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Misunderstood and even feared during his lifetime, Aleister Crowley (1875-1947) channelled his brilliance into the black arts, believing that he was the greatest of the world's magicians, brought back to life.Aleister Crowley (the surname rhymes with "slowly") was an iconoclast among iconoclasts. In an era noted for decadence and rife with religious experimentation and deviation from the rigid Christian strictures suffocating Victorian society, he diverged from even the more bizarre religious factions through his insatiable lust for sensation. Beginning what would become a lifelong study of the occult while still a child, Crowley's thirst for knowledge would cause him to travel the world, studying the Eastern mystics as well as the pagan religions of the ancients. Finally believing that he had achieved a kind of spiritual nirvana, he recieved 'The Book of the Law', which has been studied as a primer by students of the occult since its publication in the early 1900s. Crowley's excesses extended to drug use; his health gradually declined after he reached the age of fifty and he spent his final years in relative obscurity, reviled for his outrageous activities and impoverished by the financial extravagances of his youth. His bizarre reputation has earned him a posthumous following... This profile was edited with FearKiller's Pimp MySpace 2.2

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Crowley began to explore his bisexuality in the latter years of Victoria's reign, which had produced very little in sexual freedom or expression. An enigma; Crowley pursued women relentlessly, yet frequently had gay relationships. During his time at Cambridge, Crowley fell in love with a decadent, aesthetic Jerome Pollitt, and in his "Confessions" speaks of his regret at ending the relationship. Crowley tended to choose women who were "borderline", as they could access the astral planes more easily. These became his "Scarlet women". It would be impossible to name every one of Crowley's lovers, simply because there were too many. The Beast mixed in a variety of circles, and his extensive travels around the world, opened him up to the countless aspects of humanity and ways of life. Naturally; considering himself as "England's greatest poet" he socialised a great deal in artistic circles, and his diaries point to some fascinating encounters. Not least, his meetings with the likes of Somerset Maugham and Augustin Rodin in 'Le Chat Blanc' in Montparnasse (Paris).(above) Scarlet Woman, Leah Hirsig(above) Scarlet Woman, Rose Kelly

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