Was Aleister Crowley a serial killer behind the 'Curse of Tutankhamun' deaths?

No, I'd say it's pretty unlikely that he was.  But the London Evening Standard clearly doesn't let nebulous concepts like facts or evidence get in the way of a good story. Or indeed a poor, but sensationalist story. Still, it's quite an achievement to still be a target for the press more than 60 years after your death!  And personally, I never trust a person who can't tell a Satanist from a Thelemite!

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Wormwood Star: The Magickal Life of Marjorie Cameron | Spencer Kansa

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Wormwood Star is the first ever biography of Marjorie Cameron, star of Kenneth Anger's underground classic Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome and wife of Jack Parsons, the rocket scientist and magickal associate of Aleister Crowley.

"Born in Belle Plaine, Iowa, in 1922, Cameron’s uniqueness and talent as a natural born artist was evident to those around her early on in life. During World War 2 she served in the Women’s Navy, and worked in Washington as an aide to the Joint Chiefs Of Staff. But it was after the War that her life really took off, when she met her husband Jack Parsons. By day Parsons was a brilliant rocket scientist, but by night he was Master of the Agape Lodge, a fraternal magickal order, whose head was the most famous magus of the 20th century… Aleister Crowley."

Wormwood Star is written by Spencer Kansa and published by Mandrake of Oxford.

Marjorie Cameron in Curtis Harrington's Night Tide (1961)

The Wickedest Teapot in the World?

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Once you've served your dinner guests a tasty dish of Riz Aleister Crowley, what could be better than pouring them a nice cup of tea from your Aleister Crowley teapot? Perhaps even served in a matching Aleister Crowley Toby mug? But beware - these don't come cheap!

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Come Dine With... Aleister Crowley

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Yes indeed - it seems that along with the magick, the mountaineering, the poetry, the writing and the chess playing, the Great Wild Beast 666 was a bit of a dab hand in the kitchen too. So presented here (nicked from Dangerous Minds) for your culinary delight is one of his recipes: Riz Aleister Crowley. If you have a go at making the dish, please let me know how you get on. Oh, and please remember only to stir widdershins...

 

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