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Word: perdurabo (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1952-1952
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...catalogue. At 14, he seduced the kitchen maid while his mother was at church, and butchered a cat to see whether it had nine lives. These were mere preliminary excursions; he inherited a fortune from his pious father and went on to broader fields. At 23, he became Brother Perdurabo ("I will endure to the end") of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. The group was interested in communication with good or angelic spirits in the "beyond" (William Butler Yeats was also a member). Crowley branched out a bit; he promptly set up a "black magic" room, and once...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Wickedest Man in the World | 10/13/1952 | See Source »

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