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The occultist 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."[1]
Aleister Crowley was a satanist, occultist, bisexual, and was also described as "The Wickedest Man In the World.".[2] 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[3]).[4] It should however be noted that Crowley was very pro-life, believing abortion to be murder and he also believing that a woman would never really want to end a pregnancy.[5]
References
- ↑ http://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
- ↑ Bottomley, Horatio. "The Wickedest Man In The World", John Bull, 1923-03-24.
- ↑ Sutin, ch. 1, p. 28
- ↑ (Crowley Confessions pp. 96-7)
- ↑ "A Magick Life", Martin Booth, p400, Coronet, ISBN 0-340-71806-4