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Aleister Crowley

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Aleister Crowley

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  • Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin guitarist, purchased his Boleskine House on the shore of Loch Ness, reportedly one of the world's most haunted places.
  • He was a member of the extremely close occult group named "Golden Dawn".
  • Accused of leaving fellow climbers to die in an avalanche during his 1905 trek to clim Kangchenjunga, the third highest peak in the world.
  • He is widely regarded as the most influential Occultist of all time.
  • Lost his virginity at age 14 to the family maid. Contracted gonorrhea at age 17.
  • Ozzy Osbourne wrote the song "Mr. Crowley" about him.
  • Expelled after only two years with the Hermetic Order Of The Golden Dawn, reportedly through efforts by William Butler Yeats, with whom he did not get along.
  • At the time of his death in 1947, at the age of 72 years, Crowley was taking heroin in doses large enough to kill five people.
  • Featured on the cover of The Beatles' album "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band".
  • Lampooned by Lee and Herring.
  • Several times, film-makers have proposed a movie based on his life, but none has yet eventuated. However, Michael Gough played a character obviously based on him in "The Legend Of Hell House" (1973).
  • "As you will shall be the whole of the Law" is a lyric in the Robbie Williams song "Candy".

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