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Aleister Crowley

1875–1947 · England/Italyend of the era
Aleister Crowley

Description

Aleister Crowley was an English occultist, ceremonial magician, poet, novelist, mountaineer, and painter. As the founder of the religion of Thelema in the early 20th century, he identified as its prophet, entrusted with guiding humanity into the Æon of Horus. A prolific writer, he published widely—composing the "Libri" of Thelema—over the course of his life.

Facts

BornEdward Alexander Crowley, (1875-10-12)12 October 1875, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England
Died1 December 1947(1947-12-01) (aged 72), Hastings, Sussex, England
Resting placeAshes buried in Hampton, New Jersey
EducationMalvern College Tonbridge School Eastbourne College Trinity College, Cambridge
OccupationsOccultistpoetnovelistmountaineer
SpousesRose Edith Kelly ​ ​(m. 1903; div. 1909)​ Maria Teresa Sanchez ​ ​(m. 1929)​
Children5, including Randall Gair Doherty

Life & work in brief

Summarised by section — one row per topic, for fast reading.

Work / contributionSignificance
Early lifeCrowley was born Edward Alexander Crowley at 30 Clarendon Square in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, on 12 October 1875.
Developing ThelemaIn February 1904, Crowley and Rose arrived in Cairo.
Later lifeCrowley and Hirsig went to Tunis, where, dogged by continuing poor health, he unsuccessfully tried again to give up heroin, and began writing what he termed his "autohagiography", The Confessions of Aleister Crowley.
Beliefs and thoughtCrowley's belief system, Thelema, has been described by scholars as a religion, and more specifically as both a new religious movement, and as a "magico-religious doctrine".
Image and opinionsCrowley considered himself to be one of the outstanding figures of his time.
Legacy and influenceCrowley has remained an influential figure, both amongst occultists and in popular culture, particularly that of Britain, but also of other parts of the world.

Contribution to the celestial-alphabet tradition

English occultist, founder of Thelema and author of Liber AL vel Legis (1904), which he held to have been dictated by a praeter-human intelligence. He re-read scripture through a stellar-qabalistic lens and codified the Solomonic Goetia — the endpoint of the magi lineage, where the constructed-celestial-script idea reaches its modern extreme.

In the Luco Library
Liber AL vel Legis + Magick in Theory and Practice
Aleister Crowley

The planetary kameot — the apparatus they worked with

The 7 magic squares ↔ 7 doubles ↔ 7 planets (Sefer Yetzirah §4). Each square's order n gives a distinct sigil modulus; the constant is M = n(n²+1)/2. Saturn 3×3 = the Lo Shu (M=15), the basis of the Aiq-Bekar sigil method. Caveat (§6.3 / §15b.3): the sigil-over-kamea method is Renaissance (Agrippa, 1531), not medieval Jewish.

♄ Saturn3×3
8
1
6
3
5
7
4
9
2
double ב · M=15
♃ Jupiter4×4
16
2
3
13
5
11
10
8
9
7
6
12
4
14
15
1
double ג · M=34
♂ Mars5×5
17
24
1
8
15
23
5
7
14
16
4
6
13
20
22
10
12
19
21
3
11
18
25
2
9
double ד · M=65
☉ Sun6×6
35
1
6
26
19
24
3
32
7
21
23
25
31
9
2
22
27
20
8
28
33
17
10
15
30
5
34
12
14
16
4
36
29
13
18
11
double כ · M=111
♀ Venus7×7
30
39
48
1
10
19
28
38
47
7
9
18
27
29
46
6
8
17
26
35
37
5
14
16
25
34
36
45
13
15
24
33
42
44
4
21
23
32
41
43
3
12
22
31
40
49
2
11
20
double פ · M=175
☿ Mercury8×8
64
2
3
61
60
6
7
57
9
55
54
12
13
51
50
16
17
47
46
20
21
43
42
24
40
26
27
37
36
30
31
33
32
34
35
29
28
38
39
25
41
23
22
44
45
19
18
48
49
15
14
52
53
11
10
56
8
58
59
5
4
62
63
1
double ר · M=260
☽ Moon9×9
47
58
69
80
1
12
23
34
45
57
68
79
9
11
22
33
44
46
67
78
8
10
21
32
43
54
56
77
7
18
20
31
42
53
55
66
6
17
19
30
41
52
63
65
76
16
27
29
40
51
62
64
75
5
26
28
39
50
61
72
74
4
15
36
38
49
60
71
73
3
14
25
37
48
59
70
81
2
13
24
35
double ת · M=369

Lineage — influence tree

Where Aleister Crowley sits in the magi lineage: who shaped this figure, and who this figure shaped in turn. Mage names link to their own ficha.

this mage
Aleister Crowley
Influenced
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