • Notable : Famous : Top 5% of Profession
  • Notable : Book Collection : American Book