- Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin guitarist, purchased his Boleskine House on the shore of Loch Ness, reportedly one of the world's most haunted places.
- He was a member of the extremely close occult group named "Golden Dawn".
- Accused of leaving fellow climbers to die in an avalanche during his 1905 trek to clim Kangchenjunga, the third highest peak in the world.
- Ozzy Osbourne wrote the song "Mr. Crowley" about him.
- He is widely regarded as the most influential Occultist of all time.
- Lost his virginity at age 14 to the family maid. Contracted gonorrhea at age 17.
- Expelled after only two years with the Hermetic Order Of The Golden Dawn, reportedly through efforts by William Butler Yeats, with whom he did not get along.
- At the time of his death in 1947, at the age of 72 years, Crowley was taking heroin in doses large enough to kill five people.
- Featured on the cover of The Beatles' album "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band".
- Several times, film-makers have proposed a movie based on his life, but none has yet eventuated. However, Michael Gough played a character obviously based on him in "The Legend Of Hell House" (1973).
- "As you will shall be the whole of the Law" is a lyric in the Robbie Williams song "Candy".
- Lampooned by Lee and Herring.
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