Crowley invoked the ancient Egyptian gods while studying Arabic and Islamic mysticism. In 1904 Crowley and Rose arrived in Cairo. In 1903, on his return to his Scottish home in Moleskine, he married Rose Edith Kelly, daughter of the English portrait painter Sir Gerald Kelly, provoking the opposition of the bride’s family. Towards the end of 1902, Crowley was in Paris, where he frequented the artistic milieu of the city, continuing to write poetic compositions. Reached by some mountaineers, he attempted to climb K2, but due to the ailments affecting the group, the expedition, having reached 6200 meters, gave up the summit. In India, he devoted himself to the practice o f Raja Yoga and to frequenting monasteries. In the following two years, he continued his travels, stopping in San Francisco, Hawaii, Japan, Hong Kong, Ceylon (Sri Lanka).
In Mexico City, he continued his practices of ceremonial magic and Enochian evocations, wrote some poetic compositions and climbed numerous peaks in the country, all above 5000 meters. The group leader, MacGregor Mathers, will later admit him to the Grade of Adeptus Minor, but this will cause the split of the Order. Still, because of his libertine attitudes and his declared bisexuality, he was refused entry to the Inner Circle. Crowley began his learning path on ceremonial magic and the ritual use of drugs, progressing into the lower grades of the Golden Dawn. Baker in Zermatt, Switzerland, a chemist interested in alchemy who later introduced him to the circle of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in London. In 1898 he abandoned his studies at Cambridge, and after a brief illness, which forced him to meditate on the pointlessness of existence, he approached the occult sciences. Still in the same year, considering a diplomatic career in Russia for his future, he stayed in St. In 1897, according to some biographers, he became aware of his bisexual tendencies. In 1895 Crowley enrolled at Trinity College in Cambridge, focusing on Humanities and English Literature in the meantime, he continued his mountaineering career, climbing some peaks of the Swiss Alps. Started to range from chess to poetry, from mountaineering to the frequentation of prostitutes. Reached the age of majority, his interests His school record began to deteriorate, and he became more sceptical of Christianity and its morality. After the death of his young sister at the age of eight, the family moved, and Crowley began attending private elementary and middle schools in Cambridge.Īt the age of 11, following his father’s death, to whom he was devotedly attached, Crowley inherited a third of his fortunes. His was a wealthy family in which both parents were of fundamentalist Christian faith, belonging to the Plymouth Brethren.
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