Alistair Crowley
British writer, occultist. Born October 12, 1875, Crowley
became interested in the occult while an undergraduate at Cambridge
University, and he later founded the order known as the Silver Star. He
travelled widely, settling for some years in Sicily with a group of disciples at
the Abbey of Thelema. Rumours of drug abuse, orgies, and magical ceremonies led
to his expulsion from Italy. He liked to be known as "the great beast"
and "the wickedest man alive," and it remains a mysterious coincidence
that many who associated with him died tragically.
Source: Biography.com
The Beast's satanic legacy lives on
The Daily Telegraph (England), Feb. 13, 2001
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
The original Aleister Crowley is now enjoying cult status on the internet, more
than 50 years after his death.
He was known in his lifetime as ''the Beast'' and ''the wickedest man alive''
for his satanic beliefs and practices. He was expelled from Italy early
last century after rumours of his involvement in drug fuelled orgies and the
sacrifice of babies. His motto was ''do as thou wilt shall be the whole
of the law''.
He had written ''for the highest spiritual working one must accordingly choose
that victim which contains the greatest and purest force, a male child of
perfect innocence and high intelligence is the most satisfactory and suitable
victim''.
Diego was innocent and intelligent and after Edward Crowley killed him, possibly
as a sacrifice to his namesake, police found in his scruffy holdall a sinister
piece of paper.
It was covered in references to Aleister Crowley's teachings
and symbols used in his Book of Thoth. Alongside were drawings of Aztec
sacrifices and temples, and allusions to biblical and ancient Greek sacrifices.
He had headed the plan delendus est Pineiro - Latin for ''Pineiro is to be
destroyed''.
Diego's surname was Pineiro Villar. There was also a reference to Diego's
Spanish birthplace. Gulles de R, notorious in the 15th century for conjuring up
demons, who was executed for killing children, was also mentioned