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In Aleister Crowley
In 1898 he joined the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, an organization derived from the Rosicrucians. One of Crowley’s rivals within the London Golden Dawn group was the poet William Butler Yeats. On a visit to Egypt in 1904, Crowley reported mystical experiences and wrote The Book of the…
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…into the formation of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, a group established in 1880s Britain. One of the Golden Dawn’s members was Aleister Crowley, a Briton who went on to establish his own religion, Thelema, and wrote prolifically on esoteric topics. Both the Golden Dawn and Crowley in…
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