The Beast of the Apocalypse He toured the world, collecting a retinue of gullible sensation-seekers, neurasthenics and occult cranks.  At his temples of magic, newspapers referred in shocked tones to “nameless orgies” and “indescribable rites”.  His followers claimed that he could conjure up evil spirits, turn day into night and perform prodigious feats of second-sight … Continue reading Aleister Crowley – The Beast of the Apocalypse?