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- Aaron Königs was born on 12 October 1994 in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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Aatif Nawaz is an actor, writer and stand-up comedian based in London. Popular amongst Britian's Asian communities, he has also gained mainstream fame by appearing on Sky One's 'Don't Stop Me Now' and Channel 5's 'The Big Question.' His recent work includes appearing in 'Mark Austin's Real Crime', 'Patients' and Jay Croot's 'Meeting Place'.- Actor
Abe Goldstein was born on 12 October 1896 in Ohio, USA. He was an actor. He died on 9 February 1990 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Actress
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Abeer Fareed was born on 12 October 1972 in Baghdad, Iraq. She is an actress and assistant director, known for The Shadow Men (1996), Ala'm al Seet Waheeba (1997) and Silence of the Shepherd (2014).- Make-Up Department
- Animation Department
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Abner B. Ortiz was born on 12 October 1964 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. He is known for Plaza vacante (2003), StartUp (2016) and Julia: All in Me (2002).- Actress
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Cosplayer Adaeze Cornelia Anane other wise known as Gloomy Moon Child, is a local Seattle Cosplay Celebrity located and living between the greater areas of the cities of Southend Seattle & Renton, Washington state; Pacific Northwest. She has been an active Cosplayer in the Cosplay community for three years to this day. Adaeze Anane is a Cosplayer of Filipina Background mixed while also having an American background. She cosplays a mixture from characters not based off of gender or sexuality or race; she cosplays her favorite fandom each convention, which simply means she loves dressing up in characters of her favorite current tv show, book, or movie. In the beginning she dressed like Famous actresses from the past such as Marilyn Monroe, and even performed Marilyn Monroe's song, "Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend," on her official Instagram.
Actress Ada was discovered by a Talent Agency in The Pacific Northwest Of Washington, named; "Seattle Talent" aka "Seattle Artist Agency."
Seattle Talent was an excellent agency where Ada had a fantastic Agent by the name of, "David Dix."
At Seattle Talent, Adaeze otherwise known as her nickname Ada Anane; was casted as a New Face Model on New Day, as well as a hand model on a Starbucks Ad.
Since moving to a new Agency after leaving Seattle Talent, Ada has moved on to becoming a worldwide Boudoir, Lingerie, Portrait, Fine Art, Glamour, Cover, and a Commercial Magazine Model. In Magazines such as "Bad Bad Magazine," "Fienfh Magazine," "Marika Media," "Beautica Magazine," "Off Town Magazine," "MakeSense Magazine," "Shades Magazine," "LeDesir Magazine," "6X Fine Art Magazine," "Artells Magazine," "Vigour Magazine," "Untold Magazine," "6X Print Glamour Magazine," "StyleCruze Magazine," "6X Portrait Magazine," and finally, "GMARO Magazine." These magazine tear sheets, magazine covers, and Adaeze's interviews can be found at, Magcloud.com here you can order a physical or digital copy of the magazine that you order.
In film Ada usually lands roles in the more Gothic type castings and characters that she plays. Either she is a Vampire in an army of dead vampires, a savage undead zombie, a Depressive Funeral Goer, to portraying another funeral role where She is confused about the topic of Death all together.
The roles Adaeze has played in Horror, are either light PG 13 Horror Genre such as Chosen One, by Thomas Meyer; or TV MA Zombie films for the cinematic violence. Adaeze also has performed in Drama Genre during acting in the film "The Office Job" by Martin Lewis which also falls under the category of a Comedy Genre in Independent Film, in Washington State; including the short show guest appearance, Ada Anane appeared in "Defected" directed by Rachael Stover.
Adaeze role was a venomous walking animated corpse who longs to ruin the end of the last surviving elves, as a Vampire in the vampire army in the Film "Chosen One" Directed By Thomas Meyers.
She was a Funeral Attendee on both Films; "Paillette" a Musical Movie by Gabrielle Goyette, As well as a Funeral Attendee in "In The Event Of My Death" By Director Brian Steele.
Notable role Independent Film, Directed By Martin Lewis; "The Office Job" As The Comedic dry humor of the Character, "Colleen" an Office worker, that is an uptight arrogant millennial that cares far too much about her looks.
Another notable role for Ada was in a, Horror genre Independent Short Film, "Days Of Salvation: The Beginning", Directed by Amrik Pabla, as a "Savage Zombie" with the ability to use a whip as a tactic to kill its host or to subdue its victim, TV MA for cinematic violence, and guns.
Adaeze was a Guest on Youtube shows such as, "Cut:Keep It 100", and "Defected Series; "Halloween" episode. Directed by Rachael Stover; Ada played a Black Girl that was a weird Blonde.
Adaeze Anane is the Producer, Podcast Host, and Editor to the Famous and Popular Podcast Series, "GMChannel Show."
Adaeze Anane is a signed Singer with Bentley Records, her music videos are; "Shinji," "Obsession," "Solar Galactica," "No Romance Just Dance," "Mental ill-usion," "Say I'm A Loser," "Mastermind," "White Rabbit," "I'm A Victim," "Beach Hangtide," "Bad," and "Apricot," all music videos on Vevo under her First name; "Adaeze Anane."
Lately most of Adaeze's efforts of Acting have been placed on a hold. Adaeze Anane mainly is concentrating on her Music Recording Career and Singing career through Releasing New singles with Bentley Records a company owned by The CEO Fabulous Celebrity "Luca Dayz."
Adaeze Anane has released new albums such as, "Goodbye Rusty Society," Mastermind," and "Apricot." To name a few.
Eventually it is Adaeze Anane's plan to do a music video project directly with Bentley Records with Luca Dayz connections and entertainment networking. Adaeze Anane will be doing a musical collaboration with Twista by this year.- Actor
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He attended Sundsta/Älvkullegymnasiet (high school) in Karlstad. He's the son of Rolf Alsing, former editor in chief at the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet.
He's famous for hosting shows like Adam (1993), "Masterplan," Big Brother (2000), and Tur i kärlek (1991) in Sweden. In 2006 he started as a host for Swedish "Jeopardy" taking over from popular Magnus Härenstam.
He loves to play golf and has a handicap of 18. He lives in Stockholm with his wife and two kids.- Production Manager
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- Additional Crew
Adam Badrawy was born in York, England, UK. Adam is a production manager and assistant director, known for Bob Marley: One Love (2024), The Nevers (2021) and Suspicion (2022).- Born and raised in the Midwest, Adam moved out to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting. Having success in his 20's playing teenagers, his career slowed in his 30's. Now that he is in his 40's, he is pursuing acting with a new vigor. Living in the San Fernando Valley with his husband Oscar and their 4 kids. (2017)
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Adam Rich was born on 12 October 1968 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Code Red (1981), Eight Is Enough (1977) and Dungeons & Dragons (1983). He died on 8 January 2023 in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Writer
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Adela Banásová was born on 12 October 1980 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]. She is a writer and actress, known for Voda co ma drzí nad vodou (2019), Talentmania (2010) and Chart Show (2014).- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Additional Crew
- Director
Adem Demir was born on 12 October 1986 in Istanbul, Turkey. He is an assistant director and director, known for My Name Is Farah (2023), 46 Yok Olan (2016) and Yaz'in Öyküsü (2015).- Writer
- Director
- Editor
Aditya Suhas Jambhale is a two-time National award-winning Goan Film Director, Writer, and Actor. After completing BE in Electronics Engineering, he founded the film production company 'Shree Mahalasa Productions' and a graphic design company 'Logocrazze'. His debut short film "Aaba Aiktaay Naa?" won the National award for best Direction (Golden Lotus) at 64th National Film Awards 2016. His second short film "Kharvas" was selected as the opening film for Indian Panorama (NF) in IFFI 2018 and won his 2nd National Award for Best short film in 2019. He is actively involved in the Marathi theatre arena for the past 10 years and won several state awards for his plays like Nat-SMRT, Are Manasa Manasa, Final Verdict, etc. He is credited as the youngest writer in India for his mega drama "Vande Mataram". His recent film project on national integration, titled "Amritsar Junction" explores the conflicts which shaped the 1947 partition of India.- Composer
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Adolf Steimel was born on 12 October 1907 in Berlin, Germany. He was a composer, known for Wir machen Musik (1942), Herr Sanders lebt gefährlich (1944) and Einmaleins der Ehe (1949). He died on 12 August 1962 in Berlin, Germany.- Adrian Cairns was born on 12 October 1924 in Finchley, Middlesex [now in Barnet, London], England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Vise (1954), Diagnosis: Murder (1974) and A Stranger on the Hills (1970). He was married to Laura Cairns and Pamela Wingfield. He died on 23 March 2003 in Bristol, England, UK.
- Adrian Wilson was born on 12 October 1979 in High Point, North Carolina, USA. He is an actor, known for Khloé & Lamar (2011), The NFL on CBS (1956) and NFL Monday Night Football (1970). He has been married to Alicia Wilson since 11 March 2002. They have three children.
- Advent Bangun was born on 12 October 1952 in Kabanjahe, North Sumatra, Indonesia. He was an actor, known for Langganan (1986), Pembalasan si mata elang (1989) and Elang laut (1984). He was married to Lois Riani Amalia Sinulingga. He died on 10 February 2018 in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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- Director
- Writer
Afshin Hashemi was born on 12 October 1975 in Tehran, Iran. He is an actor and director, known for Barefoot in Paradise (2007), Temporary Licence (2017) and Goodbye Shirazi Girl (2020).- Aggie shot to fame back in 2003 as one half of the nation's dream cleaning team on Channel 4's hit series 'How Clean Is Your House?' Her role as Dirt Detective was to investigate the science and health implications behind the filth. The programme ran for six series (plus two in the US), along with a number of specials and one-offs and is now broadcast internationally, from Norway to Namibia, and repeated widely on UK digital channels. Sales of the tie-in book to the first series quickly reached over half a million copies and it continues to sell today.
Aggie has just finished filming a second series of 'Storage Hoarders' for ITV1 which starts on 12th August 2013. In the series, she investigates the increasing demand for storage units and the strains it can have on relationships of those with too many possessions. The first series aired in the UK in December 2012 and will be shown in Australia, NZ and Scandinavia. Aggie also continues to write a number of columns in national publications including a monthly page in Delicious where she tests a range of kitchen items and a column in 'My Weekly'.
Aggie's first cookbook, 'Aggie's Family Cookbook: Save Time, Save Money', was published in October 2011. In 2009 'Ask Aggie', a collection of Aggie's domestic advice columns from the previous six years in the Saturday Times, was published. It quickly shot to Number One in Amazon's Home and Garden chart. As a fan of environmentally friendly products, Aggie has recently re-launched her very own range of probiotic cleaners - a totally revolutionary phenomenon in the domestic arena. She is also a regular on Daybreak, The Wright Stuff, BBC Breakfast, Today FM in Dublin and The One Show, where she comments on any number of subjects, from the psychology of hoarding to the perennial female dilemma of big-pants-versus-thong. Last year, she voiced a programme for the Radio 2 Arts Show on household dirt, based on a major exhibition at the Wellcome Collection.
Aggie was also one of a panel of housing experts chaired by Lord Best, whose role it was to identify key issues in the provision of housing for the elderly. The panel visited exemplar projects in the UK and Europe and delivered their report to Government last December. Last spring she was the keynote speaker at a national conference on the challenges of growing old in the countryside.
Aggie has recently completed a two and a half year Certificate of Education in psychoanalytic psychology at Birkbeck College, University of London, for sheer personal interest and enjoyment. - Aggro Santos was born on 12 October 1988 in São Paulo, Brazil.
- Agneta Ahlin was born on 12 October 1952 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden. She is an actress, known for Äkta människor (2012), The Health Journey (1999) and Kärlekens himmelska helvete (1993).
- Agustín Loser was born on 12 October 1997 in General Alvear, Argentina.
- Ahmed Qurei was born on 12 October 1936 in Abu Dis, Palestine. He died on 22 February 2023 in Ramallah, West Bank, Palestinian Territories.
- Editorial Department
Ahmet Kucuk was born on 12 October 1983 in Istanbul, Turkey. Ahmet is known for Establishment: Osman (2019), Sessiz Firtina (2007) and Gomeda (2007).- Sound Department
Ahmet Sengun was born on 12 October 1987 in Bremen, West Germany. He is known for Yalniz Kurt (2022), Kolpaçino (2009) and Fatih'in Fedaisi Kara Murat (2015).- Actress
Aila Pennanen was born on 12 October 1919 in Teisko, Finland. She is an actress, known for Loma (1976).- Actress
- Writer
- Producer
Aina Dumlao was born on 12 October 1988 in Manila, Philippines. She is an actress and writer, known for The Unusual Suspects (2021), Grey's Anatomy (2005) and Ballers (2015). She is married to Bru Muller.- Aivars Silins was born on 12 October 1947 in Vecumnieki, USSR. He was an actor, known for Melna veza spiles (1976), Liela jaungada nakts (1978) and Isa pamaciba milesana (1982). He died on 10 April 2016.
- Akshara Haasan was born on 12 October 1991 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. She is an actress, known for Shamitabh (2015), Vivegam (2017) and Agni Siragugal (2023).
- Music Department
- Composer
- Actor
Akshaya Mohanty was born on 12 October 1937 in Cuttack district, Orissa, India. He was a composer and actor, known for Jai Jagannath (2007), Malajanha (1965) and Jajabar (1975). He died on 17 November 2002 in Cuttack, Cuttack district, Orissa, India.- Actor
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- Producer
Alain Doutey was born on 12 October 1944 in Paris, France. He is an actor and writer, known for Frantic (1988), Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 (2008) and Marie Antoinette (2006).- Director
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Alan Gorg was born on 12 October 1931. He was a director and writer, known for Hollywood Love (1998), Earth Spirit (2006) and Living the Blues (1986). He was married to Gwyn Gorg. He died on 31 July 2020 in Waimea, Hawaii, USA.- Alan Hawkins was born on 12 October 1970 in San Jose, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Movie Monster Insurance (2006) and Dead Ronnie (2006).
- Alan McDonald was born on 12 October 1963 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. He died on 23 June 2012 in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, UK.
- Alan Rateliff grew up on Grand Forks Air Force Base, in Grand Forks, North Dakota, where his father was in the Air Force. He was named after his father, both having the middle name "Wayne."
He has acted in approximately 16 films for the Florida State University Film School. Acted in two school plays at Eielson Elementary on Grand Forks AFB. Also participated in school band and choir. Still owns and plays same flute.
Enrolled in Grand Forks school district's Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) program through sixth grade.
Maintains a love and fascination for Commodore Amiga computers. - Alan V. Day was born on 12 October 1911 in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for The Ghost of Slumber Mountain (1918) and Along the Moonbeam Trail (1920). He died on 21 August 1997 in Harpswell, Maine, USA.
- Albert Bitterling was born on 12 October 1910 in Kempten, Bavaria, Germany. He died on 15 August 1995 in Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, Germany.
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Albert Guyot was born on 12 October 1903 in Paris, France. He was a writer and director, known for Mon Paris (1928), La visiteuse (1947) and L'enfant des neiges (1951). He died on 1 November 1985 in Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Director
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Alec Geiss was born on 12 October 1896 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Nursery Crimes (1943), Tangled Travels (1944) and Cinderella Goes to a Party (1942). He was married to Marjorie Thirer. He died on 13 July 1974.- Edward Alexander "Aleister" Crowley was an English occultist, ceremonial magician, philosopher, professional writer, and self-proclaimed prophet. In his youth, Crowley joined the occult organization Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (1887-1903), where he received much of his training in theurgy and ceremonial magic. In 1904, Crowley established his own religion: Thelema (Greek for "the will"). He had supposedly received a divine revelation from an angel. Crowley believed that humans should strive to overcome both their desires and their socially-instilled inhibitions in order to find out the true purpose of their respective lives. Several of Crowley's religious ideas went on to influence Wicca, the practice of chaos magick, Satanism, and Scientology.
In 1875, Crowley was born in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire to a wealthy family. His father was the retired engineer Edward Crowley (1829-1887), who was 46-years-old at the time of Crowley's birth. Edward had grown wealthy due to being the partial owner of a successful brewery. Cowley's mother was Emily Bertha Bishop (1848-1917), a member of a somewhat prominent family whose members lived in both Devonshire and Somerset.
Crowley's parents were converts of the Plymouth Brethren, a Christian fundamentalist movement whose members believed that the Bible is the only authority for church doctrine and practice. Crowley received his early education at an evangelical boarding school located in Hastings. He was then send to the Ebor preparatory school in Cambridge. The boy grew to hate the abusive Reverend Henry d'Arcy Champney, who inflicted sadistic punishments on his students. Crowley eventually dropped out of this school, due to health problems. The boy had developed albuminuria, a urine disease.
By the time he was 12, Crowley was skeptical about Christianity and its teachings. Years of bible study had resulted in Crowley realizing and memorizing the inconsistencies in the Bible. He eagerly pointed these to his religious teachers. In his teen years, Crowley largely rejected Christian morality. He felt the need to satisfy his sexual urges, and did not view this need as immoral. He received college lessons in chemistry, and started writing poetry as a hobby. In his early 20s, Crowley was also a chess enthusiast, and an increasingly skilled mountaineer. In 1894, Crowley joined the Scottish Mountaineering Club. In 1895, Crowley climbed the peaks of five mountains in the Bernese Alps.
By 1895, Crowley started using his nickname "Aleister" as his legal name. From 1895 to 1898, Crowley attended Trinity College, Cambridge. He studied primarily philosophy and literature. He was the president of the local chess club, and briefly considered pursuing a career as a professional chess player. In 1896, Crowley had his first sexual experience with another man while vacationing in Stockholm, Sweden. He would later embrace his bisexuality. He had sexual sexual relationships with various men while living in Cambridge, though such activities were illegal in Victorian England. In 1897, Crowley started a romantic relationship with the on-stage female impersonator (drag queen) Herbert Charles Pollitt (1871-1942). They eventually broke up because Pollitt refused to join his boyfriend in his studies of mysticism and occultism. Crowley later wrote several texts concerning his lifelong regrets about ending his relationship with Pollitt.
In 1898, Crowley dropped out of Cambridge. He maintained excellent grades, but he lost interest in actually pursuing a degree. Also in 1898, Crowley published two volumes of his poems. Shortly after leaving Cambridge, the novice occultist Crowley started hanging out with members of the occultist organization Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (1887-1903). He was formally initiated into the organization in November 1898. His initiation ritual was performed by the organization's de facto leader, Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (1854 -1918). Crowley grew to consider Mathers to be an ineffectual leader.
In the late 1890s, Crowley received training in ceremonial magic by more experienced members of the Golden Dawn. He was fascinated with the ritual use of drugs. He rose through the organization's ranks, but was soon refused entry into the group's inner Second Order. The openly bisexual and libertine Crowley was disliked by several conservative members of the organization. Crowley had started a feud with a fellow member, the Irish poet William Butler Yeats (1865-1939). Yeats' friends resented Crowley.
A schism eventually started within the Golden Dawn, between Mathers' supporters and the members who disliked Mathers' autocratic policies. Crowley chose to support Mathers, and tried to take over one of the organization's temples in the name of Mathers. The dispute resulted in a court case between the rival factions of the Golden Dawn, over ownership of the temple. Mathers lost the court case, and Crowley started being treated as a pariah by members of the winning faction.
In 1900, Crowley decided to migrate to Mexico. He settled in Mexico City, where he experimented with the Enochian invocations of the famed occultist and alchemist John Dee (1527-1608/1609). His mountaineering activities led him to reach the top of several Mexican mountains, such as Iztaccihuatl, Popocatepetl, and Colima. After leaving Mexico, Crowley started traveling the world in search of new experiences. He visited California, Hawaii, Japan, Hong Kong, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), India, and France. Crowley took part in a failed mountaineering expedition that attempted to reach the peak of K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth. The expedition reached an altitude of 20,000 feet (6,100 meters). They abandon the attempt to reach the peak, as Crowley and several other expedition members were suffering from malaria.
In August 1903, Crowley married Rose Edith Kelly (1874-1932), the sister of one of his close friends. It was a marriage of convenience, not love. Rose wanted to escape an arranged marriage, and was fleeing from domineering family members. Her brother viewed the marriage as a personal betrayal by Crowley. The couple took an extended honeymoon. In February 1904, the couple settled in Cairo Egypt. Crowley started invoking ancient Egyptian deities in magical ceremonies. He also took the opportunity to study Islamic mysticism.
In early April 1904, Crowley started listening to the disembodied voice of the angel Aiwass. It supposedly delivered to Crowley messages from the god Horus, concerning a new age for humanity. Crowley recorded his divine revelations in "The Book of the Law", the first publication of Thelema. The disembodied voice supposedly also requested a number of difficult tasks from Crowley, who simply chose to ignore them as unreasonable demands.
In 1905, Crowley returned to his private estate in Scotland, for the first time in several years. He renounced his former mentor Mathers, as Crowley was convinced that the old man was conspiring against him. Crowley established his own printing company, the "Society for the Propagation of Religious Truth". He chose the name to mock a Christian charity organization, the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (1698-). The primary purpose of the company was the promotion of Crowley's literary works. By this point, Crowley was relatively famous as a poet. Several of his poems were favorably received by critics, but they never sold well.
Crowley soon resumed world traveling. He led a failed mountaineering expedition to climb the mountain Kanchenjunga in Nepal. Crowley faced a mutiny over his reckless behavior during the expedition. He returned to India, then made an extended tour of Southern China. He also visited Hanoi in Vietnam. He worked on a new ritual while in China, invoking his Holy Guardian Angel. He proceeded to travel through Japan and Canada, and visited New York City in a failed effort to secure funding for a new mountaineering expedition.
Crowley's return to the United Kingdom came with a nasty surprise for him. He learned that his first-born daughter Lilith Crowley had died of typhoid fever during his absence. He also realized that his wife Rose was struggling with alcoholism, and that she was probably not fit to be a parent. His own health was failing at the time, and he underwent a series of surgical operations.
In 1907, Crowley started regularly using hashish in his magic rituals. In 1909, he published an essay concerning the mystical aspects of hashish use. He published several books concerning the occult during the late 1900s. The family fortune which he had inherited was running out at the time, and he tried to secure additional funds. At one point, Crowley was hired by George Montagu Bennett, the Earl of Tankerville, to protect him from evil witchcraft. Crowley realized that Tankerville was a cocaine-addict suffering from paranoia, so Crowley just improvised a drug rehabilitation project for his employer.
In 1908, Crowley realized that horror short stories were selling much better than poetry. So he published a series of his own horror stories. He also became a regular writer for a weekly magazine, the so-called "Vanity Fair" (1868-1914). In 1909, Crowley established his own magazine, "The Equinox" (1909-1998). The magazine specialized in texts about occultism and magick, but also regularly published poetry, prose fiction, and biographies.
In 1909, Crowley divorced his wife Rose, as he was fed-up with her drinking binges. Rose was institutionalized in 1911.In November 1909, Crowley started a long journey through the deserts of Algeria. He chose to recite the Quran on a daily basis while living in the desert. At one point, Crowley offered a blood sacrifice to the demon Choronzon while still in Algeria. He returned to London in January 1910, to find that his old mentor Mather was suing him for publishing secret texts of the defunct Golden Dawn. Crowley both won the court case, and enjoyed the publicity which the case brought him. The yellow press was portraying him as a Satanist, and Crowley found it amusing to embrace various stereotypes about Satanism at the time.
In 1910, Crowley organized the Rites of Artemis, a public performance of magic and symbolism. All the performers were associates and followers of Crowley. The celebrations received favorable reviews from the press. The encouraged Crowley soon organized the Rites of Eleusis in Westminster, but this performance received mostly negative reviews. There were press reports at the time that Crowley was homosexual, but the authorities made no attempt to arrest him. Crowley devoted the next couple of years to his writing activities, completing 19 works on magic and mysticism in this period. He also continued publishing poetry and fiction.
In 1912, Crowley published the magical book "The Book of Lies", one of his best-reviewed works. Crowley found himself accused of plagiarizing the works of the German occultist Theodor Reuss (1855-1923), based on the similarities between their ideas. Crowley managed to convince Reuss that the similarities were coincidental, and befriended Reuss in the process. Crowley was then initiated in Reuss' own occult organization, the Ordo Templi Orientis (OTO). With Reuss' permission, Crowley established a British branch of the organization and completely rewrote most of the organization's rituals. OTO was practicing sex magic, and Crowley liked that idea.
In 1913, Crowley served as the producer for a group of female violinists. Primarily because the group's leader was a close friend and lover of Crowley. He followed them during 6 weeks of performances in Moscow, Russia. Crowley wrote several new works while in Moscow. In January 1914, Crowley and his long-term lover Victor Neuburg settled together in a Parisian apartment. The couple experimented with sex magic rituals, which involved the use of strong drugs. At the time, Crowley regularly invoked the Roman gods Jupiter and Mercury in his new rituals. Noticing that Neuburg had started distancing himself from Crowley by the end of their vacation in Paris, Crowley had an intense argument with him and ritually cursed Neuburg.
By 1914, Crowley was nearly bankrupt. He financially depended on donation by his followers. In May 1914, he transferred the ownership of his estate in Scotland. Later that year, Crowley suffered from a bout of phlebitis. Following his recovery, he decided to migrate to the United States for financial reasons. He settled in New York City, where he became a regular writer for the American version of the magazine "Vanity Fair" (1913-1936). He continued experimenting with sex magic while living in the Big Apple.
During World War I, Crowley declared his support for the German Empire against the British Empire. His sympathies were possibly influenced by his German friends in the OTO. In 1915, Crowley was hired as a writer for the propagandist newspaper "The Fatherland", which championed German interests in the United States. Crowley left New York City for a while, going on an extended tour of Canada, Mexico, and the United States. He visited Vancouver to make contact with the local variation of the OTO. Crowley spend part of the winter of 1916 in New Orleans, which was his favorite American city. In February 1917, Crowley headed to Florida for a family reunion with a number of his evangelical Christian relatives who had settled there.
Later in 1917, Crowley returned to New York City. He struggled with unemployment, as several of the newspapers and magazines which had previously hired him had shut down. In 1918, Crowley worked on a new translation of the Taoist book "Tao Te Ching". At the time, Crowley claimed to have started experiencing past life memories. Fueled by his belief in reincarnation, Crowley proclaimed himself to be a reincarnation of Pope Alexander VI/Rodrigo de Borja (1431-1503, term 1492-1503). Having more free time than usual while living in Greenwich Village, Crowley found a new hobby in painting. He exhibited several of his painting at a local literary club, and attracted some attention from the local press.
In 1919, the impoverished Crowley moved back to London. The local press labeled a traitor for his Germanophile tendencies. He was suffering from asthma attacks at the time. An English doctor prescribed a supposedly miraculous drug for Crowley, which promised to cure his asthma. The drug was actually heroine, and was highly addictive. Crowley developed a drug addiction. In January 1920, Crowley moved to the Parisian apartment of his lover Leah Hirsig. While there, he started efforts to establish a new organization, the Abbey of Thelema. He named it after a fictional organization which had appeared in the works of Francois Rabelais (c. 1483-1553).
In April 1920, Crowley settled in Sicily with a number of his supporters and their families. They established the Abbey of Thelema. They established daily rituals for the sun god Ra. Crowley offered a libertine education for the children of his followers, and allowed them to witness sex magic rituals. The organization soon attracted new followers, but Crowley's drug addiction was increasingly out of control. In 1922, Crowley published the autobiographical novel "Diary of a Drug Fiend". The British press criticized it for supposedly promoting the use of drugs.
In 1923, Crowley was at the center of an international scandal. A young Thelemite follower died from a liver infection, after drinking polluted water. His widow published stories of the unsanitary conditions in the Abbey, and of self-harm rituals which Crowley had created for his followers. The international press published scathing stories for Crowley. Benito Mussolini, the fascist Prime Minister of Italy (1883-1945, term 1922-1943) decided to deport Crowley in April 1923. The Abbey was not officially targeted by the fascist government, but it soon collapsed due to its lack of leadership. There was no way to attract more followers of Crowley to Sicily without using Crowley's physical presence as a tool for recruitment.
In self-exile in Tunis during much of 1923, Crowley started working on his autobiography, "The Confessions of Aleister Crowley". In January 1924, Crowley moved back to France in preparation for a series of nasal operations. For the next few years, Crowley spend part of each year in Tunis and part of each year in France. He wrote a few significant works at the time, though some of his personal relationships deteriorated.
In the mid-1920s, Crowley declared himself to be the new leader of the OTO, following the death of Reuss. His right to leadership was questioned by other candidate leaders,. The OTO soon split itself to several rival factions, each proclaiming itself to be the true continuation of the original organization. In 1928, Crowley was deported from France. Due to Crowley's past loyalty to the German Empire, the French authorities worried that he may be a German agent.
In 1929, Crowley moved back to the United Kingdom. He secured a book deal with Mandrake Press, which agreed to publish his autobiography and several works of prose fiction. The Great Depression negatively affected Crowley. In November 1930, Mandrake went into liquidation. Crowley was left with no regular published for his works, and no regular source of income. Crowley spend part of the year 1930 in Berlin, Germany, where his expressionistic paintings were displayed in a gallery. His works gained favorable press reviews, but few of them were actually sold. Painting was not a profitable occupation for Crowley.
In January 1932, Crowley started socializing with German communists and other far left figures in Berlin, despite having never previously expressed any interest in their ideologies. Some of his biographers suspect that Crowley was merely acting as a spy for British intelligence at this time. Later that year, he returned to London for another nasal surgery. In desperate need of money, Crowley launched a series of court cases for libel against his perceived enemies. The litigation proved more expensive than he expected, and he was declared bankrupt in February 1935. The bankruptcy case revealed that Crowley's expenses over the past few years had far exceeded his income.
In 1936, Crowley published "The Equinox of the Gods". It was his first new book in half a decade, and sold unusually well. Crowley also managed to secure funding from the Agape Lodge, a Californian splinter faction of the OTO. His benefactor was the Lodge's de facto leader, the rocket engineer Jack Parsons (1914-1952). Crowley was concerned at the time about the disestablishment of the German faction of the OTO, whose members faced persecution by the Nazi Party. Several of Crowley's German friends had been arrested, and others had fled the country.
During World War II, Crowley was closely associated with the British intelligence community. His biographers are uncertain whether he was working as a British agent, or merely assisting actual agents. Among Crowley's close associates during the War were two fellow British writers who were working as intelligence agents: Roald Dahl (1916-1990) and Ian Fleming (1908-1964). Crowley supposedly helped create a new war slogan for the BBC, called "V for Victory". His asthma attacks worsened during the war, in part because the medication he needed was unavailable. He was briefly hospitalized in Torquay. Among Crowley's last published works was a wartime book about the concept of human rights.
On December 1, 1947, Crowley died due to chronic bronchitis, aggravated by pleurisy. He was 72-years-old at the time of his death. Despite Crowley maintaining several friendly and professional contacts during the last years of his life, only about a dozen people bothered to attend his funeral. His body was cremated, and his ashes were delivered to the next leader of the OTO, Karl Gemer. Gemer was living at the time in exile in the United States. Gemer buried Crowley's ashes in a garden located in Hampton, New Jersey. Crowley remains one of the most famous and influential occultists of his era, thought the nature of his legacy remains a controversial topic. - Aleksandr Mikhaylov was born on 12 October 1926. He was an actor, known for Razvyazka (1969), Zhukovsky (1950) and The Seventh Companion (1968). He died on 6 April 1998.
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