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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. In the [[LG15 Franchise]], he is credited for founding [[the Order|the Order of Denderah]].


==Background==
Crowley grew up in a strict [[Plymouth Brethren]] family where his mother sometimes referred to him as the "Beast of Revelations." After Crowley's father's death, he became disillusioned with his religious upbringing and began to explore alternative religions. This eventually led him to discover magick and found the [[Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn]].


===Introduction===
Crowley and [[Arthur Edward Waite]] (1875 - 1942) were associates in the early days of the Golden Dawn, but became rivals after the destruction of the association. The two founded rival organizations - Crowley the A∴A∴ ([[Argenteum Astrum]]) and Waite the Fellowship of the Rosy Cross - and mocked each other in published works.
'''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]].


Crowley grew up in a strict [[Plymouth Brethren]] family where his mother often referred to him as the "Beast of Revelation". This may have been the catalyst for him to pursue alternative spirituality.
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.


Crowley and [[Arthur Edward Waite]] (1857-1942) were rivals in the early days of the [[Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn]], and after leaving to found rival organizations (Crowley first the '''Argenteum Astrum''' and then a faction of the [[Ordo Templi Orientis]] and Waite the [[Fellowship of the Rosy Cross]]), the men mocked each other in published works.
Dubbed the "Wickedest Man in the World," 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." 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.


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 called Magick in an extensive body of literature consisting of poetry, prose, essays, and syncretized occultism.
Crowley also took over the [[Ordo Templis Orientis]] after its founder Theodor Reuss's death. Under Crowley's leadership, the O.T.O. was reorganized under the laws of [[Thelema]].


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, "Do what thou Wilt shall be the whole of the Law" and "Love is the law, Love under Will". He is also associated with the number '''93''', used by devotees as a shorthand for these sayings. These statements are pulled from Crowley's masterwork around which his entire life and body of literature attempted to extrapolate, The Book of the Law or Liber Al vel Legis.
Crowley died of a respiratory infection on December 1st, 1947, at the age of 72. He had become addicted to heroin after being prescribed morphine for his asthma and bronchitis many years earlier. He and his last doctor died within 24 hours of each other. Reports claim that the doctor had refused to continue his opiate prescription and that Crowley had put a curse on him.


In 1920 he and [http://www.llewellynencyclopedia.com/article/4687 a small group of followers moved to Cefalu, in Sicily], where they established what would now be called a [[commune]] and devoted their time to sex, magic, and drugs.  In one video [[Bree]] mentions living on a commune in New Zealand.
==lonelygirl15==
===Early Suspicions===
In the earlier days of [[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]].


Alister 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]].  There are many connections between [[Jimmy Page]] of the rock band [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin Led Zeppelin] and Aleister Crowley.
[[Image:Crowley shrine bree bedroom.jpg|thumb|right|The Shrine]]


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]].
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.


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, orgia, and wine.
===Further Research===
In a [[Aleister Crowley (video)|video]] named after 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.


===The Book of the Law===
===Connections to the Order===
In "The Book of the Law" Crowley give a receipt for the [[Cakes of Light]] and one of the ingedients is the blood of a child.
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 [[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]].


"Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law"
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.
"Love is the law, love under will"


===The Book of the Dead===
==External links==
Crowley translated the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_the_dead Book of the Dead]. The book was written in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_language Egyptian].  Books of the Dead constituted a collection of spells, charms, passwords, numbers and magical formulae for the use of the deceased in the afterlife.  [http://lib.oto-usa.org/libri/liber0220.html A text version of The Book of the Law] is available on the internet. The book of the dead has been linked to the fictional work Necronomicon (see the next section).
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*[http://www.oto-usa.org/crowley.html OTO page on Aleister Crowley]
*[http://www.hermetic.com/crowley/confess/ The Confessions of Aleister Crowley]
*[http://www.hermetic.com/crowley/index.html Many of Crowley's writings]
*[http://www.lashtal.com The Aleister Crowley Society]


===Cake of Light===
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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 ingrediants, 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 daily (from [[Magick]], Book 4, ch. 20):
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{{The Order}}
===Necronomicon===
The [[Necronomicon]] is a dangerous book involving ways to open gates of hell. Many of the ways need virgins. [[Cthulhu]] is the Keeper for one of the gates of hell. By its mythology, the Necronomicon (meaning The Book of Dead Names) was written by Abdul Alhazrad over 1,000 years ago, after he witnessed a mysterious group of priests summoning demons in the Arabian desert. The mythology of the Necronomicon was popularized by [[H.P. Lovecraft]] in the early 20th century in a seriees of short stories taking place in Massachusetts and related to the fictional Miskatonic University.
 
[http://homepages.pavilion.co.uk/glyng/necronomicon.html More details on necronomicon].
 
===Aleister Crowley and Buddism===
Aleister Crowley was a [ n|buddist] 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 Thelmite Speaks Episode 6].
 
===People Crowley knew===
Among the influential contemporary religious leaders that Crowley knew are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Regardie Israel Regardie] 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Parsons Jack Parsons], and [http://www.thelemapedia.org/index.php/Allan_Bennett Allan Bennett]
 
===Speculation on a Moonchild===
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].
 
===Aleister Crowley and Baphomet===
[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.'
 
===Geneology===
[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.
 
==Outside links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleister_Crowley Aleister Crowley] (Wikipedia Article)
*[http://www.oto-usa.org/crowley.html OTO page on Aleister Crowley. OTO is initiatory society continuing his work.]
*[http://sourceryforge.org/index.php/Aleister_Crowley Aleister Crowley] Article at Sourceryforge,the Esoteric-Occult Wiki
*[http://www.illuminati-news.com/aleister_crowley1.htm Aleister Crowley The Greatest Magician of the 20th Century?]
*[http://www.greylodge.org/occultreview/glor_001/unclealsirians.htm Aleister Crowley and the "Sirians"]
*[http://user.cyberlink.ch/~koenig/white.htm Aleisster Crowley and 1943]
*[http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/crowley.htm Crowley]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_del_Campo Gerald del Campo “On the Use of Blood in Ritual” 1986]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Gardner Gerald Gardner]
*[http://www.thewhitegoddess.co.uk/introduction/aleister_crowley.asp Fact Sheet on Aleister Crowley]
*[http://www.controverscial.com/Aleister%20Crowley.htm Aleister Crowley  (1875-1947)]
*[http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/religion/aleister-crowley/ Aleister Crowley]
*[http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/2669/Crowley.html Aleister Crowley Satanic Verses {1875-1947}]
*[http://www.hermetic.com/crowley/confess/chapter29.html The Confessions of Aleister Crowley]
*[http://www.cix.co.uk/~mandrake/crowley.htm Crowley Fact Sheet]

Latest revision as of 19:41, 12 July 2009

This article is about the lonelygirl15 character and historical figure. For the video, see Aleister Crowley (video).
Aleister Crowley
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Age 72 (Deceased)
Date of Birth October 12th, 1875
Date of Death December 1st, 1947
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Aleister Crowley (October 12th, 1875 – December 1st, 1947) was a figure in late 19th and early 20th century occultism. In the LG15 Franchise, he is credited for founding the Order of Denderah.

Background

Crowley grew up in a strict Plymouth Brethren family where his mother sometimes referred to him as the "Beast of Revelations." After Crowley's father's death, he became disillusioned with his religious upbringing and began to explore alternative religions. This eventually led him to discover magick and found the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.

Crowley and Arthur Edward Waite (1875 - 1942) were associates in the early days of the Golden Dawn, but became rivals after the destruction of the association. The two founded rival organizations - Crowley the A∴A∴ (Argenteum Astrum) and Waite the Fellowship of the Rosy Cross - and mocked each other in published works.

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.

Dubbed the "Wickedest Man in the World," 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." 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.

Crowley also took over the Ordo Templis Orientis after its founder Theodor Reuss's death. Under Crowley's leadership, the O.T.O. was reorganized under the laws of Thelema.

Crowley died of a respiratory infection on December 1st, 1947, at the age of 72. He had become addicted to heroin after being prescribed morphine for his asthma and bronchitis many years earlier. He and his last doctor died within 24 hours of each other. Reports claim that the doctor had refused to continue his opiate prescription and that Crowley had put a curse on him.

lonelygirl15

Early Suspicions

In the earlier days of 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.

The Shrine

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.

Further Research

In a video named after Crowley, Daniel reads a story from an unspecified Arizona newspaper that associates Crowley with an abduction in 1943. However, Crowley never lived in Arizona nor owned a house there, so the reference was complete fiction.

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.

Wikipedia also has an article about Aleister Crowley.


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