Aleister Crowley

MAIN EPISODE On this episode of Those Conspiracy Guys we discuss the Beast himself, creator of the Order of Thelema and quite possibly one of the biggest cultural influencers of the last century, The Dark Magician himself, Aleister Crowley. From his reasonably comfortable beginnings to the debauched and disease riddled end, Crowley lived to the extreme. A proficient and prolific mountaineer, a poet, painter, novelist, magician, occultist and mountaineer who travelled the world on a perpetual search for enlightenment through questionable sexual practices and drug imbibment. Working his way through secretive pagan religious orders, Crowley learned the power of magic and sought enlightenment, it seemed, at any cost. Rising through the ranks of the Golden Dawn and eventually starting his own holy order, Thelema; Crowley had a vast knowledge and understanding of the power in the universe. To this day Crowley remains an enigma to most, his exploits in both World Wars to aid the Allies, his famous magical incantations that spawned the many books of magic he wrote, the vast quantities of sex and drugs, the people who followed his teachings and the celebrities and artists that admired his work and a legacy that lives strong even decades after his death, leaves us with a mystery to unravel behind many layers of cloaked secrecy! Thanks to Audible for sponsoring our podcast. Get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at audible.com/tcg Presented by Gordo, Steve and Gareth If you want to find Gareth online: Twitter: @garethstack http://www.garethstack.com https://itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/dead-medium/id1060569840?mt=2 Email us with comments or questions info@thoseconspiracyguys.com Visit our website for all our sources and TCG news at http://www.thoseconspiracyguys.com If you're on Twitter follow http://www.twitter.com/tconspiracyguys @tconspiracyguys is Gordo   Send us your links, questions and comments on Facebook and we reply to as many people as we can http://www.facebook.com/thoseconspiracyguys This is the link to the Amazon Wishlist if you want to buy us some piece of equipment to keep us alive in the wilderness during our October survival adventure http://amzn.eu/gCUIekQ If you heard something you want to know more about, we have videos on all our sources and we also host a live show over on our YouTube channel  so you can subscribe to that at http://www.youtube.com/thoseconspiracyguys and get all the updates Other sources available on Pinterest at http://www.pinterest.com/tconspiracyguys Connect with us on other social media like Snapchat, Periscope, Anchor, Minds.com and you can see our Instagram profile here: http://www.instagram.com/thoseconspiracyguys Head over to our subreddit and see what the community is up to at http://www.reddit.com/r/thoseconspiracyguys We also have a new video home on http://www.vid.me/thoseconspiracyguys where loads of other creators are making a new place to upload and monetise their videos. Its one to watch! We will also be streaming shows to Twitch soon so head to http://www.twitch.tv/thoseconspiracyguys to get live shows and join in the craic If you are really loving the show you can buy merchandise at http://goo.gl/xHXYWg which is a link to our TeePublic store where you can get hundreds of conspiracy designs Also you can support us by visiting http://www.patreon.com/thoseconspiracyguys and your donations help keep the show alive and thriving, you get discounts on merchandise, outtakes, early releases and a backstage pass to a live TCG discussion show every month plus loads more. We also have a new podcast on the way in the coming weeks all about Movies, TV and Video Games called 'Why Press Play' and you can find us onany platform by searching WhyPressPlay