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[[Image:Crowley.jpg‎|thumbnail|150px|The [[occult]]ist Aleister Crowley was dubbed in his lifetime "the most wicked man on earth". Aleister Crowley stated: "I was not content to believe in a personal [[devil]] and serve him, in the ordinary sense of the word. I wanted to get hold of him personally and become his chief of staff."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=k_uVVznqdssC&pg=PA49&lpg=PA49&dq=I+was+not+content+to+believe+in+a+personal+devil+and+serve+him,+in+the+ordinary+sense+of+the+word.+I+wanted+to+get+hold+of+him+personally+and+become+his+chief+of+staff.&source=web&ots=w0mmSaLOcC&sig=rSH3vqIlpfp3U5-mSLKD5vsVG5w&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result Aleister Crowley quote]</ref>]]

[[Image:Crowley.jpg‎|thumbnail|150px|The [[occult]]ist Aleister Crowley was dubbed in his lifetime "the most wicked man on earth". Aleister Crowley stated: "I was not content to believe in a personal [[devil]] and serve him, in the ordinary sense of the word. I wanted to get hold of him personally and become his chief of staff."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=k_uVVznqdssC&pg=PA49&lpg=PA49&dq=I+was+not+content+to+believe+in+a+personal+devil+and+serve+him,+in+the+ordinary+sense+of+the+word.+I+wanted+to+get+hold+of+him+personally+and+become+his+chief+of+staff.&source=web&ots=w0mmSaLOcC&sig=rSH3vqIlpfp3U5-mSLKD5vsVG5w&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result Aleister Crowley quote]</ref>]]

'''Aleister Crowley'''  was a [[satanist]], [[occult]]ist, [[bisexual]], and was also described as "The Wickedest Man In the World.".<ref>{{cite news | first = Horatio | last = Bottomley  | title = The Wickedest Man In The World | work = John Bull | date = 1923-03-24 }}</ref>  Crowley also had very [[sexist]] views merely finding women "tolerable" when they contributed to a man's work, but (according to Crowley) they had no hope of understanding the work (as they were less intelligent then men, according to him<ref>Sutin, ch. 1, p. 28</ref>).<ref>(Crowley ''Confessions'' pp. 96-7)</ref>  It should however be noted that Crowley was very [[pro-life]], believing abortion to be murder and he also believed that a woman would never really want to end a pregnancy.<ref>"A Magick Life", Martin Booth, p400, Coronet, ISBN 0-340-71806-4</ref>

'''Aleister Crowley'''<ref>The first syllable of his name is pronounced like the bird, but it is often mispronounced as to rhyme with "now".</ref> was a [[satanist]], [[occult]]ist, [[bisexual]], and was also described as "The Wickedest Man In the World.".<ref>{{cite news | first = Horatio | last = Bottomley  | title = The Wickedest Man In The World | work = John Bull | date = 1923-03-24 }}</ref>  Crowley also had very [[sexist]] views merely finding women "tolerable" when they contributed to a man's work, but (according to Crowley) they had no hope of understanding the work (as they were less intelligent then men, according to him<ref>Sutin, ch. 1, p. 28</ref>).<ref>(Crowley ''Confessions'' pp. 96-7)</ref>  It should however be noted that Crowley was very [[pro-life]], believing abortion to be murder and he also believed that a woman would never really want to end a pregnancy.<ref>"A Magick Life", Martin Booth, p400, Coronet, ISBN 0-340-71806-4</ref>

Crowley and his followers practiced animal sacrifice which led him to be thrown out of Italy in 1924. He ate human feces. He was a drug addict who used to cut his arms with a knife. He died in poverty in 1947.

Crowley and his followers practiced animal sacrifice which led him to be thrown out of Italy in 1924. He ate human feces. He was a drug addict who used to cut his arms with a knife. He died in poverty in 1947.

[[L. Ron Hubbard]] was a great fan and even incorporated some of Crowley's ideas into [[Scientology]]. For some unknown reason rock musicians have been fascinated by Crowley including the Beatles who put his photograph on one of their albums.

[[L. Ron Hubbard]] was a great fan and even incorporated some of Crowley's ideas into [[Scientology]]. For some unknown reason rock musicians have been fascinated by Crowley including the Beatles who put his photograph on one of their albums and Ozzy Osborne who wrote a song titled "Mr. Crowley" (Ozzy, like many others, mispronounces his name in the song).

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