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Edward Alexander Crowley aka Aleister Crowley was a pagan mystic and practitioner of majick who lived from October 12, 1875 through December 1, 1947.
He is a self ascribed 'prophet' of a religion he invented called Thelema.
Some of those religious sacraments are quite repulsive by mainstream interpretations of propriety, particularly — but certainly not limited to his interpretation of the eucharist.
He viewed magick as "the Science and Art of causing change to occur in conformity with Will".
A prolific writer born to wealth and privilege he rejected his parent's fundamentalist Christianity in favor of the his hermetic pursuits and those supernatural elements pertaining thereto.
Among his tomes are what he claimed were 'sacred' texts for his followers.
He traveled extensively practicing ceremonial majick and a wide range of sacred ceremonies embracing most all of the practices observed by the eastern religions of the world.
He was not one to adhere to contemporary norms of social interaction and was both promiscuous and defiant of most of the traditions and expectations of polite company. "Do What Thou Wilt" was his motto and he observed it to the hilt.
Some individuals view Aleister Crowley as a prophet and visionary. Others are rather unkind toward him at the other side of the spectrum of opinion.
I know not what others may see in him, only that if given the choice to "take him" or "leave him" I would most definitely leave him as my views on theology and magick are radically incongruent with his.