Aleister Crowley

Aleister Crowley (18751947), as an occultist, writer, mountaineer, philosopher, poet, secret agent, magus, libertine, prophet and mystic. He was an influential member in several occult organizations, including the Golden Dawn, the A?A?, and Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.), and is best known today for his occult writings, especially The Book of the Law, the central sacred text of Thelema. He gained much notoriety during his lifetime, and was infamously dubbed "The Wickedest Man in the World." He claimed to be the re-incarnation of Dr John Dee among others, lived in England from 1875 through 1947. He is the author of several Weiser Books titles, including Book of Thoth, Diary of a Drug Fiend, Magick, Book of Lies, Book of the Law and 777 & Other Qabalistic Writings.