In 1901 Gardner and the Elkingtons lived briefly in a bungalow in Kandy, where a neighbouring bungalow had just been vacated by the occultists Aleister Crowley and Charles Henry Allan Bennett.

Towards the end of 1899, the Adepts of the Isis-Urania and Amen-Ra temples had become dissatisfied with Mathers ' leadership as well as his growing friendship with Crowley.

Gardner states that he had reconstructed elements of the religion from fragments, incorporating elements from Freemasonry, the Occult, and Theosophy, which came together in the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, where Gardner met Aleister Crowley, whose influence became the basis for Wiccan magical practices.

Crowley made many claims for the paranormal effects of magick ; however, as magicians and mystics had done before him and continue to do after him, Crowley dismissed such effects as useless:

She was a sculptor, socialite and cosmopolitan who had studied under Auguste Rodin and whose circle included Isadora Duncan, Pablo Picasso and Aleister Crowley.

Zanesville had five players hit over. 300 as well as solid pitching, Kyle Shade was named Frontier League MVP and Tom Crowley was named Most Valuable Pitcher.

It appeared to be a first draft of Gardner's Book of Shadows, and featured sections based upon the rituals of the Ordo Templi Orientis which had been devised by the occultist Aleister Crowley.

Gardner had gained access to these rituals in 1946, when he had purchased a charter from Crowley giving him permission to perform the OTO rituals.

She noticed how much of the material in his Book of Shadows was taken not from ancient sources as Gardner had initially claimed, but from the works of the occultist Aleister Crowley, from Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches, from the Key of Solomon and also from the rituals of Freemasonry.

Valiente rewrote much of it, cutting out a lot of sections that had come from Crowley ( whose negative reputation she feared ), though retaining parts that originated with Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches, which she felt was genuine witchcraft practice.

Although his own book had been put together with the help of Doreen Valiente and included material from a variety of modern sources, ( notably from Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches and the writings of Aleister Crowley ) it also included sections written in an antique ( or mock-antique ) style, including advice for witches brought to trial and tortured.

It was in 1942, the same year Parsons was appointed as head of the Agapé Lodge by Aleister Crowley ( who himself had studied chemistry ), that Parsons made the crucial breakthrough in the development of rocket solid fuel.

Parsons had identified the redheaded female love interest of the protagonist with Babalon or the " Scarlet Woman ", whom Crowley had prophesied would help to fulfill the Aeon of Horus and announce to the world the end of the Aeon of Osiris represented by Christianity and other patriarchal religions and social institutions.

Crowley, who lived in England at this time and had little say over the matter, disagreed strenuously.

Though he had never met him, Crowley had no love for Hubbard and considered him a con artist with plans to abscond with Parsons ' money and current girlfriend.

Just as Crowley had predicted, Hubbard eventually abandoned Parsons and their business plans, leaving for a port in Florida with the boat and with Sarah.

Parsons adhered to the religion of Thelema, which had been founded in 1904 by the English occultist Aleister Crowley following a spiritual revelation that he had in the city of Cairo, Egypt, when — according to Crowley's own accounts — a spirit being known as Aiwass dictated to him a prophetic text known as The Book of the Law.

Within the year Crowley had written the Manifesto of the M ∴ M ∴ M ∴ which described its basic ten-degree system with Kellner ’ s three degree Academia Masonica forming the seventh, eighth and ninth degrees.

Reuss died on October 28, 1923 without designating a successor, though Crowley claimed in later correspondence that Reuss had designated him.

At this time, Karl Germer, who had been Crowley ’ s representative in Germany, migrated to America after being released from Nazi confinement.

* Journal of Thelemic Studies-the first non-partisan, academic journal investigating the occult tradition of Thelema, founded by Aleister Crowley

The religious philosophy of Thelema, founded in 1904 by the English ceremonial magician and occultist Aleister Crowley, instead advocated the law of " Do What Thou Wilt ", arguing that Thelemites should attune themselves to follow their own True Will, and therefore the Cosmic Will of the universe.

The parish was founded from parts of St. Landry Parish in 1887 after an election to determine the parish seat, ending when Crowley beat Rayne and Prairie Hayes.

One of those attracted to Spare's work was Aleister Crowley ( 1875 – 1947 ), an occultist who had founded the religion of Thelema in 1904, taking as its basis a new holy text known as The Book of the Law.

* Journal of Thelemic Studies-the first non-partisan, academic journal investigating the occult tradition of Thelema, founded by the author and occultist Aleister Crowley

In the 20th century he became an important element within the mystical system of Thelema, founded by Aleister Crowley, where he is the Dweller in the Abyss, believed to be the last great obstacle between the adept and enlightenment.

The New Equinox is a Ritual Magic publication founded in the mid 1970s by Ray Sherwin whose main interest at that time was the magick of Aleister Crowley.

Within the system of the magical Order A ∴ A ∴ founded by Aleister Crowley, one of the two most important goals is to consciously connect with one ’ s Holy Guardian Angel, the " Silent Self ", representative of one's truest divine nature: a process termed “ Knowledge and Conversation .”

The Equinox ( subtitle: " The Review of Scientific Illuminism ") is a series of publications in book form that serves as the official organ of the A ∴ A ∴, a magical order founded by Aleister Crowley ( although material is often of import to its sister organization, Ordo Templi Orientis ).

The number 93 is of great significance in Thelema, a religious philosophy founded by English author and occultist Aleister Crowley in 1904 with the writing of The Book of the Law ( also known as Liber AL vel Legis ).

The Abbey of Thelema refers to a small house which was used as a temple and spiritual centre founded by Aleister Crowley and Leah Hirsig in Cefalù, Sicily in 1920.

Dr. Leo Ruickbie, in his Witchcraft Out of the Shadows, analysed the documented evidence and concluded that Aleister Crowley played a crucial role in inspiring Gardner to establish a new pagan religion.

by Aleister Crowley and subsequently went on to found the Neopagan religion of Wicca.

Thelema is a spiritual philosophy ( referred to by some as a religion ) that was developed by the early 20th century British writer and ceremonial magician, Aleister Crowley.

As Crowley developed the religion he wrote widely on the topic, producing what are collectively termed the Holy Books of Thelema.

Wicca is one of the more publicly known traditions within Neopaganism, a magical religion inspired by medieval witchcraft, with influences including the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and Crowley.

Lyrically, the band incorporated magical themes, referencing the Cthulhu Mythos, the Sumerian religion, Chaos magic and the works of Aleister Crowley.

Aleister Crowley, the founder of the religion of Thelema, designated his works as belonging to one of several classes.

His works often make reference Aleister Crowley, although he is not publicly a follower of Crowley's Thelema religion.

He has also focused upon occult themes in many of his films, being fascinated by the notorious English occultist Aleister Crowley, and is a follower of Crowley's religion, Thelema.

Under the name Hymenaeus Beta he is a leading editor of the occult works of English author Aleister Crowley, the founder of the philosophy and religion of Thelema.

Symonds met the infamous occultist and founder of the Thelemite religion, Aleister Crowley in 1946, the year before Crowley's death.

Aleister Crowley was an English Occultist and mountaineer who had links to many cults, setting up the Thelemite religion.