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1875 – 1947: Aleister Crowley, the most notorious and controversial spiritual figure of the 20th century
Aleister Crowley: The Biography
What you need to know before your trail
This definitive biography of Aleister Crowley, the most notorious and controversial spiritual figure of the 20th century, brings together a life of world-shaking ‘magick’, sexual and psychological experimentation at the outer limits, world-record-beating mountaineering and startling prophetic power – as well as poetry, adventure, espionage, wisdom, excess, and intellectual brilliance.
This biography reveals the man behind the appalling reputation, demolishing a century of scandalmongering that persuaded the world that Crowley was a black magician, a traitor and a sexual wastrel, addicted to drugs and antisocial posing, rather than the mind-blowing truth that Crowley was a genius as significant as Jung, Freud or Einstein.
Locations
Reset- Scotland - Loch Ness
- A: Boleskine House
- B: Boleskine Burial Ground
- C: The Coach House
- D: Urquhart Castle
Travel Guide
BookTrail Travel to Loch Ness
Boleskine House
Boleskine House really is a manor on the south-east side of Loch Ness. The house is famous for many reasons; in particular, home of author and occultist Aleister Crowley. Led Zeppelin guitarist and producer Jimmy Page has also lived at the house.
Aleister Crowley
Crowley purchased Boleskine House from the Fraser family in 1899. Crowley believed the location was ideal as he wanted to lock himself away from the world and dabble in his version of black magic. He believed in many things concerning spirits and believed that they needed a secluded lodge where they could congregate. Rituals were performed to invoke spirits, figures from the underworld which he would then banish to protect the land and the people in the house. However, the experiment failed as he was called away on business concerning the rituals and belief system and so the spirits he had conjured stayed in the house, and never left.
Strange events had said to have happened to Crowley and staff in the house and anyone who has had dealings with the house ever since. Legend has it that death, murder, hauntings and strange behaviours have affected subsequent inhabitants and their families.
BookTrail Boarding Pass: Aleister Crowley: The Biography
Destination: Loch Ness, Drumnadrochit, Inverness Authour/guide: Tobias Churton Departure Time: 1875 – 1947
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