The people who have really made history are the martyrs.
Science is always discovering odd scraps of magical wisdom and making a tremendous fuss about its cleverness.
Falsehood is invariably the child of fear in one form or another.
Aleister Crowley Novelist
- Gender: Male
- Citizenship: England
- Born: Oct 12, 1875
- Died: Dec 1947
Aleister Crowley, born Edward Alexander Crowley was a British occultist, writer and mystic. He is perhaps best known today for his occult writings, especially The Book of the Law, the central sacred text of Thelema. Crowley was also an influential member in several occult organizations, including the Golden Dawn, the Argenteum Astrum, and Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.). Other interests and accomplishments were wide-ranging—he was a chess player, mountain climber, poet, painter, astrologer, and social critic.