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[[Image:Crowleyshrine.jpg|thumb|295px|Freeze frame of the picture of Aleister Crowley that hangs on Bree's wall.]]
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'''Aleister Crowley''' (October 12th, 1875 – December 1st, 1947) was a figure in late 19th and early 20th century occultism. Crowley's life largely consisted of exploring the far reaches of the once great British Empire, studying various forms of Vajrayana Buddhism, theosophy, occultism, ceremonial magick, and ancient ritual. He incorporated these into his own comprehensive methodology in an extensive body of literature consisting of poetry, prose, essays, and syncretized occultism. In the [[LG15 Franchise]], he is credited for founding [[the Order|the Order of Denderah]].
  
  
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===Introduction===
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==Role in the Series==
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'''Aleister Crowley''' (1875-1947) (last name rhymes with "holy") was a figure in late 19th and early 20th century occultism. [[Bree]] has a picture of him on the wall of her bedroom (above her bookcase, to the left of her door), leading many to assume that [[Bree's religion|her religion]] is affiliated in some way with [[Thelema]].
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In [[lonelygirl15]]'s first season, Aleister Crowley was noticed so much because [[Bree]] had a picture of him as a part of what some describe as a "shrine" in [[Bree's bedroom|her bedroom]].
  
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Crowley grew up in a strict [[Plymouth Brethren]] family where his mother sometimes referred to him as the "Beast of Revelations". After his father's death, he became disillusioned with his religious upbringing and began to explore alternative religions.  This eventually led him to discover magick and The Golden Dawn.
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Bree never directly referenced Crowley but often mentioned the [[Hymn of One]] not by name, but just as "her religion." It was revealed a little after the shrine was noticed that Aleister Crowley had a high role within the Hymn of One &ndash; with many holidays named after him.
  
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Crowley and [[Arthur Edward Waite]] (1857-1942) were associates in the early days of the [[Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn]], but became rivals after the destruction of the Golden Dawn.  After leaving to found rival organizations (Crowley the A.: A.: (Argenteum Astrum) and Waite the [[Fellowship of the Rosy Cross]]), the men mocked each other in published works.
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[[Image:Crowley shrine bree bedroom.jpg|thumb|left|The Shrine]]
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Crowley's life largely consisted of exploring the far reaches of the once great British Empire, studying various forms of Vajrayana Buddhism, theosophy, occultism, ceremonial magick, and ancient ritual. He incorporated these into his own comprehensive methodology in an extensive body of literature consisting of poetry, prose, essays, and syncretized occultism.
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===Connections to the Order===
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According to [[Hidden Treasures]], Aleister Crowley once took an expedition to Egypt&mdash;[[Denderah]], more specifically&mdash;and discovered some hieroglyphics in tomb of one of [[Hathor]]'s [[trait positive|descendants]]. They taught him the secrets of [[trait positive]] girls. He tracked down the girls and used them to his own advantage, and went on to found [[the Order]].
  
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Dubbed the "Wickedest Man in the World" by the British yellow press, Crowley is perhaps best known for his seemingly contradictory but esoterically linked instructions called the Law of Thelema: "Do what thou Wilt shall be the whole of the Law.  Love is the law, love under Will". Sometimes taken erroneously to mean do what you want, he published several statements explaining the meaning of the Law and how it does [http://www.hermetic.com/crowley/libers/lib2.html not equate to that]. He is also associated with the number '''93''', since qabalistically love and will both enumerate to 93, thus it is shorthand for the Law of Thelema.
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Also, Crowley's birthday is on October 12th, which was the date of the [[The Ceremony|fake Ceremony]] that [[Lucy]] used to trick Daniel. The occasion is casually celebrated by modern Thelemites under the title of Crowleymas, typically with curry, wine, and lots of mirth.
  
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In 1920 he and [http://www.thelemapedia.org/index.php/Abbey_of_Thelema a small group of followers moved to Cefalu, in Sicily], where they attempted to establish a Thelemic monastery called "The Abbey of Thelema".  In his Confessions, he [http://www.hermetic.com/crowley/confess/chapter87.html wrote] of life in this first Thelemic monastery.
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==External links==
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*[http://www.oto-usa.org/crowley.html OTO page on Aleister Crowley]
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*[http://www.hermetic.com/crowley/confess/ The Confessions of Aleister Crowley]
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*[http://www.hermetic.com/crowley/index.html Many of Crowley's writings]
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*[http://www.lashtal.com The Aleister Crowley Society]
  
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Aleister Crowley has had an [http://www.arthistoryclub.com/art_history/Aleister_Crowley influence on Rock and Roll music] although none of this music is used in the music of [[Lonelygirl15 (production) | the lonelygirl15 production]].  There are many connections between [[Jimmy Page]] of the rock band [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin Led Zeppelin] and Aleister Crowley.
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In the video [[Aleister Crowley (Video)|Aleister Crowley]], [[Daniel]] reads a story from an unspecified Arizona newspaper that associates Crowley with [[1943 abduction|an abduction in 1943]].  However, Crowley never lived in Arizona nor owned a house there, so the reference was complete fiction.
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Crowley's birthday is October 12, which was the date of the [[Bree's ritual|fake ceremony]] that [[Lucy]] used to trick [[Daniel]]. The occasion is casually celebrated by modern Thelemites under the title of Crowleymas, typically with curry, wine and lots of mirth.
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==Aleister Crowley and Bree==
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The reason that Aliester Crowley has attreacted so much attention is that Bree has a picture of him as part of what some desbribe as a "shire" in [[Bree's bedroom|her bedroom]]
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This screenshot from the  video clearly shows the "shrine". (The image has been digitally enhanced to show the area with the "shrine " more clearly).  Bree has never referred to Crowly directly but she has make several references to [[Bree's relgion|her religion]]
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===The Book of the Law===
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In April of 1904, Crowley received the Book of the Law, what would one day become the central text of a new religion, Thelema.  At first, he rejected the Book of the Law since he was a Buddhist and he saw the work as clashing with Buddhism.  However, as time went by, he began to see the wisdom in the book.
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The [http://www.thelemapedia.org/index.php/The_Book_of_the_Law reception of the Book of the Law] marked a turning point in Crowley's life.  Over the years, he became more geared towards spreading the Law of Thelema to the world.  In it, there are spiritual, social, and ethical considerations for the new [http://www.thelemapedia.org/index.php/Aeons Aeon]. 
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The [http://www.hermetic.com/220/engccxx.html Book of the Law] states that each person should decide the meaning of the verses for him or herself based upon [http://www.hermetic.com/220/crowley-comments.html the commentary] of the Prophet.  This was presumably stated so that Thelema would never become dogmatized like other religions with "official" meanings to the verses.  The verses seldom mean what they appear to mean at face value and the individual is expected to research and extrapolate the meaning for himself.
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In "The Book of the Law" Crowley was given a recipe for the [http://www.thelemapedia.org/index.php/Cakes_of_light Cakes of Light] and one of the possible ingredients is the blood of a child.  This is often misunderstood to mean the sacrifice of a living child or the bloodletting of one, however, it is a phrase used to indicate sexual fluids which would be considered a potential child.
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cake_of_Light According to Wikipedia], Cake of Light is the name of the eucharistic host found within [[Thelema]], the mystical system founded by Aleister Crowley in the early 20th century. It contains meal, honey, and oil for the base ingredients, and is usually cooked in the shape of a small, flat wafer. It appears by name in two important Thelemic rituals: the Gnostic Mass and the Mass of the Phoenix. However, Crowley thought it was important for magicians to perform a eucharistic ritual of some kind (presumably the Mass of the Phoenix) daily (from [[Magick]], Book 4, ch. 20):
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===The Book of the Dead===
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Crowley translated the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_the_dead Egyptian Book of the Dead].  Books of the Dead constituted a collection of spells, charms, passwords, numbers and magical formulae for the use of the deceased in the afterlife. The book of the dead has been linked to the fictional work Necronomicon (see the next section).
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The [[Necronomicon]] is a fictional book invented by [[H.P. Lovecraft]] in the early 20th century in a series of short stories taking place in Massachusetts and related to the fictional Miskatonic University.  It differs from the Egyptian or Tibetan books of the dead in the fact that the Necronomicon was supposed to be used to summon the dead whereas actual books of the dead were to be memorized by the deceased and acted as a guidebook in their journey through the afterlife.  The Lovecraft invention of the Necronomicon, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necronomicon as we can see in wikipedia] has no basis in fact and never existed except in fiction.
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Aleister Crowley was a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist Buddhist] when he received the Book of the Law and hence a lot of his beliefs draw on that influence.  This is discussed by a YouTuber called [http://www.youtube.com/user/tannhaus tannhaus] in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaLIWtXJ1Bg A Thelemite Speaks Episode 6].
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===People Crowley knew===
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Among the influential contemporary religious leaders that Crowley knew are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Regardie Israel Regardie] 
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Parsons Jack Parsons], and [http://www.thelemapedia.org/index.php/Allan_Bennett Allan Bennett]. Crowley knew of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Ron_Hubb L. Ron Hubbard], but there is no evidence they knew each other personally; only through Parsons.
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Based on the Crowley book [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonchild Moonchild] some people have speculated that Bree may have been impregnated at [http://lonelygirl15.com/lgpedia/index.php/Bree%27s_ritual the ceremony].
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathomet According to Wikipedia]:  'The [[Baphomet]] of Lévi was to become an important figure within the cosmology of [[Thelema]], the mystical system established by Aleister Crowley in the early 20th century.'
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[http://cannonfire.blogspot.com/2006/04/george-w-bush-barbara-bush-and.html Evidence points to the possibility] that Aleister Crowley was the true father of Barbara Bush, the former First Lady and mother to George W. Bush who was a member of a secret organization called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skull_and_bones Skull and Bones] at Yale University.
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleister_Crowley Aleister Crowley] (Wikipedia Article)
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*[http://www.oto-usa.org/crowley.html OTO page on Aleister Crowley. OTO is initiatory society continuing his work.]
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*[http://sourceryforge.org/index.php/Aleister_Crowley Aleister Crowley] Article at Sourceryforge,the Esoteric-Occult Wiki
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*[http://www.illuminati-news.com/aleister_crowley1.htm Aleister Crowley The Greatest Magician of the 20th Century?]
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*[http://www.greylodge.org/occultreview/glor_001/unclealsirians.htm Aleister Crowley and the "Sirians"]
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*[http://user.cyberlink.ch/~koenig/white.htm Aleisster Crowley and 1943]
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*[http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/crowley.htm Crowley]
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_del_Campo Gerald del Campo “On the Use of Blood in Ritual” 1986]
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Gardner Gerald Gardner]
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*[http://www.thewhitegoddess.co.uk/introduction/aleister_crowley.asp Fact Sheet on Aleister Crowley]
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*[http://www.controverscial.com/Aleister%20Crowley.htm Aleister Crowley  (1875-1947)]
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*[http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/religion/aleister-crowley/ Aleister Crowley]
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*[http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/2669/Crowley.html Aleister Crowley Satanic Verses {1875-1947}]
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*[http://www.hermetic.com/crowley/confess/chapter29.html The Confessions of Aleister Crowley]
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*[http://www.cix.co.uk/~mandrake/crowley.htm Crowley Fact Sheet]
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Latest revision as of 05:33, 2 August 2016

This article is about the lonelygirl15 character and historical figure. For the video, see Aleister Crowley (video).
Aleister Crowley
Crowleyshrine.jpg
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Aleister Crowley Magija
Character information
Age 72 (Deceased)
Date of Birth October 12th, 1875
Date of Death December 1st, 1947
Portrayed by Himself

Aleister Crowley (October 12th, 1875 – December 1st, 1947) was a figure in late 19th and early 20th century occultism. Crowley's life largely consisted of exploring the far reaches of the once great British Empire, studying various forms of Vajrayana Buddhism, theosophy, occultism, ceremonial magick, and ancient ritual. He incorporated these into his own comprehensive methodology in an extensive body of literature consisting of poetry, prose, essays, and syncretized occultism. In the LG15 Franchise, he is credited for founding the Order of Denderah.


Role in the Series

In lonelygirl15's first season, Aleister Crowley was noticed so much because Bree had a picture of him as a part of what some describe as a "shrine" in her bedroom.

Bree never directly referenced Crowley but often mentioned the Hymn of One not by name, but just as "her religion." It was revealed a little after the shrine was noticed that Aleister Crowley had a high role within the Hymn of One – with many holidays named after him.

The Shrine


Connections to the Order

According to Hidden Treasures, Aleister Crowley once took an expedition to Egypt—Denderah, more specifically—and discovered some hieroglyphics in tomb of one of Hathor's descendants. They taught him the secrets of trait positive girls. He tracked down the girls and used them to his own advantage, and went on to found the Order.

Also, Crowley's birthday is on October 12th, which was the date of the fake Ceremony that Lucy used to trick Daniel. The occasion is casually celebrated by modern Thelemites under the title of Crowleymas, typically with curry, wine, and lots of mirth.

External links

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