• Born: 12 October 1875
    • Birth place: 30 Clarendon Square in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, between 11:00pm and midnight on October 12, 1875
    • Died: 1 December 1947
    • Occupation: Founders of religion/author
    • Significant achievement/invention: The Book of Law
  • Aleister Crowley, born Edward Alexander Crowley (pronounced /?kro?li/), (12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947), was an English occultist, writer, mountaineer, poet, spy and yogi.[1] He was an influential member of several occult organizations, including the Golden Dawn, the A?A?, and Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.),[2] 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 dubbed "The Wickedest Man In the World."[3]

    Crowley was also a chess player, painter, astrologer, hedonist, bisexual, drug experimenter, and social critic.

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