Aleister Crowley
English poet, mountaineer, and occultist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aleister Crowley (12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947) was a British mystic, occultist, writer, poet, mountain climber and nicknamed "The Wickedest Man In the World.".[1]
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He was an influential member in some occult organisations, such as the Golden Dawn, the A∴A∴, and Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.),[2] and is better known today for his occult books and papers. He was bisexual.[3]
Crowley also started a mystical philosophy known as Thelema, the Abbey of Thelema, and revived the term magick.