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Unexplained

S03 Episode 1 pt.1 Extra: Crowley Recap

Unexplained

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Science, Society & Culture, History

4.49.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2018

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

When Jack Parsons first heard the name Aleister Crowley he could scarcely have known how much it would change his life. But who was the man once dubbed the wickedest Man in the world?
With pt. 2 of We Are The Witchcraft due out on Tuesday April 3rd, we take a look back at two of the more extraordinary moments of Crowley's life featuring Unexplained Episode 10 and 10 Extra from Season 01.
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When Jack Parsons first heard the name Alistair Crowley, he could scarcely have known how much it would change his life.

0:57.0

But who was the man once dubbed the wickedest man in the world?

1:02.0

With part 2 of We Are The Witchcraft due out on Tuesday, April 3rd, we take a look back at two of the more extraordinary moments of Crowley's life.

1:18.0

The story of Boleskin House is inseparable from that of his most infamous former resident, Alistair Crowley.

1:25.0

It was a very particular journey that brought Crowley to Boleskin and it begins a short time before midnight on 12 October 1875 with his birth in Royal Lemmington Spa, England.

1:39.0

Crowley, who was christened Edward Alexander, was the first of two children born to Edward and Emily Crowley.

1:46.0

Their second, a baby girl, would arrive five years later but would tragically die after only five hours of life.

1:55.0

The family was devoutly religious and belonged to a Christian sect known as the Plymouth Brethren.

2:01.0

The sect were renowned for their belief in the literal truth of the Bible and their puritanical attitude towards sin and the dangers of temptation.

2:10.0

It was into this deeply rigid and conservative environment that Crowley was brought up, an environment which many believe contributed to his utter rejection of all such beliefs in later life.

2:23.0

Owing to his share in the lucrative family brewing business, Crowley's father Edward had been able to take an earlier time and, as such, divided most of his time between his family and volunteering as a travelling preacher for the sect.

2:37.0

Despite the socially claustrophobic upbringing and unhappy childhood, Crowley was utterly devoted to Edward.

2:45.0

In March 1887, Crowley was devastated when his father died after a short battle with cancer.

2:52.0

The young Alistair was only eleven years old and the death would prove to be a significant turning point in his life.

3:00.0

Crowley's sorrow at the loss of his father soon morphed into anger as Crowley began attacking the very thing that had made his life such a misery, rejecting what he saw as the zealous and authoritarian scourge of Christianity.

3:15.0

In the years that followed, it would seem that Crowley had developed a pathological yearning to commit the sins he had so studiously been warned against.

3:24.0

He started to experiment sexually, dabbled with debauchery, and took any opportunity to point out what he considered to be the many inconsistencies in the Bible to anyone who would listen.

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