The Beast: Aleister Crowley, Sex Magic and Death at the Abbey of Thelema | Part Two

Podcast: Unexplained History · Tom McKenzie

Opublikowano: 2026-10-31

A sick young man writes home from a house devoted to spiritual freedom. His wife adds a private plea on the back: they need food, a warm bed and a way to leave Sicily. Within days, Raoul Loveday will be dead. What happened inside Aleister Crowley's Abbey of Thelema? The final chapter of our Halloween special follows Crowley's claimed revelation in Cairo, his public rites, his writings on sexual energy and will, and the community he established at Cefalu. Jane Wolfe, Leah Hirsig, Loveday and Betty May enter a story of spiritual ambition, drugs, illness and dependence. Surviving letters...