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3 days ago · Lodge meetings were held at the Keightleys' house on Thursday nights, with Blavatsky also greeting many visitors there, among them the occultist and poet W. B. Yeats. In November 1889 she was visited by the Indian lawyer Mohandas Gandhi, who was studying the Bhagavad Gita with the Knightleys.
1 day ago · Also in Britain, an occultist known as Amado Crowley claimed to be Crowley's son; this has been refuted by academic investigation. Amado argued that Thelema was a false religion created by Crowley to hide his true esoteric teachings, which Amado said he was propagating.
Jun 18, 2024 · Aleister Crowley (born October 12, 1875, Royal Leamington Spa, England—died December 1, 1947, Hastings) was a British occultist, writer, and mountaineer, who was a practitioner of “ magick” (as he spelled it) and called himself the Beast 666.
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1 day ago · Thelema (/ θ ə ˈ l iː m ə /) is a Western esoteric and occult social or spiritual philosophy, as well as a new religious movement that was founded in the early 1900s by Aleister Crowley (1875–1947), an English writer, mystic, occultist, and ceremonial magician.
Jun 28, 2024 · theosophy, occult movement originating in the 19th century with roots that can be traced to ancient Gnosticism and Neoplatonism. The term theosophy, derived from the Greek theos (“god”) and sophia (“wisdom”), is generally understood to mean “divine wisdom.”
Jun 20, 2024 · The early 20th-century English occultist Aleister Crowley was known in his lifetime as the wickedest man alive. Often called “the Beast,” this was not simply because he was an avid occultist, but also because he chose to live outside society’s rules, particularly when it came to his sex life.
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4 days ago · When Nicolas Cage first read the script for “Longlegs” and considered the part of the titular occultist serial killer, he knew exactly from whom he would draw inspiration for the role: his mother. “I’ve been trying to find a constructive place to put my memories of my mother,” the Oscar winner said.
