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Oh, how superior is the Eye of Horus to the Mouth of Isis!

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Aleister Crowley
Age: 72 †
Born: 1875
Born: October 12
Died: 1947
Died: December 1
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Chess Composer
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Mountaineer
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Warwickshire
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I did not hate God or Christ, but merely the God and Christ of the people whom I hated.
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A madhouse of frenzied moneymaking and frenzied pleasure-seeking, with none of the corners chipped off. It is beautifully situatedand the air reminds one curiously of Edinburgh.
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