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| − | '''Aleister Crowley''' was an occultist and a friend of [[R. H. Bruce Lockhart]]. | + | '''Aleister Crowley''' was an occultist and a friend of [[R. H. Bruce Lockhart]]. He worked in some capacity for [[MI5]] and/or [[MI6]] during [[WW2]].<ref>https://rense.com/general82/crowl.htm saved at [https://web.archive.org/web/20150405132317/http://rense.com/general82/crowl.htm Archive.org] saved at [http://archive.is/vVmCZ Archive.is]</ref> |
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| + | From [[Anthony Masters]] book "''The Man Who Was M: The Real-Life Spymaster Who Inspired [[Ian Fleming]]''" the following detail is related about Crowley:<ref>https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2016/03/05/occult-mi6-dennis-wheatley/ saved at [http://web.archive.org/web/20160702175951/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2016/03/05/occult-mi6-dennis-wheatley/ Archive.org] saved at [http://archive.is/VMW4o Archive.is]</ref> | ||
| + | {{QB|"Crowley had come to dinner with the [[Dennis Wheatley|Wheatleys]] many times and provided Dennis with occult information for his books. Wheatley’s first opinion had been that Crowley was interesting but harmless. Driberg, however, warned him that Crowley had been responsible for running a community in Northern Sicily where a number of children had been rumored to have disappeared in connection with [[Satanic masses]]. He also told Wheatley that there had been another alarming episode, this time in Paris, which was better documented. In an attempt to raise the pagan god Pan, Crowley had spent a night in an empty hotel room on the Left Bank, in company with one of his followers, a man named MacAleister. In the morning they were both found naked. MacAleister was dead and Crowley was crouched howling in a corner, from where he was taken to an asylum. Four months later he was released, but the cause of MacAleister’s death was never discovered. This, anyway, was [[Tom Driberg|Driberg]]’s story and it fascinated both the Wheatleys and [[Maxwell Knight|Knight]], although Crowley in the flesh remained a disappointment." | ||
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Revision as of 22:22, 17 August 2020
 Aleister Crowley       (Occultist, poet, novelist, mountaineer) | |
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| Born | Edward Alexander Crowley 1875-10-12 Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Died | 1947-12-01 (Age 72) Hastings, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | Trinity College (Cambridge) |
| Children | 5 |
| Spouse | Rose Edith Kelly |
| Interest of | William Ramsey |
Aleister Crowley was an occultist and a friend of R. H. Bruce Lockhart. He worked in some capacity for MI5 and/or MI6 during WW2.[1]
The Man Who Was M
From Anthony Masters book "The Man Who Was M: The Real-Life Spymaster Who Inspired Ian Fleming" the following detail is related about Crowley:[2]
"Crowley had come to dinner with the Wheatleys many times and provided Dennis with occult information for his books. Wheatley’s first opinion had been that Crowley was interesting but harmless. Driberg, however, warned him that Crowley had been responsible for running a community in Northern Sicily where a number of children had been rumored to have disappeared in connection with Satanic masses. He also told Wheatley that there had been another alarming episode, this time in Paris, which was better documented. In an attempt to raise the pagan god Pan, Crowley had spent a night in an empty hotel room on the Left Bank, in company with one of his followers, a man named MacAleister. In the morning they were both found naked. MacAleister was dead and Crowley was crouched howling in a corner, from where he was taken to an asylum. Four months later he was released, but the cause of MacAleister’s death was never discovered. This, anyway, was Driberg’s story and it fascinated both the Wheatleys and Knight, although Crowley in the flesh remained a disappointment."
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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| Aleister Crowley and Adolf Hitler - The Ideology of Evil | Article | 21 December 2010 | William Ramsey |
References
- ↑ https://rense.com/general82/crowl.htm saved at Archive.org saved at Archive.is
- ↑ https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2016/03/05/occult-mi6-dennis-wheatley/ saved at Archive.org saved at Archive.is
