Crowley

Crowley is an Irish surname, occasionally used as a given name.

The most famous bearer is Aleister Crowley (1875–1947), the English occultist who styled himself "the Great Beast" and founded the religion of Thelema.

References to Crowley without a first name usually mean him: He decorated his apartment with Crowley quotes and pentagrams.

The name appears in fiction for sinister or mystical characters, often as an allusion to the occultist.

occultist

magick

Occult arts, archaic spelling

hermetic · grimoire · kabbalah · invocation · ritual · tarot · esoteric · alchemy · pentagram · summoning

notoriety

Beast

Wild or savage animal

tabloid · hedonism · libertine · provocateur · transgressive · notorious · drugs · excess · sensationalist · decadent

surname

genealogy

Study of family descent

family · clan · bloodline · descendants · ancestors · pedigree · patronymic · relatives · forebears · kin

Categories
Opposites
occult philosophy and practice

CrowleyTheosophy

Occult philosophical system

Christian mysticism

moral and cultural reputation

Crowleysaint

Canonized holy person

Mother Teresa · Billy Graham · C.S. Lewis · respectable · virtuous

religious orientation

CrowleyG.K. Chesterton

religious obedience · self-denial · devout

Phrases
Family

crow, crowing, crowbar

Familiarity
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