Crowley Myths

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Myths, Untruths, and Downright Lies, The Conspiracy World and Aleister Crowley.

When many people hear the word Aleister Crowley the first things that might pop into there head is the wickedest man in the world along with, junky, pervert, Satanist, black magician, nazi, baby killer. This is the story of the truth behind the myths.

Wickedest Man in the World

Junky

Myths

Aleister Crowley was a junky.

Truth

Aleister Crowley was addicted to heroin that was prescribed to relieve his asthma problems.
Aleister Crowley did experiment with drugs, in fact he was one of the first to write about their effects on the body/mind.

Pervert

Myths

Aleister Crowley was a pervert

Facts

Satanist

Myths

Aleister Crowley was a Satanist

Nazi

Myths

Aleister Crowley was a Nazi
Adolf Hitler was a member of the O.T.O.
High Ranking Nazi’s were members of the O.T.O.

Truth

Aleister Crowley wrote for a Pro-German American paper during WWI. The reason for this was to inflame Americans so much they would enter the war on Britons side.
Hitler was not deeply involved in the Occult. Himler on the other hand was creating an occult society using the SS.
Nazi Germany was active in destroying all “secret societies” And imprisoned the Head of the German O.T.O. Karl Germer.

Child Sacrifice

Myths

Aleister Crowley sacrificed hundreds of children over the years.

Truth

This comes from Chapter XII of Magick in Theory and Practice "Of the Bloody Sacrifice: and Matters Cognate." Where he writes:

"For the highest spiritual working one must accordingly choose that victim which contains the greatest and purest force. A male child of perfect innocence and high intelligence."

And in a footnote

"It appears from the Magical Records of Frater Perdurabo that He made this particular sacrifice on an average about 150 times every year between 1912 e.v. and 1928 e.v. ..."

What Crowley is referring to here is a form of Sex magick That can not result is the birth of a child. In other words masturbation.

The Illuminati and the New World Order

Black Magic

Loch Ness Monster

Aleister Crowley summoned the Loch Ness Monster.

Murder on the Mountain

Wicca

Myths

Aleister Crowley belonged to a witches coven in 1899
Aleister Crowley wrote the Wiccan rituals for Gerald Gardner.
Aleister Crowley visited a 9 year old Sybil Leek in 1932 and taught her magick

The End

Aleister Crowley’s last words were “I’m Perplexed”.

References

Crowley, Aleister. (1997). Magick: Book 4. 2nd ed. York Beach, Me. : S. Weiser.
Crowley, Aleister. (1979). The Confessions of Aleister Crowley. London;Boston : Routledge & Kegan Paul

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