Available from br Aleister Crowley - The Beast 666 br by Donna Zuckerbrot br Aleister Crowley was an accomplished mountain climber poet chess player and writer. He is also the most well known and influential occult magician of modern times. His admirers saw him as the prophet of a new age whose goal was a spiritual awakening for himself and all humanity. At times his unique message and unusual behavior led to misunderstandings and contempt. His detractors denounced him as a Satanist a drug addict and a sex maniac. The tabloids labeled him a Black Magician The Wickedest man in the World and the Man Wed Like to Hang. The Great Beast as he called himself continues to be an influence on the spiritual world today.