Lovecraft / Crowley Connection
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Lovecraft / Crowley Connection
Hey everybody. Have any of you ever heard of a connection or possible meeting between H. P. Lovecraft and Aleister Crowley?
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It turns out that this is probably a myth. While Crowley did indeed invest some interest in Lovecraft's work and did want to meet him Lovecraft was having none of it. It's well-known that Lovecraft was a total skeptic even though he was very interested in religion and the supernatural. I think he probably thought of Crowley as a bit of a delusional nut case.
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http://www.hplovecraft.com/life/myths.asp#crowley
There's no substantial connection. I don't know all that much about Crowley, but he doesn't sound interesting as anything but a fairly effective pre-internet troll.
As one article put it, "Crowley at his wickedest would hardly raise an eyebrow in Brighton nowadays. The charges levelled against him included not only sorcery but (gasp!) bisexuality, bigamy and (close your eyes for this next bit if you want) drug taking! His 'wickedest man' title has since been usurped by Saddam Hussein and Gary Glitter, not to mention miscellaneous blokes in Portsmouth who look a bit like paedophiles."
There's no substantial connection. I don't know all that much about Crowley, but he doesn't sound interesting as anything but a fairly effective pre-internet troll.
As one article put it, "Crowley at his wickedest would hardly raise an eyebrow in Brighton nowadays. The charges levelled against him included not only sorcery but (gasp!) bisexuality, bigamy and (close your eyes for this next bit if you want) drug taking! His 'wickedest man' title has since been usurped by Saddam Hussein and Gary Glitter, not to mention miscellaneous blokes in Portsmouth who look a bit like paedophiles."