Aleister Crowley

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Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowley as Baphomet X° O.T.O.jpg
Aleister Crowley, c. 1919
BornEdward Alexander Crowley
12 October 1875(1875-10-12)
Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Ingland
Dee'd1 December 1947(1947-12-01) (aged 72)
Hastings, East Sussex
Ingland
EddicationMalvern College, Eastbourne College, Trinity College, Cambridge
ThriftOccultist, poet, novelist, moontaineer
Hauf-marrae(s)Rose Edith Kelly (m.1903–09)
Maria Teresa Sanchez (m.1929–1947, his daith)
Bairns5

Aleister Crowley (/ˈkrli/; born Edward Alexander Crowley; 12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947) wis an Inglis occultist, ceremonial mageecian, poet, penter, novelist, an moontaineer. He foondit the releegion o Thelema, identifeein himsel as the prophet entrustit wi guidin humanity intae the Æon o Horus in the early 20t century. A proleefic writer, he published widely ower the coorse o his life.