# Does anyone know any really good sources on aleister crowley? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 11, 2000, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-any-really-good-sources-on-aleister-crowley/45101 "2000-12-11T22:39:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DonJuanDeMarco3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DonJuanDeMarco3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DonJuanDeMarco3)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-any-really-good-sources-on-aleister-crowley/45101/1 "2000-12-11T22:39:54Z")
Well, I think the guy is creepy and it would make a good movie. Does anyone think its weird that the illuminati and masonic circles are never made fun of or have movies about them. I do not want any replies that the movie “the skulls” was about the skull and crossbone society and that is a premason kinda thing. Is there any other way I can get in the circle without being related. I am sorry, this sounds like bull shit but there is a scottish rites dorm down the street. Its only for the daughters of freemasons, they are all 5’10" blonde blue eyed super babes. It kinda makes me want to join. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-any-really-good-sources-on-aleister-crowley/45101/2 "2000-12-11T23:27:58Z")
the necromicon and alistar Crowley in one day… You might need some help, here, dude. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DonJuanDeMarco3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DonJuanDeMarco3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DonJuanDeMarco3)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-any-really-good-sources-on-aleister-crowley/45101/3 "2000-12-11T23:34:36Z")
I am definitly not going to to feel hurt by any comments of crowley. I am not a follower of his passions. I am just interested in what a weird guy he was. He is a weird a fellow though. ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-any-really-good-sources-on-aleister-crowley/45101/4 "2000-12-12T03:42:48Z")
Here’s a few spots to look…a search engine is a wonderful thing. 🙂 [http://www.thelemicgoldendawn.org/acf/](http://www.thelemicgoldendawn.org/acf/) [http://members.aol.com/teitanpr/](http://members.aol.com/teitanpr/) [http://netropic.speakeasy.org/crowley/](http://netropic.speakeasy.org/crowley/) [http://www.lsi.usp.br/usp/rod/magick/aleister\_crowley.html](http://www.lsi.usp.br/usp/rod/magick/aleister_crowley.html) [http://www2.gol.com/users/larabell/crowley.html](http://www2.gol.com/users/larabell/crowley.html) Enjoy! ---
**Author:** ![Chas.E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e99b99/32.png) [@Chas.E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chas.E)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-any-really-good-sources-on-aleister-crowley/45101/5 "2000-12-12T04:17:57Z")
I’d suggest reading Crowley’s biography “The Eye in the Triangle” by Israel Regardie. You might also enjoy a heavily fictionalized version of Crowley’s life also entitled “The Eye in the Triangle” by Robert Anton Wilson. My favorite Crowley anecdote: according to witnesses, Crowley once played blindfold chess against 10 simultaneous opponents, and defeated them all, which is a fairly prodigious chess feat in and of itself. But always the show-off, Crowley played these 10 matches from a separate room, while making love to a woman continuously for the duration of the match. The spectators called it the most singularly odd chess match in history, with the players calling their moves to the door into the other room, from which Crowley would call back his moves, mixed in with sounds from his woman friend who, from all accounts, was being satisfied immensely. ---
**Author:** ![DonJuanDeMarco3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DonJuanDeMarco3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DonJuanDeMarco3)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-any-really-good-sources-on-aleister-crowley/45101/6 "2000-12-12T06:35:45Z")
Thank you for the book. I do not find web sites reliable. Where is that situation from. I mean were did you find that info? ---
**Author:** ![ricksummon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ricksummon/32/3333_2.png) [@ricksummon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricksummon)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-any-really-good-sources-on-aleister-crowley/45101/7 "2000-12-12T08:07:24Z")
How, exactly, does one pronounce “Aleister”? Is it like “Alee-ster”? ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-any-really-good-sources-on-aleister-crowley/45101/8 "2000-12-12T16:00:56Z")
To answer your other question, re: How to become a Mason, I believe you can just call your local masonic lodge and ask. If you fit their requirements (You have to be male, over 18, and believe in God), there shouldn’t be a problem.