Crowley went on to become the world head of the Ordo Templi Orientis, or Order of the Eastern Temple, and he further defined his own religion, Thelema.
After the outbreak of the First World War, Crowley was rejected by the British intelligence service and " in a huff " turned to the Germans, supporting them by writing anti-British propaganda. This made him an outcast in Britain and in 1920, two years after the war ended, he went to Cefalu in northern Sicily and created a temple in an old farmhouse with his new mistress Leah Hirsig. They had a child together, and under the influence of opium and cocaine they founded a new religious cult.
Stories of depraved sexual acts at the abbey quickly began to circulate, one of the most notorious involving Leah. A goat was sacrificed while penetrating her. She, and many others, were becoming severely unbalanced and addicted to drugs, and Crowley himself was increasingly dependent on heroin and cocaine. In this environment, Crowley and Hirsig' child died. She had a nervous breakdown.
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Aleister Crowley - The Star And The Garter
Aleister Crowley - The Soul Of The Desert
Aleister Crowley - The Zodiac And The Tarot
Aleister Crowley - Songs Of The Spirit