![]() ![]() The junior dean halled me for not attending chapel, which I was certainly not going to do, because it involved early rising. "The Church of England had seemed a narrow tyranny, as detestable as that of the Plymouth Brethren less logical and more hypocritical." "When I discovered that chapel was compulsory I immediately struck back. Here he finally broke with the Church of England, internally if not externally: His three years at Cambridge were happy ones, due in part to coming into the considerable fortune left by his father. In 1895, he went to Trinity College, Cambridge, after studying at the public schools Malvern College, Eastbourne College and Tonbridge School, and originally had the intention of reading Moral Sciences ( philosophy), but with approval from his personal tutor, he switched to English literature, which was not then a part of the curriculum offered. He objected to the labelling of what he saw as life's most worthwhile and enjoyable activities as "sinful". When he was a child, his constant rebellious behaviour displeased his mother to such an extent that she would chastise him by calling him " The Beast" (from the Book of Revelation), an epithet that Crowley would later adopt for himself. This was a turning point in Crowley's life, after which he then began to describe his childhood in the first person in his Confessions.Īfter the death of his father to whom he was very close, he drifted from his religious upbringing, and his mother's efforts at keeping her son in the Christian faith only served to provoke his skepticism. On March 5, 1887, his father died of tongue cancer. He has never attended any funeral but that of his father, which he did not mind doing, as he felt himself to be the real centre of interest." This attitude continued through his life. He couldn't do any good the child was dead it was none of his business. He did not see why he should be disturbed so uselessly. "The incident made a curious impression on him. Crowley was taken to see the body and in his own words (in the third person): On Febru, a sister, Grace Mary Elizabeth, was born but lived only five hours. Daily Bible studies and private tutoring were mainstays in "Alick's" childhood. His father was a fanatical preacher, travelling around Britain and producing pamphlets. ![]() Ĭrowley grew up in a staunch Brethren household and was only allowed to play with children whose families followed the same faith. Both of his parents were Exclusive Brethren, a more conservative faction of the Plymouth Brethren. His mother, Emily Bertha Bishop, drew roots from a Devon and Somerset family. Through his father's business he was an acquaintance of Aubrey Beardsley. He did, however, own shares in a lucrative family brewery business, which allowed him to retire before Aleister was born. His father, Edward Crowley, was trained as an engineer but according to Aleister, never worked as one. 20 Name change, magical mottoes, and pseudonymsĮdward Alexander Crowley was born at 36 Clarendon Square in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, between 11:00pm and midnight on October 12, 1875.18.4.1 List of Crowley’s Masonic degrees.
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