Zezina
Aleister Crowley certainly was a big-time rebel of his day, and clearly enjoyed the attention that derived from his reputation as 'the wickedest man in the world'.
But was he really THAT bad?
Or was Crowley an intellectual genius with time, and as a young man, a lot of money on his hands, who questioned and rebelled against the established beliefs of the Victorian society into which he was born?
There is a website by one David J. Stewart who specifically accuses Crowley of child sacrifice, and Benjamin Franklin and Crowley, along with McCartney and Lennon of being Satanists. For some reason this website manages to remain near the top in any Google search of Crowley's name.
If Crowley really was into child sacrifice, then that is truly vile. But is that story truth or rumour, and how reliable is David J. Stewart?
Was sacrifice incorporated into Crowley's rituals, and were Golden Dawn members also guilty of such practices? Or was it all blown terribly out of proportion?
My real interest is in Lady Frieda Harris, about whom I'm currently writing a piece on my little blog. Frieda was clearly adventurous, being the one who persuaded Crowley that the design of his Tarot deck should not be traditional. I'm told she was sufficiently adventurous that in 1900, aged 23, she walked the Milford Track in the South Island of New Zealand wearing a long skirt.
However I find it difficult to believe that Frieda would have willingly worked on the paintings for Thoth Tarot with Aleister Crowley, when they were both around sixty years old, or that Clifford Bax would have arranged their introduction, if Crowley had been seriously taken to be truly evil.
Does anyone here really know the facts about how bad, or how not bad, Crowley was?
*Z*
But was he really THAT bad?
Or was Crowley an intellectual genius with time, and as a young man, a lot of money on his hands, who questioned and rebelled against the established beliefs of the Victorian society into which he was born?
There is a website by one David J. Stewart who specifically accuses Crowley of child sacrifice, and Benjamin Franklin and Crowley, along with McCartney and Lennon of being Satanists. For some reason this website manages to remain near the top in any Google search of Crowley's name.
If Crowley really was into child sacrifice, then that is truly vile. But is that story truth or rumour, and how reliable is David J. Stewart?
Was sacrifice incorporated into Crowley's rituals, and were Golden Dawn members also guilty of such practices? Or was it all blown terribly out of proportion?
My real interest is in Lady Frieda Harris, about whom I'm currently writing a piece on my little blog. Frieda was clearly adventurous, being the one who persuaded Crowley that the design of his Tarot deck should not be traditional. I'm told she was sufficiently adventurous that in 1900, aged 23, she walked the Milford Track in the South Island of New Zealand wearing a long skirt.
However I find it difficult to believe that Frieda would have willingly worked on the paintings for Thoth Tarot with Aleister Crowley, when they were both around sixty years old, or that Clifford Bax would have arranged their introduction, if Crowley had been seriously taken to be truly evil.
Does anyone here really know the facts about how bad, or how not bad, Crowley was?
*Z*