Biografía. Aleister Crowley nació en una familia perteneciente al movimiento cristiano puritano de los Hermanos de Plymouth, que residía en la localidad de Royal Leamington Spa, en Warwickshire.Su padre, Edward Crowley (1834–1887), poseía una gran fortuna gracias a su negocio de fabricación de cerveza, lo que le había permitido jubilarse antes del nacimiento de Aleister.

Aleister Crowley (/ ˈ æ l eɪ s t ər ˈ k r oʊ l i /; born Edward Alexander Crowley; 12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947) was an English occultist, ceremonial magician, poet, painter, novelist, and mountaineer.He founded the religion of Thelema, identifying himself as the prophet entrusted with guiding humanity into the Æon of Horus in the early 20th century.

Aleister Edward Crowley (1875 - 1947) en una imagen tomada, aproximadamente, en la década de los años treinta. Getty Images

12/2/2018 · Crowley adopted the name Aleister in 1895 when he was 20 years old. His reasons for discarding his old name, outlined in his autobiography, seem to foreshadow every choice he would make in his adult life, as they depict a man with high ambitions, firm ideals, and a complete disregard for personal connection.

Apodado por la prensa británica como "el hombre más perverso del mundo", Aleister Crowley es probablemente el ocultista más célebre de todos los tiempos. Promovió un credo mágico al que denominó "Ley de Thelema" y que le fue revelado por su propio ángel guardián, un ser llamado Aiwass, mensajero, a su vez, del dios egipcio Horus.

23/9/2018 · Crowley's lifestyle was absolutely shocking in the era in which he lived. Besides his interest in the occult, he was sexually promiscuous with both genders (at a time when homosexuality was still illegal in Britain), frequented prostitutes, was vocally defiant against Christianity and Victorian and post-Victorian prudishness toward sexual subjects, and was a drug addict.