Dostoevsky, Fyodor M.

Aleister Crowley (born Edward Alexander Crowley; 12 October 1875) was an English occultist, ceremonial magician, poet, painter, novelist, and mountaineer.

He was responsible for founding the religion and philosophy of Thelema, in which role he identified himself as the prophet entrusted with guiding humanity into the Aeon of Horus in the early 20th century.

Born to a wealthy Plymouth Brethren family, Crowley rejected this faith to pursue western esotericism, poetry, and mountaineering. He was educated at Cambridge, where he embraced his bisexuality. Some biographers allege that he was